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jpmoriarti:
Roberto was awful yesterday. All the goals and most threat came right under his nose and he did very little to stop it. I was thinking our coach will remove the ineffective Malcom and push him forward and then bring in a proper defender in Semedo to man that area. But he brought on Munir. SMH

That was some of the criticism we threw up early in the season when some cules wanted our head. A coach should be able to read a game, see weaknesses and opportunities in his team and make his substitution to benefit.

EV is a good coach in his own right, but his ability to make changes of tactics, formation and players sometimes call for concern. Anyways, he knows best sha.

Our next league game against Atletico is a must win. We are topping the table with just a point.

This season is actually very interesting in LA liga, the small teams have beefed up their squads with quality signings and are not afraid to take the fight to anybody. The respect and awe for big teams is gone.

Every LA liga team must be wary of Girona, Levante, Real betis, Alaves and Enspayol this season, they are minnows no more.

Debroslink:
The 1st 2 goals were due to poor midfield coordination, then poor defense. The 1st goal in particular was a one on one situation with Roberto. The winger just hit the shot and that was it. Suarez had exactly similar situation with a defender to beat, and what did he do? He passed to Messi that had 2 defenders on him already instead of taking on the single defender he had.

What are you saying. Abeg, no talk about Suarez o, he's a senior player that yells at junior players when they loose ball. He is untouchable and must not be corrected o.

IKON360:
well the important is for Dembele to improve. Sometimes I understand why EV prefers Rafinha to either Dembele or Malcolm, he plays easy ball, like Arthur or Jorginho. Dembele and Malcolm want to dribble or such. So I prefer Rafinha starting and either Dembele or Malcolm coming on.

Any which way, I don't care. I just need the 3 points and extension to the lead.

senorova:
You are a cule, I'll give you the benefit of a proper conversation.

Check this screenshot of my previous post.

Nice one. I asked for three but the one you gave is actually okay. It shows we are in the same boat, if we live by EV's tactics, we live together, and if we drown by his tactics, we drown together,.

Now you are free to continue bashing.....

Mes que un club

senorova:
The Barca fans on this thread are probably the worst set of football fans on nairaland.

The double mindedness, and double standard is so shamefully disgusting.

Valverde is shit today, Barca is shit tomorrow. Dembele is an idiot today, he is a chairman tomorrow. Raki this, busi that....

If you are only supportive of this club when we win 7-0 every match, you're just an opportunist. Yes I said it!


You should worry about the coach and players if we have a consecutive run of disappointing results. Moreso, it should be understood that having a pool of quality players at your disposal gives lots of headache for coaches when it comes to squad selection.

If you play FM, you would understand it.

Valverde won 3 fvcking matches this week, against very competitive teams... Using largely the same line up.... The man knows what exactly he is doing. When it is time to rotate, I believe he will rotate.

So calm your fvcking balls and allow the coach do his fvcking job. Wait till the end of the season to judge his performances....if you can't wait till then, you can as well go throw your phone into the lagoon and stop spamming this precious thread with your ramblings

I'm sorry bros. but I think you are the glory fan here. Where were you when barca was losing and drawing games some weeks back.

You travelled to mars? At least we were here suggesting and criticizing, people like you only show up to celebrate.

If anybody is to throw jibes at people it should be IKON360 and jpmoriarty. They stood behind EV and defended him. if I lie, show us 3 response you gave during that time on this thread.

Rinaldo scores in serie a, and somebody is running from EPL to La liga to bundesliga to ligue 1 threads to shout about it. Abeg how does that concern us?

Ronaldo must score, that's his job, he is paid to do it. are you paid to do whatever you are doing?

Moreover, go to Empoli thread to troll, and if there is none, create one and troll it to satisfaction.

All we want from EV is fair rotation policy, I will agree with him sitting players who are not good enough on bench.

But he shouldn't have any excuse to shut out recently bought players who we spent huge money to buy. I will expect the coach to have requested for specific players before the club buys them.

kingthreat:
Was this a federal or state project?

