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FirstbornWds:
What are you saying exactly? The only thing Dembele has over others is dribbling and nothing else. If not, every other attacker in the team is better than him. I mean, everyone.


Presently, he's just a slightly upgraded Abde.

Okay man

'slightly upgraded abde'.
Such disrespect but I'll laugh on it. Funny.

andrewbaba44:
When dembele was fit last season ,did he give you half of Vinicius current performance? Yes or no

He played 43 games last season so he was injury free then

Joy to see him come on and dribble left and right and ballon the ballon

He has been doing nonsense for 4 years ,but Na ferran Torres wey never play reach 4 games be your problem

Don't be a fool na.

Did you ever see me criticize Torres? Or is understanding your problem?

Abeg just forget. Make we no start war this night

andrewbaba44:
How can I be bitter about dembele I have always supported

Best attacker with poor end product

Look at Depay that didn’t fit into our system ,look at his goals ,look at injured ansu fati

What is dembele good at actually

Be here celebrating dembele mediocrity while players like mbappe keeps going higher

Look at Vinicius of yesterday is now a world beater

Dembele best Barca season was last season where he managed 44 games with 11 goals and 5 assists

If choosing not to be stupid means bitter then i agree I am bitter

Maybe you paid 150 million for such stats when he is fit

Vinicius? Mbappe?

They play for barca, aye? Or they've suffered injuries like Dembele.
No one is celebrating is mediocrity. Even with his poor career at the club, there's always joy to see him come on because he makes things happen.


Just rest abeg. I said mention a better attacker than Dembele in the squad.

FirstbornWds:
This is just an exaggeration taken too far. Same Dembele that we all know.

Abeg, rest.

Name one attacker in the squad that beats him in terms of attacking abilities.
Just one.

FirstbornWds:
This guy was just too devasted

He knew he had the key to the win and he lost it.
He knew he could have done better.

See, I won't attack Torres. That boy is intelligent. I don't know why people fail to see this.

If Dembele had ferran's footballing sense, and no injury, he would be part of top 10 players.

andrewbaba44:
Which kind stupid asset ,apart from being injured which is not his fault ,dembele has a poor end product

Which kind stupid talent ,what did he do for this club when he was here that you are saying it will take time before we get such talent

If Messi no win march for us the guy no fit do anything

Abeg make I hear word

You're just bitter.

I'll say it any day, Dembele is barcelona's best attacker.
Name one attacker better than him in this squad. Just one.
He is just a victim of ill luck. Injuries all the time.
If he had fitness consistency,i bet he'll be one of the most sought players in the world and barca would be fighting tooth and nails to even keep him

It so painful that ferran's misses just spoilt the wonderful game our boys had today.

Ferran is an intelligent player. He knows where to to be and what to do. Just that is finishing eh. I'm still hopeful for him.

I'll like to see more of dembele. I've miss his directness. And shout out to Adama. Take him out of that attack, what will we have left? If he and dembele handle our wings, our opponents will suffer.

Dembele - Ferran - Adama combo won't be bad.
Or maybe Luuk should be our main point guy after all.

jpmoriarti:
No one scores everything they created. Torres is 22 yrs. Never known to be a prolific finisher.

I like his play so far.

Actually ferran is known for been a decent finisher.
He can't dribble.
He isn't pacy.

He is just intelligent with his positioning and goal awareness.

Just look at how the defence went to sleep.

That guy took 2 shots in the box. The second one shot revealed how useless this team is. They just stood.

Payporte:
they should just take their chances, I would have preferred lukk de jong over auba

I think you're right. Those traore crosses would be best utilized with luuk.

But then, auba gives us a little bit of flair and movement. We need these. Especially against koulibaly.

FirstbornWds:
Xavi ehnnn


Just imagine when we are happy that you didn't play Busi, you bring on Oscar..

Chai

Mingueza can be solid at times. Let's just pray he plays well.
But big ups to xavi for dropping busi. He's starting to listen.

FirstbornWds:
When you see it

Captain: Cristiano Penaldo

jpmoriarti:
Messi far from having a good game.

Easily dispossessed. Poor passing. Missed important penalty.

Very strange performance so far

Poor passing? Strange performance?

Asides his missed penalty, the guy had a decent game. Stop typing what isn't true abeg.

Wtf?!

Just finish the write up here na

FirstbornWds:
There's an ongoing debate on Facebook about whether we should train Adama to be a full-back since his finishing is poor or whether the team's gaffer should work on his weakness and improve him as a winger.

What do y'all think, guys?

Ion like it.

Kilishihunter:
Lenglet injured
Bumtiti injured
Alves red card
Pique red card
Eric Garcia Off the pace
Damn

The team also seem to lack discipline. The red cards are really gonna affect us.

jpmoriarti:
We didn't lose. Ahh

What nepotism are you referring to? The team played well against Atléti, why change what worked?

