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Far from it, but so far a great deal of his shortcomings (his ineptitude in attack aside) seems to stem from lack of mutual understanding with the players around him.

Nah, he's been severely blunder prone all season.

Yeah, I'd go with that as well. The only problem of course being that we'll never know if Semedo in particular could elevate his play further if he managed to stay a starter for much long, making his synergy with the teammates and confidence stronger.

It's pretty crazy how Raphael the deserved Ballon d'or winner Varane has collapsed under the tutelage of Lopetegui.

He was great today. I honestly think Semedo had earned himself a spot in the starting XI after his good run while Bob was out, but when the Spaniard is playing like this, he's really hard to replace.

It feels like yesterday when Barça fans in here were lauding RM's superior transfer strategy that was bound to ensure complete and total domination both domestically and in Europe for decades to come. The envy and rage directed at our own board for not copying this strategy was laughably naive...

My only real concern for this game, is if EV instructs us to sit too deep and open the space on our flanks like we've seen time and time again. We need to grab this game by the scruff of the neck and stress them like we did with Inter and like Sevilla did against RM during that match. There's...

I can't wait to see how he fares against RM's rather congested midfield today.

Yeah, likewise. Besides, I dug the Inter game, and I see no reason this shouldn't be a good one as well. And well, it's an el clasico - I feel sorry for any Barça fan who aren't the least bit psyched for that.

I love this guy. I honestly believe we'll be able to build a future Barça around him.

I'm not even mad that EV decided to play on the counter against this Sevilla side - we would've hammered a high back line playing like this 9 out of 10 times. However, I am fucking furious, though obviously not surprised, that he's not able to set up our defense better than this, when he decides...

All the shit he's gotten away with for years and years and he gets sent off for that? :lol: :lol: :lol: I'm sure his PR team will work wonders with footage of poor, crying Cronaldo being unjustly sent off by the evil ref...

Not gonna lie - that midfield makes me nervous as hell. Smart or naive from EV? We'll see.

You guys are IMO massively overrating Sisto. From what little I've seen from Malcom, he's easily the better player of the two, so there's just about zero chance he would find a place here. Again, as I've said before, Sisto first of all really needs to add some consistency to his game, and even...

5. learn how to play away-ties

Andres SWOLE Iniesta checking in. Seriously, if Puig is good enough, he's good enough. I'd be much more sceptical if it was his flair and ball control we were worrying over rather than his physique.

Yeah, it was actually just resolved yesterday.

I'm guessing those rumors about the supposed contract extension are probably just that; rumors. But yeah, right now at least an extension would be bizarre. As far as I'm concerned, this season, now that he's settled and probably has had more of a say in regards to squad planning, should be the...

Same with Lucho and Pep before him, although the wear and tear probably only started to show later on with them.

Well, in any case it wouldn't be surprising if yet another one succumbs to the pressure here.