BBZ8800 you are completely out of your depth. This has NOTHING to do with being fast, or being strong. It has everything to do with Valverde being mid table coach and he has proven that time and time again. 2nd leg against Roma, plays defensively instead by playing Barcas game and counting on scoring away goal. He crumbled. He crumbled as if he was in Athletic and he had to defend the lead. He put Dembele in last 5min and immediately got reaction, unfortunately it was too late last year.
This year, for 2nd leg in Liverpool, he fields SAME 11 that where dominated at Camp Nou, and where he got control just after he put Semedo (who has been 2x the player Roberto is on RB) and Artur (who started to control pace in MF and could hold onto ball under pressure). He CONTINUOUSLY played Coutinho, even after he shown absolute no will to fight or put up a good game. He has, for entire season, ignored Malcom who has been much better, stronger and pacier player then Coutinho, just to put him in the game in 80th minute after he hasn't played him with first team in like 3-4 months.
Fuck you and fuck other Valverde cocksuckers. You are fucking plague. We have a statue on sidelines. We have man who hasn't had Barca's game ONE SINGLE game in 2 years. When was the last time players had fun on field? When was the last time we put on a show, even against minnows, at CN? It seems like never...We are waiting for goal from Messi and then we finish everyone of. Fuck of with "pragmatism". Only reason we are winning La Liga is because Messi is guaranteed to score one goal + assist per match. Take him out and we have 3-4 less wins, and therefore behind avg Atletico side and just about worst Real Madrid in last decade.
He is a fraud. He got us playing passive. Not proactive (as we had ever since Cruyff), not reactive (as certain teams have been playing for past few seasons - like RM and Liverpool), but PASSIVE. We are looking like zombies. Our away record in semis and quarters in last 4 seasons, ever since we started this pragmatic shit, is fucking 4 games 4 loses with 14-0. Is this normal for you?
We got TOP squad. We will be getting De Jong and De Ligt, along with Artur, Arturo Vidal (who can play DM) and Alena, we have very competent MF. There are Busquets and Rakitic who can play, but not together. They are snails and Rakitic has 0 technique. He is back pass merchant. Busquets is even slower and he is so error prone that its small miracle we ended in semis.
We have Dembele, who is not given fair chance and gets shouted on by fucking rat who can't score a goal to save his life, and we have Malcom who has shown right attitude and talent to be in first 11. But Valverde won't play him. Why? Because he is passive. He is "pragmatic". He will play locker-room darlings, and put young guys in fire when we are getting embarrassed on biggest stage.
He can fuck of, and so can anyone who defends this fraud. Next year, we have to mix things up. Put MF consisting of Artur, De Jong and Vidal as DM. Sell Suarez or bench the fat fuck and play Messi as false 9 and Maclom and Dembele on wings, that way we get more legs in MF and only Messi will be "slacking" in defense. We would win 9/10 games with that line up and solid coach that doesn't have his balls in chasity cage ffs.
