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Ferran scores meaningless goal in blowout : OMG he's got his confidence back what a player!!!! 19 year old Fati coming off terrible injury period lasting several years, 6 G+A in 300 odd LL minutes : Finished player who has nothing to offer. People's expectations here are far too high, do you...

The team is just very young, unlike that of Pimienta and to some extent Barjuan that had a lot of senior players and veterans carrying the team. This year they are almost all players from Juvenil so it resembles more of a youth team but in a professional league, so its difficult to compete...

It is typical from these average arrogant Spanish teams who think they are above playing defensively against top attacking players. All the teams who performed well against Xavi's Barca double marked Dembele and played a low block. Only exceptions being very good teams like Madrid/Bayern who...

They didn't play good football either, they got hammered and did nothing of note the entire game. You have to adapt to your conditions and work with what you have. Too many Spanish teams try and play nice football with average players, which leads to getting hammered by good teams and not...

Absolutely clueless setup today. High line and pressing high with your reserves against Barcelona. God knows what made him think that could win any points.

Same old. We saw a great, fluid game state with Frenkie in last time and the other midfielders combining much better - instead of giving that a trial of just a couple more games to decisively get to the bottom of this issue and evaluate Frenkie as a pivot, he shoehorns Busquets back into the...

Just as we had seen the game be so much more fluid and dynamic without Busquets, he again finds a reason to shove him back into the lineup despite Frenkie's great game as pivot. Same old same old.

The last title they won was in 2013. Also, you make the parallel without acknowledging that we are in a two team league whilst they are in a league with 5-6 teams that would whoop our ass. It's not hard to get 2nd here, not even a single team other than Madrid made CL knockouts this year. If...

And who are Barca and who are Manchester United? What a stupid comparison.

More factors than just that. He subbed on a fast right wingback and then minutes later that player made a great overlap on the right for a crucial goal. Could be that he saw team needed fresh, fast legs on that side to attack the box, vs Carvajal who was tiring and is slower. When something...

People don't rate Ancelotti because he isn't a philosophy manager with a clear brand of football, but that isn't a prerequisite for being a top manager as he has already proven obviously with his trophy cabinet. The most decorated manager in history. The proof is in the pudding and you can't...

Actually unsaveable. Like a knuckleball into the sidenetting.

One thing about Ancelotti is his subs are always spot-on. It's like every time Madrid sub in a player they score or assist.

Prophetic.

On comes Asensio to change the game.

Football was no worse without it. Seems that it is selectively applied to certain decisions, which makes refereeing standards even worse, and causes even more inconsistency than there was prior...

That's not average, that's fast generally. Amongst top wingers it's average but 34kmh is nothing to scoff at, that is very high. I believe that was clocked before his successive injuries though so very likely it could be slower now.

There's normal slow (Gavi, Kessie, Pedri etc) then there is Busi slow. It's totally off the scale, can't compare any professional player to it but you could compare your grandparents.

Should be able to make a good profit on him. Even if he won't be a top level player his dribbling and 1v1 qualities can be useful to any team, perhaps a team with European football will come in for him as a bench option.

The weirdest thing about Busquets's current role in the team is he was never even used like this in his prime, he was always a supportive figure for Xavi and Iniesta, but now he is finished and wants to go to MLS, he became the golden idol of our midfield whom every ball must pass through, and...