Who cares? As long as its beneficial to the common man, I am all for it.

IKON360:
But Rakitic is better than Vidal, far better than Vidal and the way I see it Rakitic is one of EV's favourite players. What does Vidal have that Rakitic doesn't have? Only a penchant for cards... Abegi when there's a serious need to rest Rakitic, Vidal can play. Even though I think EV will play Roberto ahead of Vidal sef

These criticism of EV 's rotation style is not about comparism or replacement. It is about "team" rotation. Every member of a team has what they bring to the team. Why spend money to have over 18 professional players, while you stick with your favourite 11 in every game, giving 5 - 15mins cameo appearance to the rest, how will you keep players happy that way.

Note that these criticisms started early last season, up till the Roma game, when fatigue made us give up a 4 goals lead. And we are at it again.

I expect that in home games against clubs of lesser threats like Levante, Real betis, Huesca and the likes; 2 or 3 of these neglected and unhappy players should start and can be subbed off if need be.

I'm relieved today. Good game. To think we won without almighty Messi is soothing.

Isomerizm:
What exactly will Rafinha offer to the game tonight?

GOAL

IKON360:
Jordi Alba and Sergei Roberto... Alba pushes up and supports and he doesn't even cross all those far reaching crosses, more of lay offs or passes for either Messi or Suarez or any one around. Since EV, Roberto has stepped up, I like him just sad that Spain keep overlooking him. And then there's Rakitic, that guy looks like a completely different player from Luis, he's tackling, late runs to volley in some dope goals, how he supports Busquests... EV dey try, we can't get everything but he's doing well. My problem is the over reliance on Messi, and I hope with this injury people like Suarez and Coutinho step up

Bros, Jordi Alba has been doing all aforementioned perfectly before EV came, Sergi Roberto is neither here nor there, but on Rakitic, yeah, I quite agree with you. One could see his improvement in solidity in midfield, his backtracking to help the defense, his eagerness to throw himself into tackles and doing the dirty jobs, yeah he improved from Enrique's version.

But like you said, we can't get everything.

IKON360:
even Enrique improved nobody... There must be something EV is doing that players are NOT complaining, Board ISN'T complaining. He must be doing something right that you mustn't see but those that matter are satisfied with

True, there are things he does that even I, (that don't matter) supports, but developing upcoming players abilities is obviously not one of them.

IKON360:
Guardiola taught Sterling how to run with the ball. Guardiola taught him how to position better. Louis Van Gaal teaches his players not dribble, control then shoot, coaches teach o

Nice one my bros, my point exactly. I believe you didn't go to the etihad to observe this nor see Van Gaal dishing out these instructions verbatim, but you made this observations by seeing the improvements in the players, abi?

Okay, show me the players that has shown glowing improvement since EV took over from Enrique.

jpmoriarti:
Why do you think Messi needs a coach? Not minding how good he is, he still need those subtle assistance from the coach. Dembele is still 21. He needs all the help he can get. If you see his touches on the ball, then you know there is something in him that encouraged Barca to break the bank to get him.

Oh I agree with you 90%. but what have you seen in the playing styles of our players (improvement), that shows that the current coach is adding anything to them.

Tell me 2 - 3 players that has improved his style since EV took over from Enrique. If you prove that my support will be 100%.

jpmoriarti:
People should stop bad-mouthing Dembele. Dude is trying his best to be unpredictable. It is normal to lose the ball if you try to dribble. Coach should just try to teach him how to get the best of his abilities. The guy will come good in no time. I know this

Abeg o, Which coach will teach person how to use his abilities? I nor understand o

Nicolars:
Malcom kor, if Malcom had proved worthy of the xi, at least he would be making the weekly 18man list

Just pray he makes the bench first because Denis Suarez could replace messi on that list if EV wishes

What you should hope for is Malcom should make the bench and prolly be the first sub

From home boy to XI,lol.... Person wey never start to they make bench list

If Malcolm's position in this club is this useless as EV is putting it. Abeg, why buy him in the first place? Did we just waste money to buy a player just for training grounds?

