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The playoffs have just been amazing. In fact I've just loved the whole season. Absolutely ridiculous that this sport doesn't get the coverage and the ratings that it deserves in the US, especially over a predictable and mediocre league like the NBA.

I don;t find anything wrong with what he said in those quotes.

I've never seen one player take control of a match and absolutely dominate the tempo and flow of the game the way Xavi could with Spain and Barca in these last few years.

But Iker would be very expensive plus he isn't young so I don't see the value in that. Especially right now as we have seen against Madrid as well, Barca don\t play out from the back as much anymore so a more traditional style GK wouldn't be a bad option.

Barca's decline or recent loss in dominance is directly related to the decline in Xavi......he is far more important to Spain and Barca's style of play than Iniesta. Just watch and see what happens once Xavi retires. Spain still have great players but they will struggle to dominate matches and...

Iker is old now and was already starting to show signs of fading this season. Don't know why people would want him here since he won't come cheap either.

I think anybody can see that his dribbling and movement is just not the same. He was dropped by Pep as well before he had that injury last season so it's not entirely Tito's fault this one.

I just found it ridiculous that Messi played the entire 90 minutes against Celta Vigo with a make-shift midfield instead of him resting and bringing him later on (especially after a difficult game in Bolivia). The fact is Messi also picks and chooses his spots. This season in particular is the...

Please no. He's too error-prone.

I think the two Barca players who are ridiculously overplayed are Messi and Alves. Xavi does get rest at times when he plays at the Nou Camp (when Thiago subs in for him) but he doesn't get much rest when Barca play away games because Thiago hardly ever performs well away from home.

His positioning was pretty poor for the third goal. He was hugging the near post when the cross comes in......

I think he'd be a useful bench player but I don't think that he deserves to start anymore.

Agreed. I still think that he's a great finisher but his dribbling, movement and pace are all down. He can finish a chance though if some one can provide it for him.....

Absolutely, so we should forget about the rest of the season and last year as well because he was just so bloody fucking brilliant against Bayern in the second leg. We should forget his performance in the first leg as well. Absolutely incredible how a player's value goes up and down based on one...

I agree completely. One really has to wonder for how long somebody has been a fan of Barca if they think this is the same Xavi of old. He has moments and games where he shows his old self but particularly when the quality of the opposition is higher and particularly when opponents do a better...

No. Basically for him to function well, you need everyone around him to be in-form world-class players.

Ozil wouldn't have changed a whole much but would've still been a better option than Cesc. Anyways, Cesc isn't the reason why we lost. As I've said before, I don't base my opinions on 1 or 2 matches. This team has got problems all over the pitch. Outside of Messi, we don't have anybody in the...

He didn't destabilize anything. Barca got the better of him in 2 cup competitions last season. This season the club is already in decline as can be seen in the Champions League when we have faced tougher competition a lot of which has co-incided with the loss of form or decline of some...

I'm not saying that he should have been benched in this game or lately. Everybody knows the injury situation in the centre of defense at Barca. I was talking about the situation going forward and in the future season. The only way you get the old Pique back is if you can get the old Puyol...

It's the same in entire back 4, it's not just the 'right' side that leaks in goals . They were attacking down the left hand side for much of those 2 legs. It was Robben who was Bayern's most potent attacking threat.