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jpmoriarti:
Koeman have received lots of criticisms because of Puig lack of game time. Koeman has been justified by Enrique not only picking Pedri for Euro at just 18 yrs of age but also starting him in the very first game ahead of more experienced Thiago and other well-established name. Assuming Koeman managed to be sharing game time with Puig, Pedri wouldnt have been able to make such an impression and achieve this momentous feat. He might have been struggling with the mediocrity I have come to associate Puig with.

Now I see from your response that it's more of hate than common sense. You are postulating that Puig having a fair share of game time to contribute his quota to the project of the club would hamper Pedri's development and progress? Because he is your favorite? Waoh! Did you forget that by not giving Puig a fair share of game time could also hamper his development too.? Or maybe you care less about that.

jpmoriarti:
Lmaoo But it is telling that Koeman and Enrique will trust Pedri but our fans will keep mentioning Puig at every turn.

JP na wa for u o. Anytime, anywhere Pedri and Puig are mention like this, you quickly turn in to arguement of comparison.

Please note that the 2 players plays for same club and country. Nobody is comparing them. If not for game time that Koeman is denying Puig, everyone will be happy having both players.

U are one of those making cules look for Pedri's bad moments with your over-hyping above Puig.

Personally, I'm glad to have both playing for my club, but you don't. Or do you?

devvy44:
Happy weekend Pessist

Guy! You don't need to spend money going about asking Pastors, Alfas, or herbalist to help you find what your problem is.

The only problem you have is very obvious and you yourself know it. Kindly find solution before its too late. Does Messi own 95% of your brain ni? Nawa 4 u o

No biggie in this! I can do the same here in naija, especially if I'm marrying from some of those Eastern tribes with huge amounts of engagement lists.

I will even demand to be compensated with a very fine sister. I cannot come and lose wife and still lose like 2-3million Naira worth of engagement cash and goods abeg.

DDayve:
Most times, when a man goes for a woman, he is after sex. Only in rare cases will a man see a woman for the first time and already decides to marry her. He may demand sex too early and stil be the best man you would ever want. What happens on the long run is what determines if both of you will marry. If you like him, allow him. It's only after sex you would know if he is your man or not. Before sex, he is most likely faking it.
You ladies should start having strong mind like men too. Date him, sex him and observe his attitude. If his attitude shows he loves you, continue, if he doesn't, dump him for another guy.

Gbam! Guy! I owe you one bottle of Heineken.
After all, pussii no get meter. Na who you tell go know.

devvy44:
A goal scoring partner & destroyer of camp nou

I hope you don hear say Carlo Ancellotti is the new Real Madrid coach. Because that's how you will siddon and sleep for another person house forget your own.

Anyways, Its for your information.

devvy44:
This list is pure rubbish!

Why the fvck will Uefa include a RO16ist in their team of the tournament......ffs this midget ghosted against juve in both legs and couldn’t even score his penalty when abattoirlona needed him.

Kindly forward all your complaints and petitions to UEFA and not Barca thread.

Thank you.

devvy44:
Lol they have quickly forgotten Emerson’s shambolic performance against Madrid earlier this season where he scored an own goal and collected a red card. Just like their previous flops they have started tagging him the “next alves”

Why has dis guy pack all his load to this thread, he trolls to all post on the thread. Must you sleep and wake up here?. Go back to your thread and contribute meaningfully to your fanbase.

devvy44:
Atleast players that left Madrid are succeeding,

-Vidal left barce to inter and he costed them a victory against Madrid by collecting a red card after which conte relegated him to the bench

-authur left barce to juve and he became a benchwarmer after being tag “next Xavi”

-Malcolm, your “next Henry”, is he still a footballer?

-Semedo, he can’t even start for Portugal, he came with potentials, left a flop, now a bigger flop

-Rafinha, the bad luck of Barcelona followed him to PSG and stopped them from winning their customary Ligue 1 title

Other Notable mentions: Perez, Miranda, wague, alena, wague


Abeg forget Abattoirlona Dey waste talents

Is it Wague the father and the son? Or Wague 1 and 2 ? because me I no understand o

coded01:
Alaba...

He would have been an ideal replacement for Jodi alba...

Barca why

Not Alba's position alone, plays left defense and DM too. And he's free agent.

But whats done is done.

Must all these COAS be of the northern tribe?

jpmoriarti:
Messi gives away a couple of goals himself. Case in point - one of the goals that sank us against Levante. He rarely chases down opposition. We would be under attack from oppositions and Messi would be seen strolling away, head bent down. No player will be motivated to see his captain that way in a match of importance.

And if your best player and captain does that, whose job is it to chastise and correct him? Have u seen coaches like Zidane, Guardiola, Simeone, Tuchel etc react to goal or/and chance-missed before? You see it on their faces and actions. They stand on the touchline giving instructions especially in big games. Koeman needs to do more in this aspect, not sitting down and writing names of noise makers in his jotter.

ddippset:
Some wonderful things that would have happened If Messi was shouting and barking instructions all over the pitch as a leader;

1. Suarez would have scored more than 1 UCL goal in 3 seasons in the UCL.

2. Busquets would return from being Slowsquets to being Fastsquets.

3. Lenglet would stop scoring own goals and conceding penalties.

4. Pique would be that solid rock of 2012 all over again.

5. Dembele would never get injured and miss crucial matches.

6. Valverde and Koeman would turn to SAF in his prime.

7. The board would never contemplate exchanging Pjanic with Arthur.

8. Messinwould shout on his team mates so hard they would take this chances and not pass to Messi.

Stop all this sarcasm and reverse psychology bossman, U are confusing our friend.

jpmoriarti:
Well, obviously his goals, assists etc are no longer enough for us otherwise we should be winning important matches and celebrating more titles. He must do more in leadership.

