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There were more than a few that got slated and had their loyalties questioned but I guess a lot of them were young fans who are more used to seeing average defending that we see these days in football. There are hardly great defenders anymore and so maybe their measuring stick is pretty low. I...

I've noticed that too that he tends to go down easily in certain situations here at Barca and if you do that you're not going to get the benefit of the doubt against some refs. I've been impressed with Cesc this season, his style of play suits under Vilanova more than it does compared to Pep...

This guy is an above average defender and particularly poor in 1 on 1 situations, he is good in the air but his best attribute is his ability to bring the ball out from the back which is an essential component to have as a Barca defender. Make him play for a lesser side like Man Utd and he...

I was never ever convinced with having a short DM starting exclusively as a CB so it's not a huge surprise that Masch is being found out now. The only reason why he was able to last for as long as he did was because of playing in a side like Barca who have 70% possession and where opposing teams...

Fabregas should not be the furthest forward playing for Barca which he does on more than a few occasions, he shouldn't be positioned ahead of Messi because he doesn't have the dribbling speed to go past defenders and neither is he a better finisher than either Pedro or Messi. Cesc is better at...

:lol: What has Modric done at Madrid so far except perform in a home game against Ajax?????

Ozil has slipped considerably this season,the last game was the best he;s had in some time. He's the biggest reason why Madrid are so far behind Barca. He was phenominal in his first 2 years where I believe he had more assists than anybody else in Europe. He was and remains Madrid's only quality...

The Sevilla match was completely changed by the red card to the sevilla player, fabregas was not having a good game at all before that incident (however,to be fair, so wasn't much of the team/particularly the defense). The Benfica performance was good but that Benfica team couldn't beat a...

The playing style under Tito has helped Cesc more than any other player at Barca. The style is a little bit more direct and attacks are being inititated more quickly which suits Cesc's style. It's really good for Barca that he's being useful to the team now. He still makes a few more mistakes...

I think it has more to do with the fact that others around him have slipped for example Ozil, Benzema and plus the injury to Marcelo who is the best attacking fullback RM have. Madrid are not playing with the same force and intensity consistently as they did last year,they'e not playing with the...

I hope Villa doesn't leave this January. He's the only other natural goal-scorer that we have in this team apart from Messi. If Messi goes down injured or is suspended, we really won't have anyone to take his spot. Villa should've played more minutes this season but the harsh reality is that he...

His touch looked a little bit heavy to me but overall he did a decent job.

Well you need fullbacks that aren't too much of a liability in any one aspect of the game. You can't have both fullbacks that are a little suspect defensively (Adriano moreso than Alba). During Pep's years we attacked from Alves' wing whereas Abidal was usually more conservative. Both of them...

He's lost his confidence in front of goal and you can clearly see that. Even when he's not scoring, Pedro has been good in build-up play and making space for Messi and others. He doesn't slow the game down when the ball touches his feet. However, in this game he was not good in any aspect. this...

He's been completely useless in far too many games now. I agreed early on that the criticism was too harsh but even I am now starting to lose my patience with this guy. His signing is starting to look more and more like a mistake.

Look I don't give a damn what anyone says, this wasn't the last game of the year or something, Messi has plenty of games left to break the record. It made absolutely no sense to bring him on in this meaningless game.

He was one of the players at fault for the Mallorca goal . Gets sucked into a side of pitch which already has defenders and leaves the Mallorca player wide open to score. I guess this is what the standards of defending is at Barca and on this forum when a guy like this is considered irreplaceable.

The defending in general around the world isn't all that great, there are very, very few world class defenders atm. The Premier League isn't all that great at defending at the moment either. I mean, look at the forum here, their idea of a 'beast' defender is Mascherano.

Man, I know the conditions were bad but that Texans-Bears game was awful. Cowboys-Eagles looked to be like a decent game as well before Vick went down.

Anybody that has seen the Clasicos should not be questioning whether Xavi and Iniesta shouldn't be starting important matches. These two are among the best in history and nobody starts in front of them when they're both fit and healthy, I don't care which team it is. However, it's nice to see...