What pains me about his situation is the fact that he was a starter in his former club, and could have been a star performer for Roma. We highjacked him, and threw him in the dustbin. And will only put him hastily in matches to do wonders in match-rusty condition

calculator123:
Has the word gifted change it meaning because the match I watched, Suarez deserves the penalty and not this gifted you are yarning about

Oh sorry, I didn't mean barca was gifted o, the penalty was well deserved. What I meant was the fact that Suarez may not have scored today if not given the chance to take the penalty. That's all

Alaves dey flex muscle o, we need to be careful of dropping points o

Suarez had to be gifted a penalty kick to put his name on the score sheet. Oshi radarada

If all the countries in the world gives free visa, as a matter of choice; where would you rather live or visit?

I would want to live in the UK, but with frequent visits to U.S and China

tesppidd:
Surely!

I could buy Mbappe but only to replace Suarez as the striker.


I don't like Neymar anymore.

But he's done it for 6 years plus, this is just Mbappe's 2nd year doing it.

Mbappe is balling right now but he's not yet up to Neymar's level.

My problem with neymar coming back are his larger than life attitude, and dashing the chances of our promising young stars namely Dembele & Malcolm. Because neymar will fit back seamlessly into that front three cutting off their chances of getting in. Abi who wan bench neymar?

tesppidd:
Yeah of course, considering how he "snaked" on us.

but speaking purely on footballing terms,

i'd rather pay 250 for Neymar than 220 on Mbappe.


Forget the off-pitch drama,

Neymar nor be Mbappe mate!

Moreover Neymar's ball hugging and dribbling style of play fits our play more than Mbappe's sharp, direct poaching style, especially considering our opponent's bus parking in almost every game.

With the recent bad state of our defense. It is evident that selling Mina, while retaining injury prone Vermaelen; was a very wrong decision.

I expect the coach to have invited Barca B centre back Cuenca to training by now to complement Pique and Lenglet. And who knows where Marlon plays?

ollah2:
We don't need Mbappe and Neymar.. We have Maicon and Dembele and they did come good if properly utilized.

On the flip side, Ivanovic (Yes, you read it right) is likely to join Barca and Wenger( Oh Yes you read it right again) is likely to replace Velverde.

Welcome to the new Barca

Sorry, may I ask why we need Ivanovic in our defense? When we have Roberto and Semedo playing his position?

Those i think we need are - Left back, 2 Center backs and a sharp striker.

And in the absence of youthful, eccentric and attack minded coaches, then I can support getting Wenger, at least he is an upgrade on Valverde.

MJBOLT:

we dont need neymar,he's getting old mbappe is a better choice

If neymar is allowed back in the team, the whole team will be destabilized. Where will the likes of Dembele, and Malcom be played.

I just watched the highlights of Spain's game, and I think Barca should take a look at Athletico's Rodri as Busquets successor instead of going for De jong.

The guy replaced busi who.was rested, and did a perfect job, was as if busi was on the pitch. same style of play, same pass accuracy, same ball control. And he is just 22years old.

MJBOLT:

sevilla and inter are in crazy form

And Madrid are in what form Abeg?

MJBOLT:

barça players nominated for Ballon D'or 2018

I saw a lady in this mix, but I think we should replace her with this one.

Winning is sure.

haymekus:
Some of us here seem to have forgotten that our match against Tottenham was not a semi-final ucl match so all those "we are keeping our best performance for ucl" statement should better till the later stage of ucl.

I tire o. One thing still baffles me Abeg someone should enlighten me. The fact that we go to market to buy good players, sometimes snatch other clubs targets, bring them to barca to chop bench is something me I don't get.

I thought we bought players to rotate the team, or we only bought them as alternatives to be used sparingly in cases of injury, red card and the likes?