One of the biggest positives so far is that we seem to now have a lot of guys other than Messi who can score.

I really wouldn't mind Messi winning the Pichichi with 30 Penalties and 20 Assists.

Wouldn't that be another record for him.?

Dembele might not have done badly today with that goal but his decision making is so poor

Pedri is good.

Dembele is too.

Messi creates chances, assists, and converts them.

Debroslink:
Bartomeu left and I'm seeing a bright future already.

Can't remember the last time Barca won a good team away

Nice game. Everyone played well. Lenglet was actually pretty nice in this game, Araujo, FDJ, Busi and surprisingly Sergi too.
Pedri isn't 17 yrs, nothing anybody wan tell me, this performance in the second half wasn't 17yr old stuff, Dembele and faking sha, Pjanic dey ball abeg. Messi was just happy today. That stuff he did to Bonucci in the box eh, baba was just dribbling and enjoying himself. E get one wey e bin dey clustered for box and he almost got himself out of it. If that he succeeded eh, I for just off my phone, go sleep

Ikennablue:
Now i don't know who is better. Pedri or Puig??

Almost equals but Pedri is experienced.

But I'll pick Puig. There's something about Puig. Pedri can put on a quiet performance on some occasions but give Puig the midfield and he'll boss it always. He's proven himself against few big teams.

Sadly Koeman loves Pedri. So we won't be seeing much of Puig.

joviegghead:


Almost equals but Pedri is experienced.

But I'll pick Puig. There's something about Puig. Pedri can put on a quiet performance on some occasions but give Puig the midfield and he'll boss it always. He's proven himself against few big teams.

Why hasn't he impressed the coach. You'll ask yourself that?

GrammarNazi1:
Pedri is good.

Dembele is too.

Messi creates chances, assists, and converts them.

Almost like Messi was amongst the readers on this thread who had to endure the brash display of foolishness by that Michael Phelps priest and his co-worshipper earlier on. Like, "Don't worry, Cules. You've done well defending me but I'd shut the twin idiots up for good tonight."

jpmoriarti:
Why hasn't he impressed the coach. You'll ask yourself that?

Koeman never wanted Puig. He deemed him surplus and wanted him out. Fans fought for Puig, plus the boy wanted to stay. Fans hope to see Puig play.

Aleña, Trincao, Araujo are all talented but Koeman has players he'll always play no matter what.

Griezmann might misfire in ten games but we all know Braithwaite won't bench him. Koeman will still play Griezmann. Even if he benches him, he'll rather play other attackers.

The surplus players are gonna suffer. Sadly, Puig is among.

joviegghead:


Almost equals but Pedri is experienced.

But I'll pick Puig. There's something about Puig. Pedri can put on a quiet performance on some occasions but give Puig the midfield and he'll boss it always. He's proven himself against few big teams.

Sadly Koeman loves Pedri. So we won't be seeing much of Puig.

Guy it's not true oh. Before this game, to me, Pedri has been better. Go and watch the two spainU21 matches, both game Puig was silent if not poor. Check the player dictating play.
We are just player bias because Puig has always been in barcelona.

Pessi!

Sommyroy10:
Guy it's not true oh. Before this game, to me, Pedri has been better. Go and watch the two spainU21 matches, both game Puig was silent if not poor. Check the player dictating play.
We are just player bias because Puig has always been in barcelona.

Okay! It's your opinion. Even if Puig plays, I won't expect much like before cuz he's practically had no playing time.

Pedri played most mins for his previous club, came to Barça and is constantly used by Koeman. He's fit.

Lastly, I'm not biased. It's what I think. If I was the manager, I'll gladly play both boys.

It's funny how people forget the little magic Puig did to the team. Pedri might be a dribbler with nice turning and movement , but Puig is a creative force which is what the team is starving of..... Intelligence . Don't get carried away.

andrewbaba44:
Dembele might not have done badly today with that goal but his decision making is so poor

Greizmann had an excellent game today and his decision making was top notch

Melvyn11:

Update

Messi has only scored an open play goal in 5 matches out of his last 30matches. The man is finished.

Update

Messi has only scored an open play goal in 5 matches out of his last 31matches.

joviegghead:


Okay! It's your opinion. Even if Puig plays, I won't expect much like before cuz he's practically had no playing time.

Pedri played most mins for his previous club, came to Barça and is constantly used by Koeman. He's fit.

