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AirBere:
Dejong is a busy body. He does not know what midfield work is all about. I've said it before and I'll say it again. As long as he plays for Barca in important games, Barca won't get close to UCL. To win UCL, all hands must be on deck and Dejong is more interested in looking busy yet doing absolutely nothing.

I put it to you that, if he was suspended Barca would've played better today. If Flick kept the team that defeated Bilbao, the game would've been tougher for us. If he was available Vs Bilbao, no clean sh!!!t for Barca.

It's not a coincidence that Barca have lost all big games with him on the pitch. Once Pedri returns, he'll shine again and it won't be coincidence too. But against another big team, even with Pedri, Barca go still collect as long as he's on the pitch. He's a liability.

Fraud

De Jong is a big fraud. Just turning and turning like Arthur Melo only to give a back pass.
No aggression in his play. I saw Caceido dispossessing Torress clean inside Chelsea box multiple times.

jpmoriarti:
Why did Araujo get the first yellow card? Was he not the captain? I thought captains can approach the referee and protest some decisions on behalf of the team?

I don't really understand why a captain would be given a yellow card for approaching the referee 🤔

That's why he should have given himself caution when he got the first yellow, leave cucurella to go, he might not have even scored but the same stuff that disturbed him that day against psg still came to worry him, the referee was giving most 50/50 calls to Chelsea but that's no excuse for our many errors

Bimmarlykay:
I don't know why your takes annoy me at times. Chelsea ain't Bilbao and deead Laliga's team. Ferran is useless on the flank, and you've seen it a couple of times. Estêvão didn't start and was rested,that's a coach who knows his onion. Look at him firing on all cylinders. But go ahead, defend the trash. I see you avoiding discussing de Jong, too. You saw how Caicedo was bullying Fermin,et al...that's a proper defensive midfielder.

Flick selection killed the game.

Caceido is a monster. His energy level is at the highest level. U will see him do defensive work and before you open your eyes he's already in your box putting in across or cutting the ball back to Enzo.

BykeLaByke:
Estevao is the truth sha.

How Madrid no see am buy??

Yet them see chubby boy Endrick.

Barca was the one actually going for that kid sef .... The thing dey pain me.

Awesome01:
Many fans have been complaining about De Jong being shit always but Hansi Flick and Laporta will never learn.

Even AirBere has been vindicated with this outcome. He even predicted this months ago that if we use him against Chelsea in our midfield, we will be beaten. And it worked.

Is there a clause in his contract that he must be played even while dishing out rubbish everytime?

I give it to Airbere, apart from ATM, most of the big team we defeated last season Frenkie started from the bench. He didn't start the match. I don't know what's happening between Flick & Casado.. It seems like Flick don't trust him again.

abduleez1:
Barca was the one actually going for that kid sef .... The thing dey pain me.

Yamal 's quick rise stopped the deal, na him money we use sign roque and tbh even though the boy dey ball I have no regrets, I'll still pick betting on the former over signing him cause lamine is just perfecting his shooting away from becoming the probable best of his generation, I can't remember the last time where I see where dem dey double or triple mark 18 year old, cucurella even with him dominant performance yesterday still chop yellow

Bimmarlykay:
Like ehn,at a point the boy got triggered and started teaching Yamal how to dribble, imagine Yamal not finishing of a Cucu on yellow,same As Ferran a Gusto on Yellow was still balling.

Mehn we pampared Yamal a lot,kid use to take on anything without fear, these days he's more interested in his ego. I yelled when he kept looking at the Ref without any impact/input.

You get ...... This was what I was complaining about. Yamal wasn't interested in playing football yesterday and was more preoccupied with waiting for favourable ref calls, complaining and crying all over the pitch. He hardly tried to do anything. But that useless midfield will make you cry shege sha.... No feeding.... They couldn't even string two passes together without losiythe ball.

Outright shambolic.
If Laporta likes his election campaign and knows what's good for him he better give Deco money and order him for sensible reinforcements this January.

