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Xavi: "I'm satisfied with the result, but not with our match. We can't let our rival take the ball away from us." :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: He coached a great defensive game, why does this guy love lying. He parked the bus and it worked, why act like you didn't want to do that?

He reacted really, really slowly today. It was clear Xavi wanted to park the bus right from the start of 2nd half but he waited to make attacking subs for no reason, and only gave 10 minutes to Alvaro when needed a big presence in the box.

You guys need to ease off on the criticism a bit. He was really poor offensively, yes, but having to run and defend that much means by the time you get the ball on offense you're knackered and don't have energy to do much.

Honestly I really like him. He's a cool head. Very all-rounded and nothing rattles him much. Also has a great knack for moving into the box and getting into scoring positions. He needs to be more active and get involved but overall, having him as a backup is great.

Don't agree we don't have players to play good football. Our midfield crop (when all fit) is probably the best in the world. Look at the game Kessie played today, after you all were trashing him and saying how shit he is. Having that guy as a backup is a huge luxury. But nothing wrong with...

Xavi's evolution as a coach is so interesting. Despite playing in exclusively possession based team, under possession based coaches, his entire career, he has grown to favour a defensive approach. And it might have been a bad watch but it sure was effective. Madrid may not have scored for...

Christensen injured but on the bench? Hmm.

Madrid's depth is shit, their success relies on a striker who misses every other game because of a knock, and they are regularly putting guys like Nacho and Ceballos as starters even these days.. But they manage it. Its not because of the squad.

LaLiga is a bigger achievement than QF Champions League clearly but the outrage and concern isn't because we didn't win the CL, its the way we went out and the impression it left for the future. Competing for the CL this season was an unrealistic goal, but still, it would have been encouraging...

Gavi may start struggling when refs crack down on his fouling style of play. Despite having committed the most fouls in LaLiga (53 so far off top of my head) he only received his 5th yellow card last game, and has received 0 red cards, so he's averaging around 10 fouls per card. Obviously...

I don't want to be pessimistic but tbh I think that the Xavi project is just going downhill from here. No matter how much people will deny it our ample sample size of losing and conceding bags of goals in Europe does demonstrate the team's real level. The arguments about injuries only reinforce...

Golazo. Been in good form with Osasuna recently, scored against Sevilla to put them through last round too. Thinking that maybe we should keep him as a bench option when he comes back if we can't find a decent fee for him..

You can still win games where you're an underdog. It seems like every time we come into a game where we're not the favourite or even 50/50 we have written it off as a loss already and everyone is okay with that. Remember that we already beat them 4-0 and 3-1 under Xavi so obviously Ancelotti...

They're not useless, Arsenal are just doing that thing again where every single chance they get is a goal.

Well, Xaviball has a simple aim when it comes to striker. Players like Luuk or Auba who have not been that good elsewhere have played in this system and scored a lot of goals. The only thing the striker is expected to do is press and score in the box, striker linkup or holdup ala Benzema or Kane...

Takes a very weird view of the game to think Gavi has even been near De Jong's performance, heavily disagree there. Most games of the season Gavi just been running around fouling people and had no standout game except Madrid in Supercup.

Interestingly enough, Ferran has actually done pretty well whenever he's played against Madrid. I feel that maybe he'll actually be better than Lewandowski if he takes his spot. Other than that, we're gonna really struggle offensively without Pedri and Dembele. I just hope our defense can stay...

Lewa was really a terrible signing. A lot of money spent in wages and somewhat fee for a 34 year old striker who isn't improving Aubameyang much in this system. And the thing is, he will only get worse from here on out.

They need it in games against high-level teams in CL, yes. But when you look hopeless against even likes of Almeria because you are missing Dembele or something it is a worrying sign. Needs to be some base patterns of play and tactics there other than Dembele and inshallah even against trash...

Probably a blessing in disguise and I mean that seriously.