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Kilishihunter:
If Congo qualifies and plays the way they did during the qualifiers it'll even be tougher, Portugal may not even get 9 points

MorataFC:
That is the easiest group.

jpmoriarti:
Yeahh the script is the same.

They only appreciate Barca's DMs once they have retired.

BykeLaByke:
Yeah apparently, LMAOOO

Airbere no vess abeg.

airmark:
My guy, wetin dey sup?

Do you want us to revisit a spineless DM that got carried by Messi, Xavi and Iniesta?

BykeLaByke:
Akuko.

Used to spend hours arguing back then.

Now you wan dey change mouth... SMH, elite troll.

AirBere:
Baba, I'm not really a fan of back and forth but I'll reply you for the sake of the discuss.

For starters, Busquet is one of the greatest defensive midfielders of all time. Whether nairalanders and online fans agree with this or not, it changes nothing. The coaches, professionals players speak highly of him. Busquet won the world cup as starter, euro as starter, 3UCL as starter, multiple Laliga titles etc. At just 20 years old, he sent a seasoned professional DM Yaya Toure to the EPL. He's paid his dues.

In 2019, Barca paid 75 million with insane salary for Dejong. The aim was for him to help them win UCL along with Busquet. But when they stakes are much higher, he's always nowhere to be found.

Busquet already paid his dues(3 UCL, 1 WC, 1 Euro, multiple Laliga titles). Humiliations started 10 years(2008-2017/2018) after Busquet lost his legs and Dejong was supposed to take over and anchor the team. Whether you understand my point is left for you and I'll not be going back and forth with my explanations.

Like I said, whether people(online fans) rate Busquet or not no really concern me, the professionals already see him and speak highly of him.

I reiterate; I'll not be going back and forth with you Baba.

BykeLaByke:
Not a new thing with him so no really reason am.

Everything he's saying here about FDJ...

He used to say it and more about Busquets, even comparing Busi to büms like Krychowiak and Nzonzi.

For whatever reason he makes it his mission to always call out Barcelona's defensive midfielder.

Android17:
I'll not disappear like the fart of a leprous witch.

Did you read the highlights?

Android17:
At least, I'm learning to fact-check myself before posting. Kudos.

The only issue is, you clearly searched "is Donna considered a ball-playing GK"? I can point out the flaw in giving that command in your search but it won't help you. That's why I gave you the definition of a ball-playing GK vs a PURE shotstopper.

Android17:
They are both ball-playing GKs.

Android17:
Don't forget that you have to be faster than the person you're trying to get at.

Edit: had to use highlights because....comprehension.

Android17:
Don't forget that you're faster than the person you're trying to get at.

Android17:
Stop showing us my comprehension is checkered. I told you he's a ball-playing GK even if he's not as good as Ederson at playing the ball.

In other words, Donna even at PSG was tasked with joining in the buildup & ball progression. He even does it well when the team isn't being aggressively pressed. However, once the intensity increases, he starts making mistakes. Many times the passing angle or weight will be too difficult for Josko to control which means he will need multiple touches to control which then breaks down the buildup.

Other times, he will pass to the wrong player when and if he was a little patient, he'd have seen either Bernardo, NicoG, Nunes, Doku, Haaland or even Foden open. Against NUFC for e.g he used Doku twice in the 1st half & it led to that 1 v 1 that Erling scuffed.

I can go on and on. Sometimes just type what you want to understand in the Google searchbox so you'll be sure you know the meaning.

Donna has always been tasked with buildup, progression, ball retention, being an extra player similar to Ederson.

AirBere:
He's definitely not. This is one of the reason Enrique chased him away. The amount of hoof ball today was enough.

There's no need for too much grammar/shalaye lol. Trafford sent Ederson to Turkey, Dona came in and immediately Trafford was dropped with Ortega nowhere to be found.

By January, if he(Trafford) is serious about going to the world cup then he'll leave on loan. Dona is the new first choice in town. Pep already said he'll adapt to what Dona does and not the other way round and it was evident with today's performance from city.

Android17:
Ederson was in goal last season when we beat NUFC 4-0. Use this your tail wagging the dog argument style for your fellow Chelsea fans bc it usually doesn't work on people like me that not only watch the games, but care about the team in question since it is the team I support.

Everybody & their cat know that Donnarumma is 99th percentile when it comes to shotstopping. So you're not telling us anything new. But like GodX pointed out, there is a reason Enrique felt comfortable dumping him after a treble season. Rather than pretending you know more than him, maybe just try to ask yourself what could've justified that decision footballwise.

I'll give you some leeway to dig a little deeper & perhaps course-correct. Stop giving us cliches & superficial information that anyone can glean from the comment section of nairaland.

seunpinky:
Seems like u are obsessed about the whole FDJ topic and coming from someone that’s not a Barca fan makes it even more alarming.

