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  1. J

    8 - Pedri

    He has playing too much most likely. This idea he has to play not to get injured needs to stop. Most likely would have been rested a bit v Oviedo or Sociedad if game won earlier but wasnt to be.
  2. J

    9 - Robert Lewandowski

    No other top team takes Lewa for what Barca are paying. He is too slow and one dimensional and taking up far too much money on books. Will get goals as can finish in and around box but teams like PSG will love him on the pitch as makes their pressing game easier. Barca do perfectly fine...
  3. J

    10 - Lamine Yamal

    Needs a better full back behind him than Kounde if want to get best out of him. Yamal was ok. He looked demoralised as game went on. Getting ball too wide and too deep too often. When teams can press that high need to find another way of getting him into game. Other than Ferran runs in...
  4. J

    Hans-Dieter Flick

    Dont think Raphinha makes much difference yesterday. Folk always look to who was missing in these games to claim they are the reason teams didnt do better etc. Barca also collapsed v PSG last time with him in team and v Inter etc. He hasnt been that great this season either. A fit Balde and...
  5. J

    8 - Pedri

    He had too many sloppy give aways and his pressing was fairly terrible. Another one who was poor. Other than Eric and Ferran for his goal and effort everyone was below par.
  6. J

    Luis Enrique

    I swear working with MSN and amigos shaped him as a coach. In terms of there were things he put up with them in that team that would never again. Even after winning a treble.
  7. J

    9 - Robert Lewandowski

    He is still good at finishing but he cant run and it limits the options for the way team can play and enhances teams being able to press high with less worry going the other way. You act like it was a choice for Barca to lose the battle on ball and not play higher up the park. It wasnt. PSG...
  8. J

    CL: Barca - PSG 1-2

    The issue with Araujo in defence is that Kounde and Gerard are already shite under pressure from the back and adding Araujo just makes it worse. Be as well playing him to fucking just run and up and down right hand side and try to smash Mendes.
  9. J

    9 - Robert Lewandowski

    He isnt to blame for defeat but it is a game where can see how tactically he limits the team and allows opposition to press higher and apply more pressure. Get balls in and around box and he will score Play a top team that will push up he is a weakness to often.
  10. J

    20 - Dani Olmo

    He looks like Coutinho after 6 months at Barca. Head has gone. Hopefully can get it back. Could punt both him and Fermin next summer and get an upgrade in midfield and promote a youngling as back up at this rate. Barca yesterday had too many individuals up top. All four of them were all or...
  11. J

    CL: Barca - PSG 1-2

    That is a lie. Frenkie was Barcas best midfielder in the run up to the formation change in title winning season in the 433 and he was best midfielder in Xavis run of form the previous season when beat Real 4-0 in Bernabeu etc. Was far ahead of likes of Gavi. In Koemans season Frenkie played...
  12. J

    Hans-Dieter Flick

    Casado is miles off of what other top teams have on the bench. It is a huge drop off.
  13. J

    3 - Alejandro Balde

    Trying to give Xavi credit for Dembele... mental gymnastics. Same folk who moaned about the squad and likes of Dembele. At Barca under Xavi he was closer to his worst level ever than his best level at PSG
  14. J

    CL: Barca - PSG 1-2

    Time to revisit the Koeman 3421 formation vs this lot. Man Mark their full backs and front three as much as can. Dumping the offside line. Get Pedri/FDJ deeper two and Gavi/Fermin attacking two to press like animals. Lone striker? Yamal. Played in youth and by gosh he can do it again. That...
  15. J

    CL: Barca - PSG 1-2

    Xavi did play 433 before he changed it. Biggest gripe was how he set up that midfield three as positional cones too often. I agree on the issue being third midfielder. Been better off with a DM last night and Pedri/FDJ pressing up on their midfielder. Or Pedri/FDJ deeper a bit and a player...
  16. J

    CL: Barca - PSG 1-2

    Complete nonsense. Pedri benefits from this system more than anyone. As do the likes of Fermin/Olmo etc... much more so than FDJ as those two cant play in a midfield three really. FDJ is playing in a positon that is not most suited to.
  17. J

    CL: Barca - PSG 1-2

    He would be class in a 433 clearly but it is not far off what he is playing. You want Pedri on ball as much as possible and being there to take it from defenders. A 433 depends on how played. With Xavi it was often all too much positional cones waiting for ball and he needs more freedom than that.
  18. J

    CL: Barca - PSG 1-2

    Every player in Barca has benefited from Flicks system near enough. Pedri has played best football of his life in this system. Of course he is good enough to play in other systems but this one suits him down to the ground also. As have many others in the team.
  19. J

    CL: Barca - PSG 1-2

    Barca v Inter was absolutely nothing like this. The midfield of Barca dominated that game over their midfield.
  20. J

    7 - Ferran Torres

    Lewa is a negative to how teams can tactically set up unless think can get ball in box a lot. That is the reality.

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