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  1. BusiTheKing

    11 - Raphinha

    And I'm saying you've obviously never played football. How does that leave us? Two idiots who've never touched a football spending their tuesday afternoon arguing physics. You're saying he could have taking a step where he took the touch, I'm saying that wouldn't get him the adequate leverage...
  2. BusiTheKing

    11 - Raphinha

    I think you need to look up Newton's third law mate. Or maybe stop trying to judge what is or isn't a natural movement from a paused video. https://streamable.com/j7jkbc Look at Messi's move there. He leans right for the body feint, then changes momentum sharply to the left. In order to do...
  3. BusiTheKing

    8 - Pedri

    The most common complaint about Pedri under Koeman was that his was too conservative. I know because I was saying it after every other game. Did well to let Messi play off him but rarely took initiative.
  4. BusiTheKing

    11 - Raphinha

    Most pointless discussion this... but are you suggesting that he's standing still or what? Think you need to take a look at that again mate. His body is travelling. That means he's got momentum. He cuts inside, follows the ball, sees the defender shift his wheight. Then he cuts it outside. The...
  5. BusiTheKing

    11 - Raphinha

    bit late to this discussion but this makes no sense. his lateral step is what allows him to change direction and get his body past the celta player. if he hadn't planted there for leverage, his momentum would have taken him straight into collision with the player. not saying whether it's a pen...
  6. BusiTheKing

    Xavi Hernández

    I don't care if you call it a 4-2-3-1 or a 4-4-1-1 or whatever. We need more creative action in the middle. IMO Fati is our best option. The interiors simply aren't the right type of player to make anything happen. When Pedri/Gavi get the ball, their disposition is to move the ball around, to...
  7. BusiTheKing

    Frenkie de Jong

    Noticed he's almost as bad as Pedri with hiding. Used to be our most active guy off the ball but often looks like he can't be arsed.
  8. BusiTheKing

    Xavi Hernández

    I believe we're approaching the end of Xavi's window for establishing a succesful team. It's not really about being fired. It's about the natural mental fatigue that sets in when things just aren't working. What has kept us going so far has been our mentality. Despite not really gelling, we've...
  9. BusiTheKing

    8 - Pedri

    Amazed that we our passing game was so slow. Look, we even have two on-pitch managers, directing the passes! https://imgur.com/a/GH6KxIZ
  10. BusiTheKing

    Frenkie de Jong

    The bias is obvious. His actions simply added positivity, momentum, problem solving at a much higher rate than Gavi's, whose actions on the ball were just mostly plain and neutral, not putting us closer to anything. Just the little things. That sombrero at the beginning fx, don't come and...
  11. BusiTheKing

    Xavi Hernández

    I think there are pretty clear improvements in some areas of our game, namely intensity, mentality and control of the game. The way we matched Bayern for control of the ball would have been inconceivable the last few seasons, even when Messi was here. I think people our forgetting how we used...
  12. BusiTheKing

    Xavi Hernández

    I see no interesting runs, no overlaps, no through balls, no quick combinations. I see a lot of indecision, hestitation and settling into the mindset that the best we can do is a cross from outside the area into a static target. Which we also suck at.
  13. BusiTheKing

    Frenkie de Jong

    transition from defence to attack is A LOT quicker with him in the middle
  14. BusiTheKing

    8 - Pedri

    some nice bits and pieces here and there but it's not really gonna cut it. nearly cost a goal with that giveaway aswell...
  15. BusiTheKing

    Xavi Hernández

    I think we'll do them tonight because there's something 'extra' at stake. I think we'll be pumped, sharper and more aggressive than usual. Actually excited for the Clasico as well. But I am worried about our performances when the occasion isn't there to give us an edge. We haven't got the...
  16. BusiTheKing

    CL Round 4: FC Barcelona - Inter 3-3

    probably need to score at least two for the sake of aggregate goal difference. might come down to the tie-breakers in the end.
  17. BusiTheKing

    Ansu Fati (loaned to Monaco)

    yeah agree, small steps towards more natural movement
  18. BusiTheKing

    Xavi Hernández

    I have no clue why people are pointing to our defense as the significant issue either. If you leave the game open into the final 30 minutes, then you're going to invite attacks against you and we'd need to defend like prime Simeone Atleti to avert conceding dangerous chances, which we will never...
  19. BusiTheKing

    Xavi Hernández

    my feeling is that any top winger would struggle in our current setup. and that most of them wouldn't go near our team if they knew how they'd be played.
  20. BusiTheKing

    7 - Ferran Torres

    that wasn't going in

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