Joan
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What lineup would you go with? Pedri-less one, I presume?
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What lineup would you go with? Pedri-less one, I presume?
why in heavens would he bench pedri?
Joan
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Have a hunch BerkeleyBernie would. Gavi - Busquets - de Jong.
CatalinR10
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Thank you mister !
Birdy
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XAvi should go for a box in md, that he had played several times in Nov Dec
FDJ next to Busi, Gavi and Pedri more advanced
No way we can survive their intensity with Busi single pivot, and behind him Erir or semi-injured Pique (or worse: even clown Lenglet)
Iniesta Ultra
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Xavi had a nervous guilty look on his face most the match and rightfully so for starting Nico. Switching Nico with FDJ at 30ish min to hide the dead space filler then back again after half time was just inane. Xavi might keep lucking out to cover his favoritism and doubling down on his poor choices but just embarrassing to watch.
BerkeleyBernie
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Gavi - Busquets - de Jong is more conservative than Gavi - Busquets - Pedri. Certainly would have been better than today's starting lineup. I'd rather see Gavi's dynamism working on the right with Dembele and the slower Pedri on the left. FDJ is kinda Rakitic 2.0 for me. Improved under Xavi but not yet a decisive offensive weapon of any kind.
BerkeleyBernie
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Yeah, I would rather have seen him on the right keeping up with Adama instead of jogging Pedri. Torres isn't offering much at the present time (if he ever will).
Iniesta Ultra
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Good comparison. Don't think I'll ever cope with the real Xavi/Iniesta replacement being discriminated/benched. Gavi lacks refinement, vision and precision and Pedri intensity, confidence, and risk-taking.
BusiTheKing
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So we've stopped pushing again. Sevilla, Frankfurt and Levante all had worrying signs of protagonist syndrome.
It's always been the intrinsic hazard of possession football, this mentality that if you have the ball and handle it smartly and sensibly, then things will work themselves out eventually.
We need to do like Pep and weed out any signs of this as soon as they appear. It's our kryptonite.
It's always been the intrinsic hazard of possession football, this mentality that if you have the ball and handle it smartly and sensibly, then things will work themselves out eventually.
We need to do like Pep and weed out any signs of this as soon as they appear. It's our kryptonite.
JamDav1982
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No easy for Xavi when team playing every 3/4 days and majority of team are before or after peak years physically.
There is a lot to be said for the belief he has in team at moment and way they are finding a way every game.
Also the teams are reacting to Barcas set up and finding new ways to stop it which is all part of the game and for Xavi/Barca to learn from.
Bit worrying how much joy teams are getting from just hitting channels early as soon as get on ball and exposing Alves legs and space left by Alba. Cant have two full back areas that easy to target.
There is a lot to be said for the belief he has in team at moment and way they are finding a way every game.
Also the teams are reacting to Barcas set up and finding new ways to stop it which is all part of the game and for Xavi/Barca to learn from.
Bit worrying how much joy teams are getting from just hitting channels early as soon as get on ball and exposing Alves legs and space left by Alba. Cant have two full back areas that easy to target.
agree. i think busi has upped his game in the last couple of months but next year hell be even older (of course, lol) and presumably less capable. provided we can offload the likes of lenglet and snatch a promising (i.e. at least somewhat dependable) defender we should be ok, more or less.
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