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Sevilla 100% won't come top4. Their greatest strength in Kounde-Carlos which masked their average quality and very old team is gone and they haven't replaced it. Probably won't even finish in European spots and will come mid table. Sad.

When Xavi took over from Koeman the results and performances were pretty much the same until January window and return of Pedri and Dembele. A context you convieniently leave out in your post. Comparing the squad Xavi has now to Koeman's 21/22 with likes of Braithwaite and Mingueza starting is...

After being one of the best players in Italy last season he didn't even make France Football's top 30 behind guys like Nunez. Lol. Becoming a joke.

It's a shame to see him play the way he does recently. He just runs around acting the hard man and giving the other team breaks with stupid fouls, and is starting to bring very little other than work rate and hustle.

Another thing people need to accept is it's not only the fact he's weak that causes him to fuck up. He's actually just bad at defending. There are many CBs who are weaker or lean who made great careers and were good in defense, not making a catastrophic error every game. For example Christensen...

Currently, there are 3 teams in the table only 3 points behind us. Need to fix things and fast.

Honestly people won't want to hear it but he doesn't look like he is coping well with starting every few days. On top of poor tactics yesterday he also individually looked tired and sluggish in duels with Militao, who often got the better of him. Not as energetic as he was in the first games...

Watching it back that 'pen' was a pretty obvious dive and barely any contact made.

The reason there is now highly elevated expectations in LaLiga is because he has been so utterly terrible in Europe - it is entirely a situation of his own making. The draw to Benfica/0-3 to Bayern was forgiven as he hadn't worked with the team for long, then he struggled against Galatasaray in...

He says 'we had Madrid in their half' without realising that is actually where they wanted to be as they waited for us to lose the ball and to attack in our terrible defensive transitions. If that is his criteria for 'dominating' then it is not surprising he always thinks the tactics were fine...

Difference is we can't win CL anymore because we couldn't even get past the group stage with Xavi.

Xavi does not play close to a typical Barca style or Barca DNA style. His style is literally like a mid-table Championship team. Get the ball to fast lads on the wings, run at the fullbacks and cross to the lump in the middle. He hasn't shown any more tactical nous than that.

Xavi - 'We did not deserve to lose today'. 'We are in a rebuilding & transition phase'. More of the same old shitty excuses, platitudes about the team being under construction, we didn't deserve to lose, the refs lost us the game, the grass was too long, we have injuries, blah blah blah blah...

Knowing how to do something isn't the same as being able to teach it. Particularly when your skill is natural talent, you can struggle to explain it properly. He just knew how to do it as a player but doesn't know how to explain it.

His linkup play is top quality, so intuitive and always understands how to move into and pass into space, to combine with his teammates. Could probably have been a great midfielder too.

As I and numerous others have said more times than we can count, a defender who cannot defend will never make it at any decent level. However we had people here claiming he was amazing because he didn't fuck up vs Cadiz or Elche who don't make a single dangerous attack.

In this setup there is little to no difference between him and Aubameyang and both giving very similar production. Aubameyang in fact scored 2 against Real in this fixture last year. There was no point spending all that money to bring Lewandowski here to play him in these tactics. Could've...

Tbh, Madrid play with more Barca DNA than we actually do ourselves.

Passing from DM is totally different to passing from CB. As a CB you are facing the pitch and don't need to scan behind you for passing options or for opponents coming from behind, you are just passing forward and have a view of the entire field. For DM you need to have a '360' view of the...

Second goal conceded was due to Busi losing the ball twice in 30 seconds. After that he got subbed out.