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Ozkar:
I think he likes Vidal for his work rate.

But then Coutinho doesn't contribute defensively either. He doesn't give us many options going forward, and it's not like he can keep possession. I know he's better than that, but for now it's unlikely he can edge any of the other midfielders.

Still remember when Dembele was worst than present day Phil? Demoralised! Couldn't even control the ball, oga playing under valverde can be an uphill task. Vidal just like Paulinho, i can't see their workrate, esp this old Vidal. Coutinho plays the Iniesta role for Brazil, he's easily their 2nd best player. Liverpool days?

10Dove:
which scoring chances? How many assists does he have? Create 5, let in 10! Very poor RB. Semedo is way better than him jare.

Lol...he was the best creative rb last season in la liga tho


But semedo is better

Ozkar:
agreed. Pique was solid today. Lenglet was poor and our defense still needs Umtiti.

The injury wey umtiti get na potential career ender oo...the guy no fit return this season sef.

10Dove:
Still remember when Dembele was worst than present day Phil? Demoralised! Couldn't even control the ball, oga playing under valverde can be an uphill task. Vidal just like Paulinho, i can't see their workrate, esp this old Vidal. Coutinho plays the Iniesta role for Brazil, he's easily their 2nd best player. Liverpool days?

Me i like vidal's role...watching him tackle casemiro was so satisfying to watch after that dude gets away with murder on the pitch so many times.

Olamyyde:
Lol...he was the best creative rb last season in la liga tho


But semedo is better

With Semedo at RB, the kind of confidence i feel ehn... Roberto should be the back up, or he should continue doing his jack of all trade, master of none.

Olamyyde:
Me i like vidal's role...watching him tackle casemiro was so satisfying to watch after that dude gets away with murder on the pitch so many times.

That one is just personal wish on Casemiro.vidal on a normal day, esp this old Vidal that Bayern let go like this, won't save us on a day like away to Roma last season.

Olamyyde:
The injury wey umtiti get na potential career ender oo...the guy no fit return this season sef.

Jeez! We should just forget about this UCL ooo... Suarez in attack, Singlet in defence.

Ozkar:
lol. Suarez is an off and on player. Having lots of off days lately though, but on his day, he's a beast.

I think he has just gotten old and slow.

Yeah, Madrid was totally beatable. The result was disappointing.

We don't want NEPA as a striker, we want someone who is really and can deliver almost all the time. Suarez really let me down today chai I was ashamed on his behalf

10Dove:
Jeez! We should just forget about this UCL ooo... Suarez in attack, Singlet in defence.

Chai I just tire

10Dove:
With Semedo at RB, the kind of confidence i feel ehn... Roberto should be the back up, or he should continue doing his jack of all trade, master of none.

Semedo really destroyed things with those his dribbles today. His only weak point are his inadequate crosses

10Dove:
Jeez! We should just forget about this UCL ooo... Suarez in attack, Singlet in defence.

Singlet??

10Dove:
Still remember when Dembele was worst than present day Phil? Demoralised! Couldn't even control the ball, oga playing under valverde can be an uphill task. Vidal just like Paulinho, i can't see their workrate, esp this old Vidal. Coutinho plays the Iniesta role for Brazil, he's easily their 2nd best player. Liverpool days?

I don't want to agree it's all down to Valverde.

If Coutinho faced as much clout as Dembele did, he'd have put up a transfer request. Dembele faced brutal criticism from all corners, people didn't stand up for him like they are doing for Coutinho now. Even while he was earning Barca points, he was still slandered endlessly.

Coutinho has been having it easy, and he's taking it easy. He has to improve and prove he deserves a position in the middle.

Ozkar:
I don't like that Messi had to come on. He didn't seem very fit. It's unfortunate that Suarez and Coutinho were far below their best.

I like Malcolm's passion, he should start ahead of Coutinho in future games. Semedo impressed me yet again, very confident and sharp on the ball. That's a future best RB in the world.

I miss Dembele.

Same here Messi Introduction wasn't necessary, he would have picked up another injury from that 2 legged Ramos tackle close to the box. Can we play semedo as a winger because dude gat the quality in him??

Nobody is talking about how shiit that ref was

calculator123:
We don't want NEPA as a striker, we want someone who is really and can deliver almost all the time. Suarez really let me down today chai I was ashamed on his behalf

who do you have in mind? Call names.

Ozkar:
I don't want to agree it's all down to Valverde.

If Coutinho faced as much clout as Dembele did, he'd have put up a transfer request. Dembele faced brutal criticism from all corners, people didn't stand up for him like they are doing for Coutinho now. Even while he was earning Barca points, he was still slandered endlessly.

Coutinho has been having it easy, and he's taking it easy. He has to improve and prove he deserves a position in the middle.

I agree coutinho isn't as psychologically strong, but personally on this thread, I never blamed Dembele. Every body has different psyche sha... Pipo has been poor, but I always like to trace problems to the root cause. It is never easy playing out of position... if you played/play the game a little, you'll know.

Olamyyde:
Our prority signings next season shoukd be a backup lb, de ligt and a world class potential striker...it will be a miracle if we win ucl with suarez in the starting lineup.


I would prefer a front three of malcom, messi and dembele

Messi as false 9??baba wey like to touch ball you think say e go work??

Olamyyde:
Nobody is talking about how shiit that ref was

We say it coming so no surprise

calculator123:
We don't want NEPA as a striker, we want someone who is really and can deliver almost all the time. Suarez really let me down today chai I was ashamed on his behalf

NEPA!

calculator123:
Messi as false 9??baba wey like to touch ball you think say e go work??

