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Messi is our most clinical player But Pedro is the hungriest

There's no doubt that with this match Barcelona will lock horns with the toughest opponent they've faced in the Guardiola's era. But people tend to forget that Pep also has the best side he's ever had and this Barcelona squad has enough quality to trash Real on saturday. All they need is that...

While agree that Macherano is a better CB at the moment, Puyol offers something different to this team than him. He's a leader out there, he instructs others to get into positions and gives them reassurance, confidence. He makes others play better, that's why Pique is a lot more disciplined...

With all the respect to Macherano, we need our captain more than him against Madrid. Hope he gets well fast.

Against Valencia, we had 4 defenders, but not a right sided winger. Alves was left alone against a winger and an offensive fullback. I think there's no doubt we'll line up with a 4-3-3 formation. The BIGGEST problem against Madrid will be a mental one, not physical/tactical. They are in form...

Actually, Barcelona is one of the best teams in defending Set-piece situations (It's all thanks to zonalmarking. Yet the problem is that we are naturally vulnerable to long balls and our players can't always be at the right place in the right time. That's why this team needs a bit more muscle...

So what is a good performance by Abidal? When he scores goals or makes ground tackles with his head? It is easy to forget those crucial tackles and interceptions a defender makes in the game and hard to forget those he didn't. I think he's been quite good so far and is still the best LB we have...

There's no way he'll be moved back with the B team so this thread should be moved to players chat section. Can't see him starting the match against Madrid, but after yesterday's performance I'm sure he'll be introduced to the Madrid crowd at some point in the match.

Yet people should not forget that this team consists mostly of small players and need at least 3 players in the line-up who can battle with anyone for the long balls. The games against Milan showed that the opposition can overpower us in the air and that could lead to unnecessary goals and...

I'm sorry, but that yellow card was fucking stupid. Could he have been any more obvious to get the card?

His positional sense and offside awareness seem to disappear sometimes but overall he's still The King.

Pep, seriously, why didn't you play Pique?

WHY wasn't he in the game? Busquets and Pique would have worked better against Ibra. Also, we missed Piques aerial presence.

A coach who still thinks Demichelis is a good defender should never, EVER manage a team as good as Argentina. Sorry, Messi, but as long as there's an incompetent coach at the helm of your Country you'll never play as well with them as you do with Barcelona.

He needs to be MUCH more disciplined to be like Puyol. He is improving and I am genuinely surprised how well he is doing at the CB position, but to be honest he hasn't had much of a challenge yet. I hoped Lyon would give them a good fight but they were horrible. And also, Macherano is much more...

I think he still hasn't adapted in England. He's a good defender but makes rash decisions and loses concentration often. But I think he's a perfect defender for AVB style of play. I'm surprised he hasn't used him more often.

Damm it was good to see him and Pique playing together again. :)

I'll be surprised if he doesn't continue in the first team after these performances. Very talented kid and an huge asset to the team! Also noticed that Alves really enjoyed playing alongside him yesterday. Too early to say, but their partnership looks deadly already.

Had one of the best games in his Barca shirt yesterday. And that goal.. just wow. REALLY hope he'll keep this up.

First of all, calm down! There's really nothing to gain from freaking out. Second, this game wasn't a final - we have a lot of games ahead of us and so do Madrid, who still haven't played Valencia, Sporting, Sevilla etc. They can and probably will lose points like we've done. Third, Sevilla was...