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frankmoney:
Messi is done ..... Since last season .

Yet Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic are still not getting tired

For scoring tap ins in Serie A the dead league?

A league where one person wins the title for 10 consecutive times, is that one league?



The joke is on you.

It's only about 2 months into the season;

And Messi has played 15 matches, and taken four 15 hour-trips between Europe and South America.

33 years and 5 months old.


Messi needs to stay away from football for a minimum of 2 weeks in order to avoid an injury and recover his best form.

TalabiAudu:

League where one 'person' is winning 10 titles in a row, is that one league?

Sommyroy10:
Squad list against Kiev.

Definitely Koeman will go for;


Griezman

Pedri Coutinho Dembele

Pjanic Alena

Alba Lenglet Mingueza Dest


Hope it turns out well.

Sommyroy10:
[Albert Roge]: Koeman has been told, that if Umtiti plays 2 or 3 games in row, pain in his knees will return

Contract ends 2023

We're trapped with Umtiti.

Sommyroy10:
No FDJ too, like you asked for.

Ha didn't notice this ooh.
Too much at a go na.

I actually wanted them to play Dynamo Kiev but miss Osasuna.

Sommyroy10:
Squad list against Kiev.

No Messi.

Very Good. Though i would have loved for him to play this one and then miss the next 2 games against Osasuna and Ferencvaros.
It is very important to win the group ahead of Juve.

Don't expect to see him against Osasuna too on Sunday.

Moura7:
Yh....but in the cameo roles he'd gotten, Martin hasn't really been that impressive bar that Eibar game. My opinion tho

lol.

10 minutes 10 minutes cameo.

Give the Man 2 full consecutive games to see what he can do.

Well since this happened in a PDP state it doesn't matter, it is nothing.

All that matters is the "bloody genocide/massacre" of 2 persons at Lekki toll gate!

Moura7:
What I'm saying is resting Messi would make abit more refreshed. We all saw how sharp and on top of his game when he came from the bench against Betis , prolly the best Messi performance we've seen since the Celta game.
And yes , the other players can step up in Messi's absence...tbh apart from being clinical in finishing in that Betis game, Grizz played well. He was more involved in the game than before. Besides, we've got other players than Grizz, it's just up to Koeman to actually use his eyes and brain well to select the right players in the right positions, even if it means we have to change formations sef.

Messi needs to have 2 weeks off.
Let's hope he gets it and Griezman and Dembele can take the batton.

ThatFairGuy1:
To him, we're thesame person. He's really on drugs

Oooh

No wonder....

He's 60 years old.

Dembele might miss a game or two because of the shoulder sprain he sustained.

This kain bum bum can make Vaseline scarce in the market.

Moura7:
Honestly, I think we'd do better with Messi rested at the atm. Man really needs the rest plus it's force the other players to step up in terms of creativity

Do better how?

He was rested last week against Betis and we all saw how Griezman "stepped up"

Do you have players on current form better than Saul, Carrasco, Suarez, Trippier, Felix?

Let us continue to deceive ourselves..

Moura7:
Lol....who go fill in for Frenkie for CB? LMAO.

Araujo and Umtiti are returning by next weekend.

Agbegbaorogboye:
tesppidd so you're even from Osun. No wonder your addiction to Tinubu's butt

Are you on tramadol?

What has this got to do with me?

Fati
Pique
Araujo
Roberto
Busquets

And we are going to be playing averagely 2 games a week for the next 2 months.

Now this is bad.

We want to beat Real Madrid..

We want to beat Athletico..


But do we have better players? NO!
Do we have a better team? NO!!
Do we have a better coach? HELL NO!!!

jpmoriarti:
[MD] | Leo Messi gave only 8 forward passes. Koeman appointed him to be the creator of the team in the no.10 position but it was a quiet game from the Argentine. 5 passes to Dembele, 1 to Griezmann and 2 to Pedri. Besides, Messi also lost the ball 23 times.
A match to forget.

Only 8 forward passes!!! Lost the ball at such an alarming rate 23 times!!!