Cos like this we can't win shit with this team. We need fresh blood and new mentality... Someone different from this crop of players that their mentality and ethics has been corrupted.

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
I give it to Airbere, apart from ATM, most of the big team we defeated last season Frenkie started from the bench. He didn't start the match. I don't know what's happening between Flick & Casado.. It seems like Flick don't trust him again.

We go play tico next week, you sure say we fit beat them this time around this one wey dem just dey 3 points behind us?

Kilishihunter:
Yamal 's quick rise stopped the deal, na him money we use sign roque and tbh even though the boy dey ball I have no regrets, I'll still pick betting on the former over signing him cause lamine is just perfecting his shooting away from becoming the probable best of his generation, I can't remember the last time where I see where dem dey double or triple mark 18 year old, cucurella even with him dominant performance yesterday still chop yellow

True. I wasn't really bothered we lost him against Yamal.

I was a little pained he was the one delivering pain to us last night with those goals and impressive play.

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
There's nothing excellent about Ferran in his game against Bilbao. Unai Simon was shitting his pants. The Ferran we know is what we saw against Chelsea.
Losing possession everywhere
Zero ball control..
Can't give accurate pass.
He shoot like a pregnant woman when facing the opposition goalkeeper.

But assisting Kounde to score an own goal is even more atrocious.

He's our highest goalscorer with 8 goals this season. Poor but he's the goalscorer nonetheless. You have to play your highest goalscorer in the big games.

Kilishihunter:
The agent made it complicated for them plus he was a childhood Barça fan but I believe they'll soon pursue him sha, na just our own starboy I pity cause our numerous haters go too use this match rub sand in his face, only way to limit this damage is to either meet in the knockouts and win or win the UCL outright but it's looking unlikely at the moment unless we get to work immediately

Yamal no be anybody mate

Nothing to rub on his face wey go pass the usual banter

And lastly we cannot win the ucl

abduleez1:
True. I wasn't really bothered we lost him against Yamal.

I was a little pained he was the one delivering pain to us last night with those goals and impressive play.

Balde did a good job limiting him last night before he scored his wonder goal against ten men but cubarsi mess up for that goal sha kudos to the kid but like I said I'll still pick yamal over him any day, he just needs proper guidance and someone to tell him the amount of talent he possesses, the yamal that turned up against inter Milan last season would have eaten up cucurella yesterday but the injuries and other factors have affected

jpmoriarti:
Why did Araujo get the first yellow card? Was he not the captain? I thought captains can approach the referee and protest some decisions on behalf of the team?

I don't really understand why a captain would be given a yellow card for approaching the referee 🤔

Araujo nearly give the ref headbutt.. He dey body the ref. Such physical assault & aggression towards the ref will surely not go unpunished. If you like be captain or vice captain.

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Caceido is a monster. His energy level is at the highest level. U will see him do defensive work and before you open your eyes he's already in your box putting in across or cutting the ball back to Enzo.

That's what a DM is for. Box to Box midfield control. But what we have or use is an escort round-about DM.

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
I give it to Airbere, apart from ATM, most of the big team we defeated last season Frenkie started from the bench. He didn't start the match. I don't know what's happening between Flick & Casado.. It seems like Flick don't trust him again.

Na De Jong fans na and Flick has a thing for De Jong. It was after the Atletico Madrid match where they beat us 4-2 I think where Casado made a mistake. There was one goal Atleti scored that Casado tried to block... He mistakenly kicked the ball back into the middle, inch perfect for an Atletico player to smash the ball into the net.
His performance became chaotic after that error.

Since that match, Flick had never trust Casado ever again. Na from that match he begin dey bench am... And De Jong was just coming back from injury and profiting from our great form then.

That's why I get annoyed with fans saying that why did Flick bench Casado for De Jong is cos the Dutch fraud is better than him overall. I just dey shake my head. De Jong that will make several mistakes and kill team but will still get chances upon chances to prove himself.
Flick never gave Casado that benefit of the doubt after that game. The next two games Casado made some mistakes too and struggled... After that it was sealed for Casado.