Now I don't agree with this summation. Messi has been all for this team for so many seasons consequtively. Performing at the top level back to back even in his worst season.

Being an introvert does not have anything to do with his performance, afterall he had been a quiet fellow even in the Guardiola/Enrique era and then we were winning all winnables.

My point is that - most of the goals that crushed us this season are counters and defensive blunders, you don't expect a striker captain to be on the ball and controlling the defense same time. The coach should in those situations be signalling or controlling his defenders on their positioning. For example, If Alba overlaps as usual who moves backward to cover for him (tactics), not error prone lenglet of course.

[quote author=devvy44 post=102110154][/quote]Guy, must you jump into every discussion on this thread? Na wa o.

Allegri has returned to Juventus to replace Pirlo.

jpmoriarti:
I still think Koeman can be a massive success at Barcelona. His substitutions may not have worked well because most of the time the players coming in does not have what it takes to improve the team. We have seen lots of team performance collapse after substitutions were made even though it was a like-for-like substitution. Example replacing a right back with another.

And most of other time, we do not have finishers. We generate alot of chances but fail to score them but then concede once the opponent generate their first chance. These are signs of feeble team who need proper re-engineering. These signs have been their since 2017. Weak mentality. It won't vanish over night until we dismiss about 75% of this current squad.

How can you explain that the team collapsed as soon as it was obvious they were likely to win the league? If you see a coaching deficiency, I see the demons of Rome, Liverpool all over again.

Good points there. However, if Koeman stays he needs to change his tactics a bit to help motivate his players to play for him.

We cannot have an introvert as a captain on the field and also have a quiet coach on the sideline, its remedy for disaster.

Like you pointed "weak mentality" out. Psychologist could be used to raise players morale before and during games.

Kilishihunter:
Roberto Martinez is the latest name linked with the barca managerial seat Seems koeman would continue if a replacement is not found

There are many good coaches now on the market if we have money to contract one, even there are rumours about Zidane, Allegri, Conte etc.

jpmoriarti:
Despite the numerous short comings of Koeman, if Barcelona fail to tremendously renovate this group of players we currently have, I will say we won't improve much, no matter which coach we have.

About 75% of players in this current squad are playing at a very very low level and I don't think they can give more than that. They are simply players not good enough for the shirt.

If you hadn't included excuses for Koeman, I would have agreed with you all the way about players playing at a very low level.

However, coaching tactics, motivation and on-the-field formation flexibility to counter opponents tactics also have a lot to do with success, not forgetting right substitutions.

How many times have you seen Koeman shouting or signalling instructions to his players from the sidelines?

ddippset:
Modified!


Pjanic
Roberto
Umtiti
Firpo
Braithwaite
Griezman
Trincao
Lenglet

I believe puig will be forced out by Koeman, wether he likes it or not, his sins have not been forgiven, so add him to the list like @SonofAfonja said.

If what Naira Marley posted is true, let him proof it by recording a video tape of the 3some and post it online as proof. If not, then its all staged..

devvy44:
Winning a lowly rated trophy for the first in 2 years must be really exciting, enjoy your win

Oh! Its now a lowly rated trophy because your favourite team didn't win it?. If its that valueless, why the hell did Real Madrid compete for it?

Igbochief001:
The solution to our problem is regionalism simple and short ...6 regions operating in a federation simple with each having right to go if they chose to simple

Unity should never be forced

We can also use regions without breaking up the country itself, if each region is allowed to govern itself as its sees fit.

Laws will be made peculiar to each region. Policing and economic policies peculiar to each region. The monopoly of power by the president will be cut off.

Advantages are: resource control by each region sending 10 - 20 % to federal. Competitiveness between regions on development and IGR. Above all, there will be relative peace in the land.

If Koeman stays, I don't think Puig will be allowed to stay at Barça. He may be forced out now with the backing of the board., if the coach suggests it.

At least now, let's be expecting Depayand Wijnadum.

With all these disasterclass performances, someone said he's rebuilding.

Rebuilding what Rebuilding my foot. His construct is crumbling at the slightest pressure. This team is good but lacks that winning mentality.

jpmoriarti:
Bad and untimely substitution ruined the whole game. None of the subs improved the game.

It is all on the coach.

Barca had better start looking for another coach to replace Koeman next season.

Birthday boy. No talk o, just enjoy your birthday jejely o.

Debroslink:
The legend of Messi is the reason. Messi's GOAT nature is the reason Barcelona board started embracing mediocrity.

You have a valid point there.

Barcelona! My Barcelona! Who hadt cursed thee with these mediocre coaches?

jpmoriarti:
Barca win today and we sleep as leaders. I also get a nice birthday gift.

But I dont like these Levante people at all. Very nonsense team. Only show muscle when they see top team

Most la Liga teams do that. Once they see big teams they become superpowers. Sit back, soak pressure and pounce on the counter.

Trending...

Chelsea 1 : 0 Real Madrid

Are we not rightly called bottlers? This match is the golden opportunity we had this season, looking at the games ahead, we should have approached the game like war.

Why do we crumble at the very best of opportunities?. Too bad. Abeg, me I don tire jare.

As for me, if we don't win this league at the end of the season, the coach and some of these players should be booted out. No winning mentality at all.

It's seems, we the fans knows what's at stake more than this team of jokers.