1 - Marc-Andre ter Ansplant

[Antimadridista1]

Knowing that Lucho started Douglas against Malaga, I wouldn't be surprised if he starts Mats tomorrow.

 

[Butaan4barca]

i think mats will have to wait till bravo is beaten.

 

[Jadentheman]

It would also mean:
-- players, don't even try
-- no matter how well you play, you will always be benched when a star player comes back
-- so, your effort or results/stats doesn't matter
-- it is all about names and who is a better player on the paper

I know, people will now say:
"But Bravo didn't play well at all, he is just lucky"

Let's be honest:
= even if Bravo was awesome, the best, Motm in the last 6 matches, and if he made 30 huge saves till now, people would still say: "Ok, he was very good, but now let's move on and play our Mats. He is the one whom we want. If Bravo did that, Mats will be even better."

So, honestly, it is irrelevant if Bravo was a crap, an average or a Goat.
People have chosen their favorite and that's it.

Once again, I also prefer Mats over Bravo, but you just can't bench Bravo in this moment.
It is just not fair and not right. Not only towards Bravo, but towards the whole team and sportsmanship.

Mats career is not over.
It is still only a September of his first Barca's season.

But it wouldn't have mattered because MaTs would have played every game right now had he not gotten injured earlier on. The anger is from the fact Bravo didn't really choose to earn it but got lucky by chance of Stegen's injury.

 

[DonAK]

Luis Enrique kind of confirmed that he will start tomorrow.

 

[DonAK]

I hope he can get the match against Eibar before the next CL game against Ajax as well.

 

[Antimadridista1]

Luis Enrique kind of confirmed that he will start tomorrow.

I only heard "You'll see tomorrow" when he answered the question about GK in today's press conference.

 

[DonAK]

Esport 3 viewers asked who should play tomorrow:

 

[DonAK]

ter Stegen leading in the MD poll as well.

 

[Pepe Silvia]

Makes no sense to start a player with no match fitness in a very important match. Bravo is the starter until he no longer deserves it, and as a professional athlete ted Stegen must understand that it was only by an injury that kept him out of the starting lineup. It's no hard feelings to anyone really.

 

[putogusiluz8]

Yea no hard feelings, Song.

 

[CatalinR10]

Makes no sense to start a player with no match fitness in a very important match. Bravo is the starter until he no longer deserves it, and as a professional athlete ted Stegen must understand that it was only by an injury that kept him out of the starting lineup. It's no hard feelings to anyone really.

And what makes Bravo deserve to be a starter ? These clean sheets mean shit. It's not like he's the reason for them.

 

[serghei]

And what makes Bravo deserve to be a starter ? These clean sheets mean shit. It's not like he's the reason for them.

He was the only one available in the first round of La Liga, after Stegen's injury. Since then, Bravo didn't made any real mistakes, and is undefeated in the league. Why should he be replaced with Ter Stegen if he did his job in an excellent manner so far? Bravo's performances are unimpeachable up to this point.

 

[Flavia]

MAtS is starting. So it looks like it's bravo for the league, MAtS for the UCL. Hope he does well, the lack of rhythm could be a problem.

 

[DonAK]

MAtS is starting. So it looks like it's bravo for the league, MAtS for the UCL. Hope he does well, the lack of rhythm could be a problem.

Masip for CDR? :eusa_think:

 

[forcabarca]

^Yup...looks like we'll see Masip only in Cdr.