Lliga | Round 23: FC Barcelona - Getafe CF 0-0

[Barcaman]

Props to Getafe but we really didn't create enough nor did we put enough effort. We need to forget this soon as possible and it's on Valverde to draw conclusions. Hope he realizes he overplayed some players and that he will need to ration them more for remaining key matches this season.

Positives:

Digne playing CB
Mina making a proper debut and looking very talented
Clean sheet
Demebele back


Team has a full week of rest now and I hope they manage to recharge their batteries.

 

[Giginho75]

No problem for the result, but bad performance...

many players not in good shape in the last weeks...
probably (I think/hope) because all the top teams are making hard training for UCL...

 

[Luftstalag14]

Players thought strolling along was enough. Getafe was the only team prepared to fight for points today.

Yes, in a nutshell complacency cost us points today. We just don't seem to be able to learn from our past mistakes which to me is the most frustrating part.

 

[serghei]

Yes, in a nutshell complacency cost us points today. We just don't seem to be able to learn from our past mistakes which to me is the most frustrating part.

Complacency and tiredness. We have a week of rest now, hopefully our fitness level picks up, because if Atletico wins on Camp Nou it's a 4 point lead and it means jack shit given there is one third of a league still left to be played.

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

Not one, we've been shit the past month.

This. It's not just this one game. Our form is worse and worse. Messi looks tired.

 

[Horatio]

Defense was solid though. Getafe had 0 shots on target?

 

[SeloBarca]

Not one, we've been shit the past month.

People seem to have forgotten we played quite crap the whole fall season and most wanted bartomeu sacked and Suarez sold XD

 

[serghei]

Defense was solid though. Getafe had 0 shots on target?

Wouldn't say it was that solid tbh. Getafe players screwed up big time in the last third.

 

[Luftstalag14]

Defense was solid though. Getafe had 0 shots on target?

They had one. We had 5 more.

Seriously, in the last I don't remember how many games our shots on goal has dwindled. Not sure what is going on.

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

Defense was solid though. Getafe had 0 shots on target?

It wasn't solid. Getafe had chances to win this game. Our effort offensively and defensively left a lot to be desired..

 

[Luftstalag14]

Yup. We played like this at the start of the season too. We just got some luck with own goals and fluke rebounds and won most of our games. Then we hit some great form in December to January and now we're back to the usual, it's just that we're not getting all the luck this time around.

Exactly, even with the so-called "thrashing" of Real Madrid I didn't feel we played that great (we were lucky not to concede in the first half) and we have been a second-half team for a long time. I felt people gave Valverde too much credit so far this season and it had more to do with how bad Real Madrid has been and less to do with how brilliant his tactics and coaching have been.

 

[Giginho75]

it's possible that the team is sure to win la liga...
sometime it's good "coming back on the earth"...

It's possible the team begins to think and work for Chelsea.

 

[Gnidrologist]

People seem to have forgotten we played quite crap the whole fall season and most wanted bartomeu sacked and Suarez sold XD

This. We have been grinding ugly wins and draws all season long. This is not champaign football for sure, this is Valverde's Barca. And tiredness definitely showed.

 

[Stoichkov1]

Yes, in a nutshell complacency cost us points today. We just don't seem to be able to learn from our past mistakes which to me is the most frustrating part.

The problem is not complacency or tiredness...

The problem is tactical, we're not good enough in the final third and the off the ball movement of some players is questionable. We struggle to score against parked buses, if we concede against Chelsea it's over for us.

 

[Luftstalag14]

The problem is not complacency or tiredness...

The problem is tactical, we're not good enough in the final third and the off the ball movement of some players is questionable. We struggle to score against parked buses, if we concede against Chelsea it's over for us.

Sure, that too. Again goes to show Valverde is not as good as some think he is. Him taking Coutinho off was a clueless move to me, as Coutinho is one of few players we have that can break a bus.