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If Setien wins La Liga this year he should be applauded. It would require a lot of work and some luck. The players are still good enough in my opinion but he has to be very careful managing their fitness and avoiding more injuries. Betis this Sunday is the first big test: only 2 days of rest and...

Busquets lack of pace has more negative consequences when he is playing as defensive midfielder. His strength is vision, ball control and one-touch accurate passing. He has the ability to create opportunities for our forwards via through passes. However, he needs to work on his shooting from...

How about switching Busquets and FDJ? Let FDJ be the holding defensive midfielder and let Busquets be the creative attacking player, at least for 60 minutes of each game?

Today was a tough match in a difficult stadium against a very aggressive team. We had two great chances but the Bilbao GK saved both shots (Griezmann and Messi). We tried hard and played ok. Maybe it was a good thing to be out of the CDR, we have won it so many times that we can afford to lose...

a good day for the Basque country, bad for the big cities

It may sound silly but I am wondering if he feels pressure that Ronaldo is currently scoring goals (2 penalties today) and moving ahead of Messi. Today it felt like he was trying too hard to score, more than usual. For some reason he did not hit his usual spots - or the Levante GK did an...

Jennifer Lopez is 50 years old - quite impressive as well regarding fitness

I think Piqué played well today, in particular in the first half. Second half defense had scary moments.

he plays better with a ponytail

Fati Semedo Piqué HM MAtS (except for goal) Messi (should have scored 3-5 goals) Busquets (very good first half)

we were lucky to win although Messi could have scored at least 3 goals.

he has to get over his missing buddy!

Messi Griezmann Vidal HM Lenglet, Semedo, MAtS, FDJ

... RM has conceded 13 goals so far, Atletico 14, Barça 25.

but Juventus still lost!

Napoli leading 2:0 against Juventus at home. Not an easy task to defeat Napoli!

Whenever the coach gives Messi a 'rest", it seems he is collecting "rust". What is he doing when the team travels to a mid-week match and he stays at home? He certainly does not practice his freekicks or works on his finishing? It happened before the Liverpool game and it happened again against...

what Setien needs to tell the players is that there is nothing wrong trying to score - passing the ball to Messi is not compulsory. Barça forwards and midfielders should be able to score and should take responsibility.

Messi had an off day but we kept using him as the point of the spear throughout the match. That's predictable and not so difficult to defend - and Valencia defended well today. We need at least one more goalscorer to succeed. I was also disappointed by Artur and FDJ's performance.

I think Coutinho needs help in building his confidence. He was still playing well for Brazil in the WC and did ok the first few months with Barça. I would not give up on him completely. Thriving in Bavaria is not easy for a Brazilian, even without the additional pressure created by the huge...