Lastly, I'm not biased. It's what I think. If I was the manager, I'll gladly play both boys.

It's funny how people forget the little magic Puig did to the team. Pedri might be a dribbler with nice turning and movement , but Puig is a creative force which is what the team is starving of..... Intelligence . Don't get carried away.

No one is forgetting Puig magic. I just corrected you on Puig always bossing the midfield. At the end of the day, you should take your advice.

Vicente del Bosque:

"When I was Real Madrid's manager, the only thing Barcelona celebrated was the club's birthday."

ROTFL. ☠

Melvyn11:

Update

Messi has only scored an open play goal in 5 matches out of his last 31matches.

1 point in your 2 champions league matches, upcoming games back to back against Inter and somehow this is your problem? God, make person carry my matter for head like this guy

I'm still yet to be impressed sha...this Juve team was so poor...they played worse than a league two team today...
I was talking about Barca before ..but now I can firmly say this Juve is finished...

While there are some positives in this game...there are also many negatives we shouldn't ignore...
1. Our finishing is very poor
2. Our midfield is not creating chances
3. The passing from midfield to attackers who make runs is still missing...almost as if our midfielders do not spot these runs at all
4. Our defence is another major problem...Morata easily got a hattrick of close offsides...a better forward would have timed his run better and easily scored those goals...what exactly is the problem with the defence...


Finally I should celebrate for the night but I can't help thinking about how we will compete with Europe's best...cos to me it's obvious that we are no where...if we played Bayern right now... we'll still chop that 8-2


*Modified...
Let's see how we will perform in our first game against a good side after the bartomeu saga...
Cos I can confidently say this Juve shouldn't be counted as a major test

Sommyroy10:
[s] 1 point in your 2 champions league matches, upcoming games back to back against Inter and somehow this is your problem? God, make person carry my matter for head like this guy
[/s]

Messi has only scored an open play goal in 5 matches out of his last 31matches. The fraud is finished

Christian Vieri (former Juventus player): "Messi is the Harry Potter of soccer. When he stops playing, I am throwing my TVs away and will watch Netflix, because there will be nothing else to watch." [cbs sports

Just so you know, Messi needs 4 more assists to hold the record of most assists in Champions League.

What can this guy not do?

Better than strikers, wingers and midfielders combined!
Top goal scoring chart and now.... Oh God, lemme nor talk. We're used to his greatness.

Melvyn11:

Update

Messi has only scored an open play goal in 5 matches out of his last 31matches.

You mean Messi is doing a Ronaldo this season, minus the assists of course

haymekus:


Greizmann had an excellent game today and his decision making was top notch

Pedri
Dembouz
Pjanic
Messi

Lenglet
Araujo all had a good game.
Imagine a juventus attack that could not roast ROBERTO.

e b like say juventus go comot 4 roud of 16. too bad 4 MR CHALLANGE!

whassup with cuadrado...always faking fouls.

abeg how much we buy PEDRI? the boy is good.

GRIZZY? I don't want to talk about him.

Just like someone said here. Our midfield is lacking creativity.....
On another note .Cowman/Clownman still don't know is starting eleven. Not good for team chemistry.

tesppidd:
One of the biggest positives so far is that we seem to now have a lot of guys other than Messi who can score.

I really wouldn't mind Messi winning the Pichichi with 30 Penalties and 20 Assists.

Wouldn't that be another record for him.?

I actually dont agree we have other guys who can shoot except Dembele and on a lot of occasions he kept looking for ways to pass to Messi.
The confidence level would rise as the season goes by because we seriously need to stop the Pass to Messi tactics.
And Yes Jordi Alba is a bum.

Baddestguyp:
I'm still yet to be impressed sha...this Juve team was so poor...they played worse than a league two team today...
I was talking about Barca before ..but now I can firmly say this Juve is finished...

While there are some positives in this game...there are also many negatives we shouldn't ignore...
1. Our finishing is very poor
2. Our midfield is not creating chances
3. The passing from midfield to attackers who make runs is still missing...almost as if our midfielders do not spot these runs at all
4. Our defence is another major problem...Morata easily got a hattrick of close offsides...a better forward would have timed his run better and easily scored those goals...what exactly is the problem with the defence...


