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  1. B

    Xavi Hernández

    I thought he was great. I liked that he actually attempted through balls (two on the ground to Villa, three in the air to Alves, one in the air to Pedro).
  2. B

    Pedro Rodriguez

    As someone who has been a huge fan of Pedro since he emerged last year, it isn't bias speaking when I say that his performance against Arsenal was shockingly and utterly abysmal. Maybe I'm just imagining things, but it seems to me that his normally excellent finishing suffers after he returns...
  3. B

    9 - Samuel Eto'o

    Not his best day.
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    5 - Carles Puyol

    http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/878883/pep-guardiola-confirms-carles-puyol-likely-to-miss-arsenal-tie?cc=5901
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    10 - Lionel Messi - v1

    Exactly. People talk about how wonderful Inter's performance was, but they forget that it wasn't close to being the first time that year Barcelona struggled against defensive teams. Osasuna held us goalless for 73 minutes at home; Malaga held for 70 minutes (until an outstanding and unlikely...
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    5 - Carles Puyol

    I was watching Youtube videos by abc1008mbs1179 when I saw Puyol appear at 1:10. Great play by him. Incidentally, Afellay appears at 0:45.
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    Real Madrid (old thread)

    At this point, I wonder if Mourinho is just going to prioritize the Champions League, because the chances of winning the league look pretty dim.
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    Andrés Iniesta

    Nice strawman. I never played the game at anything beyond high school. However, I when I did play, I played defense. I know full well that most people ignore defense until someone screws up. You sound like one of those people.
  9. B

    Andrés Iniesta

    First, are you seriously saying that Iniesta was good in defense this game? He contributed less to the defense than any other player on the team. Game in and game out, he is the least active player in defense for Barcelona. I frequently see Messi, Villa and Pedro running hard to press opponents...
  10. B

    Daniel Alves

    I give Alves a lot of credit for his defense today; Hercules got nothing going on his side.
  11. B

    Eric Abidal

    Pretty good game overall, but a few moments that made me nervous. Once or twice he didn't head the ball far enough away from goal, giving Hercules another chance, and he let a player get inside when he went for the block too early. But overall, he was good, keeping Trezeguet and Valdez in check.
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    10 - Lionel Messi - v1

    Messi needs a rest. It was bad enough when Pep played him at Betis when we had a 5-0 lead. If Messi plays a single second against Almeria, it's too much. I don't care how much the fans whine about not seeing him play.
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    Andrés Iniesta

    There have been games this season where I didn't think Iniesta played well, but he received 'Man of the Match' votes, and I assumed I simply didn't see something. However, in this Hercules match, I saw Iniesta give away the ball frequently, dribble into trouble, and fail to create chances (much...
  14. B

    Adriano Correia Claro

    His first appearance was as a sub in the 3-1 loss to Sevilla in the Supercopa (they scored their third a minute after he came on). After a brief appearance against Racing, he started in the disaster against Hercules, where he contributed to the loss with awful defending. His next game was the...
  15. B

    Better away than at Camp Nou

    In the time since my post, this trend surprisingly hasn't changed. Barcelona is scoring a goal per game more in away matches, as well as conceding less. After the Deportivo match, Pique stated, “We are more motivated and concentrated when playing away from home.” I'll take Pique's word for it...
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    10 - Lionel Messi - v1

    Never said he wouldn't or can't.
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    10 - Lionel Messi - v1

    Look at the heat maps in the World Cup section on ESPN Soccernet (or another website if you can find them). Compare Messi's position to the rest of his teammates, especially Higuain and Tevez; he went as far forwards as they did. By my estimation, he was playing in roughly the same areas he...
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    10 - Lionel Messi - v1

    Seriously? I agree that Messi is better than Xavi based on their whole careers, but are you seriously saying Messi was better than Xavi in the WC? Messi was bad against Greece, awful against Mexico, and utterly invisible against Germany. Messi wasn't even the best striker on his team (that would...
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    FC Barcelona statistics

    There have been 10 games (8 Liga, 2 CL) where Messi, Villa, and Pedro all started; Barcelona has won all of them and scored a sum of 39 goals, with at least 2 in each match. Even if you remove the 8-0 Almeria win, it comes to 3.4 goals a game. Hopefully, in the knockout stages of the CL, Pep...
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    10 - Lionel Messi - v1

    What can you say? Messi can play any advanced midfield position and any forward position at a world class level.

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