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Low intensity La Liga game at Camp Nou and still wasn't anywhere near good enough. I swear, Iniesta at 35 would be a better option.

Those groin muscle injuries are annoying as hell, because while you can play games with them, you are constatly aware that they're still looming right beneath the surface and can show up whenever you really exert that muscle. He does look like he's holding back in some way when he's sprinting...

Maybe the first couple of trainings with Setien were a jump in intensity, but I doubt they're working harder than under Valverde nowadays. Telling the players to run doesn't mean they're gonna. At some point you just stop telling them. Probably what happened with Lucho in his last season.

The ironic thing is, he was the only player up already the pitch in the Arthur situation because he doesn't run back to defend. Then he doesn't run to attack either...

Never really felt annoyed at him as I do now. He honestly looks like he doesn't believe in his teammates. When Semedo gets the ball, Messi is already anticipating the attack being lost. Semedo breaks through and Messi is walking around 40 meters from the action. Semedo has no-one to pass to...

Sorry but what the fuck is he doing? Every time we go forward he stays back, waiting until there's at least four opponents between him and the goal.

It's a difficult position to play for a club like Barca and I understand why he's becoming hesitant to go forward. You need to be allowed to fail, and he isn't really that. Ideally you would want this player to go all out, run at every space and conquer every meter he's given. Just go for it...

I count us quite lucky that they sat back actually. I don't think how shaky we are when pressed.

We had the ball in their half at Anfield many times. We could literally have passed it around for 10 minutes in each attack, killing the tempo, instead of trying a half assed attempt and hurrying back to defend.

Maybe we shouldn't try to do things differently from when we play well and win, but get this, try and do the same things that we do when we play well and win.

Yeah, and when those teams come to camp nou, they just, what? don't wanna win?

Vidal doesn't work a lot because he does useless sprints and careless sliding tackles. Rakitic doesn't work a lot because he looks exhausted all game.

I don't even know if I'll agree with this anymore. I used to trust Rakitic to make the right decisions in attack but I just don't anymore. And when's the last time he scored a good goal? Tottenham a year and a half ago? Arthur has 3 goals to his 0 this season.

Far from it. Busquets can turn with the ball, play it forward. Find holes in the opponent lines quickly and push them back. Rakitic invites pressure, allows opponents to go forward. Negative contribution only.

I seriously am lost for words. If he was good at all defensively, I would get it, but he's just not. He takes up no space, can't accelerate to stop someone going past him, imposes no physical threat.

We played Eibar and wasn't pressed at all. He still couldn't do anythng but pass it backwards. Backpass and jog around like his job is done. No responsibility, no guts.

Rakitic literally falls down in every duel. He's terrible physically. Players breeze past him with ease.

We play better when we play at home. Why do you think that is? Is there something inherently different about the grass on Camp Nou? No, we play better because we play like Barca, with confidence. We play badly away because we play without confidence. Thinking defensively, inviting the pressure...

Seriously what the fuck? Rakitic is bad every single game. This is so fucking weird. He's never ever good. This is not hyperbole. Why is he being played? He's fucking awful defensively and useless offensively. I really don't get it.

Crazy how much better Puig would do than Vidal in that position.