He didn't even bring him from the bench for a while after De Jong secured his position and fans started heaping useless praises on De Jong that Pedri was breastfeeding.

Awesome01:
Many fans have been complaining about De Jong being shit always but Hansi Flick and Laporta will never learn.

Even AirBere has been vindicated with this outcome. He even predicted this months ago that if we use him against Chelsea in our midfield, we will be beaten. And it worked.

Is there a clause in his contract that he must be played even while dishing out rubbish everytime?

From the days of Cruff aka dream team till this very day, Barcelona's biggest strength have always been the midfield. They dominate and defend with the ball. Even Pep when he was still here made reference to that on how they defend with the ball that's having more possession than the opponent. But to have the ball, you have to constantly win it back when you lose it. That's where Dejong is a training cone. His midfield control is poor too. He thinks midfield work is twisting and turning, nope. Lol

Barca will lose more big games and in the later stage of the UCL, will get humiliated by a team stronger than Chelsea as long as Dejong is in the midfield. You can play Pedri, Olomo and Dro and stand a better chance against teams than having Dejong. It's funny but I'll be here to remind again when they meet Arsenal, Bayern and PSG again.

It's no coincidence that he was part of the 8:2. Part of teams who fumbled UCL and played back to back Europa. All these things no be coicedence. In the second leg Vs PSG, the one Araujo collected red card go check. Sergi Roberto and Christensen played first leg. When I heard Roberto abi Christensen were injured or suspended, I knew Barca will lose embarrassingly. Go and see how laboured and uninterested he played that second leg. First leg Roberto played, Christensen did a good job in midfield and Barca won.

Look at these stats for both Araujo and Dejong. It's not a surprise that Xavi who's a mediocre coach wanted a pure DM to play with him and hold his hands. Na why he panicked and signed Romeu as money no dey for Zubimendi.

Since the 2020-21 season (Araujo’s debut):

With Araújo and De Jong in the starting lineup: 31% With Araújo in the starting lineup: 40% With De Jong in the starting lineup: 45% Without Araújo in the starting lineup: 62% Without De Jong in the starting lineup: 67% Without Araújo and/or De Jong in the starting lineup: 63% Without Araújo nor De Jong in the starting lineup: 67%

These things no be coicedence. He's a huge gaping hole in midfield. #fraud

andrewbaba44:
Yamal no be anybody mate

Nothing to rub on his face wey go pass the usual banter

And lastly we cannot win the ucl

Them don compare am taya with lots of players the last one being doue who i felt was the closest thing to a rival for him so no be new thing but in a way I somehow like this estevao noise despite the gulf in achievements for now, it should make yamal sit up and see that a lot of people want his downfall so bad so any talent would be used, if Franco catch fire for real Madrid tomorrow na him go be the obvious candidate, even Messi needed Ronaldo's push to achieve some of the things wey him do despite being the most talented

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Araujo nearly give the ref headbutt.. He dey body the ref. Such physical assault & aggression towards the ref will surely not go unpunished. If you like be captain or vice captain.

If he physically assaulted the referee, he'd be sent off. Stop looking for what will justify your hate towards your own player.

Yes Araujo shouldn't have done the reckless tackle that earned him the 2nd yellow card but he shouldn't have been booked in the first instance. He's the captain and he should be able to approach the referee to demand explanation on some of the decisions he made.

jpmoriarti:
If he physically assaulted the referee, he'd be sent off. Stop looking for what will justify your hate towards your own player.

Yes Araujo shouldn't have done the reckless tackle that earned him the 2nd yellow card but he shouldn't have been booked in the first instance. He's the captain and he should be able to approach the referee to demand explanation on some of the decisions he made.

