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jpmoriarti:
If we put away half of the chances we created, we'll definitely win these games. And also eliminate our comical mistakes.

Our problems are just concerning.

Like a barca player said, 'we need 15 or more chances to score'.

Also, others players don't shoot like messi. Messi sef was blasting shots like mumu yesterday. Dembele's shot almost made me cry. Pjanic just keeps disappointing me. I thought he was a good shooter.
Pedri and co will have chance to shoot, but no, he'll cut and pass.

Also this team gets fidgety towards the end of games.

Lastly busquets isn't a good cover for the back 4. Notice how pjanic was covering and still joining the attack like de jong was doing. I loved that.

500 La Liga games for Lionel Messi:

451 goals
200 assists


Being the GOAT isn't about just tap-in and penalties.

I just feel dembele on the right is being under utilized. Messi needs to get is shooting boots. That also goes to pjanic and dembele. I prefer pjanic to busquets.
Pedri is really trying
De jong is just fantastic. Incredible work rate. Deserves a better partner, not busquets.

Koeman still doesn't know how to use his players.

In conclusion, barca need to step up and learn to kill games. A better team would have equalized and probably dealt with us. We have issues keeping cool and preserving a slim lead

Messi is mad. Let him keep his shots down.

haymekus:
This foolish man knows that the RW is dembele best position, but his senseless will made him play dembele on the left, leaving dest helpless and stranded and the left wing overcrowded.


Most times I wonder if this man have a brain in his skull.

Messi is doing his bit to support dest on the Right. We'll cope.

FirstbornWds:
Yea, exactly my point. He's giving us more of the Vidal's vibe than the regular FDJ we know.


I hope he doesn't tire out easily.

Tire out? Dont worry. We have capable replacement. The question is: will koeman use them.

FirstbornWds:
Wait.... Is Messi now a midfielder cos I don't understand again?


I'm not sure FDJ can go back to being the Ajax No.4 we knew .... The guy is now usually more offensive

He's doing a box-to-box shift. Notice how he pushes up front and still goes back to break up play and get balls back. He's really doing well mehn.

As expected.

If barca don't win tonight's match, koeman should be sacked.

haymekus:
Barce sold Suarez due to financial issues naw, how many times will it be emphasized on??

Besides Suarez is currently playing better than he did in his previous 2 seasons at barce

Baba, the process was not nice. Let's bury this.

jpmoriarti:
Suarez cannot even think of holding a grudge against the club. Barcelona picked him up when no one wanted him after he bit yet another player in the world cup 2014 and was handed a 4 month ban from all-football related stuffs. by FIFA. Clubs like Madrid avoided him like a plague after that incident.
Yet, we picked him up at the nadir of his career, when he hit rock- bottom and gave him relevancy again. He didnt play for us that year until late november after serving out his ban. He went on to have a spectacular 5 year stint and now all you can remember was the inability of the club to organize a festival sendoff for him.
smh

Nadir of his career. A player who cleared individual awards in England? A national hero who led and saved his national team to a world cup semi. He was worth the wait.

But that's not the point. Like I said, you're entitled to your understanding. Barca signing him has nothing to with the fact that he was treated unfairly.

But never mind

Moura7:
Ofc the way he was euphemistically told to get out and his services weren't needed, more honorably through a phone call for a player of his calibre( third highest goal scorer of the club) and efforts put in for the club, is just respect in the most admirable manner. ..........his pride and dignity couldn't have received a much better boost.

But bro, everyone is entitled to his own understanding ooo.

We know what we know.

tesppidd:
It's clear we are not winning La Liga.

Who would you rather?

Athletico or Real?

I'll wholeheartedly pick Atletico Madrid.

First, i want us to have peace here. This Madrid fans will tear us if they manage to win the league back to back.

Secondly,i like Suarez. Even though he's done some some foolish things that made me attack him.

Thirdly, its good for the image of the league.

jpmoriarti:
There is no humiliation here bro. It may not have been the best send off but it was no humiliation, unless you don't know the meaning of humiliation.

humiliation - make (someone) feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and pride.

i have a picture of the send off you claimed never happened.

Like I said, couldn't remember any.

But just so you know, Suarez holds a grudge against the club. Why? Barca did the first bolded. If you don't agree. Fine.

We all have our individual understanding of things

BTW, predictions for today's game??

jpmoriarti:
Humiliated? Do you even know the meaning of humiliation? Can you explain how it was that Suarez was humiliated out of the club? Was he paraded around the streets of Barcelona, stripped naked and beaten to a pulp? Were Rakitic and Vidal not let go the way he too was?

I don't appreciate people throwing around words all over the place, even when those words are mere exaggerations.

