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To be honest we're not missing much. Remember that during the 3 games of his suspension we actually won all 3. When he's here or when he's not here makes little difference against top teams. Whether that's his fault or the tactics who knows.

Our defensive record is still absolutely incredible. 8 goals taken in 23 games. I really don't understand how we have achieved those Chelsea 04 style numbers with this defense, that looks okay at best. We are giving up several big chances a game even against random relegation teams like Cadiz...

Even though he wasn't directly responsible for the goal it sure feels like it, we concede almost every time he plays.

When he was here, he went a whole Liga season losing like once no? Wild.

Seeing this guy try to prove how much of a hard man he is by screaming at refs and opponent players every game is getting tiring. Starting to bring nothing to the table but hustle and intensity (and of course the macho hard man act). He's important for Xavi's full court press type system...

Well we are out of it now, in February, whilst Madrid have to try and compete for CL in the next months so that argument isn't gonna wash if we end up choking it. Only LaLiga and Copa left, and Copa is at semi-final stage.

Should we keep him if we win LaLiga, or is it a poisoned chalice and just take it and run? Winning LaLiga is a great achievement 100% but it seems hard to tell if he's really built a project that will ensure long-term league success, or this has just been our year and we've been lucky to keep...

Not today, but usually he finds goals against bottom half teams. It's just more noticeable when he doesn't do it because he ghosts against big teams every single time..

Needs service to score and a lot of it. Other than that, doesn't generate play at all, hold up the ball, create much, just a poacher. Similar to old CR, but CR had more even in old age. However, his bumcrushing abilities are still likely going to lead us to a LaLiga win, so he is being very...

He will likely be sacked if he loses LaLiga. Trust the process, even if Laporta wanted to, isn't possible at the moment with the terrible financial situation and we need as much revenue as possible. He won't keep going with Xavi after being out of Europe by February and throwing LaLiga as...

Not sure about that. Madrid have always historically been poor in the league. Only way they crawl back into it is if we lose at Camp Nou against them.

He's not trying to, lol. His tactic is far more defensive than any Barca DNA philosophy ever is. He prefers to manage games and grind out results. He is much closer to Allegri than Cruyff.

True. Have seen so many games like this where we have played awfully and converted the one good chance we had, then grinded out the result. Girona, Celta, Getafe, Villarreal, Mallorca... How many points were won just like that? Playing shitty football and relying on opponents incompetence...

Xavi's old 5 at the back nemesis strikes again. 2nd half was awful to watch. Just cross after cross after cross after cross. How many in the end, 50?

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Have you seen how Bayern are doing in Bundesliga? They don't even have a lead anymore. They've dropped points 9 times in 21 games, in that so-called farmer's league. I'm not seriously convinced they are so many levels above that we lose 5-0 to them over 2 games. Even if they have a better...

They also have Stoke reject Choupo-Moting up front... There is no such thing as a perfect team, you can find holes in any team and injuries and suspensions happen to everyone. Having 2 or 3 starters out is pretty common and happens to every team in large parts of the season. Guys like...

Bayern we didn't have any players out 1st game and 2nd game they had half their team out. Still lost 2-0 and 3-0, though 2nd game was meaningless so doesn't matter if it was affected by absences either way. Inter we had first choice CBs out but they also missed 2 of their best players, Brozovic...

A lot of what you put is right honestly other than this repeated BS about how the teams in Europe just have better squads. They really don't. Inter, United, Frankfurt etc don't have better squads and could even say not that close either. Even if they did (they don't), is it impossible to ever...

Is he that bad that he can't even get a few minutes when we have Kessie and Roberto starting in midfield? Not even a few against teams like Cadiz? I'm really starting to wonder what is the case here because by all accounts Xavi is the one who spoke to him and convinced him to join, yet seems to...