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tesppidd:
Besides Griezman maybe, Messi is the attacker who tracks back the most.

It's obvious people are always blocking you in your viewing centre so you hardly see that.

And the place is probably always so noisy you don't hear the commentator praise him for that.

In addition if you see the statistics, Messi is always the player with the highest possession, and the highest passes.

What does this mean? It means that he's almost always the most hardworking player on the pitch.

And what does this mean?

He plays everywhere in attack and midfield, and still tracks back sometimes.

If attackers don't get disposed, would football be needing any defenders in the first place?

Have you ever heard of a coach relieving certain players of defensive duties?

Ever head a thing like that.

Task your brain more, you need to put your brain to full capacity.
It has obvioysly fallen under range over the years.

Easy tiger

Is the bolded statement your defense for Messi getting dispossessed and losing the ball frequently.

Godx:
Aren't you the one that typed the post above or am I the one that wrote the post for you ?Which of our attackers have been very poor at finishing like you wrote above.

Griezmann(legend! Don't let yesterday's goal deceive you) , Messi (Man has missed some bread-and-butter chances) , Dembele (intermittent poor decision making like in the Turin game), Trincao still needs to develop.

Sommyroy10:
Between you and me, I'm not the dumbfuck here, seeing how you replied. The entirety of your posts from today, I seriously hope that is not the level of your IQ. You post A, someone questions you on the said A, you jump to B.

If you don't want your post to be cherry picked, please do yourself a favour and make a straight assessment. One more thing, if you didn't watch the match, get your facts right before posting instead of flying. Nairaland Coach.

Okay let's end this.

Your Dumbfuck status has been granted. I forgive you.

Go away and sin no more

Sommyroy10:
A little bit of creativity is desperately needed? If this assessment is from yesterday's match, you obviously didn't watch the game. If it's all games, which Barcelona are you watching? The one in Ecuador?

You skipped the entire message and picked a single line and start spewing trash like a hormonal teenage girl that is on her period.

Calling you a dumbfuck is an understatement and not needed. So I'll let you off.

Godx:
Which of our attacker(s) has been poor in finishing this season?

You can list them out. Aren't you a barca fan

“I’m worried by our performance in attack. It’s not an attitude problem, nor concentration, but it’s a question of being more assured in front of goal.

“It happened to us against Juventus and today as well. Furthermore, we gifted Alaves their goal. But if we create that many chances, we can’t miss so many. If you create chances and you only score one, it’s not good.

“Of course I’m worried that we’ve only picked up two points from the last 12 [available]. I think the play has been, in general, very satisfactory. I’d be more worried if we weren’t creating chances. We have to perform better in front of goal. The final pass, the final shot. We can’t miss so many. We’re missing too many."

Words of Koeman.

I love his reference to the Juve game.

Maybe he has little sense afterall

Maybe we're missing coutinho.

Pjanic should be give more playing time. De jong should get to rest and other options should be tested.

A little bit of creativity and cutting edge is needed desperately. Koeman should start dropping this 'sergeant' mindset and start being flexible.
Fluidity and quick thinking are needed. Busquets, Roberto, Pique won't give that. The days of the la masia graduates are past. Try something new.

Everyone is complaining. Some blaming messi. Others koeman. Some single out busquets.

I've said it that this team has a long way to go. If y'all think messi dropping back to create chances is a problem, you might be right. But who's gonna create. Sad that barca doesn't have an out-and-out striker.

Koeman is killing himself by making poor decisions. Busquets ffs shouldn't be playing. Also this double pivot thing is failing.

If koeman doesn't want Messi dropping deep let him say it.
Lastly, the attackers are very poor at finishing. I don't understand why. Its like they value dribbling and fancy football. Same thing happened at Turin. Wasting chances and only won with a deflected shot and a late penalty. Sad!

tesppidd:
A prodigy indeed.

No doubt!

Hope he follows the footsteps of Messi, Mbappe, Neymar and others who are consistently good.

Ansu Fati is 18 today.

temi1290:
Wasn't Levante, forgotten the club but wasn't Levante, the match against Levante was our 37th match of the season, we've already won the league long before that, the match before Liverpool second leg of course

36th.

I think the match Messi was subbed in, was the match we were losing 2-0. Then Messi helped us. The match ended 2-2.

Can't remember.

tesppidd:
And that match will be remembered for losing our unbeaten run.

