Xavi Hernández

[evilhita666]

That's somehow true, but right now who else can play? Hleb? Still, he has been poor since the start of the year, hitting his lowest against Madrid (return leg) and today... I could not believe he was missing 1 meter passes... We desperately need him at his best as soon as possible, we look so lost without him...

The thing is that Xavi has credit for being awesome for so long and being among the best 3 players in the world for the last 3 years, on the other hand Cesc is a newcomer that is still making his way into the team and still has to prove that he's good enough... I don't doubt Cesc talent, but he's a long way from being Xavi, the man who every single culé loves...

 

[Youngie]

Obviously Xavi must play - just improve.

 

[Deco 20]

Xavi - bad? No

 

[Youngie]

Xavi - bad? No

Pretty biased there.

 

[psychotsek]

Xavi was "alone" in midfield against Villareal and perhaps a little tired IMO

 

[Youngie]

Xavi was "alone" in midfield against Villareal and perhaps a little tired IMO

Wrong but whatever...

 

[barcelonista]

Xavi suffers because he has no midfield partner on the pitch when Iniesta's missing.

 

[Deco 20]

Pretty biased there.

well, he was the only midfielder who knew where to pass the ball, but it wasn't his best game. He had no midfield partner to speak of

edit: wtf barcelonista used the exact same term

 

[Youngie]

Fabregas was too busy trying to score.

 

[Youngie]

well, he was the only midfielder who knew where to pass the ball, but it wasn't his best game. He had no midfield partner to speak of

edit: wtf barcelonista used the exact same term

Yeah blame someone else LOL.

 

[Yaotzin]

I would play Thiago more, instead and/or with him. Thiago isn't setting the world alight, but he is very consistent in his passing and offers much needed energy.

I'd also prefer at least one youngster (Cuenca, Tello?) up front for similar reasons. Our pressing in general has noticeably declined, which isn't really surprising. It's an exhausting thing to do game in game out. We need to freshen up.

 

[barcelonista]

edit: wtf barcelonista used the exact same term

So freakin obvious, we post the same term at the same time.

 

[Deco 20]

So freakin obvious, we post the same term at the same time.

yeah, can't deny the truth

 

[Youngie]

Truth is Xavi sucked.

 

[ricknattery]

The problem with him is that he is playing more than 50 matches a year for 4 years. He has been the brain in this epic Barca team and something to praise about him is his physical endurance, I don't rememeber a major injury from him. But of course he is not a machine, this season he won't be able to produce the goods consistently if we keep playing him every game. Iniesta's injuries are becoming a big problem