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drisham:
Was literally shouting at him to calm down after he bumped eze twice


He don spoil sweet game ffs

Ibime:
Upon say we dey down to 10 men, Enzo still dey play false 9

Elnino4ladies:
No way that's a red

Bimmarlykay:
Is Jong even press resistant?

popizaino:
And that's were the misconception comes from. Why does a team without the ball determines their style?

Never in the life of me will the concept of a team without the ball reveal their style? It will never make sense to me.

For me i determine how a team plays,with what they do with the ball when they have it. That's the proper way to look at it

When you understand this concept,you will get to determine which team attacks better and which team doesn't.

The all attacking Barca side that we all like to reference were not called the greatest attacking side on the back of what they do without the ball.

In fact pep guardiola famously called his side the worst side without the ball but that did not stop them from being the best attacking side ever.

Football 101.

fatherofnone:
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pedri didn't look like it when we bought him
i was like " who be this one"
look at him now ,he humbled the great okpa
same could be said for raphinha (who ever scouted nd bought that guy deserves heavenly pleasures on earth)
even rakitic
mehn
even busi look weak nd frail
if martin keeps improving
we'll just crown him as our very own maldini
yet again
hope no be agenda u dey drive

StarchAndBanga:
Popizaino is funny mehn

How would someone watch this Crystal Palace side and call them an attacking team

andrewbaba44:
Tchouameni and camavinga aren’t even better players than FDJ and kroos still thrived

2 players wey no get sense

abduleez1:
When it was more than obvious we needed a DM badly in Xavi's last season and we were almost killed off..... Xavi realised too late to play Christensen there and we could clearly see the changes and stability Chris brought to that position while he played there at the tail end of the season.

Was he a DM?

But people are more interested in formulating heaps of excuses for De Jong.

jpmoriarti:
This is a fallacy, bro. First of all, you have never attended training with Frenkie de Jong nor are you privy to the specific requirements given to him by Hansi Flick during said training.
Do you think Flick is the kind of manager to play players who do not follow instructions or are not coachable?

You keep mentioning Vitinha but you never for once mention his defensive midfield partners like Joao Neves or Fabian Ruiz, who are defensive first midfielders. You make it seem that Vitnha plays the position all by himself.

Besides, Joshua Kimmich and Leon Goretzka were the major defensive midfielders for Bayern during there 2020 UCL win, not only Thiago Alcantara.

In the end, what I am saying is that defensive work is effort for the whole team. It is clear that this season, Barca's defensive game has been a disaster. We don't have a consistent CB pairing and this matters alot.

Singling out FdJ is not right, as the components around him is far from good at this time. Jules Kounde has been so poor this season with his defensive actions, worsening all the issues we're facing defensively.

jpmoriarti:
Of course there are things Kroos is better at the Frenkie de Jong but perhaps it was possible for Kroos to explore other areas of his game because he had a dependable Casemiro beside him. A pleasure which Frenkie de Jong currently do not enjoy.

A question: Do you think Toni Kroos would have been the midfielder he's been regarded as today, if he were the sole DM for Real Madrid? What do you think AirBere 🤔 😏

Bimmarlykay:
Don't ever mention Jong alongside Kroos.

Ballerina can't even do long balls to save his wife.

Take this from a Barça fan.

jpmoriarti:
Inter Milan game we were very close to winning it. Other games, we were beaten by the better team.

jpmoriarti:
We have no better alternative right now. We have to hope that we become more defensively stable as a team as the season go on.

jpmoriarti:
This is not a good example bro. We were playing with a man down. There’s a reason why goals scored when opponents are a man down, are never eligible for best goal scored, no matter how good the goal was.

jpmoriarti:
Yeah I know😎 I’m just playing with you

jpmoriarti:
Frenkie de Jong didn’t even play today but AirBere is forcing us to talk about him 😬😬

jpmoriarti:
FdJ is a player in the mould Toni Kross. Toni Kross shown at Real Madrid because he had solid DM like Casimero who did the dirty job and won a fair few tackles.

We have no reliable ball winner at Barcelona. It tends to get more exposed in bigger games especially this season where we don’t even have a reliable CB pairing. Hansi Flick has literally tried all possible combinations but none has worked so far.

Today it was Gerard Martin and Curbasi. Nobody’s knows who is going to play there next week. This is affecting the defensive part of our play. Unlike last season where Curbasi and Iñigo Martínez played regularly together

Iqtest:
He's a CM, not a DM. It's not his fault the club doesn't have a proper defensive midfielder right now. We shouldn't blame him for the club's inability to provide one.

Iqtest:
De Jong isn't a DM - he's a CM. Cut him some slack.

There isn't a single Chelsea midfielder better than De Jong right now.

Name one Chelsea CM who is better than him

jpmoriarti:
😂😂😂😂No need for me to hate on a player wey dey on contract. Even if hate from now until forever, nothing is going to change. I prefer to support them and hope they reach their true potentials at Barcelona 😎

Iqtest:
I watch Barça matches all the time, and honestly, I don't even understand the hate. It's not his fault we aren't pairing him with a ball-winner. We need a proper DM so we can switch back to the 4-3-3 with De Jong, Pedri, and a solid defensive midfielder. I'm tired of this 4-2-3-1 nonsense. The Barça

I grew up watching played 4-3-3.

Kilishihunter:
Olmo was more of laporta's signing, we've been talking about him even when alemany our former director was here, what deco loves is Portuguese and Brazilian players if not for Flick I'm sure inacio would have been priority over Guehi and schlotterbeck but he has an eye for good wonder kids sha

jpmoriarti:
Casado worried me. I don’t know if he won any of his duels in the midfield 😩😩

Ijostwantto:
make he carry the on and off confidence go ucl. I don't trust olmo

jpmoriarti:
Recency bias 😳😳 How many does Chelsea have?

jpmoriarti:
Good game in the end 🙌 We got nervous towards the end but Olmo’s goal sealed it for us 🥰🥰