Our team has the following tiers of players:
WTF tier:
- Abde, Jutgl?, Braithwaite, Dest, Puig, Gavi, Oscar, Lukk, Depay: These players have no place in a Barca B, let alone a Barca team, no matter their age.
Grandpa tier:
- Alba, Pique, Busquets, Alves: These players are too old, you might get some good games out of them, but not 90 minutes each game of consistent - performance. They also can't keep up with today's pace. Probably better suited for MLS, no place in a Barca team.
Mediocre tier:
- Lenglet, Umtiti, Mats, Garcia, FDJ ???, Dembele: Good age, not good enough players but usable (well Umtiti is done) even in Barca, provided there are plenty of better players than them in the team
For the future tier:
- Fati, Torres, Pedri, Nico, Araujo are too young, good for their age, and could potentially be top players in the future. 2 of them have serious injury issues though and we haven't seen enough of Torres.
Might have skipped some players (e.x. Sergi Roberto) because they are irrelevant.
We have no top players in prime age who could slot in any top 10 team without a hussle. Only argument could be made for FDJ based on last season's performances of course, because he has been shit this season.
We are an individually worse team than Athletic Bilbao, with less game time together, a newer manager and a multitude of problems. It's expected to lose away to them (in overtime also). They played like the favourites against a lesser team, which is the reality.
We have a long way to go to be relative again.