La Liga | Round 5: FC Barcelona - Sevilla 1-1

[George_Costanza]

Messi is not a striker.Not a fals one, not a positive one.We need a striker.I know we ll not buy it, but we do.Also we need to drop Griezzyboy and Busquets.They are beyond pathetic.

I don't know, pushing Messi to be our striker might limit his interference in the midfield. He did disturb and slowed down the build up

 

[George_Costanza]

A super energetic player like Puig who turns around lightning quick would've been ideal in these circumstances when opposition players are breathing down your neck.

100%

 

[Richard.H]

So why didnt dembele play again?

I highly doubt koeman will play someone that showed up late to practice. Only one that can get away with that in this squad is Messi. Dembele is highly unprofessional and needs to be sold or sent on loan

 

[MagIX]

Sevilla is a very good and solid team.
Too early to judge our team, new coach, new tactics, we will see

 

[SmilerBam]

Why is everyone screaming for a pen? Replay shows he takes the ball first, and Barca players dont even complain for a reason.

We complain because you know that would have been a pen for Madrid.You received penalties for less than that in the past.Anyway, i told you in La Liga thread:we ll be too incosistent to take the title.For Barca it ll be a season wothout trophies, just like last year.

 

[ContraryIan]

Plain old Valverde football. Dest and Araujo the only positives. Otherwise pure garbage from beginning to end. Zero out of ten.

 

[malvolio]

Yeah suddenly they are all not good enough. At least they try instead of walking for the majority of the game and stop and watch after they give the ball away.

fati - young kid finding his feet at the top level. clearly out of his depth when first time shots don't work
griezmann - a horror show of a player
trincao - ?? who is this guy? he barely had a good season at benfica and we think he's figo mk2
braithwaite - second rate player. good for the likes of getafe
pedri - ?? like trincao, but he came from segunda
dembele - forever injured and he has feet that move quicker than his brain can

running is not enough

 

[Zidane82]

Plain old Valverde football. Dest and Araujo the only positives. Otherwise pure garbage from beginning to end. Zero out of ten.

Pedri looked very decent !!

 

[Zidane82]

fati - young kid finding his feet at the top level. clearly out of his depth when first time shots don't work
griezmann - a horror show of a player
trincao - ?? who is this guy? he barely had a good season at benfica and we think he's figo mk2
braithwaite - second rate player. good for the likes of getafe
pedri - ?? like trincao, but he came from segunda
dembele - forever injured and he has feet that move quicker than his brain can

running is not enough

I would agree on all of the above apart from Pedri .. I liked what I saw of him

 

[Zidane82]

Sevilla is a very good and solid team.
Too early to judge our team, new coach, new tactics, we will see

Yes that?s a fair comment

 

[Capitan Puyol]

Not good day and result, but Sevilla is an excellent team - almost beat Bayern in the European Supercup. I think that Sevilla can even compete for the title and are better than Atletico/RM !

 

[malvolio]

I would agree on all of the above apart from Pedri .. I liked what I saw of him

look, it's not a problem to have players like trincao or pedri. but that goes well when you have capable starters. fati and griezmann as our wingers are just not barcelona level.

 

[ArtistCatalunya]

Messi drops backs because he has a good passing range and a large vision/intelligence of the game. He can also make the effect of surprise with a special dribbling in tight spaces (when the opponent expects it the least).
If you put Messi in the box, he can be outsmarted physically and find less options to play the ball.
When he plays, the wingers should help him by making fast and smart runs; that's how it works. But with the Koeman's conservative style, our wingers can't make that surprising runs (and they are not so fast either).
I have a new idea: why not testing a 3/5/2 tactic instead of 4/2/3/1 and see how it works : with Dembele and Alba as fast wingbacks: that may solve our problems of transitions. The actual Juventus is playing that way, under Pirlo.

 

[George_Costanza]

Sevilla is a very good and solid team.
Too early to judge our team, new coach, new tactics, we will see

Agreed, they almost won against Bayern.

 

[Givenchy]

Messi drops backs because he has a good passing range and vision. He can also make the effect of surprise with a special dribbling in tight spaces (when the opponent expects it the least).
If you put Messi in the box, he can be outsmarted physically and find less options to play the ball.
When he plays, the wingers should help him by making fast and smart runs; that's how it works. But with the Koeman's conservative style, our wingers can make that surprising runs (and they are not so fast either).
I have a new idea: why not testing a 3/5/2 tactic instead of 4/2/3/1 and see how it works : with Dembele and Alba as fast wingbacks: that may be solve our problems of transitions. The actual Juventus is playing that way, under Pirlo.

Its no surprise anymore, just like his dribbling. the opponents are reading everything he does these days and taking the ball back with relative ease.