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Man, I'm yet to be 100% convinced by Rakitic but it's impossible to judge him at the moment. Every single one of our midfielders are playing below-par. The system isn't allowing him to show what he has got.

Johan Cruyff : "I don't understand why Toni Kroos isn't at Barcelona. I know for a fact that he preferred to join Barça." [rac1]

Translation of the 3 points?

I was half thinking that maybe he'd try 3 at the back the end of the last game but now with Mathieu out I can't see that happening. You need either him or Vermalaen for that left centre back spot.

It's depressing seeing him standing out on the right wing so much. Such a waste.

Eh...he set up Neymar and Messi for two very good chances.

Lookiing forward to seeing what he can do tonight. He needs to get some match fitness so I'm not expecting anything amazing but it's still good to see him back. Hopefully his injury troubles are behind him and he can start his season properly.

Nonsense. Same was said of Xavi years ago when players like Essien were in fashion. All types of players are suited to modern football if they do what they do well enough. The problem is that we aren't doing what they're good at well enough Xavi-Iniesta in their prime would dominate any...

Vintage Eto'o today.

The situation at corners was embarrassing yesterday. Not only do we suck at attacking/defending them, our own corners are actually a major chance for the opposition to score on the counter-attack.

Can't wait to see him in full flow. Did very well yesterday taking all things into consideration.

He looks really confident and the defence clearly have confidence in him. I've been impressed with his ability to claim crosses. I want Mats to succeed here in the long run but Bravo has been flawless so far.

Really weird to see him make a mistake like that. I don't think I've ever seen him do anything like that before. Mascherano was a bit rash also but Don has to take most of the responsibility.

Back to centre back for him anyway.

You could be right. I'd have to watch the game again. I just remember thinking that he was playing much better than he had the last couple games. After the penalty he was terrible though.

To be honest I thought he had a pretty good game. He was left to defend that flank on his own pretty much and sure he lost a few of his battles but he won some also. You can't expect him to deal with Isco, Ronaldo and Marcelo on his own. By the time the 2nd half was in full flow the team had...

A moment of complete stupidity. He was playing very well up until that moment as well. After that it went downhill.

Remember when Montoya was better than this guy? Funny how quickly and radically things change.

True words.

Tough one to call as always. Madrid are in better form and I think they might edge it. Having said that, I still don't think Modric-Kroos cover the back four well enough. Messi really could be allowed a lot of space. I'll be happy with a draw anyway. Madrid are gathering real momentum and not...