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Definitely could be a tricky game tonight. Who would have thought Lyon would knockout City. Neymar and Mbappe need to have a good game for starters. Are Navas and verratti fit?

We definitely have more pressing needs elsewhere, so I don't mind if he stays. Just annoys me when people say he's the best in the world. He never turns up in the big games. The Bayern game was a foregone conclusion, but some of the goals against Roma and Liverpool were definitely saveable for a...

The reason why Ter stegen is rated is because he has the ability to produce miracle saves. He does this every year in la Liga. Even if the xg is high in those CL games, being one of the best goalies in the world, he should save a few. That's what the best goalies do. Keylor navas was outstanding...

All styles of play have weaknesses and strengths. High pressing works on teams that like to bring the ball out, which is why it worked perfectly with us. Add to that, we had no pace up top which stopped us from using the ball over the top, which is the best way to beat the press. All our...

Those figures back up my views on him. The only reason we won in 2015 is because we were so much better than everyone else.

No way he is the best individual player in the world, but he is perfect in the Bayern system. They don't need someone to make their own chances with how well the team play together.

I agree with you, but this isn't something new. The club's priorities have been wrong for the past 5 years.

I'm pretty sure he used to play 4-2-3-1 with Holland to get the best out of FDJ. Wonder if he'll try to do the same here.

Yeah true. I just didn't want us to get in a 30 year old when it's obvious we need a rebuild. We probably won't be winning anything the next couple of years so he'll be wasted anyway.

Would have preferred to just sell Arthur and not get pjanic. Looks like riqui won't get many minutes next season if we get van de beek.

He's had a good game, doesn't matter. Everyone will be saying how awful he is after his next bad game. We need to stop going after these 100m purchases.

It is definitely an option. But we need a new team regardless. This team isn't capable of winning, even against average teams without Messi. I think it was valverde's first year and the penultimate game of the season, Messi was rested for levante and we lost. Cost us going the season unbeaten...

In the current team, we can't afford him to not defend. We would barely able to match a team with all 11 players defending. That's why I do think it's best for both parties if he left. It's our board's fault. Instead of relying on busquets, Vidal and rakitic to cover for Messi, we should have...

Any unbiased person will agree with that. However, the current Messi's decline is a lot less than the decline of the team from those years.

Underwhelming appointment again imo. He's responsible for buying sigurdsson for 45m, klaasen for 20m+ and bought a washed up Rooney back to the club.

🤣 decade of dominance cracks me up. I think most people would be delighted if he could stay injury free for one season.

They do have a point though. I don't know what setien was trying to do. We could have played griezmann instead of Messi, who would press more and we still would have been battered. We were outclassed in every department, individually and collectively.

They can all be useful in certain teams. Our problem is that our first eleven is full of 32 and 33 year olds.

He can still be excellent, just not for us. If he was placed in a well functioning team, he could be the cherry on top as he still possesses the most quality in football. We need to be become a functional team again and start from scratch.

I would. I think this is the right time to move on from Messi. We need to build a more balanced team which will be difficult if Messi stays.