Baba no be d same match wey I watch. That was aggressive behavior towards the ref. Which any day anytime is a yellow card offense. Go warm eba

Kilishihunter:
Balde did a good job limiting him last night before he scored his wonder goal against ten men but cubarsi mess up for that goal sha kudos to the kid but like I said I'll still pick yamal over him any day, he just needs proper guidance and someone to tell him the amount of talent he possesses, the yamal that turned up against inter Milan last season would have eaten up cucurella yesterday but the injuries and other factors have affected

Na wetin dey pain me be this. Chelsea fans no go let me hear word with Cucurella cage am this and that. One close to me was saying e no get wetin Yamal wan do am cos they train together in the national team.
I just dey laugh.... While it's true that he would know Yamal's weakness much better than anybody, a well motivated Yamal will still bloody him on a good day.

Chelsea just got overly confident with this defeat.

I just pray we meet again in the knockouts to correct this anomaly. But the deed has already been done. Them just dey mouth off dey are the best midfield presently.... I dey laff. Said they collect midfield from PSG.... Who we be?

abduleez1:
Na wetin dey pain me be this. Chelsea fans no go let me hear word with Cucurella cage am this and that. One close to me was saying e no get wetin Yamal wan do am cos they train together in the national team.
I just dey laugh.... While it's true that he would know Yamal's weakness much better than anybody, a well motivated Yamal will still bloody him on a good day.

Chelsea just got overly confident with this defeat.

I just pray we meet again in the knockouts to correct this anomaly. But the deed has already been done. Them just dey mouth off dey are the best midfield presently.... I dey laff. Said they collect midfield from PSG.... Who we be?

Na why we need to spend to add new blood in January, no be say one week to the meeting raphinha or pedri go come wound again, I don't even know if we'll meet cause both teams look below the main title contenders which are arsenal, Bayern and psg, forget club world cup if psg catch Chelsea again them fit deal with them

abduleez1:
Na De Jong fans na and Flick has a thing for De Jong. It was after the Atletico Madrid match where they beat us 4-2 I think where Casado made a mistake. There was one goal Atleti scored that Casado tried to block... He mistakenly kicked the ball back into the middle, inch perfect for an Atletico player to smash the ball into the net.
His performance became chaotic after that error.

Since that match, Flick had never trust Casado ever again. Na from that match he begin dey bench am... And De Jong was just coming back from injury and profiting from our great form then.

That's why I get annoyed with fans saying that why did Flick bench Casado for De Jong is cos the Dutch fraud is better than him overall. I just dey shake my head. De Jong that will make several mistakes and kill team but will still get chances upon chances to prove himself.
Flick never gave Casado that benefit of the doubt after that game. The next two games Casado made some mistakes too and struggled... After that it was sealed for Casado.

He didn't even bring him from the bench for a while after De Jong secured his position and fans started heaping useless praises on De Jong that Pedri was breastfeeding.

There's no way Flick is going far in UCL with Frenkie. PSG beat us clean and clear.
Now Chelsea sef don wipe us. The earlier he realize it the better. Because Barca football is built on midfield control and not defense.

Frenkie offer zero control, can't win duels, don't have the physicality.
Where Colson, the Frenkie fanboy?

The point of games at this stage of the competition is to learn from them...
I'd rather lose 10-0 to Chelsea at this stage if only we can learn from the result...

We were very poor yesterday and our issues this season were highlighted even further...

Our squad also isn't good enough and can't compete...

Hopefully Deco and co actually realize we need signings in January to save our season...

How we react in January will determine if we can win trophies this season

Kilishihunter:
Na why we need to spend to add new blood in January, no be say one week to the meeting raphinha or pedri go come wound again, I don't even know if we'll meet cause both teams look below the main title contenders which are arsenal, Bayern and psg, forget club world cup if psg catch Chelsea again them fit deal with them

That Club World Cup dey deceive Chelsea fans gan.
A fluke match. Dem dey thinks say na beans. How I'll so love if they meet again.

Awesome01:
Same Deco that said Barca does not need to buy any player in January?

He and Laporta are okay with a badluck and brainfart captain like Araujo as our main CB.

He dey ment. Body go tell am

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
There's no way Flick is going far in UCL with Frenkie. PSG beat us clean and clear.
Now Chelsea sef don wipe us. The earlier he realize it the better. Because Barca football is built on midfield control and not defense.

