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Debroslink:
We are @ home. Victory is 95% sure

I know deep within you, you're not confident of our match today.

A win for this team is not something you can put your money on. Just mouth.

haymekus:
Hazard is just an injury prone greizmann, atleast hazard can argue that the reason his output is so low is because of injury

Anyways they’re both useless and the money used to sign them should have been put to better use(donation to charity or poor countries).

Madrid medical + Fitness team is just not it. I know they've been faulted severely. First it was Bale ,now Hazard. And the painful thing is no attempt have been made to minimize the risk of big signings getting injured. Other players have suffered same fate.

This same hazard played in a feisty and demanding EPL and was unscathed.

I remember ronaldo asking Barcelona for medical assistance to his injury.

hmm

jpmoriarti:
They do not have the squad to mount a successful title challenge. David Silva, who has revitalized the team is already injured. Sooner or later, they will go five game winless run and all their cookies will come crumbling.

Its easy to underestimate teams. But don't forget anything can happen in football.

Also, winning the league isn't about the other rival teams dropping points or having misfortunes. its about barca winning games. Sadly ,that's seems to be a huge problem.

If Madrid(Atletico and Real), and Barca keep fooling around, Sociedad will win the league.

SonOfAfonja:
No Chris brown slander will be tolerated henceforth...he’s a victim of circumstances

Of course

Chris Brown >>>> Justin Bieber

GrammarNazi1:
...and purpose.

Puig passes the ball forward with so much urgency and purpose.

If we had this since the beginning of the season, things would have been different.

We NEED Riqui Puig....... and a poacher in the box....braithwaite

FirstbornWds:
I sincerely don't know where the guy keeps springing out from with his endless okoto yarnings.

Quick to judge and neglecting the real matters

The bolded makes me mad.


When talking about lack of creativity, he was busy indirectly attacking messi for dropping deep.
As if messi is the reason our midfield is poor.
Same guy blamed our poor form on messi and excused other attackers especially Griezmann.

mostob:
With due respect,even if Pythagoras wake up today and explain summation to you,you still won't be able to solve 1+1.

calm down man. sometimes its best to ignore

tesppidd:
Definitely Koeman will go for;

Griezman
Pedri Coutinho Dembele
Pjanic Alena
Alba Lenglet Mingueza Dest

Hope it turns out well.

Griezmann
Pedri. . . . Coutinho. . . Trincao
Pjanic. . . Aleña or matheus

Barcelona have ruled out the signing of Memphis Depay in January. If there is any income from a sale, the priority signing will be a centre-back like Eric García or a defender on loan.

So much for hope for a striker gone down the drain.

Sommyroy10:
Yea that's what it would most likely be. I'd prefer reverting back to 4-3-3 or tweak the 4231 that would actually have a midfield not just on paper. Don't see Puig featuring?

Puig will play! Not starting. But he'll get playing time.

Moura7:
Oh ok...better. I was low-key wishing he had put Grizz in that CB position lol

lol.

I just want braithwaite to play no 9. we need someone with strong presence in opponent's box.

tesppidd:
Messi needs to have 2 weeks off.
Let's hope he gets it and Griezman and Dembele can take the batton.

*sigh*

Stop mentioning Griezmann.

Just Dembele and Coutinho. That's all.

BTW, messi getting rest for two weeks isn't gonna happen. koeman doesn't have the balls.

He'll use the same players that lost to Atletico for the next 5 games.

tesppidd:
Araujo and Umtiti, how much time do they have left?

Maybe they will draft Roberto to Centre back this time.

Roberto at RB?
bro perish that idea.

I prefer an experienced De Jong

Debroslink:
You can say that to all our players except Lenglet and maybe Dembele. You see the rest ehn, none of our midfielders and forwards could even hold on to the ball and drive forward. Once a player got the ball, the next thing is to pass immediately. No drive.

We are really back to 2000 - 2003 era of Van Gal

There is no creative spark or engine room.

The painful thing is that this same useless koeman was doing has if he'll transform barca to 'Bayern level'. Hard training, intensity talks, bla bla bla.

At the Wanda, there was a total disconnection between Messi and his attacking teammates, leaving very significant. The Argentine only gave 8 passes to Pedri (2), Griezmann (1) and Dembélé (5), and only received 9 passes from them. [opta via md]


Lastly, Lenglet is our ONLY center back.



Messi and De jong need rest

Griezmann and roberto need to be benched. I prefer having braithwaite and Dest than those two idiots.

Puig and Alena should be starting

Pedri has no business in the starting 11 right now. maybe a sub.

Funny thing is, these problems have been staring at us since beginning of the season,yet koeman is still adamant to his style and plan.

homesteady:
This is terrible news. The season should just end already.

Pique is out for 4-6 months

Quick Reminder!

Our beloved barca have played 8 games and have produced 11 points. 11 points!

Valverde was poor, yes, but not like this.

Barca will soon be squatting with villadolid in relegation zone.

Champions League qualification feels like dream right now.

jpmoriarti:
Koeman is leading us to ruins. I like give coaches benefit of the doubt but Koeman hasn't done anything yet on the team.

Nah. He's has done some things to the team.

Destroying it. No understanding. No plan. No direction. No synergy. Just 11 highly paid men playing and running about.

BTW, the league is likely going to Atletico Madrid.
Real Madrid and Barça are really far from winning it.

Sysdatek:
No wonder koeman's teams did poorly


Zero tactics

My loss of interest in the team this season has been justified by all these back to back useless games

The double pivot idea doesn't fit Barça yet Koeman cling to it with his life.

When the team is losing, he'll throw all attacking players to the field. That's his tactics

What else am I missing?

haymekus:
Clownman hates both puig and Alena to the extend that he allowed Barcelona play with 10 men on the field after roberto got injured


There you have it

His stubborn, rigidity and wickedness is killing barca.

This man was called to rebuild the team. He's simply destroying the remaining things that escaped destruction from other previous useless managers.

Guess the only midfield player on the pitch?

Roberto!

Koeman is about to do the same bullshit he's used to.

Throw all attackers without a proper midfielder. I thought I hated setien, but I was wrong, this guy is annoying.

Even if we squeezed something from this match, it doesn't change the fact that we are terrible.

What is so special about Roberto that Koeman can drop him and bring on a proper midfielder.


This rigidity of Koeman will be the end of us

homesteady:
Oh God! De Jong is going to defence. This Atletico boys will just bully him, especially if Costa comes in.

Let's hope simeone doesn't remember Costa

Pique is injured.

We're in for it this season.

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Smh. So na red card u dey find?

This barca team is below average
The earlier we sack koeman the better for us.

What else can I hope for.

The team is woeful. Koeman is tactically dead and too stubborn.

Na to pray for other options, make the match easy for us

haymekus:
That’s from a very tight angle, a left footer can’t score oblak from there.


A worthy mention should be the dembouz cross shitmann skyed

I didn't mention that because we all should be used to him by now.

In football, when you don't take chances, you'll get punished for it.

Messi had no business missing that one-on-one opportunity against oblak.

This match is just not it. It's like we're playing without any goal or aim.


Defense is shitty. Attack is shitty.

How the Bleep did we get here?

Just 1 red card to Atletico will tip this match to our favour

No Dest?!
*sighs**
Koeman at work