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abduleez1:
That's what's annoying me.
How many coaches gets what they want all the damn time. Xavi was given the best transfer window Barca has seen in years, all in one season and man can't even beat a single top tier team in games that matters.

Excuses like injuries doesn't work here cos all teams went to the International Break and inter even lost key players to injuries yet they came out tops. So Xavi can't adapt if his key players are out. Wetin you come be coach for. Na everyday your top players go dey available? That's weak mentality.

Imagine keeping Busquets In the lineup with consistent calamities all round and saying Busquets is an important piece of his work when man's easily the weakest link.
He's almost in the same class as Koeman except he's slightly better in play.

hopefulLandlord:
I pity am

Kilishihunter:
Aha, Lest I forget
Coded01
Culer
Bimmarlaykay
Abduleez1 and others
You were indeed right about the "impending doom" since day 1
Do accept my apologies Bros

Kilishihunter:
Lol, you're still going back to 2019 when Messi almost literally won us a treble on his own when our so called expensive prizes coutinho and dembele refused to step up, This is where a good tactician comes in, if he sees you're shit or super inconsistent you'll use your behind to warm the bench but xavi hasn't seemed to have learned that thus far, Left to me I hope his contract isn't renewed in 2024, He should just follow the other failed signings and move like that,At least with Laporta's connects we might get a more consistent RW that time

GrammarNazi1:
Even Dembele should not play for an ambitious team.

He could have buried the first leg against Liverpool, before the team eventually capitulated on the second leg.

Kilishihunter:
As much as we still have finished busquets and pique in this squad, no good RB, you as a coach should know how to work with whatsoever tools available to you, that's why you're been paid, Even if we beat Vardrid to la liga is this how we'll then go and beat small teams in the group then crumble in front of the best? Laporta better think fast before this shit reverbates in the europa league, Time for us to put sentiments over logic which I myself have being guilty of

GrammarNazi1:
But is the team competitive?

The players the team bought are either average or too old.

Mcleo007:
I was having this same argument with a friend months ago... Its only Barca fans that rate Busquets. He has never been a top DMF. He is not athletic nor strong defensively. He relies heavily on the interiors who cover so much ground to mask his inadequacies. We saw it with Xavi and Iniesta, later with Rakitic (Valverde used the double pivot for this reason) and now we are seeing it with FDJ and the kids. You ask your self why he never made FIFA 11 his entire career, but every Manager somehow feel compulsed to always use him. Its sad!

Go back and watch all our humiliations in the big matches and you will see he is the major culprit. The opposition attacks him then he crumbles, leaving little or no protection for the defence. A DMF should be able to play at CB when necessary, but he has only ever played in CB once in his career and in the match against Arsenal, he scored an own goal.

He really should have left 5yrs ago, but Catalan sentiment. And you can see how much Xavi talks of how important he is. I wont be surprised if he is extended by 2-3 yrs to sustain the further humiliations.

Kilishihunter:
The current regime sold parts of their shares to give us a competitive team bro, even if we won't qualify, losing sheepishly at home yesterday was sorely on the management, Neuer, Lucas Hernandez and sane didn't play yet see the difference in mentality and intensity between the two sides, I doubt the GOAT will even see all these crisis we are facing and want to come back from where he's living la vida Loca in pii$G

jpmoriarti:
Maybe I was wrong about Kessie but I haven't seen any good from him yet. I didn't watch him in Milan and he has yet to convince me. Not with his physicality or his defensive contribution.

Of course, I agree that almost anyone is better than Busquets right now. Dude is a liability as a player and as a captain.

Rarre:
I need last season vini back, I don't know what is wrong with him this season although he has been scoring, but his performance has been Poor

akwesenana:
Wetin dey worry this Valverde boy??

BykeLaByke:
Cristiano left Madrid and two different Madrid players won a Golden Ball...

Messi left Barca and Barca turned to Europa league customers.

Was Cristiano really the best player in Madrid?

FergieRaww:
Here comes the Current Best player in the World...

King Benz

andrewbaba44:
I troll when I want

Na 45 mentions or so I see when I login ,I just begin Dey laugh like Warey ,na me dem wan troll

hopefulLandlord:
Rodrygo: 21 yo
Rodrygo's dad: 38 yo
Modric: 37 yo
Pedri: 19yo

Modric, abeg no do wetin you do below again. The guy wey you do am to na only 19. I know say him pass him boundary but forgive am, na your pikin him be. No punish am again.

Bloooody:
If liverpool win this match
Let me die in my sleep this night

abduleez1:
Guy forget that thing. Dembele ain't doing shït in this match. How many chances both clear and half chances did Dembele create?

Ferran created two of the clearest chances in the game asides his goal. Dembele just dey dance across field. He did nothing. No make dribbles fool you.

jpmoriarti:
We play Villarreal next on Thursday.

None stop action for us

ThierryJay:
Oh well, we are where we are. The reality is grim and blunt - Barca's players still have a fragile mentality like an upcoming team which is very surprising given the new additions.

Dembele is a big letdown. His decision making and end product are poor. This is simply why he is not a world class player despite his world class talent. I do not recall any big game "owned" by Dembele since he joined Barca 5 years ago.

Raphina is simply not any top team material. He's tailor made for dem mid-table teams like Leeds, Brentford & co. Malcolm and even our previous Raphina (Alcantara's brother) that we didnt rate much had better end product during their stint.

Lewy is turning somewhat into a big game flop as well with the easy chances he's been missing. But he's also suffering from inadequate connection with our midfield.

Pedri seems to have regressed under Xavi's tactics. Taking the creative initiative away from him and giving it to erratic Dembele &co has stalled his progression.

Xavi? Make the guy just disappear abeg. How can you flop consecutively in the two biggest matches of the half season when it's not like our opponents had better players one on one.

BlaqFaze:
Xavi

BlaqFaze:
how does Busquets sleep at night?

This is so washed and he knows it and he still wants to play...when you know you can't give the team 80%, you are still forcing yourself to play.

What kind of wickedness is this?