You have gone about talking about not winning the UCL with FDJ as our DM, if I may ask did any Barca fan or board tell you that the goal for this season is to win the UCL? Yes, we had a great season last year which we least expected but happenings outside the pitch (losing a key player and not replacing him coupled with having a 38 year old striker leading the attack) and not being able to compete in the transfer market already points that we are not ready for the next level (winning UCL).

I hope you are putting this much energy on your Chelsea team esp seeing that goal would be for Chelsea to either win the league or UCL after all they are world champions.

Pls save us your FDJ rants Barca fans have not set any high hopes for this season, we are taking it one game at a time. If you need to push a team to win the UCL u can do that with Madrid who signed 5 quality players and a “top class” coach or Chelsea who are the current world champions and have a squad depth of 40 players. We don’t have these luxuries, so our expectations are set as such.

You keep saying FDJ is a liability, so what do you want Barca fans to do about your opinion? We should sell him?? We should bench him permanently We should buy a replacement (bring the money)?


Why are u so keen on Barca winning the UCL, what happened to your club aren’t they in the same competition?


You are beginning to sound like a broken record on this page. You have made your points known, the least u can do is too move on from it. Your persistence dwelling on the matter leaves nothing to be desired of your posts on this page.

seunpinky:
@airbere, I have observed keenly your posts on this group and while I must admit that u have a good knowledge of football you come off as someone with a bias against FDJ.

Let’s take FDJ case one at a time:
1. It’s unfair the amount of criticism you spew out on him, whether he has a good game, excellent game, average game or below par game. You are constantly attacking him. This bias is so deeply entrenched in you that in games he doesn’t play you still find a way to make him the highlight of your posts. Infact when the whole team plays badly, u still find a way to pin to down to FDJ.

2. I see your clamour for FDJ to be benched and I keep asking have you seen the injury situation at Barca this season? Flick has not had a full squad to pick from right now we have Olmo, Gavi, Fermin injured, Bernal is just coming back from an ACL injury coupled with the fact that we are having a defence crisis (losing inigo and not replacing him, Araujo and his inconsistency, Christensen not being able to step up to take a place in the defence.. So I ask who do u want to replace FDJ with at this time?

Remember also that FDJ was integral to the success the team enjoyed last season.

3. Also remember the sentimental factor that FDJ is one of the highest paid player in the squad and as such there is an expectation that he should be playing regularly. Most clubs are facing this dilemma with their top buys (Arsenal - Havertz, Liverpool- Wirtz and so on.

4. It is an open secret that Barca needs enforcement to be able to compete at the highest levels, what flick pulled last season was a masterclass despite the limited resources at his disposal. Barca needs to strengthen a lot of areas, based on my assessment of flick’s style of play he is out to outscore the opponent and doesn’t mind conceding goals (in my opinion our priority should
be new CF who can press and clinical to bury chances someone in the mould of Oshimen *I am not saying we should buy him ooo but someone in that mould, we need a back up LB for Balde and another CB to replace inigo as it is now obvious that your so called Christensen that u hold in high esteem can’t seem to displace Martin or Araujo in the CB position. For the DM position, if we have a fully fit MF squad (Gavi, Casado, Bernal, FDJ, Pedri Olmo and Garcia) we should be just fine.

Is it possible for us to fix all these positions within one year, I don’t think so.


5. You also say stuffs like, he is uncoachable, he is not open to learning bla bla bla, all these sounds like hate speech. He is not good yet he commands a starting shirt at his club and country?

In summary @airbere, we have heard enough of your FDJ analysis, pls focus on football analysis which u are good at and stop picking up on one player from the team.

Bluelines69:
Gittens still back on the pitch, Maresca na cruise master

Unlimited22:
There's no way Guiu and Acheampong can be any worse than Tosin and Gbelap

Unlimited22:
Brother this game is done.

larride:
Maresca na better Robin Hood

Collect points from big team, share ham back to the small team.

A generous man

Kilishihunter:
The core of that German team was weak, many old, washed or average players were in that team, even nagelsmann struggled when he first got there that they had to call kroos back for the euros before they starting getting younger talents to build themselves over the years, I'm not saying a DM won't help us but psg who won the UCL don't really have a physical specimen for a DM, all of them work in tandem to press and win the ball back, one of the signings that helped propel them to the trophy alongside kvara was pacho a CB and he was very good from January till may, I'm not saying you aren't right but the weakest area of our team currently is at CB, that's why we've drawn a shortlist already before any other area of the team

nateevs:
Let's calm down. We will stay playing the ball now, and play them out of the park.

Max24:
How much is the GDP of Canada compared to Nigeria?