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tesppidd:
I always prefered Lacazzete to Auba, i always wanted us to sign Laca to replace Suarez in his misfiring days.

Never knew Auba would fit in so well.

Laca what?

Laca belongs the depay class. Of course, not bad. But not what barca needed. In terms of goal scoring, auba is way better.

Laca is more of a mobile 9. Rarely do you get players who maintain high level playing as such.

tesppidd:
O boy players don full everywhere ooh

I support moving for halland and de ligt only.

I really want barça to pick a midfielder from within.
But if we're to buy a midfielder, I'll pick pogba. Just that he thrives in double pivot role rather than alone. But his style soothe ours.

Skillful, adventurous, talented and good at keeping the ball (tho he keeps it for too long sometimes).

OhBritannia:
To be honest, i don't want to sound as if i am over confident. But i think Barcelona has already won the Europa.
This trophy is ours already on a platter of Gold. Only if we continue at this tempo.

The truth is, I feel pity for the clubs in this competition.
Barca will use them to gain more confidence through severe beating.
I looked at all the clubs, I feel ashamed. It's like putting a full grown man in a competition for boys.

FirstbornWds:
Adama no get where to go again. E sure die.

I don't know how we are gonna manage after Busi retire like this. The only person that can thrive there is Rice.

Busi still has 1 or 2 years in him.

Nico and FDJ partnership would be a good option. A double pivot in some games. With the two of them bursting forward and defending.
But if we want a DM, it's best to just go to the B team. If there's one thing I know barça academy is good for, it has to be for producing good midfielders.

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
not enough bro. we need replacement 4 busquet, alba, a centreback and probably another winger to replace dembouz.

No need for a new midfielder for now.
With better management, Busquets will slowly but nicely end his career.

The pressing needs are the defence and a Sharp striker.
Ion want to sound pessimistic or critical, but, barca were not as clinical as they should be yesterday. If we want to bring back the fear factor, Ruthlessness is need.
I like Auba, but I don't trust him to be consistent always.

Kilishihunter:
Atletico, Valencia, Napoli
What do these three teams have in common

4 4 4
It's a Méta four

FirstbornWds:
This is some nice football from Xavi and the boys.

Let's finish this off in the second half.

Yea.

Especially de jong

Wonderful game.

The only things killing us are petty mistakes and wasting of chances.


This Napoli suppose don chop 6.

As for Torres, I'll be watching. I hope he gets a better 2nd half.

I'm seriously wondering what would have happened if Dembele started alongside Auba and adama.

nickyj19:
I don't know what is wrong with xavi sometimes why on earth will he bench Ousmane Dembele and start ferran Ayegbeni

He will be more effective as a sub against tired defenders that Adama has punished.

tesppidd:
1. Sergio Ramos Recording 22 Yellow Cards In One Season - The Spanish Centre back recorded 22 Yellow Cards in the 44 matches he played in all competitions. This was in the 2014/2015 season while he was playing for Real Madrid. He received 0 Red cards in that season.


2. Jorginho Giving 2000 Passes With 0 Assists - The Chelsea Central Defending midfielder recorded 2000 passes in the 2018/2019 season without giving any assist.


3. Harry Kane Scoring 250 plus goals With 0 Trophies - The English striker who plays for Tottenham Hotspur has not won any trophy in his football career.

4. Olivier Giroud Making Zero Touches Within 90 Minutes - This was in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. He did not score or assist in all of the competition despite being the centre forward for France.

Abeg people, numbers 2 and 4 , are they truly true

2 is very possible. But you see no. 4 ehn. I don't believe it. How come?

Modified:

I just checked. Jorginho actually made 4000 passes without a single assists.

Giroud didn't have any shot for 90 mins.

abduleez1:
Puig dey trend sha ....


The way this guy take fade now like dis ehn. Baba should go on loan. The Lamba wey some of my Barca gees dey talk that time ehn. Dey say Xavi go use am. Na another thing dey on ground like dis.

