Ivan Rakitić

JohnN

Senior Member
Not even his fault anymore. I can't blame him for anything. He plays below his level, which is not so high anyhow, but I will not blame a single player until that clueless man on the bench leaves for good.
 

God Serena

New member
Lad was poor, but he has only started one match this entire season and it's unrealistic to expect him to hit the ground running coming off the bench sporadically at this age.

Be fair now.

I don't get it.

You throw all your weight behind Valverde and only every now and then say something meaningless like "I want him gone, too!", but then you come in here and defend players who played abysmally... by making a ton of excuses that are entirely the fault of Valverde.

Why has Rakitic only started one match? Valverde.
Why does he only come off the bench sporadically? Valverde.
Why was Rakitic subbed on at all, with these factors in mind? Valverde.
Why was a CM who can only pass backwards subbed on when the team was desperate for a goal? Valverde.

The decision making is tier 0 management but somehow... You're still on team Valverde, and no matter what you say it's clear where your loyalties lie. It's just so fascinating. The entire "Cult of Valverde" as was once dubbed here has all but vanished, as it has become impossible to really defend this man, yet here you are, fighting the good fight. You've had to alter your stance from "He's not a bad manager" to "I would keep him even though he's awful", but you're still finding ways to support his run as manager continuing.

I'm not trying to attack you or accuse you of trolling or anything like that. It's just as a veteran poster here on 2 separate accounts, I've seen a lot of professional contrarians come and go (You and that bastard Jamdav would have hit it off), but most of the time what they're doing is pretty obvious. With you, I don't know if I've ever seen someone so genuinely... blind.
 

Marshall D Teach

Well-known member
I don't get it.

You throw all your weight behind Valverde and only every now and then say something meaningless like "I want him gone, too!", but then you come in here and defend players who played abysmally... by making a ton of excuses that are entirely the fault of Valverde.

Why has Rakitic only started one match? Valverde.
Why does he only come off the bench sporadically? Valverde.
Why was Rakitic subbed on at all, with these factors in mind? Valverde.
Why was a CM who can only pass backwards subbed on when the team was desperate for a goal? Valverde.

The decision making is tier 0 management but somehow... You're still on team Valverde, and no matter what you say it's clear where your loyalties lie. It's just so fascinating. The entire "Cult of Valverde" as was once dubbed here has all but vanished, as it has become impossible to really defend this man, yet here you are, fighting the good fight. You've had to alter your stance from "He's not a bad manager" to "I would keep him even though he's awful", but you're still finding ways to support his run as manager continuing.

I'm not trying to attack you or accuse you of trolling or anything like that. It's just as a veteran poster here on 2 separate accounts, I've seen a lot of professional contrarians come and go (You and that bastard Jamdav would have hit it off), but most of the time what they're doing is pretty obvious. With you, I don't know if I've ever seen someone so genuinely... blind.

Don't forget how he shits on Busquets (broken clock yada yada) but refuses to criticize Valverde for playing him in the first place when everyone can see that he's past it

Just comical :lol:
 

clemente

New member
It's insane how he even gets minutes, like surely Puig couldn't play worse than him?
Every time I look at De Jong, it reminds me how sad it is that someone this bad has been Barcelona starter for last 3 years.
 
Bought FM 2020 with beta version... Ivan, Busi, Suarez, Pique - SOLD! I just hope Barca will get a coach with balls... And one more thing - FORGET about F***ING Neymar! Because this guys are done... They can give one or two or some good games... But only that and nothing more...
And one more thing... Just hope that this Noseveldre get sucked as soon as posible, just like those players that I've said... It's humiliating to see Barca huble against teams like Slavia Praha etc.
 

Messigician

Senior Member
Rakitić has not yet given up to stay at Barça. He will continue fighting to recover the confidence that Valverde has lost in him, but he has assumed that if his situation does not change during these weeks before Christmas, he will look for a different team. [md]
 

Horatio

You're welcome
Rakitić has not yet given up to stay at Barça. He will continue fighting to recover the confidence that Valverde has lost in him, but he has assumed that if his situation does not change during these weeks before Christmas, he will look for a different team. [md]

Link
 

Jadentheman

Active member
I feel like it is a passive aggressive response for him refusing to leave to PSG last Summer. Shame it came to this, but I knew it was going to happen. It is a very shitty but effective way to push a player out
 

MTL_Barca

Well-known member
Rakitić has not yet given up to stay at Barça. He will continue fighting to recover the confidence that Valverde has lost in him, but he has assumed that if his situation does not change during these weeks before Christmas, he will look for a different team. [md]

Then he better starts looking now because there is no way he gets his spot back
 

Tekkers

New member
When Dembele delivers to Barça even half what Raki did you can compare him... Start from the price tag, then go to the actualy playing and finish with UCL final goal.

Dembele did nothing but missed sitters at Camp Nou against Liverpool.

Raki fucked up at Anfield big time. So did the rest of the squad. Or one man is to blame for 4 0 defeat.

Dembele fucked up against Lpool.
Dembele nver plays
Debele is instantly injured.
Dembele costed us 100+m€.

dembele easily could've been the worst player out of the starting 11 like rakitic in the 14/15 season (but he wouldnt have been). and those aren't rakitic's accomplishments, he's just a tag along. just like vermaelean, mathieu, douglas, and the rest of the players who were leeching off the actual cores success

and rakitic fucked up against juve, roma, liverpool (dembele played in the game we won, rakitic managed to look like the worst player in the game we lost)
he's a locker room cancer
he's clogging up the midfield
he cost us 50m by refusing to leave last summer

once he leaves the club in jan watch barca's current situation reverse for the better, even with valverde still at the helm
 

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