Frenkie offer zero control, can't win duels, don't have the physicality.
Where Colson, the Frenkie fanboy?

I have asked this question several times and never gotten a good answer -

"What does De Jong actually do?"

I've never seen him tackle or make forward through balls, or dropped to our post to make goal saving blocks. I've only seen him turn around and pass sideways for years...

Kilishihunter:
Them don compare am taya with lots of players the last one being doue who i felt was the closest thing to a rival for him so no be new thing but in a way I somehow like this estevao noise despite the gulf in achievements for now, it should make yamal sit up and see that a lot of people want his downfall so bad so any talent would be used, if Franco catch fire for real Madrid tomorrow na him go be the obvious candidate, even Messi needed Ronaldo's push to achieve some of the things wey him do despite being the most talented

It’s normal nah ,nobody Kuku like Barca

From endrick arda guler doue and now Estevao and Chelsea come win us

Na only doue comparison I understand even if he isn’t on yamal level ,but the rest have done nothing in football ,so it’s just banter and trying to make their player feel among .

Make the Franco just score back to back goals for 2 games then Madrid fans go start again

Na that inter Milan game last season I no say aside Barca fans na everybody hate yamal

Make dem enjoy while it last abeg

Kilishihunter:
I sure say anybody wey want try buy am go price am pa. Maybe na for free e fit even comot like inigo sef cause e don too use errors de market himself, make deco no sha allow guehi or schlotterbeck pass us by, camp nou don open so excuses no suppose dey again

Whether na free or whatever they should just bundle him out. I'm tired of his blunders in the champions League.

AirBere:
Dejong is a busy body. He does not know what midfield work is all about. I've said it before and I'll say it again. As long as he plays for Barca in important games, Barca won't get close to UCL. To win UCL, all hands must be on deck and Dejong is more interested in looking busy yet doing absolutely nothing.

I put it to you that, if he was suspended Barca would've played better today. If Flick kept the team that defeated Bilbao, the game would've been tougher for us. If he was available Vs Bilbao, no clean sh!!!t for Barca.

It's not a coincidence that Barca have lost all big games with him on the pitch. Once Pedri returns, he'll shine again and it won't be coincidence too. But against another big team, even with Pedri, Barca go still collect as long as he's on the pitch. He's a liability.

Fraud

As you Dey troll my club ,make sure you help me Dey drag FDJ Dey go

You see FDJ and araujo I will never change my mind about both players anymore ,I don too give them benefit of doubt and they always end up failing

Kilishihunter:
Estevao is a wild talent and is going to be a key player for both Chelsea and Brazil for sure, I think he has at least a ballon d'or in him too if he outshines Palmer or moves abroad, that is pure talent but life reminds you that even though you might be celebrated today the same people would turn on you fast and deem you as thrash once you are not in the same vein tomorrow but as they say form is temporary but class is permanent the sun will soon shine on you again kid and we'll be here to see those people mocking and insulting you even from your own fanbase bring that talk about PR

Nobody leak yamal epon pass touchline fraud ,he calls yamal best in the world everyweek

Na engagement farmer sha ,so he should enjoy

andrewbaba44:
As you Dey troll my club ,make sure you help me Dey drag FDJ Dey go

You see FDJ and araujo I will never change my mind about both players anymore ,I don too give them benefit of doubt and they always end up failing

There is nothing to drag FDJ for. You were properly beaten and outclassed by the world champions.
That's okay. Barca has always been Chelsea's side. Ekuke.

Just be greatful that Chelsea were magnanimous enough not to paste you 8-0.

Kilishihunter:
We go play tico next week, you sure say we fit beat them this time around this one wey dem just dey 3 points behind us?

With Frenkie in the midfield e go hard.
we need to match Tico's intensity for intensity, physicality for physicality because without Pedri there's no control or pausa in our midfield play. Even if there's Pedri, he will be ran to the ground in the first half trying to cover for Frenkie lack of defensive duty.