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Because I've never seen him misplace 20 passes in a game, never seen him misplace all but 4 crosses out of 52 in 4 games, dribble himself out of every situation and either cause a counter or end the attack with everyone angry but one lucky guy outside of the stadium. Just as I've never seen...

Considered writing "Lenglet" there tbh.

If everyone played their role even decently well, Barcelona would win all these games. As I literally wrote, there are other reasons and others to blame. But how can anyone defend Dembeles "performances"? Xavi justifies them with him being without a contract so he is in his right to childishly...

I don't think you thought that I thought that. I think I even answered a bitter response like this from you about this before? He has made 11 assists this season, which is OK. It is 0,57 assist per game, the best number of his career (0,17 last year, 0 assists the year before, and 0,29 the year...

Demboules last 4 games in passing numbers Frankfurt 36/60 - 60% Cadiz 44/65 - 67,7% Sociedad 36/49 - 73,5% Vallecano 31/50 - 62% And in shooting numbers: Frankfurt - 0 shots Cadiz - 9, four on target Sociedad - 3, zero on target Vallecano - 5, zero on target No assists and no goals for...

Only now looked at pass success rates from last game. PEA stood on 60% last game, not even Depay numbers. You could say it is a small sample size, because he only attempted 10 passes, but on the other hand, he only attempted 10 passes...

I am currently a bit less critical than you of Xavi, and was probably more assured than you that he'd be a success before he was appointed. I was also less critical than you when results were great, but I have never been entirely satisfied with or convinced by Xavi since his appointment it is...

I like the line-up :) Alba on the wrong side and Kessie in the team is very suspicious, but Busquets as a treq could very well work very well. He'd need movement around him, but he could find the gap as well there as he finds the gap in the deeper space, and one touch himself out of it just as...

Didn't even care about or notice the time wasting, they could've played for 900 minutes without Barcelona making creative plays. They got 11 minutes, no need to moan. There were a lot of time wasting 10 years ago, when Barcelona actually did try to force things and had a plan and were dangerous...

Yeah he impressed so much when he got minutes. Still only 8 players who played more minutes btw, despite his injury and then him finally being behind Luuk in the pecking order. He has played much too much, and easily enough to "get some rhythm".

*Frenkie could make a sharp turn to move into the same space too, but he is like Pedri a bit too much like a tired hockey player just gliding on his skates, he takes too few sharp turns but just jogs around in circles. *Dembele of course has a perfect position to take a hard run towards the...

I think the pic is a bit unrepresentative, Xavis CMs often roam and hide in the marked space, the idea is to get the ball to them, and they are often there, but the timing is not there, and then they are not skilled enough to do something with the ball from there the few times they do get it...

He has one in the squad in Puig, who scored a Golazo and who looked energetic as always last time he was given a few minutes a few months ago... Gavi, Frenkie, Nico and Pedri are very talented players, but they are not threatening, they do not force things and they do not see enough. They are...

I don't think the difference between these player lay primarily in their facial expression though :) What to be said about Dembeles facial expression... Xavi loves him!

He only needs more time.. heh... Only 3376mins for Barcelona so far

Yeah I remember that one and mentioned it in chat when it happened. It is really one of Xavis biggest mistakes so far to make the team rely on Dembele making stuff happen. He is sort of fine to put in as a hero sub with 30mins left if the game is undecided, but this is what can happen when you...

His 21 missed passes means no one could do "better" or bring anything these 21 times at least, but at least they didn't do worse these times. Same with his missed shots, there were many times he could've found better placed team mates. But the other two attackers under performed too, as did the...

21 missed passes from Dembele yesterday. 67,7% found its target, and 3 were proggresive. He didn't score obviously, but he tried 9 times and actually found the target 4 times (whether his target was his agent sitting on the highest stands wanting free balls, or the goal) He had one nice cross...

So would an 80 year Arnold, but football is not about "bodying" people. Dzeko would "body" prime Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets and Messi, too.

And they all did fine, even though the instant improvement when Busquets arrived is one of the most striking ones. I like the idea of Garcia there, he has the highest pass completion % in the squad, he is the only one beside Busquets who regularly and securely plays passes between the lines...