Finally I should celebrate for the night but I can't help thinking about how we will compete with Europe's best...cos to me it's obvious that we are no where...if we played Bayern right now... we'll still chop that 8-2


*Modified...
Let's see how we will perform in our first game against a good side after the bartomeu saga...
Cos I can confidently say this Juve shouldn't be counted as a major test

You have made some valid points but this is basically a team in progress and we have no choice but to be optimistic.

But why is the defence always made a scapegoat?

Well I think I know.

Football is a game in which an attacker can miss 3 chances our out of 5 and be hailed and worshipped for scoring from 2 chances and missing 3.

But even if a defender clears 4 chances and misses one which leads to a goal, he gets castigated.

jonsnow92:
I actually dont agree we have other guys who can shoot except Dembele and on a lot of occasions he kept looking for ways to pass to Messi.
The confidence level would rise as the season goes by because we seriously need to stop the Pass to Messi tactics.
And Yes Jordi Alba is a bum.

I said 'a lot of guys who can score' not who can shoot.

As for the bolded;

You guys should stop saying this Abeg.

Messi himself is always looking for whom to pass to and he actually does.
If others are looking for him to pass to, what is wrong with that?

Are we getting to a point where we don't want anybody to look for Messi and pass to him?

This talk has become a bad cliche.

And we know that is how Messi loves to play in tight space.

Let's be fair, I didn't see any time Dembele had a clear sight to shoot at goal and was looking for Messi.
All the times he looked for Messi or anybody was because he couldn't get a clear shot off.

Prove me wrong and let's see the minute he did that.

Still nobody passes more than Messi; and they do the same to him we should chill.

tesppidd:
I said 'a lot of guys who can score' not who can shoot.

As for the bolded;

You guys should stop saying this Abeg.

Messi himself is always looking for whom to pass to and he actually does.
If others are looking for him to pass to, what is wrong with that?

Are we getting to a point where we don't want anybody to look for Messi and pass to him?

This talk has become a bad cliche.

And we know that is how Messi loves to play in tight space.

Let's be fair, I didn't see any time Dembele had a clear sight to shoot at goal and was looking for Messi.
All the times he looked for Messi or anybody was because he couldn't get a clear shot off.

Prove me wrong and let's see the minute he did that.

Still nobody passes more than Messi; and they do the same to him we should chill.

He actually did bro, he was once in a great position to curl it home with his left foot but he passed instead. I think the point the dude is trying to make is that sometimes our players are in a nice position to score or shoot but instead pass the ball to Messi who might even be in a tighter spot. Sometimes they even ignore passing to players in a better position to score.

joviegghead:
Just so you know, Messi needs 4 more assists to hold the record of most assists in Champions League.

What can this guy not do?

Better than strikers, wingers and midfielders combined!
Top goal scoring chart and now.... Oh God, lemme nor talk. We're used to his greatness.

Hope you know that Ronaldo is the one at the top of the assist ranks. Ronaldo leads, Messi follows for now in UCL goals and assists. Hopefully it stays that way for years.

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Pedri
Dembouz
Pjanic
Messi

Lenglet
Araujo all had a good game.
Imagine a juventus attack that could not roast ROBERTO.

e b like say juventus go comot 4 roud of 16. too bad 4 MR CHALLANGE!

whassup with cuadrado...always faking fouls.

abeg how much we buy PEDRI? the boy is good.

GRIZZY? I don't want to talk about him.

Just like someone said here. Our midfield is lacking creativity.....
On another note .Cowman/Clownman still don't know is starting eleven. Not good for team chemistry.

Pedri was purchased for 5 million euros

Melvyn11:


Messi has only scored an open play goal in 5 matches out of his last 31matches. The fraud is finished

Lol

You still want a 33 year old player who drops deeps most times to create chances to keep scoring ruthlessly? Well, I understand.

It's the GOAT I blame. The standard he set for himself is too high.

You saw that pass that led to Dembele's goal? Ronaldo can NEVER EVER give such pass. He'd rather sleep in the box waiting for such pass.

Moura7:


He actually did bro, he was once in a great position to curl it home with his left foot but he passed instead. I think the point the dude is trying to make is that sometimes our players are in a nice position to score or shoot but instead pass the ball to Messi who might even be in a tighter spot. Sometimes they even ignore passing to players in a better position to score.

I'd love to see that he had a good sight at goal but decided to pass. I believe we all know what a good sight at goal is; not the one that there is a marker before him and we are calling it great position.

Dembele of all people!

Please help me check and tell me the minute,
Let me shut up.