Oh! I'm exaggerating?
Terminating his stay with a 30 secs phone call. Forcing him out. No Farewell ceremony(none that I can remember. But rakitic got his). Nothing! Just Forced out. Sold for 9 million.

Do you know who Suarez is to barca. He is our fucking 3rd all-time scorer! He's part our whatever history we have. He's our legend.

Why do you think messi was angry?

Bro he was humiliated. I'll say it again. A player of his calibre deserved more.

Because he isn't messi doesn't mean the club should be stupid enough not to treat him right

Debroslink:
Suarez dragging Atletico to the title. Last time they won it, it was Diego Costa that dragged them.

Griezmann is just a passenger.

Leave this idiot.
Griezmann left Atletico for barca(100+ million). Atletico didn't feel it. Barca are now worse.

Suarez was pushed out to Atletico. The effect is so obvious.

jpmoriarti:
I will very much like Atletico to win the league. Gives the league a good image if more clubs can win other than Barcelona and Real Madrid. They could potentially go 8 pts above Real Madrid if they win their two outstanding game while being a mammoth 13 pts above us.

It will be shameful in a way. Suarez was humiliated out of barca. And he ends up leading Atletico to win the league
What a story.

Funny thing is, this has happened before. David Villa!!!

tesppidd:
This sort of character will win Athletcio this league.

Am I the only one who thinks we made a mistake selling suarez. And worse, with no replacement.

BoleAndFish:
A move to PSG in the works?

Nah. He was just being honest. Neymar and mbappe led PSG to UCL final.

tesppidd:


Sure I do....


He should have put in Ter Stagen somewhere 1st, 2nd or 3rd.....

Messi was just been honest. Maybe.

I won't put a keeper who was disgraced in UCL quarter final and had an entirely bad year as top 3. Plus, the guy was injured this year while Neto took his place.

Keylor navas, Manuel neuer and jan oblak are alright. Messi picked them. And i think he's correct and just being honest. Same way he picks Ronaldo sometimes when voting.

If ter stegen is angry at messi for this, then he's immature and loves lies.

Absolutely!

I'm at that level.

Planning to get an apartment sef. After youth service this year tho.

tesppidd:
*Aggression?

*Aerial duels won?

you're right

Koeman: "There are a lot of players who need to be more effective, including the midfielders. It's not just Griezmann. We create a lot of chances, we are the ones who create the most..."

Next match,
*koeman starts griezmann and busquets*

Mad man

There's nothing reassuring like seeing Messi, Dembele and Dest in the squad list. Not forgetting puig. Sadly, he's a bench warmer.

Is there any fucking list this finished player doesn't fucking top

tesppidd:
Something like Messi failed to vote for him at the FIFA best awards.

Dunno if anything happened before which made Messi overlook Ter Stagen
but If that's really the origin of the beef then that's really bleeped up from Messi.

You really think so?!

tesppidd:
The one that made me sad the most was the in house slander.

The bashing he got from Barca fans, despite not being in his best form but still working very very very hard for the team.

Felt so sad!

Can't blame them. Messi has 'spoilt' us with his brilliance. To some, if he's not scoring and saving us, then he's our problem.

This is so strange. At match day 16, the messi we know should have been past 10 goals and topping the chart.

Messi at his low= other players at their best

La Liga team of the year; a 'finished' Messi gets the highest rating (8.54) in the year he apparently struggled most!

On a level of his own

tesppidd:
I think it's overdue to give that duo a chance.

I could understand why Koeman had to give Griezman and Coutinho enough chances to blend into the team, after all they have got the reputation going for them.

But this man should have given up on them since November, especially Griezman.

And Dembele should have been the closest replacement for Neymar.
The injuries sadly.

Nah! Its not gonna happen.

I've given up on such hope ,man. I just want my boy Puig to leave ASAP. Unless koeman is guaranteed of leaving, that boy will rot on the bench.

Griezmann and coutinho will continue starting as long as they're fit. Even if the former misses a thousand chances and is non existent in games. Or the latter has no impact in any game he plays. The better players in the team won't play.

I still have faith in dembele. Barca shouldn't let him go.

Awesome01:
Unfair To whom? These games are easy ones to win for us, if we are the Barcelona we ought to be. But this present Barcelona may even find it difficult getting a draw against Kwara united.

If we call those games unfair to us, what happens if its lined up against the big clubs like Real, Atletico, Sevilla etc.

Nah! Barca CAN'T beat any big club right now. As funny as it sounds, it's the truth. I don't know how or why. Also, Barca won't win all these games even if they seem easy. We are not the barca we ought to be anymore. It will take time to get attain such status. Definitely not with koeman in charge.

This is unfair