Ivan Rakitić

xXKonan

xXKonan

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Something about him reeks of arrogance these days, especially when it comes to his interviews.

The feeling you get with guys like Roberto is yeah he's probably aware of his own limitations but he at least tries his hardest out there. But with guys like Rakitic, Busi, Suarez, etc you always get that arrogance feeling from them thinking they are entitled to do what they want and think they aren't responsible for the problems we have.

Lucho benched him for a short time for Andre Gomes, and during that period rumors started appearing on Catalan media about City wanting him in January 2017. I was convinced then that Rakitic had his agent leak shit to the press in order to pressure Lucho into making him a starter again. The only reason he got his spot back is because of Iniesta's injury and Gomes being crap.

I respect him for what he has done for us but these days I just see a dude who has his head far up his own ass.
 
tacticvarium

tacticvarium

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I would say his interviews were always full of ignorance and arrogance. He always says something stupid without knowing that he should think first. Not really a bright guy.
 
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FCB1987

FCB1987

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xXKonan said:
Something about him reeks of arrogance these days, especially when it comes to his interviews.

The feeling you get with guys like Roberto is yeah he's probably aware of his own limitations but he at least tries his hardest out there. But with guys like Rakitic, Busi, Suarez, etc you always get that arrogance feeling from them thinking they are entitled to do what they want and think they aren't responsible for the problems we have.

Lucho benched him for a short time for Andre Gomes, and during that period rumors started appearing on Catalan media about City wanting him in January 2017. I was convinced then that Rakitic had his agent leak shit to the press in order to pressure Lucho into making him a starter again. The only reason he got his spot back is because of Iniesta's injury and Gomes being crap.

I respect him for what he has done for us but these days I just see a dude who has his head far up his own ass.
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C

Calidad

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Doesn’t run, doesn’t create, doesn’t tackle, doesn’t score, doesn’t pass forward, doesn’t protect the defence, DOES give up the ball when pressed.

He’s so infuriatingly one paced. You’ll see more dynamism in a loaf of bread. It’s time to thank him for his contributions in the past, when he was competent in supporting better players around him, but those players have now gone/declined and he isn’t anywhere near good enough to make up for it.

I literally don’t think he even touched the ball once in the first 15 minutes. Time to move him on. An uninspiring player led by an even more uninspiring manager. Time to move both on.

Vidal + Busquets (largely as bench options) can be the experienced old heads in the squad going forward).

FDJ, Arthur, Alena, Puig + an Ndombele/Ndidi type should be our future MF.
 
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ArtistCatalunya

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I respect what he did to the team for years. But he is clearly a big "handicap" in the midfield. He does nothing special; only some easy passes to Piqué or Busquets. Can't hold the ball under pressure, can't dribble or run, can't deliver some key passes, zero vision, zero creativity, average defending and mobility. So why should we rely on him to dominate opponents and get the tittles? Raki and Busi together, that's too slow ! It's no surprise that we get eaten by Liverpool's combativity. It's no surprise that we got dominated by RealMadrid in the Copa (The result doesn't always reflect the game).
 
Dado

Dado

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his ball control under pressure in tight spaces is catastrophic. watching him compared to Busi´s ability in those situations is like an poke in the eye.
It would be best for him if he accepted his time in Barca is over. No reason to complain tough he had 5 years as a standard player.
 
YodaMaster

YodaMaster

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YodaMaster said:
Bla-bla-bla "professional coach choice" bla-bla-bla "statistics".
This same professional coach had his ass whopped by the almighty AS Roma in one of Barca's biggest humiliation ever. That same coach preferred Gomes over Dembele in that same game. That same coach will start Roberto over Semedo despite last weeks performances. Give me a break with that would you ?

On top of that, you're talking about last year achievements lol. Last year our midfielders were Busquets, Rakitic, Paulinho, Iniesta, Gomes and Denis. Nobody will complain about Rakitic being a starter with such competition. He was better than Paulinho, Gomes and Denis and games showed that. This year, Arthur and Vidal are better than him, and games show this.


The most important thing that stats have ever shown in the last 3 years is that we got our ass kicked in the CL as soon as we faced decent opposition. And our midfield got completely dominated with prime Rakitic being the biggest fraud in it.


T = Tackles. I = Interceptions. KP = key passes.



Atletico 2-0 Barca 2016. Barca's midfield: Busquets Rakitic Iniesta.

Busquets. T:4. I:2. KP:0.
Iniesta. T:3. I:2. KP:3.
Rakitic. T:0. I:2. KP:0.

Rakitic attempted 0 tackles in that game while Messi the ultimate lazy boy had 2 successive tackles.



Juventus 3-0 Barca 2017. Starting midfield : Mascherano Rakitic Iniesta.

Mascherano. T:3. I:1. KP:2.
Iniesta. T:2. I:2. KP:0.
Rakitic. T:0. I:1. KP:0.

Rakitic attempted 0 tackles while Messi and Suarez had 2.



Roma 3-0 Barca 2018. 442 with 2 DMs: Rakitc Busquets.

Busquets. T:1. I:0. KP:1.
Rakitic. T:1. I:1. KP: 0.



Rakitic stats per game in Barça's most difficult and most important games in the last 3 seasons.

Tackles: 0.3
Interceptions: 1.3
Blocks: 0.
Key Passes: 0.


Wow what a great workhorse and contributor when things get complicated in high intensity matches !
But hey, he makes tackles and interceptions against Huesca, Eibar and Zaragoza. We wouldn't be able to win those games without the great Rakitic. Messi (+Suarez in 2016) is not saving Barça's ass in 90% Liga games since 2016, Rakitic is !
We would never win 2018 and 2016 Liga without legendary Ivan and his tackles.



Who is right? Is it 1) you little scotty who's unable to watch a game by himself without stats help + a boring coach who had biggest shit in bed in Barça's CL history OR 2) ME + what games show + stats ?


Now GTFO with your stats and address this:
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YodaMaster said:
The ultimate fraud in CL knockouts. Never saw a weaker long term CM starter in Barca shirt in my life.




A quick reminder of 'great workhorse' Rakitic' defensive numbers in CL knockouts.


And now we can add 2019 QF vs Manchester United:

Busquets. T:2. I:2.
Arthur. T:1. I:0.

Rakitic. T:0. I:0.

Fraudkitic is systematically the most useless midfielder in each knockout CL game. Where's the guy who's 'baby-sitting' Leo and other strikers according to some geniuses up here ?

PS: before Ivan's stans come to bark at me and cry I reckon whole midfield was shit today. Arthur is far from being great since the injury. Busquets was bad, but once again Busquets has to play CM in a shit un-Barca-like team because of fraud Rakitic (and his boyfriend Valverde), while Busquets is a pure DM. Still Rakitic managed to be the shittiest once again.
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Away vs Liverpool 2019

Busquets: T: 4. I: 1.
Vidal: T: 7. I: 1.

Rakitic: T: 1. I: 1.

This guy is "underrated". :lol:
According to some clowns out here. And according to the greatest bus parker of recent times, José Mourinho.
Well if such football specialists say so, what can we do except agree right ?

Once again, in most crucial game of a season, when Barça face great opposition, this fucking dogshit manages to be the most useless midfielder ever.

I've never seen a midfielder this weak being an undisputed starter at Barça for several years. In this regard, as a midfielder, he's the biggest fraud I've ever seen at Barca.
 
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