A poor game from the Argentine! That is not in contention.

But you still haven't given us the statistics of the other 10 players that made you declare him one of the worst players or that he failed in all his dribbles!

joviegghead:
Roberto at RB?
bro perish that idea.

I prefer an experienced De Jong

lol

I am only suggesting what a Koeman could do.

joviegghead:
At the Wanda, there was a total disconnection between Messi and his attacking teammates, leaving very significant. The Argentine only gave 8 passes to Pedri (2), Griezmann (1) and Dembélé (5), and only received 9 passes from them. [opta via md]


Lastly, Lenglet is our ONLY center back.



Messi and De jong need rest

Griezmann and roberto need to be benched. I prefer having braithwaite and Dest than those two idiots.

Puig and Alena should be starting

Pedri has no business in the starting 11 right now. maybe a sub.

Funny thing is, these problems have been staring at us since beginning of the season,yet koeman is still adamant to his style and plan.

Araujo and Umtiti, how much time do they have left?

Maybe they will draft Roberto to Centre back this time.

jpmoriarti:
Not true. Messi was one of the poorest player on the pitch yesterday. Dude was well below par. None of his dribbles came off. He kept losing possession. Savic was closing him down effortlessly. Grezimann had a better game than he did. Zero goal threat. Zero pressing. Offered absolutely nothing going forward.

I reckon Messi had a bad game against Athletico. Am sure we all do.


But he had at least 3 successful dribbles yesterday, you don't have to lie about it.

Plus there were a lot of players poorer than him.
Only Dembele and Lenglet did anything substantially better than what Messi did.

The whole team was poor, don't single him out.

I am surprised to even see now that Griezman was on the team sheet.

Debroslink:
If you think this current Barcelona can will any game outside Camp Nou without Messi, you better think again.

That's why I said we need to take our chances.


Messi's last 14 days!

*He played a game a fortnight ago for us.
*Flew 15 hours to South America.
*Played 2 matches for Argentina in 5 days!
*Flew 15 hours back from South America.
*Played Athletico at the Wanda Metropolitano.

If Messi doesn't get a good rest soon, I foresee a 3 month injury layoff.

I had never before thought resting Messi in a crucial league battle like this season was a good idea but now it's better to risk the games.

Not to worry Neddy boy,

6 Billion is more important than 6 packs with a pretty face.

Next 3 fixtures after Dynamo Kiev on Wednesday;

Osasuna - Home.
Ferencvaros - Away.
Cadiz - Away.


It is high time we took our chances and rest both Messi and De Jong for all these 3 games.

At this rate those two are going to die of fatigue.

*For only about 10 minutes on the pitch Braithwaite showed flashes of why we need a proper striker.

*Having made 4 fifteen hour trips to and fro South America in two months, played 14 games in two months already; 33 year old Messi needs a proper proper rest, something like a minimum 2 weeks without playing but that is impossible.

*The injuries are coming quick fast, and some people are still wishing injuries on some of the players.

*Keepers are making blunders; Neto the other day, Stagen today.

*Puig And Braithwaite must be given a chance, must be given a chance.

IKON360:
As a Barca fan, I think Fati is better.
As a Nigerian, Chukwueze is better

As a football fan nkor?

Minjim:
If you can believe the inconsistencies in the Army and FG stories why shouldn't he believe that?

The protesters that said they saw dead bodies stuck to their story from day. It's only the Army that has been changing it's story.
That's the issue with telling lies. You need to continuously serve and update it. But the truth stays the same

One thing is for sure;

Even if the families of the "massacre" victims were scared of coming out, media outfits like Sahara Reporters, Premium Times, and Arise TV would have investigated and given us names and identities of those dead people by now.

There was no massacre at Lekki period. Worst case scenario a maximum of 2 or 3 people died at Lekki till gate.

May they rest in peace.

The world needs to stop using the term massacre to define what happened at Lekki.

Now who is bankrolling this Daniella. I hope it's not Pastor?

SafeArch:
Luiz should try this with Thomas Partey

. Or Saed Kolasinac

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