Ivan Rakitić

[FinBarcelonafan]

He is good as a DM. Combining him with Busquets is the problem.

Also, why the hell is he on FK's from the left side? We could use his height in the box.

He has good kick. Messi bad angle.

 

[raskolnikov]

He has good kick. Messi bad angle.

I would still bet on Messi scoring that free kick before Rakitic to be honest.

 

[Messigician]

He is growing on me tbh

 

[Givenchy]

He is good as a DM. Combining him with Busquets is the problem.

Also, why the hell is he on FK's from the left side? We could use his height in the box.

this was the main problem under EV. its Busi or Raki, both together are a disaster and when you throw in Vidal also.. yeah

 

[Horatio]

I loved his pass on our own half that led to Liverpool scoring.

 

[Moe]

Fortunately he didnt fuck up last night but nothing was impressing about him, maybe people are getting used to mediocrity. His low intensity and turtle-like decision making will again bite us in the ass if he plays against a decent team.

By the way, a lot of the ordinary passes that he makes are almost always behind the player (as it's the absolute safest thing to do). This affects the momentum of the attack.

Really thankful for what he did here but he should have been sold after the 2018 World Cup.

 

[JohnN]

Many of our guys make those kind of passes behind the intended target and after a small delay. We must move the ball faster against parked busses.

 

[Sorin]

Not too bad tbh. At least he tried to actually make a pass forward or a cross unlike Arthur and Busquets.

Busquets made the pass between the lines before Ansu's goal.

I get that Busquets is past it and an absolute turtle, but there's no need to to say this when he contributed in the build up for one of our goals. Even in this state he tries and is more successful in finding the open man between the lines in the final third than any other midfielder that we have aside from De Jong. And he plays the DM position unlike the others who play more advanced.

 

[clemente]

Wouldn't play him, he possibly goes to Sevilla in a few months, might bend over for them

 

[gasgas]

Surprisingly looking good today

 

[JerseyAddict]

Surprisingly looking good today

He is good. In terms of Sevilla pitting no pressure so he has time to do what he wants

Vidal is invisible and Busi also ... So Rakitic is only doing something.

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

He has issue whenever there's pressure and he gives suicide passed to others.

 

[DonAK]

IMO he was pretty decent.

Especially in the first half when he looked like his old self. I'd still sell him if we can get anything though, obviously.

 

[Richard.H]

Had probably his best game of the season, which isn’t saying much by his low standards. I would keep reducing his mins and play puig/FDJ more. It seems like increased competition might make him play better

 

[te amo barca]

First half he was genuinely good.