Draw, I mean. Feels like a loss tho.

His love for a Spanish barca is obvious man.
A misfiring ferran should have been off since.
A saboteur like busquets in this match should have been long gone.
Eric Garcia? Too bad we ain't got lotta options.
Ion like the idea of forcefully playing Gavi(tho he's doing well) as a winger while other attackers waste on the bench.

The sad thing about this loss is Xavi.

Xavi has EVERYTHING to destroy teams. I wish he knows how to select the right players for the right matches.
And he needs to be objective. No one is saying he should throw busi away completely but prioritizing him over the development of better players like FDJ.
His nepotism will be the downfall of this team.

Debroslink:
When 55m is spent on you, you should get the ball rolling and not using age as an excuse. This is Barcelona.

One bad game doesn't make him a waste of money. Even Messi has bad days. Cut he some slack.

patrickmuf:
Emerson Royal...

Some folks here likened him to Dani Alves but every time I have watched Spurs, he has been terrible...No wonder he was sold almost immediately.

Yea. Someone here was shouting for him to be bought. Can't remember who tho. I remember talking about him ending up as a flop. But he was defended.

Payporte:
see this yeye Coutinho

What did he do?

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
george weah won d ballon'or/best player award. i no sabi wetin he do 4 his clubside and country.

Ion think he achieved a quarter of etoo's greatness.
He isn't even really spoken of that much.

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
eto is arguably the best african footballer in history. always turn up in d big event. can't forget his goal (equaliser) against arsenal in monaco 2006 ucl final. man tormented arsenal defence.

He's actually the greatest African footballer of all-time

tesppidd:
I think a front 3 of Fati, Auba, Adama would be devastating.
Seems like good days lie ahead.

Fati/Ferran - Auba - Dembele/Adama. This is how it should be.

But this combo
Dembele - Auba - Adama. Speed, dribbles and explosiveness.

jpmoriarti:
Everyone loves Dembele. We're just feeling betrayed by his refusal to renew especially now he's seemingly finally putting his numerous injuries behind him.
I love Dembele alot but the club comes first. If I were to be in the stadium, I would boo and whitsle him as loud as my voice can carry me

Man was demanding more money. When the club is facing issues and looking for way to cut cost.
Tf does he think he his?
He doesn't deserve such. We should be expecting him to make sacrifices.

Xavi just said he planned to play dembele later on. But couldn't, due to the red card.

He also defended dembele by telling fans to stop whistling at him, something which took place today as his name was been announced.

Wonderful team performance.
Barca is gradually coming back.

As for dembele, his greed and ungrateful nature has killed his chance of becoming a great part of a greater plan. So sad. I really like him.
This Barça now has a complete attack and midfield. Dembele should have been the crown of that attack. But the idiot just blew it.

Alemany did a good job with these signings. Wonderful players

I'm still not confident with xavi and his decision making tho. But his tactics before the red was spot on.

Kilishihunter:
It's on Twitter I saw it jare, Probably BS, If our attack clicks today we'll really hurt atletico, their Defense is even worse than us and Felipe has covid, Griezmann and Marcos llorenre are out, It's just mostly that Correa and to an extent carrasco I'm wary of

I just saw it too.
The thing shock me sef.
There could reasons tho.

Auba isn't match fit to play up front.
Dembele caused problems and was even insulted at training by fans. He's a scape goat.
Braithwaite is back from injury.
Abde and jutgla might not be quality enough for a match of this magnitude.

My only pain is Busquets.
FDJ, Pedri and Nico combo would have been great.

Kilishihunter:
Plus betis is playing against Villarreal today. A chance for them to drop points. We truly have to win today with this one I'm seeing nonsense rumors that gavi might start on the wings

That can't be possible.

We're not lacking wingers anymore

Hmmm
This question is for the female gender and probably guys with 'issues' that can deter anyone from accepting them.

So I'll pass.
Lemme just add, that marriage is overrated. You don't NEED it as the society claims.

You wanna get pregnant as a lady? Use artificial insemination.
As a guy? Baby mama or surrogacy.

Marriage should be viewed as a retirement plan. Not a major plan. It's a dream killer and stops you from reaching your full potential.

Enjoy life. Travel, explore and live the world knowing it wasn't a boring experience.

I'm sorry.
But can y'all just cut the BS argument and can someone just come out with the right info and proof.

Please if you aren't sure of an info, don't post it here.
Y'all are making this thing more confusing.

Payporte:
we need defenders more than midfielders! apart from araujo the others are useless. We have improve our attack a little but the defense is still the same and not to even talk about ter stergen

True.

But we also needed attackers. Thank God we signed some.

Barca don't even know what it means to outscore their opponents.

The attack was weak.
If Xavi can activate free-flowing, attacking football in these team, that will be enough to cover for our defensive frailties until we can sign players again.