No. Not that match. In the match we lost our unbeaten run, Messi went on Leave, I think. He didn't play that match

tesppidd:
Puig or Coutinho?

Puig

Debroslink:
He came on as a sub against Levante; a match we played before the Liverpool game when Valverde was coach.

Wow.

Incredible. That long?

Victor Font: "Xavi told me that if he was in charge at Barça, Riqui Puig would be a starter."

I pity Koeman if he doesn't start doing well. His future is in jeopardy.

I still don't know why Koeman is treating the boy poorly. He dropped Puig and said he wasn't included for the trip due to 'technical decisions'

Jorge Jesus (Benfica manager): "I will not say that we look like Barça. The one from a few years ago yes, but the current one has nothing. I don't want us to look like present-day Barça, but I wouldn't mind the one from years ago." [via md]


The nerve!

Possible XI: Neto; Dest, Pique, Lenglet, Alba; Pjanic, De Jong; Dembele, Griezmann, Pedri; Ansu.
- According to pundits

Konrad is on the list of players for alaves match. I feel he'll get a chance. Braithwaite and Trincao too.

Quick question fellow Barça fans: when was the last time Messi got substituted in a match? Or came on as a sub.

Texie07:
why criticizing braithwhite when he has never been given playing time, have you watched his positioning even with the little time he's subbed in he has an eye for goal, he's pretty decent for the price we got him

Let's clarify for others to learn.

braithwaite = Chris Brown

Griezmann = Justin Bieber

More to come

TLona1:
Victory na victory. Anyhow it comes we'll accept it.

I can never be comfortable with that kind of victory. We need a striker.

This Koeman doesn't have sense. That was how he flopped at everton after lukaku left. This false 9 approach is risky.

Just a reminder my fellow Barça fans who have been celebrating our win.

Barca scored with a deflected shot and waited till the dying stages of the game to get a penalty.
Wasted chances upon chances, against a weak Juve side.
Dominance without goals.

Just so you know, Messi needs 4 more assists to hold the record of most assists in Champions League.

What can this guy not do?

Better than strikers, wingers and midfielders combined!
Top goal scoring chart and now.... Oh God, lemme nor talk. We're used to his greatness.

Christian Vieri (former Juventus player): "Messi is the Harry Potter of soccer. When he stops playing, I am throwing my TVs away and will watch Netflix, because there will be nothing else to watch." [cbs sports

Sommyroy10:
Guy it's not true oh. Before this game, to me, Pedri has been better. Go and watch the two spainU21 matches, both game Puig was silent if not poor. Check the player dictating play.
We are just player bias because Puig has always been in barcelona.

Okay! It's your opinion. Even if Puig plays, I won't expect much like before cuz he's practically had no playing time.

Pedri played most mins for his previous club, came to Barça and is constantly used by Koeman. He's fit.

Lastly, I'm not biased. It's what I think. If I was the manager, I'll gladly play both boys.

It's funny how people forget the little magic Puig did to the team. Pedri might be a dribbler with nice turning and movement , but Puig is a creative force which is what the team is starving of..... Intelligence . Don't get carried away.

jpmoriarti:
Why hasn't he impressed the coach. You'll ask yourself that?

Koeman never wanted Puig. He deemed him surplus and wanted him out. Fans fought for Puig, plus the boy wanted to stay. Fans hope to see Puig play.

Aleña, Trincao, Araujo are all talented but Koeman has players he'll always play no matter what.

Griezmann might misfire in ten games but we all know Braithwaite won't bench him. Koeman will still play Griezmann. Even if he benches him, he'll rather play other attackers.

The surplus players are gonna suffer. Sadly, Puig is among.

Ikennablue:
Now i don't know who is better. Pedri or Puig??

Almost equals but Pedri is experienced.

But I'll pick Puig. There's something about Puig. Pedri can put on a quiet performance on some occasions but give Puig the midfield and he'll boss it always. He's proven himself against few big teams.

Sadly Koeman loves Pedri. So we won't be seeing much of Puig.

Penalty

Koeman!

An extra defender?! What for?

Red card

Demiral

Arthur comes on.

Hmm.

This game has many positives. I'll talk after match end

Is Koeman allergic to making changes?

BlueAngel444:
Someone should tell messi barts and board don commot, make him stop dey play rubbish na

He's only interested in dribbling and passing

What's wrong with cuadrado