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People are complaining about effort and intensity, that has got nothing to do with this. This was down to inept coaching, tactics and recruitment. Also the fact that some of the players like Iniesta and Mascherano are done. Suarez is also showing signs of decline.

Don't forget the performance against Betis as well.

The League was always going to be the realistic target this season. This team didn't sign a single impactful player this summer to compensate for the loss of Dani Alves or an aging and slow midfield. The performances against the better teams has been underwhelming to say the least.

I never said that Sane could replace Neymar as of right now. What I said was that he has a chance to be a better player in the near future. He's probably already a bit better at the same age as Neymar was, that doesn't necessarily mean that he will become better but I wouldn't be quite as...

Well at least he won't get himself stupidly sent off in a crucial game and then sarcastically clap all the way into the tunnel :P

Well the La liga is over. He better show up in the Champions League now.

Shouldn't he be starting in place of Gomes. How could he be any worse.

I actually hate the pompousness and arrogance of the EPL pundits and sports reporters but Spanish refs are far more lenient than the English. Hazard has played under more defensive managers in Chelsea whereas Neymar has played alongside the best attacking talent of this generation.

Lol that is the first person that I thought of as well when I wrote the post because he doesn't seem all that mature. Cristiano actually has used his narcissism to drive him to score an astronomical amount of goals and win some things in his career as a result as well. I don't see him hurting...

Neymar holds on to the ball too long and gets brushed off the ball easily.That's one of the reasons why he gets fouled more than others.He gets calls in La liga which he wouldn't get in EPL. If he gets hot blooded here in Spain I'm not really sure what his mental state will be like in England...

Maybe not leadership but more maturity should be shown if he wants to be considered a superstar player or worthy of comparison with legends.

Should have bought Vertonghen instead of this guy. Is tactically inept and boneheaded. I remember his tackle in the city game as well. Absolutely inexcusable for someone so experienced.

In fact considering the hype he has had an underwhelming season.

Hazard is not exactly spotless either I admit but who hasn't turned against Mourinho in his recent clubs. Mourinho has made the environment quite toxic in recent times and he is also doing a good job at singling out players at Man utd now. Hazard deals with physicality and fouls better during a...

I would probably replace him with hazard and Leroy sane has got a good chance to be a better player as well. His poor attitude in such a crucial game shows he is unfit to be a leader. He's not a teenager anymore. A reaction like that will only get opposition to target him more.

Maybe you're right a little bit but that has a lot to do with the fact that Messi has set such ridiculously high standards.

1. His playmaking abilities were always there but he was just played in a different position and with Xavi and Iniesta at their peak, he didn't need to come back that often and be involved with build-up play as much as he does now because we needed Messi in a different role,but his ability to...

Messi nowadays has to use his guile more, use more turns of pace by going slow and then fast or invite players into challenge (like he did against Milner on the nutmeg and then go past them). He has to use his guile more than his raw pace. Not to say that he is slow or average now in terms of...

a couple of seasons ago, Messi would've scored a hat-trick in this match.

This league is a joke and has been for a few years now. It's not surprising that i've gradually lost interest. Refs were always a bit biased in favour of Madrid but what I've seen in the last few years takes biasness to a whole another level. Football is king in Spain and Europe and that will...