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I pointed to this to @Joan yesterday. Ferran and then Fermin and Gavi started playing a little bit dirty to match RM and it kinda paid off. Then again, an argument can be made that it made us to try to match their game rather than playing ours

Many won't remember this, but the first time I saw Barca playing with offside trap during full season was the 2004/2005 season under him. Oleguer and Gio loved to be onside and Puyol had to clear their mess many times. It was the closest thing to Flick Ball in defensive strategy

Fort might became that one day, but I can't see it happening within the next 2 seasons. He already lost a year of development this year. Maybe Torrents can be this guy and save us some money. Personally, if we have to take a gamble on young players I prefer doing so with the wingers. I can...

You don't have a season like this and then decide to make massive changes in the team. You can forget about this idea already. Raphinha ain't leaving before the WC either. Joan García and Lucas Chevalier are the two most obvious choices based on age, cost and performance (based on data)...

He was good last year before getting injured. This year he got injury early on and took it out of his system. He is a streaky player, he needs rhythm and confident to perform and when those gets interrupted it is a problem.

Most of the starters, Bastoni and Mkhtyrian are resting, Thuram is injured and unlikely to play on Wednesday, Dumfries is coming from injury and likely getting minutes today. Augusto for Dimaeco coupd also happens in CL, he rotates between the two.

Dumfries on the bench against Roma. He will surely starts vs us.

I was full on this last night. However, with Semifinals in our way, I am not sure of it. Time and time again, it shows you can't isolate players from off the pitch crying. Real Madrid players bought into the club mental games and the lost their heads with every normal decision not going their...

Even when he plays as LW, he moves more centrally and became a second striker. He is LW just on paper, a bit like older version of Messi & Cristiano who played behind strikers but wvery pregame charts listed them on the wings. For it to happen they need a world class attacking LB, and a number...

Turns out Xavi was the next Txiki, not the next Pep.

I would argue 2 fullbacks not one.

He is starting to look like a player again IMHO, still long way to go to reach the level we were expecting from him but he is in upward trajectory and he has age in his side and talent is there.

Ter Stegen is here for 11th year, the second one closest to him in the first team is Fati who joined half decade later. This type of experience and durability will always be appreciated by his peers. Look at how the players celebrate Fati when he has close to zero contribution in the current...

I hate to skip a phase ahead tbh. I don't like talking about finals before we win Semi But, if we reach the final, we need to win the league clsssico and finish the league against Espanyol. 10 days rest could do wonders to some of our players before the finals.

Mbappe and Vinicius don't play the same position. Kylian isn't a LW and it is a waste to put him there.

He is Saudi with those demands

If your opponent deliberately tries to injury you two or three times in the first half and get away with it, I can't expect a better performance tbh. This wasn't a proper football game in the first half , we were playing different sports and we suffered due to it

He was decent, but he should be a game changer. I still prefer him as super sub in big games, and let Fermin starts.

He changed the game for them

It is in the post: not fucking up defensively and getting abused from opponents attack as a clear weak link disaster. That is my expectation for any LB outside Balde, because of who are behind him.