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Kilishihunter:
Liverpool play to dominate the game with pressure and fast transitions through mainly the FBs before the wingers sef not counter attack
And Xavi is also not a counter attacking coach, 2 or 3 games with us being under pressure while away won't change that, We have dominated games even against solid teams with possession last season too
Even though it's not fully relevant, Did you check out any of xavi's games at Al sadd to come to the conclusion he's a counter attacking based coach?

Kilishihunter:
Moutinho was a key member in his 2016 euro winning squad that's why I typed recently , The way you are hammering on inverted winger, inverted winger as if Silva doesn't play multiple roles even a false 9, when I said he plays 6 you said it's false, Oga please go and watch Belgium vs Portugal Euros Round of 16 and see how the passive Santos become active to deploy Silva with gaining control of the midfield to find an equalizer even if I don't watch Portugal as much as you do Also can't a controller be creative, Xavi did that for us in 2008/2009, even also moving close to the wings sometimes and gave more than 20 assists in all comps though some were closed play, Silva might be an inverted AM or even a false 9 which he did but if he came to our midfield he'll be our major controller cause he while pedri will be the advanced playmaker

Kilishihunter:
You also saw where I typed sometimes , The real Madrid game last season and recent rayo bashing made us employ free flowing possession and control reminiscent of pep
Anyways I don't need xavi to be like pep, if he finds his own system that makes us win most of the time and give us trophies it's all good

Kilishihunter:
I watch Portugal and I know about Santos's passive tactics, But then again even Mourinho and Simeone will come out to take hold of the game when they are down and need a win, Go and checkout their Euro's Round of 16 exit against Belgium when he and Moutinho took hold of that midfield when they were in search of an equalizer or against Serbia when they lost, Bernado Silva won the UNL 2019 player of the tournament through coming infield with also drifting from the wings, Go and checkup his matchup with FDJ in the middle for that final
If a Ruben neves or Moutinho is there he'll have the license to roam and push up, But they don't feature that much cause of the sitting DMs of course, You don't expect Carvalho or Danilo to give you more tempo in midfield when chasing a goal

Kilishihunter:
This is it, How our midfield will feed our forwards , You can control all you want but still do nada, Xavi wanting silva was for firstly creativity and an experienced stable leader in the midfield which FDJ has not been able to enact consistently, Pedri is our best bet but he's gradually learning how to be less of an AM/LW and more of a CM, Even his long balls have improved though with xavi wanting him to score more he'll still push up, Gavi is more of a workhorse and ball winner than a creative specimen though he's not bad at it and will improve with time, Then again xavi's style of play somehow employs lesser use of the midfielders than wingers/FBs, our gameplay resembles Klopp rather than pep sometimes

Kilishihunter:
In your first image, William carvalho and Danilo Pereira are pure sitting DMs, Bruno pushes up upfield to move close to the striker or score reason why he was mostly benched during the euros, He's a instinctive AM
So which player controls that midfield?

Kilishihunter:
Nope, pedri and de Jong can't control than Bernando, Pedri still drifts like an AM though he's gradually improving several facets of his game and FDJ tends to roam too much and drive the ball than sit back recently with us, Bernando can be a winger but also stand in as a 8 or 6 as you want, Watch him in Portugal and his games against Vardrid this year when pep made his FBs disciplined against them cause of counter attacks in the second leg, Infact he's even a major reason over even the inverted wingers sometimes that KDB has the license to roam forward and either pick the final pass or launch his wicked shots
Also know that Football has changed to a more physical and direct game, If you like bring back xavi and iniesta teams will press you or either sit back in a low block to deal with him, Even the great pep had several problems when travelling with us to Anoeta

jpmoriarti:
Against a team that also plays well in possession, I don't think competing in the middle with them will benefit us so much. We have a great frontline. We need to take full advantage of it. We need to get the ball to them as soon as possible. We need to stretch them and strike when they least expect it.

