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Johnpaul88:
Yeahh good for me. Marca's "truths" should always be taken with a pinch of salt.

Johnpaul88:
I prefer to lock up when admitting truth involves Marca and besides truth is relative. It all depends on the side of the divide you are on.

Chanchit:
Hmmm, and I would have offered to be ur campaign manager but I trust my self, I would do worse while at it.

Johnpaul88:
And of course, have managed to sway you, making you to switch sides, having told you all you like to hear.

Chanchit:
Na true na.

Chanchit:
Na people weh fine dey contest na, you see say I no disturb myself put pix for NL.

Johnpaul88:
I believe marca and all Madrid allied papers are all having a field day with our recent slump in form.

I'll not agree we're not struggling but they'll overstretch it in order to create that doubtful atmosphere they all wish is the order of the day. I for one, am no longer visiting their website because I already know what I'll find.

Chanchit:
How far @Philfearon, you no go contest.? Make you leave Messi and that barca thread for awhile.

ddippset:
throughout the Ajax game you didn't show your face, and then messi got caught in possession 70 yards from his goal, and you found your voice or should I say your megabytes again! Sorry for you.

Johnpaul88:
He was disappointed about the general performance of the team. The rotation shouldn't have made a difference.

He saw all of them perform. I trust his judgement.

bykebyke:
Koke eats Thiago for breakfast,then shiits out Isco..

Koke should be compared to midfielders like Modric!!

Johnpaul88:
I don't we are arguing about anyone's argument being flawed or not.

However, we don't have to have all these names you listed to have a competitive team. Munir started the season brilliantly. The coach is right to have him ahead of others. It's his responsibility to build a competitive team regardless of the individuals involved.

dmcdad:
Justified? Far from it! Did Messi too not play against Ajax? Why did he not rotate Messi? Abegi! You are rotating for your next champions league game or what? Or that you have el-clasico coming up? It's the international break brah! You don't need any rotation when you have an international break. Utilise your players at this juncture.

Did you get the memo even? It's not like its bad to play Munir and/or Pedro, but coming from back-to-back losses in the league, there was need to start your strongest lineup. Or don't you think? So after losing against Madrid and Celta at home, what is with the tinkering this time around when you should have known it's a mist win?

What are we even thinking? We are trailing Madrid and you want us to continue experiments that are redundant? Madrid played at home against Rayo, and they fielded their full squad. If it were a case that after securing victory he brought them in, it wouldn't have been bad.

And for the records, Munir doesn't have equal chance as Ney and Suarez. He is a B player and as such, you can't say he has equal rights with the first team players. I guess you have not checked on the official first team list to know that his name is not there.

Johnpaul88:
My point is if Pedro and Munir cannot be relied to win us matches, then we still have a unbalanced, uncompetitive team. Do you imagine a situation where these regulars are injured and out of action? We'd then have licence to lose?
Sadly enough, Real Madrid have a more competitive team than us. Yesterday's wasn't even there best squad and yet they won handsomely all the same. In fact their best squad cannot be known because any selected squad will perform just as good as others.
That is what I wish for our team afterall Almeria is not that a great team. Yesterday's line up is way good enough to dispatch them.

bykebyke:
Why hasn't he given any convincing performance this season?

Even during pre-season?

To me,he is ordinary.

homesteady:
It's 100% true!
is it Sergi roberto?

bykebyke:
I've always seen him as ordinary,even when he was at Celta.

coded01:
Thinking about Sergio?

homesteady:
Ahh Thiago! that was the last good midfielder that la masia produced, and our idiotic board let him go! So So sad!

mcdreeezy:
Mehn the guy surprise me today I see no reason whatsoever why he did not start Neymar and Suarez.

Meanwhile, Barcelona's last three goals in the liga has been assisted by Suarez.

mcdreeezy:
Pls Dani Alves and Pique should sit more on the bench. Bartra should be our number one from now. I hope Lucho considers this.

barackohandso:
Lol. If na me talk am now dem go don nearly finish me

AbuMikey:
Case Settled

but, isn't it obvious already?

dmcdad:

And I guess this would boost his confidence in front of goal in the coming games.

dmcdad:
Which makes you wonder why Lucho always favour Pique over him.

coded01:
Messi has equalled Ronaldo...

