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    Frenkie de Jong

    Our tactical idea is just atrocious, playing with 4 DM and 2 static forwards who are no poachers but want to have the ball on their feet. Expecting miracles from a guy who was building and distributing the ball 10 meters away from the midline to 30/25 meters of the opponents box, and let him...
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    Junior Firpo

    Sell and never look back. Guy is on the level of Lord Douglas
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    Hakim Ziyech

    When a player is class for one club, doesn't mean we directly need to have him. Ziyech is an final/key pass player in the same space as we have Messi, there is 0% reason for Barca to be wanting him right now unless Messi leaves. Good transfer for Chelsea because they knew Ajax had a verbal...
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    Frenkie de Jong

    We lack everything that looks like a balanced team right now. Midfield we play with 3 even profile players that want to have the ball to dictate pace but not give the final through ball Attack we have 2 players that are not strikers but no wingers as well (Messi / Griezmann), they want to free...
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    Frenkie de Jong

    Absoletely agree. I see a lot of parts you post I disagree on but too lazy to post, but this is spot on ;) We need to play faster, we need movement and we need a lot more players who want to play here not only for the pay check and weather. Looking at the Valencia game, their built up and...
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    Quique Setien

    Liked the article and analysis Graham is making with the problem of the current Barcelona state, but it's the manager who has to make sure players do what he requests from them. If not, they should be benched and sold. "Positional football takes discipline and patience, two traits noticeably...
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    Frenkie de Jong

    Don't think Valverde will keep him out of the squad after his ban, because we are just slim in viable options besides slow rakitic/busquets/vidal. R. Puig won't be used except for some minor Copa matches, Arthur is being another dumb Brazilian who doesn't commit to the game. I've only are...
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    Battle of the peak club sides 2010s (Pep Era Excluded)

    Can’t take a prize winning team seriously if you can’t dominate your league as well. Real M ended by a huge lenght in the league on 2 occassions, just because they focussed all on 7 matches in the second half of the season. 4th Real Madrid. They would be 1st by a marging if they at least would...
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    Frenkie de Jong: CM or DM?

    Strange way of thinking, but a Frenkie (DM), Arthur (CM/DM role) and Coutinho (AM) midfield would not be a strange way to conquer the world again. It would need to be a bit of a triangle form of midfield in which Coutinho would be playing a more left sides AM role (like Iniesta) and Arthur...
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    Your choices for valverde replacement

    I would like to see Ten Hag, because of his game style and the way Ajax is doing the last 1,5 seasons. The reason why Koeman is mentioned is merely because of his time as a player with Barca, but I would have to say, his coaching records since joining Feyenoord is much different as the story...
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    Junior Firpo

    Why did we bought him? - Makes faults everytime he needs to defend. - Can’t control or pass a ball correctly. - Offers nothing in attack. Should have given Cucurella the change, or bought Grimaldo.
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    Lliga | Round 13: Leganes - FC Barcelona 1-2

    Lucky again, if we take the 3 points.
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    Hakim Ziyech

    True, but we should not want him. Ziyech’ power is to dictate the play with crosses and combinations. He will not be able to do that here, because of Messi. We already saw what happened with players that are n.1 at their previous team, and they are lost when starting to play at Barca. If Messi...
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    Ernesto Valverde

    Problem right now for me, with the way we are playing. If we would play bad when we are in a transition phase with young players like de Jong, Puig, Alena & Junior, I would accept our games are not going as we would like. But Valverde doesn’t play any of the young guys (except de Jong), which...
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    Frenkie de Jong

    Think it's about time the squad & ideas surrounding Valverde get a major overhaul. Look at the words Ter Stegen spoke after the match, he is really mad at the way some of his teammates are walking on the pitch. Looking at our squad we have; Ter Stegen, de Jong, Arthur, Semedo, Lenglet, Dembele...
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    Ousmane Dembélé

    Dumbest player ever. If he’s not injured, he will now face a suspension of 3-4 games.
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    Ivan Rakitić

    This must be voted reply of the year!! LoL
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    Frenkie de Jong

    Mostly because at Ajax there was a lot of movement from players without the ball. Therefor there was always a passing option instead of being run down by an opponent. Here we see Arthur en de Jong being stuck more often between the opposition, pirouete is one technique to move yourself free.
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    Ousmane Dembélé

    Rondos are a perfect training element, because it means you can outplay 2/3 players without movement. But as above, training at Barcelona misses physical/endurance elements into play next to rondos. Look up videos from City, Liverpool & Ajax. They do a lot of 4 a side, with 3 men playing...
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    Ousmane Dembélé

    I wanted to dive into this last week, when it popped my mind. Follow both Ajax and Barca on instagram, and if you look at their training stories, it seems Barca is only doing standing rondos where nobody moves an inch. Looking at Ajax, they play a lot of small pitch soccer passing, where...

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