Ivan Rakitić

[Nazario1985]

No he isn't it's actually the opposite now.

The options we had around that time weren't challenging him and he was fine. Now? He hasn't shown anything to suggest he's a better option than the likes of Arthur and De Jong, he's nowhere near as mobile and agile as both of them are, not good enough on the ball like those two. Not really hard to look good in comparison to someone like Busi really.

He hasn't been good defensively in ages either, it's a myth that he's somehow a defensive beast, it was propagandized by a certain poster on this board that Rakitic is somehow some defensive beast even though we still got cut through like no tomorrow when he played.

I don't think he was or is a beast in defense, not at all but he had his good share in forward thinking, being less agile don't make you less of a player, what i liked about him was : make a good pass when it's ready / forward runs to open plays when defenses blocks are too dense.

I don't think you can put FDJ and Arthur in the same league in my POV their is a galaxy between the two !

 

[CatalinR10]

Nice start of the game by this braindead guy.


Took him to make a mistake how much ? Not even a minute ?



Lucky as fuck not to be down 1 goal.

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

I blame Valverde. Rakitic obv. Shouldn't be playing.

 

[Andresito]

Why do our players keep passing to him, dawg

 

[KingLeo10]

This donkey still here?

 

[Andresito]

We won't be able to sell him if he keeps playing, well maybe to Alcorcon and the likes.

 

[CatalinR10]

Hopefully the team/s interested in him watched only the last 20 mins of the game as he managed to finally make some easy passes.

Day he leaves Barca is the day i will buy myself an expensive champagne and celebrate.

 

[mc_lovin]

Hes decent enough (bar those 1-2 horrible mistakes). My problem with him is that he lures you into a false kind of security when in reality he will be exploited sooner or later. I dont mind him starting a few matches over Arthur, but our plan A should be someone else. Just like Xabi Alonso at Real Madrid back then - too weak, too slow - but not devoid of quality.

 

[ronniecro]

someone needs to put benny hill theme for that fuck up right at the start of the match

 

[Raketa10]

He had a good game apart from that mistake!

 

[DonAK]

Decent game. Cue a book about his influence and how we only won this game because he played, coming from the same man who once said Rakitic had performed better than Lionel Messi in the CL the last couple of years

 

[Horatio]

We lost balance after he got off for Vidal.

 

[te amo barca]

Great game after a shaky beginning.

 

[Jallo]

He’s completely broken, he should consider the China or MLS move.

 

[serghei]

Good game imo, after some bad 15 mins at the start. Nothing special, but good game with few mistakes.