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Up until their first goal, Sevilla didn't really get a sniff, before that point they had 3 shots in total in 75 minutes. Once they started to attack with more purpose he fell to pieces.

Honestly, when Puyol comes back he should be dropped. Yes, that would mean everybody in the backline is under six feet, but it matters a jot as it stands, seeing as he is just as useless in set pieces as 5 ft 8 Mascherano. Hes the most irritating player in the team,at least with Alexis even if...

Jesus. He's such a pansy, no strength whatsoever, so slow, so passive, a coaches worst nightmare.

Hats off? What? :lol: If Rosell bought Neymar for 100 million and sold Iniesta for 50 million this place would go batshit crazy, rightly so too. He basically bought an inferior player for 100 million, and sold a superior player that was their second best player for half of that because of this...

4 players' (RB-CB-CB-LB) influence on a defensive record > 1 player's influence (GK) by far, poor analogy.

What the hell does this even mean? It makes zero sense. The aim of the team from a defending sense is to prevent the opposition from scoring, simple. The fact is, based on the past 2 seasons, where Barca has been at its worst defensively, its done a better job of this than Madrid, no matter...

Doesn't change the fact that your entire hierarchy is full of transfer muppets that buy players for the sake of it. Wether or not you got 45millions, you created a situation where your second best player was being relegated to the bench for a shiny new toy and an overrated flat track bully that...

Just read there's an offer for 45m Euros, in that case then fair enough, that's an offer too good to turn down. But it shouldn't have gotten to that in the first place, the guy deserves his stay at Madrid, being their 2nd best player and all, ah well, I'm relieved because he was a terror against...

He really needs competition. If Puyol comes back, the only thing that'll be saving him is his height because then we wouldn't have any 1st team defender over 6 ft which would be ridiculous. His decline has been staggering, the most obvious in the team. Didn't do much wrong tonight though and...

All your posts always scream of knee jerk to me. Ozil over the past 4 years has been easily your second or third(at worst) best player and formed a fantastic and telepathic relationship with your best player on the pitch. Fine a player as Isco might be, there is nothing to suggest he's clearly...

Fair enough, I edited my post a bit to the one you quoted. I noted that hiring a coach was aimed to solve that systemic issue. And if Tata gets it right it would have been a masterstroke as its effect will be better than bringing any player in. Now am I saying they shouldn't have brought...

Mate, I wouldn't even say Bayern has a better midfield. The 7-0 result, though deserved, was in no way a representation of the two teams' midfield. That game was won largely on tactics. Their TEAM PLAY was miles ahead of Barca at the point they met. If their teamplay was 100% last season...

Jesus, yelling at team-mates is a normal thing in football. Do you guys not play 5-a-side? Best friends/brothers yell at each other every game, nevermind at the highest level of football where everything is at stake. Puyol actually slapped Pique on the pitch, that arrogant disrespectful curly...

Great post, that will unfortunately fall on deaf ears. There is respecting a team, and there is cowardly fear, the latter is very prominent on here with regards to Madrid, for no apparent reason too, its bewildering to be honest. Perhaps they're feared on the basis that Isco, Illaramendi and...

Again, this typifies the whole "grass is greener on the other side" thing. You're willing to make excuses for Madrid, yet not Barca who had a coach unfortunately battling with cancer that was out for half of the season (leaving the team bereft of any form of guidance, direction or organisation...

Lack of pressing was the single biggest issue last season, the defenders got fuck all protection from the midfielders last season, yet they conceded less than Madrid last season. Essentially, that whole paragraph is based on a false assumption so i disagree very strongly with pretty much...

Ahh the good old statistics bashing. "I watch it with my eyes so I must be right", well done. In your best season in 2011/2012, you conceded 32 goals, 3 more than Barca, who was also very iffy defensively that season. "Your two main CB's is one of the best pairing in the world" is based on...

They give up more possession, but to counter that, they sit back more with more bodies in the box to help against counters and the likes, much more protection than the Barca defenders. basically, it's way more complicated than you're implying. We can only judge them factually on how they fare...

They don't even fare better(nevermind "much better") in their more defensive setup, so your assertion does not compute.

Nobody said you had a "terrible back four", it just isn't all that, for a team with amazing defenders you sure keep a lot of clean sheets, and you talk about someone having delusions. No one has said barca's defenders are amazing, infact, this place is littered with comments bashing the Barca...