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Freak results happen. In my opinion, Xavi benefitted from a little element of 'surprise' tactically as his system is quite radically different to how Barca has played for many seasons now. We work the ball out wide and pepper the box with crosses, with a traditional number 9 that finishes off...

The reason why he was never world class was seen in the game yesterday. He is a simple poacher. He isn't a great outlet and doesn't assist the midfield in building play, but stands around the penalty box waiting for playable balls. And he didn't finish them so he was useless. Someone like...

Gerard Romero (extremely reliable this year with a ton of exclusives)said that there were orders from the club to sell as many tickets as possible regardless of who they went to. So it looks like there doesn't need to be an investigation, the club encouraged it themselves.

We wouldn't have signed Christensen if we thought Garcia can be a solution. He's a sub/situational starter when we are looking for ball progression from defense but like I previously wrote he cannot be trusted in any big or important game as he will make a catastrophic error. I hope he is...

The problem is he's a very poor crosser of the ball. What good is a cross merchant who can't cross? The first few games were a fluke and some of his crosses actually landed.

I am the first person to say that Gavi needs to grow a lot as a player and shouldn't be relied on as a starter, as of course he is 17. Some people on this forum said he is a top3 midfielder in the world, lol. But I have also said that if a player has many offers significantly better in salary...

Alemany: "The renewals of Gavi and Demb?l? depend on our economic situation." So Gavi is really prepared to leave over money huh? I wonder what we are offering him, it must be pretty low.

Have you watched Villarreal play?

Yes, you need defenders who can do it all on their own as Busquets surely isn't going to help them. Leaves acres of space in front of the defense and gets lost on transitions. It's called defensive midfielder for a reason.

He gave 2 great balls to Auba who couldn't finish. Whilst being isolated and doubled as soon as he received the ball. Not his fault and showed great desire.

The ball went into the middle of the goal. Staying in the middle and not moving at all would have been much better than diving to the right and totally missing the ball. It reminds me of Sane's shot against him when we lost 3-0 to Bayern 1st match. He horribly misjudges the flight of the ball...

Only 2 players from the 8-2 were in the XI today, Alba and Busi. You can bet your left leg teams are going to see what Frankfurt have done, what Levante have done, and even what Elche did some games ago. Issues have been piling up in the background and teams are reacting to our setup. If we...

They weren't pressing us. They were just set up far better tactically. Chalking this off to 'intensity' or 'slow players' is gonna hold us back from fixing the real issues. We will have a tough next few months if we think like this. Xavi got outcoached and Frankfurt set up well for us.

If you talk big, better fucking back it up. This player is the first to talk trash to the opponent, even last game he was showboating on Levante, but when shit gets real he bottles it. All talk and no game. All bark and no bite. Stick to playing him against the Levantes for now where he can...

You seriously blame this on Dembele? It's not his fault Xavi has the front 3 80 yards apart. He showed some grit and fight and got back to defend today. We are going back to the usual shit here where we blame Dembele, blame Auba, even blame Araujo, blame everyone who aren't the golden cows of...

Looks like he was absolutely right not to be scared as he has outcoached Xavi over these 2 legs. Unlike Spaletti and Lotepegui who heaped praise on us and played down their chances, this guy was confident and thought he knew what he could do. Props to him.

You can't rely on a 17 year old as a permanent starter. He is great for his age but he's not top quality yet of course, he lacks a lot of maturity which you get as you age.

He is weak, so has to be very rough to mark attackers properly. As a result constantly makes stupid fouls, even against small attackers like Lindstrom. This caused the Levante penalty as well. He has serious flaws that will be disastrous against top opponents.

FDJ changed the game last time he came on so he must lack fitness or something, because Gavi at the same time wasn't great either.

Mingueza isn't tall for a CB either. He's just stronger and faster. Equally prone to mistakes and fuckups so don't get OP's comparison tho.