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jpmoriarti:
Yeah I still consider Gerard Martin as our weakest link. Never looked comfortable today. Very shaky and undecided. And also got a yellow card and a bloodied nose for his troubles.

Deservedly hurled off after half time.

Techu:
Xavi Espart has good movement on the ball typical of a lamasia product but he will struggle against fast paced wingers and he lacks physicality

Rodri is a very good addition to this team.

At least Pedri can be resting.

I must say we have a solid team, just few defensive lapses.

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Omo Mac Bernal na stupid idiot

jpmoriarti:
2 - 3

Very poor defending from Bernal

AirBere:
If it ends 3:3 hold Espart responsible lol. Balde will never do such mistake

AirBere:
He's a player that needs a loan. I said it at the start of this season. Espart outplayed him during preseason.

AirBere:
He's a player that needs a loan. I said it at the start of this season. Espart outplayed him during preseason.

jpmoriarti:
Two goals we conceded are from two costly individual defensive errors. Something this team hasn't yet resolved.

jpmoriarti:
He needs a loan because he made a defensive error against Levante.

Oga, go face your rubbish team that drew at home 2-2 the other day against Hull City.

Bernal needs to stay here and learn from Rodri.

AirBere:

Calm down lol. He needs a loan doesn't mean he'll be loaned.

This man!

jpmoriarti:
If everyone goes away on loan, who will be there to provide depth? You're expecting Rodri to be available all season? I am sure you will be here laughing at us when Rodri becomes unavailable and there is nobody to cover for him.

AirBere:
Rest my man lol. Bernal should go on loan means nothing. This is nairaland and men are always exaggerating things.

You hear people saying X coach should be jailed for starting Y in defence and all that lol.

Techu:
People must understand that everything will type here na cruise.

Hansi Flick no dey here, laporta and deco are not here.

No be wetin dem dey carry for head.

And na me talk am.
Hansi Flick should be sacked for not starting Balde

AirBere:
You and Flick lol 😆 😂

AirBere:

This season it's teku and Balde who's behind saudi Cancelo and a 19 year old midfielder.

Last season it was kul10 and the man who saved Barça. aka Sir Clifford.

Next season, it'll be Bisiwu and a new moniker after Bisiwu scores a hat trick in copa del ray and Flick stops playing him.

Them fake Barça fans,that one was doing like Clifford is the next big thing after Messi.

Bimmarlykay:
Them fake Barça fans,that one was doing like Clifford is the next big thing after Messi.

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Any reasonable Barca fan should be glad we got Flick. We're not just winning, we're winning in a beautiful way & out playing our opponents.

If no be Flick, I swear we for dey trenches like Man United & Chelsea.
During the Xavi era, it was horrible and heartbreaking. At a time, we were losing six or five El- classico consecutively.

jpmoriarti:
Exactly. It takes years for clubs to get out of their banter era. We see Barca get out in under 3 years and people imagine it is easy.

Man United last won a league title in 2013.
Chelsea last won a league title in 2016. Yeah Chelsea won a UCL in 2022 but it has never looked like they've moved past this banter era.
Real Madrid went between 2003 and 2014 before winning another UCL. They couldn't even move past R16 for most of this period.
Liverpool went between 2006 and 2019 before winning anything substantial again.
Arsenal went between 2003 and 2025 to win a league title.

The Italian teams (Juventus, Inter & Milan) have been a shadow of their old self. Sparingly competing and disappearing once again. They haven't been able to build some momentum since 2010. A couple of UCL finals here and there but never anything noteworthy.

We're still in our banter era for UCL but we have fared so much better than our counterparts. We should be very grateful to Laporta for making difficult decisions that helped Barca come out of this situation. Recruiting Hansi Flick was a masterstroke decision.

hustleranthem:
No mind dem my bro . No Hansi flick slander will be tolerated in this thread . He is God sent and I love him so much . Even if we no win UCL , make we just Dey deliver domestically.

Messi said something before he left that ‘ we will value the la liga dominance when their era passes ‘ I want us to win another league title to make it 3 in a row . UCL go be by God’s grace and Luck . For now , let’s keep dominating domestically.

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Any reasonable Barca fan should be glad we got Flick. We're not just winning, we're winning in a beautiful way & out playing our opponents.

If no be Flick, I swear we for dey trenches like Man United & Chelsea.
During the Xavi era, it was horrible and heartbreaking. At a time, we were losing six or five El- classico consecutively.

Ibukzy:
Under Xavi we lose 5 or 6 El classico consecutively?

Same Xavi wey make Madrid chop 4 goal twice

These new age Barca fans

jpmoriarti:
I think we're ripe for UCL or at least making the final (which we always have to win anyways). Spain dominance always coincides with Barcelona dominance.

So we have everything we need to go all the way. We just need to believe and cut out individual mistakes like the red cards that ended our campaign last season.

AirBere:
You type as if you dont understand the dynamics of professional football. The coach sent a clear signal on match day 1 by leaving Balde out of his team. If Balde was smart, he woulved asked for a loan or an outright sell.

He's the freaking third choice LB. He'll play only in dire situations like both Cancelo and Espart getting injured or dead rubber games. He's not gonna start any important match. The message was crystal clear. You're not part of the team!

Meanwhile, you remind me of c0ol10 who kept hyping up a finished Sir Clifford until barca returned him to where he came from and brought not one but two players for that same position to show how useless he was.

Balde is a speed merchant with zero creativity, poor crossing and his defensive awarenes is abysmal. Like Araujo, he should eye the EPL. He'll always struggle in laliga.