Xavi, before coming to barca, bragged that if he was manager, Puig would be a starter.

Poor boy. Ever since his poor performance in his last match, xavi hasn't used him.
I like his dogged spirit. Hoping to succeed one day. But I don't know if that's good for him.

I honestly don't blame him. I mean, how many players, loaned out by the club, have been reintegrated and currently play for us? Once he goes on loan, he can kiss his spot goodbye, except he's exceptional.

Isn't it just fun to see fools deceiving themselves?

FirstbornWds:
I am so happy for Dest and Auba today.

Massive improvement

Don't forget FDJ and dembouz.

The latter must renew. I know LaPorta is seeing what he brings.

GuiseppeO:
Ilaix moneybar is missing... :d

Leave that idiot!

jpmoriarti:
Dest playing really well so far!

As in!!!

This is want we want. Improvements.

Auba.


We have a striker finally!

GrammarNazi1:
Or they will say you are a Madrid fan.

FirstbornWds:
An unpopular opinion.

Why can't we try to play Eric as a DM seeing how he loves to progress the ball and his knack for long balls. FDJ doesn't seem to have that capacity as it is and we need a DM ASAP.

The same was done to Kimmich

Was Kimmich as terrible as Eric when he was a CB?

GrammarNazi1:
Some people here feel entitled and think a certain player must never be criticized because they adore that player!

I think that's hypocritical because these same people criticize other Barça players.

They always justify their criticism of players but cannot agree that others who criticize other players have their reasons as well.

It's a show!

People that are mad.

If you try to engage them now, they'll start shouting 'beer parlor analysis'.

tesppidd:
I see neither La Liga or UCL anytime soon.

After all, we're still rebuilding

ThierryJay:
I think Greizmann or Lenglet has to be the most criticized player on here in recent memory, I mean Lenglet was even physically attacked by fans. But the most ridiculed has to be Luuk de Jong who funnily has turned the negative perception around.

Bumtiti, Pique and even Valdes were regular objects of criticism with Barca.

Any player that fans have expectations on will be criticized if performance falls below expectation. It the way of football.

So Ferran should steel up and deliver on goals as expected.

The way people are exagerrating the level of criticism received by ferran is just funny.
If he receives he amount of insults like Griezmann or koeman did, he'll cry be crying for weeks.

Even Dembele is still collecting, ferran will collect. And any player who underperforms will. This isn't about how many games played or anything.
It's just football.

tesppidd:
I like Dembele; and with a good run of games he could have drastically improved on his finishing.

But the injuries just wouldn't let him.!

Of what use is a player who would qualify you to the quarter finals and then miss the semi finals and finals through an injury?

It would be counter productive to bank on him or build a team around him.


Then his treachery! I've not seen this much treachery since Van Persie with Arsenal.

RVP was always injured and Arsene Wenger and Arsenal always stood by him and never gave up on him.

About the very first time he was able to stay fit for a long spell he then felt he was too good for Arsenal and ran off to Man U.

That's Dembele of today.

Dembele could have been Messi's successor if he managed to stay healthy.
His finishing would have fallen in place naturally.

Cut RVP some slack. At least he stay a lil bit and performed for arsenal. Arsenal was not just ready to win anything. And RVP was needed by Man u, and he needed Man U. He needed trophies.

You can't compare it to Dembele. Nigga is literally asking for more because he saw the ferran's deal. The club and fans were patient with the boy,despite giving us crumbs for a huge fee spent on him. And he's fighting us because of money while others are taking paycut.

I'll alway love his abilities, which is why I rate him as our best attacker on a good day. I want him to stay fit and play for barca. But, who the Bleep does he think he his?

FirstbornWds:
Start one, Bench one, Sell one.

All in their prime, what's y'all choice?

This is very simple.

