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[Gnidrologist]

@serghei, you're too young to have senile dementia yet. The flip-flopping around xavi/players, whenever it suits your agenda is really something i'd hear from grandmas or little children. Could at least admit that Xavi is weak coach, who cannot get together talented, but lackluster squad of misfits, at least for now. Games like these are entirely on him as he shows he cannot cope, when there's not enough heroballers to bail him out. He went from schoolyard hoofball 90s PL style in the first half to another static, impotent sideways ball in the second with 16year old being his best asset, when Mallorca slowed down. That's just his "style" and has been this all time.

 

[serghei]

Should sell him to Saudis next summer if he doesn't fucking deliver something. We didn't bring him to get outplayed by Fermin Lopez.

@Gnidrologist, don't you have some world conspiracy to uncover?

 

[BusiTheKing]

Weird role. Receives it in advanced positions and dribbles backwards. Not really a player who can do anything with his back to goal.

 

[Gnidrologist]

@Gnidrologist, don't you have some world conspiracy to uncover?

butthurt detected
should join the jamcock club an add some armchair freudpiracy to boot

 

[Don Juan Laporta Estruch]

We expected Turkish Delight but we are getting a player whose quality of performance is collapsing quicker than Turkish Lira.

 

[Horatio]

We expected Turkish Delight but we are getting a player whose quality of performance is collapsing quicker than Turkish Lira.

I appreciated this one.

 

[Behrox]

he's being deployed too far into the final third, almost a second striker behind the CF at times. He should be in the midfield receiving the ball with space in-front of him

 

[te amo barca]

Gundoner needs to step up

 

[Neeraj]

He's a quality player. One of the best players in a treble team doesn't suddenly turn shit. He is a system player though - we saw in the games where we were playing well (other players with one touch passing, good movement and first touches) he was really good with neat 1-2's and fine passing. In that clusterfuck of the attacking third that we played yesterday, he's not going to be as useful.

Having said that, he did have a poor game, the above notwithstanding. He needs to do more even in games where we suck. But I think he's a good addition to our squad and now with FdJ out, he's going to become more important.

 

[JohnN]

Wasn't good at all this match. not sure if just a bad day or a positioning issue.

 

[Barcaman]

Pep doesn't take shit from players and keeps them motivated and on their toes.

Coming here must be a fucking holiday.

 

[FC B]

This guy showed absolutely nothing to match the hype around him.

 

[JamDav1982]

Looks the same as Pedri does when Xavi puts him up as a second striker to hold position... doesnt suit him and needs more freedom than that.

 

[BusiTheKing]

It's a hopelessly desolate position that second striker one. Too easy for the opponent to isolate and shut down. If we want our midfielders to create danger, they'd be better off dropping a bit and launching runs from deep. At least that's unpredictable.

 

[Porque]

Pep has also had poor first parts of the seasons when implementing new concepts.

Xavi is changing the teams game, with a few new faces and two recent starters who arrived on D-day. So some things are going to take a bit more time.

Shock horror, I just defended Charly Herb.