I have NO fecking clue for whom to vote in this one. I thought EVERYONE was bad.
Song could have been easily sent off. His play with the ball wasn't particularly bad but without the ball he was always a split second too late. I'll give him more time to adapt but seriously. He's not even among the best in Cameroon.
Iniesta. Since when does Iniesta need 2 or 3 touches to control a ball properly? Dafuq is this? Who broke the Don?
Xavi needs Busquets to perform. FACT. Still the best midfielder out there and some of the touches were mindblowing (the one ball falling from 500 yards which he controled while making a 900° degree turn with a defender on his neck) but, yeah, other than that ... Xavi without Busquets is like Messi without Xavi.
Horizontal passes? Of course he's doing horizontal passes and playing extra cautiously. Do people believe he trusts Alex Song to cover his back?
Alexis. He is getting better and taking on defenders more. But still, that 1 header alone is not going to convince me that he created enough danger upfront.
Pedro. I guess after Pep's statement that he doesn't know why he didn't play Pedro more often last season, Tito can't sub him off anymore or it will look awkward.
Bartra. Better than Mascherano. Needs to be more calm with the ball though and DAT 1 moment ...
Mascherano. He's the flop of the season for me. In EVERY game he's producing some fuckups so far. Let it be a poor touch which leads to a corner which leads to a goal. His 2 own goals so far. His moment against Madrid. His moment against Granada when he stopped running back and Valdes made that 1 on 1 save. His positioning right after the second half started against Celta (that early chance which went just wide). His red card. Some sliding tackles which he doesn't get right, leaving him grounded on his ass. Balls over the top of him. His positioning in general. It seems extremely easy to get behind him. Could have been red-carded today for that challenge as he was the last defender coming from behind. He definitely pulled the arm of that forward. And while I thought that he's actually quite pacey, he did lose a couple of foot races. Pique + Puyol. Nothing else. PLEASE.
Alves. Y u cross ball into box against tallest team in the tournament again and again? He needed like 3 touches to control a ball and then another 3 seconds to stop and think whom to pass the ball to. Needs to learn from Alba how to make overlapping byline runs and get LOW crosses into the box.
Alba. Y u no 5 inches taller? Other than that:
Valdes. Could he have prevented any of the goals? Probably not. But he's Valdes and we conceded 2 goals. So he automatically sucks and we need to buy Forster ASAP.
Messi. Scoring a goal for his newborn while losing. Now that kid will become super shit at football. Too bad. Other than that I really liked him playing RW again I must say. Messi running at defenders. That's what I want to see. And not Messi strolling around the midfield and congesting the middle even more.
That is all.
No, wait. It isn't. I forgot the subs.
Villa. SWAG.
Pique. GTFO Villa's way!
Cesc. I seriously don't know. The only thing I remember from him was how Xavi told him to GTFO while he wanted to take a corner.
That is all.