Suarez & his assists this days...

Haterz...

[b]Marc Bartra has been considered as one of the
most promising center backs in Spain for
many years . As a product of La Masia, one
could assume that the young defender would
get his chance in Barcelona. However, based
on this season, that hasn’t been the case.
Bartra played his first La Liga match of the
season in the end of September, over two
months after the start of the Liga. And in his
first Liga match against Rayo Vallecano, he
only played 5 minutes. After that, he has
featured in 8 La Liga matches, of which he
has started only 3.
What makes the situation a bit twisted is that
Bartra has played a lot more in the
Champions League. He has started 4 CL
matches and made a total of 6 appearances.
Given that Barcelona have played just 12
matches in the UCL, Bartra has featured in
50% of those. The ratio is much higher than in
La Liga, where he has featured in only 22% of
Barcelona’s matches. If Bartra can be trusted
in the Champions League, why haven’t Barca
trusted him in the La Liga?
To underline that question, one must
remember that Bartra has been pretty
impressive everytime he has played. The
matches against Bayern Munich – of which
he’s been criticized a lot for – are one thing
and those matches don’t really measure
Bartra’s level, since Barcelona were trailed at
basically every department.
Bartra has still made mistakes and as a young
player he will continue to do so, but what has
been impressive is his maturity and
confidence. He has the skill and the
confidence to play in an extremely high
defense line and he doesn’t hesitate to urge
forward from it when the opponent is
attacking. This aggressiveness is something
that Barca’s defense line needs, as seen in the
2nd leg against AC Milan. Bartra – despite
being a bit similar to Pique – is someone who
can provide that.
With all the defensive issues Barca have had
this season, they can only ask themselves a
question; “What if we had played Bartra more
and earlier?”
Bartra is a huge talent and has the potential.
But to unlock that potential, he needs to play,
and quite frankly, he hasn’t played enough
this season. One can only wonder why.
There was a time when both Pique and Puyol
were injured. You’d think that at times like
that, playing Bartra would be the perfect
choice. But Barca didn’t see it this way.
Instead of trusting the young center back,
Barca started using Alex Song and later
Adriano in defense. In other words, Barca
moved two players away from their preferred
positions to cover the CB position, when in
fact they didn’t have to; Marc Bartra was
there all the time.
The same has continued to happen as the
season has gone on. Even in the less
meaningful matches it has been rather
Adriano than Bartra for Barcelona. Choices
like these might provide Barcelona’s shaky
defense some much needed experience – in
form of an experienced fullback, though – but
it’s not smart in the long run.
Adriano will not be a future center back for
Barcelona, nor will Alex Song. Marc Bartra is
different, he is young and talented, he
possesses a future in the club’s defense.
Barcelona’s urge to turn midfielders – and
now even wingbacks – into center backs is
somewhat understandable when they simply
don’t have healthy defenders available. But
it’s not understandable when they have a
youngster like Marc Bartra waiting for his
turn.
With the new center back potentially arriving
next summer, Barca must now make a
decision; will they continue to snub Bartra and
slow down his development or will they finally
trust him with the future of the club’s defense.
The decision must be made and Barca must
then start operating accordingly.....
http://www.insidespanishfootball.com/57635/barcas-center-back-policy-has-left-marc-bartra-abandoned/?relatedposts_hit=1&relatedposts_origin=133805&relatedposts_position=1
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dmcdad:
Lionel Messi is worried because he doesn't shine like before -- Gerardo Martino

I guess he knows and has lost confidence in himself. This kinda proves what we have been saying all the while. Else, he himself wouldn't br worried.

He needs help and the team is always behind him anyday. We hope he regains his formal self or evolve to a newer and better version from what we have seen over the years.