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I think you're being harsh on Alves. Danny is a much better defender than Adriano and I actually think he's a little underrated in that aspect. Danny just plays a very attacking role for Barca but that doesn't mean that he can't defend. As for the partnership of Pique and Mascherano,I'm not...

Adriano has never been a bad player going forward, the problem is that at times he can be caught out defensively but at the Camp Nou, the vast majority of teams will generally play defensively and so his defensive defeciencies can be covered up. But we really saw what happened when he was...

I have absolutely no problem with adding depth but I believe a proper CB was just a more urgent need of the hour.

Okay maybe i exaggerated a little with that 1 tenth comment but i do believe Busquets is far ahead of Song.

That's a real problem for us. We were generally lacklustre last season away from home and only Messi's brilliance saved us on numerous occasions (atletico madrid,levante, equalizer at athletic bilbao)........if only even one other player had chipped in with a few more goals last season i believe...

That Montoya chance was more difficult than Alba's because Montoya was being forced wide...... Alba had the much easier chance but his first touch was just horrible.

Song doesn't have one-tenth of the talent and skill that Busquets has. To think that Busi is the slightest bit intimidated by the likes of him is really laughable. Let;s not forget that Busquets was one of our best players last season. It's really ridiculous to talk about his replacement after...

I agree, he should never have been played at RB.

Mascherano does not lack speed as could be witnessed when he made the last ditch tackle to deny Higuain,in fact speed is Mascherano's biggest asset. It's his positioning that is the problem at times with him and he gets away with it due to his pace which he uses to make recovery tackles. But...

I don't have great faith in the defensive qualities of our backline particularly the CB's especially when it comes to the really tough games against quality attacking opposition. Couple that with our reliance on Messi to score goals particularly in the important matches and we're basically at...

Really and what about his performances last season when he fell out of favour and was dropped for some important games????My comment was not based on just this one performance.

He was admittedly great for the rest of the game but part of that also has to do with the fact that Madrid were pressing less and our midfield was getting into the game particularly in the second half so Madrid were attacking less. We saw that in the Osasuna game as well when our midfield...

It's really in the big games that the world-class players stand out because you're going up against the best and that;s where you will be tested the most. Mascherano is not a bad defender but he's not world-class and having to play alongside Pique is not ideal for him......

Our defense was never as good as some people here think. It was the high-pressuring and work ethic of the players in front of them plus the fact that they play in a team that has 70% possession that hides some of their defeciencies. This is the problem at times with Mascherano as well and we saw...

So maybe the all the deluded fanboys here get to see what i've been saying for quite some time here that if we didn't add a good central defender we would be in big trouble this season

So anybody here still think Pique is a world class defender?????

We're screwed without this guy. I do believe he's just as important to this team as Messi. He provides structure,he provides foundation to this team. There is no one like him in world football.

It was always going to be interesting to see how they perform now that they are defending champions, will they be able to maintain the same level of intensity as they did last season. Last season they fought tooth and nail every match because they were hurting after Barca won 3 seasons in a...

The opening goal gave me flashbacks of Pique's performance last season against Osasuna. But thankfully he improved after his costly error and made a crucial block to deny a second goal for Osasuna. This season will be crucial for Pique,he can't have a season like he did last year............we...

Puyol is one of my heroes but today was the worst that i think i have ever seen him. He looked like somebody who was closer to his 40's. He was slow to read the game,he was slow on the turn..............................his lack of footspeed and decision making was shocking. Hopefully this was...