You didn't watch messi as false 9? Only problem RN is the level of creativity in the team isn't sufficient, coutinho's form isn't helping matters

Olamyyde:
Singlet??

That guy is a defensive fraud...

10Dove:
You didn't watch messi as false 9? Only problem RN is the level of creativity in the team isn't sufficient, coutinho's form isn't helping matters

The creative part made me ask you shey e go work? Messi happens to b your most creative player ATM, playing him as a false 9 drastically reduces creativity

10Dove:
NEPA!

Abi I lie?? Suarez is now synonymous to NEPA

10Dove:
I agree coutinho isn't as psychologically strong, but personally on this thread, I never blamed Dembele. Every body has different psyche sha... Pipo has been poor, but I always like to trace problems to the root cause. It is never easy playing out of position... if you played/play the game a little, you'll know.

well, true... It can be tough to play out of position, but then sometimes you need to be played out of position to discover your best (or next best) position.

Messi's favored position as a forward was on the left, but Rijkaard played him on the right cos Ronaldinho who was then untouchable, was on the left. Messi went on to play well on the right and even excelled afterward as a false 9.

See Roberto... Even Dembele have been played out of his preferred position too.

I totally believe Coutinho is waaay better than what we are seeing. He's world class. That's why I'm upset the way he's wallowing in self pity. I don't want him sold, he should step up!

calculator123:
The creative part made me ask you shey e go work? Messi happens to b your most creative player ATM, playing him as a false 9 drastically reduces creativity

True

Ozkar:
well, true... It can be tough to play out of position, but then sometimes you need to be played out of position to discover your best (or next best) position.

Messi's favored position as a forward was on the left, but Rijkaard played him on the right cos Ronaldinho who was then untouchable, was on the left. Messi went on to play well on the right and even excelled afterward as a false 9.

See Roberto... Even Dembele have been played out of his preferred position too.

I totally believe Coutinho is waaay better than what we are seeing. He's world class. That's why I'm upset the way he's wallowing in self pity. I don't want him sold, he should step up!

I agree he should step up. But Dembele n messi are natural forward players, so they'll adapt faster to other forward positions unlike Phil coming from midfield to attack... All in all sha, he needs to improve n also needs to be played in his most preferred position.

calculator123:
Abi I lie?? Suarez is now synonymous to NEPA

Lol... I don't even like disturbing myself about Luis these days, I'm used to it... since 2017 FFS!

Ozkar:
well, true... It can be tough to play out of position, but then sometimes you need to be played out of position to discover your best (or next best) position.

Messi's favored position as a forward was on the left, but Rijkaard played him on the right cos Ronaldinho who was then untouchable, was on the left. Messi went on to play well on the right and even excelled afterward as a false 9.

See Roberto... Even Dembele have been played out of his preferred position too.

I totally believe Coutinho is waaay better than what we are seeing. He's world class. That's why I'm upset the way he's wallowing in self pity. I don't want him sold, he should step up!

Only Messi has played and played well on the left, right flanks, false 9 and attacking midfielder. Iniesta was played on the left flank sometimes but it didn't work out perfectly like it would if he were in the middle.

Malcom lost a lot of balls in the first half but he kept on tormenting Marcelo.He played under a lot of self imposed pressure and that was why he lost so many balls in the first half and missed that chance.Hes dribbling was very good but he's final ball was what let him down.But he heavily improved in the 2nd half.He calmed down on the ball and had a lot of energy going forward and back.Hes was by far the best player on the pitch in the 2nd half

This was same scenario with Dembele.He played under that same self imposed pressure. But when he calmed down,his true self emerged.The same thing is going to happen to Malcom.Give this guys game time with Messi taking them under his wings and watch what will happen with Malcom and Dembele on the flanks

Suarez was shiit.Hardly tracked back.Wasnt even pressing and worst part was not integrating with Coutinho and Malcom.That guy at times is an asset and at times it feels we play with 10 men on the pitch.smh

Coutinho's role is really affecting him.Busquet lost possessions too.I think De Jong is a perfect replacement for him.An Arthur De Jong Combination will be magical.Messi lacked that match sharpness and fitness.

Semedo was really giving me headache in the first half.Him pushing really high gave Vicinus a lot of space.The guy didn't explore it well.Semedo came back to his game in the 2nd half and if not for that extra quality Dani Alves gave us at attack hes still lacking in his game,dude was very solid.

Lenglet is our weak link.Way to score us is to drag out Pique and put the ball in Lenglets position and its a goal.Dudes positioing is very poor and he doesn't cover Pique.Why that guy is still playing ahead of Murillo,I don't know


All in all,I expected a draw game.Think Madrid really played well and gave us a decent game.We have a lot of games coming up and I don't want to see the team trying to win them all.Games like today,a draw was needed We need the players playing at the highest level with no injuries.At least we can now go and win at Bernaleo

Olamyyde:
The injury wey umtiti get na potential career ender oo...the guy no fit return this season sef.

And he has refused to do surgery

Barca should forget about umtiti for now

Ozkar:
I don't want to agree it's all down to Valverde.

If Coutinho faced as much clout as Dembele did, he'd have put up a transfer request. Dembele faced brutal criticism from all corners, people didn't stand up for him like they are doing for Coutinho now. Even while he was earning Barca points, he was still slandered endlessly.

Coutinho has been having it easy, and he's taking it easy. He has to improve and prove he deserves a position in the middle.

U spoke my mind bro

We seem to have forgotten that coutinho is the most expensive Barcelona player

10Dove:
Lol... I don't even like disturbing myself about Luis these days, I'm used to it... since 2017 FFS!

True bro, I am tired kai