Real Madrid realises how good Vinicius and Benzema is. So they give the ball to them as fast as possible and as accurate as possible.

jpmoriarti:
Inverted wingers allow your fullbacks to thrive. We also try to apply similar pattern at Barca. Bellerin will be very pivotal if he stays fit. The inverted winger can also hug the flanks and allow the fullback to drift inwards.

jpmoriarti:
This is exactly what Xavi wanted. That's how to stretch an opposition team. When we hug the flanks, we force them to send a man out of position, leaving us with the possibility of finding our own free man, that is the third man. It is a difficult tactics but the team will learn it.

Kilishihunter:
We don't have a controller who'll stay in the middle to dictate play from the midfield, reason why xavi went for Silva, FDJ's the closest to it but he roams too much, Also in the history of barça since cruyff our FBs have been used to try and go wide to stretch the opposition before they can come back to aid the midfield when dominating play, Busi needs to see less games now because of his weakened limitations, We got several new players so you cannot expect them to gel at once and fully understand each other in just less than a month, Give them time to blend
Sevilla's defence is only shit cause of departures the other aspects are okay reason why you saw us being held down in the early stages, Also you should also think about what your own team can do to hurt other teams not them to us always, Our attack as you noted is very deadly and we are super fast with transitions, one mistake from them and we're on our way to their goalpost running at them

Mhistaedie01:
Your pessimism is sometimes unnecessary. Have you watched Bayern recently or you're still living off that 8-2 trauma. Get it over you please

Kilishihunter:
While I agree we didn't play to their best in the early stages didn't you see how the game gradually swung in our favour after the half hour mark due to those goals scored, Didn't you see Raphinha's goals created out of nothing when we were oppressed started by Gavi winning the ball in midfield? As good and better constructed as Bayern is they lack a top 9 which is now with us who'll have taken most of their chances created plus they're also susceptible to counter attacks and transitions with them deploying a higher line than us
Can't you see our Defence has improved with our goalie gradually getting back into his previous best? Also Bayern didn't take any game lightly, Union Berlin could have even beat them in the end if not for a smart stop from neuer, They are one of the strongest teams at home in the bundesliga

andrewbaba44:
Real sociedad are also a very poor side

Union Berlin is also a very good team

Bayern didn’t take any of those games lightly,go and watch the games and stop this shalaye ,even highlights will give you clue

Barca play well you go complain ,Barca no play well you go also complain

andrewbaba44:
And we are not playing well by winning games against sociedad and Sevilla ,but Bayern are playing well by failing to win union Berlin and co

You really have a problem

Reverse should be the case ,if Bayern don’t improve Barca will punish them so badly

BlaqFaze:
Real Madrid get any pattern of play when dey win Ucl last season...

Bayern with all the pattern of play nor fit beat union berlin

BlaqFaze:
Bayern are struggling in their farmland...no wins in their last 2 games

Culer:
this one wey FDJ squeeze face for here, be like he no go start today match.
Hmmm

melodyogonna:
Xavi, Iniesta, or prime Busquets won't lose that ball.

ghettokid1:
Sevilla we are coming for our 3 point

BlueAngel444:
Apart from Cucurella, our signings are blacks


They said all our black DMs have done well, hoping Zakaria comes good

Geld:
Wetin dey sup bro?

brandon180:
Wey be say better midfielder no Dey market
Liverpool legit had to sign Arthur Melo.
But Omo Klopp might be able to revive Arthur.

BlaqFaze:
In those 3 games he's been our best defender...be there waiting for him to fail

BlaqFaze:
All i know is Eric has been our best defender this season

FirstbornWds:
Y'all don't worry. You'll see Eric in defense tarya.

He faced Madrid and Athletico and excellently well. Frankfurt game was a total off for every player on the pitch but na Eric una remember.

Napoli that he kept Oshimen quiet is the one that somebody is claiming that he was bad.


Xavi knows best and I am sure he's not blind to have trusted ahead of every other defender.