Start Suarez
Bench Etoo
Sell Villa

Kilishihunter:
Pedri vs Napoli:

- 100% long ball accuracy
- 83 touches
- 30 final third passes completed
- 12 final third entries
- 5 chances created (most)
- 5 duels won
- 5 touches in opp. box
- 3 ball recoveries
- 2 shots
- 2 tackles
- 1 take-on https:///HpZU0BzsTy

Don't even want to imagine what he'll be at age 25

The funny thing, he was ranked as the best played by many yesterday.
Absolute class. The result we got yesterday didn't just reflect his work rate.

jpmoriarti:
Lolz unlike Liverpool fans. Those once are too petty for my liking. They still boo Sterling whenever he faces Liverpool, even in Etihad, after 7 years he swapped Liverpool for Manchester.

Unforgiving fans

FirstbornWds:
The Booes didn't last and I gotta appreciate the fans for that. Let's hope he turns it to applause.

He got applaused by some fans tho.

Barca fans just can't hate long enough

jpmoriarti:
Dembele should know he will be booed. He will leave the club through the back door and no fan will love him for donning the Barca shirt. He will be seen as a mercenary, who never loved the club. The fans will make sure to show him that the feelings were mutual.

If I were at Camp nou, I will join my voices with other fans to ensure he endured a miserable remainder of whatever is left of his doomed contract.

The boy is just a useless greedy ingrate.

Funny enough, the boos turned to applause at one point. Shows he had it in him.

I wish he kept his head cool and sacrificed for the club.

abduleez1:
Lol, I dey tell u. Na serious thing.

Even if the player play well sef fans go turn am to joke. Na there u go they hear comments like Lord Luuk or Lord Braithwaite.

Yesssss!

Luuk de goat

Or goatwaithe.


Football na cruise!!!

jpmoriarti:
Griezmann was a foool. He messed up and ridiculed Barca the previous season before he joined, in his now infamous 'La Decision'. Most fans hated him already for that. He now joined but he didn't have the love of most fans including me. And then he never really adapted and was paid astronomical fees.

But Torres took a pay cut to join Barca and help the club come out of this rot. He could have stayed in City and probably have a shot at winning UCL this season, on even bigger salary and of course bonus. But he chose to join us at our lowest times to help rescue the club from abyss.

And yet, 6 game into his new life at the club, he is met with barrage of criticisms like he was the one that put us into this rot.

Barca fans should be thanking Torres for making the sacrifices to come

You really did hate Griezmann

As for Torres, let's hope he gets better.

I really feel sad for him. The fact that he was remorseful is enough to melt the heart of fans. It's just that he made us draw this game. Napoli should have received 5. But it's all good.

Meanwhile, someone was getting booed today. Gist for later.

abduleez1:
Even De Jong wey we dey praise now I know Wetin we use him eye see for viewing centre. We got tired of criticism and abusing him that when he touches the ball na for comic relief. If he misplace one ball crowd go bust laff.

Even Braithwaite suffered this same fate. Na later we come dey say Braithwaite no fit lose this kind chance when Luuk been dey fvvk up last year.

jpmoriarti:
I have been on this thread since 2010. I have never seen any player receive a barrage of criticism after a game like Torres did tonight. At a point, y'all begun to sound hypocritical.

What the Bleep!
This is an exaggeration.
Players have been attacked like hell than this.

Lemme not start digging to find comments on Griezmann alone.

jpmoriarti:
I dont know what Ferran Torres did to deserve all these attacks. I was shocked to see how fans were lashing out to him. Someone that just joined the club last month. Whereas old cargo like Dembulance is being spared. I have never seen where Debroslink attacked Dembele despite costing the club a huge 140 million outlay and missing over 120 games for the club and scoring just 18 goals in almost 5 years at the club.
Ferran Torres only spent one season in England and they want to kill him for missing chances tonight.

Griezmann has been bashed like hell.
Dembele has been bashed like crazy, even by me sometimes.
Luuk de jong has been attacked for being a misfit in the past.
Even the great Messi has been attacked by fans here.


Who the Bleep is Torres not to be attacked when he drops a disasterclass performance?

Get use to it. It part of football. As for me, I stand with Torres. I know what he can do. He'll bounce back.