Ivan Rakitić

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Havesaks

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Yeah, he has been self-pity and been whining and maybe even leaked information. - what's the indication of that again?

In the big picture he has been a pretty good deal for us. I still think his development to his current state the last 1,5 years is the real thorn in fans' eyes. The prove of that is he has been hated since December 2017 when his form really dropped another level (iirc) and our midfield looked a real mess, and he was "overplayed" by Valverde (for good reasons tho). A year later the discussions about his deal in summer with Valverde reemerged and his name was being trashed by fans especially in here.

But yes since then the whole saga took another level up with his latest media shenanigans and sacky attitude on field.

To sum up: he has been a good transfer even till now, the fans have thrown him under the bus since he dropped a level and its not his fault for dropping a level - he takes care of his body and was putting effort into his performances, his body just isn't made for CM football anymore. And the board and most likely Valverde is to blame for not realizing it earlier and make better preperations.
 
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Havesaks

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Barcaman said:
Noone benched these entitled bitches when they underperformed. Pique, Busquets, Rakitic, Suarez.. First ones to be subbed were new guys Semedo or Arthur. Regularly.

Pathetic man management led to this.
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Because there isn't anyone better around. Arthur has had muscular and fitness problems since the day he arrived here. Semedo vs Roberto is an endless discussion anyway.

Bad squad planning is at fault, not man managing.
 
FCBfan22

FCBfan22

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Havesaks said:
Because there isn't anyone better around. Arthur has had muscular and fitness problems since the day he arrived here. Semedo vs Roberto is an endless discussion anyway.

Bad squad planning is at fault, not man managing.
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And yet, Griezmann is subbed every game and Suarez once in every 10 games? And even when he is he looks like a 3 years old child...

There is no man managment since Ernie has no cajones.
 
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Calidad

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He epitomises everything that’s wrong with EV’s football; slow, cautious, unimaginative, uninspired, tepid. It winds me up no end how he strolls around the pitch too. He isn’t near halfway good enough to play in “cruise-control”.

You watch midfields like those at Liverpool, City - even Madrid and they’re proactive and still run (Modric still actually runs) then you look at Rakitic and Busquets strolling around like they’re in a country garden with their wives. It’s infuriating. Busquets could get away with it in years gone past because of his reading of the game and ability on the ball, but no more. Rakitic was never good enough to get away with it.

Of course, the rot starts with Valverde who has no get up and go and panders to the seniors at every opportunity.
 
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manuel blassi

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Rakitic and Busquets should not play together, at least not start the game together. We should rotate them and rotate De Jong/Arthur/Vidal for two other midfield spots. Thats it
 
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raedkuwait

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manuel blassi said:
Rakitic and Busquets should not play together, at least not start the game together. We should rotate them and rotate De Jong/Arthur/Vidal for two other midfield spots. Thats it
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fuck rotating them, its beyond that now, rotating should have been done a year ago
, both should be benched, and get barca B players, cant be worst than those 2 now, specially Rakitshit
 
xXKonan

xXKonan

Senior Member
Not really a shocker that he's back to his usual self after a couple of decent games when he got back into the XI.

He's one of those players like Roberto are experts at pulling decent enough performances to convince people they are good enough but in reality, their purple patch goes away and they go back to proving they really aren't good enough for this team.

it's been like this since 2017 and it will never change.
 
JohnN

JohnN

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It will change after this trophy less season, everyone will have to be held accountable. This squad has no future unfortunately
 
jairzinho

jairzinho

Senior Member
Can Aleña be really worse than sideways pass Rakitić?. I seriously doubt it. Not from what I saw Saturday, but watch Ernie start him again in the next game.
 
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BBZ8800

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jairzinho said:
Can Aleña be really worse than sideways pass Rakitić?. I seriously doubt it. Not from what I saw Saturday, but watch Ernie start him again in the next game.
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Frenkie is suspended, Arthur is who knows where, Alena is loaned to Betis.

Busi, Raki and Vidal are the only available midfielders.
 
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