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Pusssssy sells.

I don't want to see Pedri and Griezman in that starting line up tomorrow.

joviegghead:
Squad for Betis match.

Create a perfect XI

I go with

Braithwaite,

Fati, Messi, Dembele,

De Jong, Pjanic,

Alba, Lenglet, Pique, Dest,

Ter,

joviegghead:
Koeman: "Busquets can now do 7 push-ups without taking a break. Even at this age he's getting better and better everyday. Amazing athlete."

Just a joke


I pity Pjanic and the rest. Seems no one is replacing Busquets anytime soon. Except he gets injured.

A joke by you or a joke by Koeman?

Pic 8/9: Messi gets all the way back and makes the tackle; thereby providng cover for the depleted defence.
Pic 10: Barca win back the ball.
Pic 11: Messi recieves the ball and launches an instant counter attack.
Which means he's running all the way forward again.

This is for all of us saying Messi is lazy, doesn't track back and nagging about him not chasing after an attscker 15 seconds to the end of the game and having 9 men at the back.

This incident happened in the 58th minute. When Messi tracked all the way back to prevent us from conceding after a corner.

Pic 1: Barca takes a corner kick.
Pic 2: Dynamo Kiev goalie catches the ball.
Pic 3: The Dynamo goalie launches a quick counter attack by throwing the ball upfield. Note Barca has only 3 players left at the back.
There is Messi circled in red. Messi races back to thwart the counter, tracking back, putting in a spirited defensive effort.

Pic 4: Messi is tracking back all the way to his own post, to defend the counter.
Pics 5/6/7: Messi isn't giving up, closing in on the attacker.

Does Trump think that he's an artifact in the White House?

He should pack his bag and baggage.

Trolling gone completely wrong.

Funny how he 'walked' himself to 6 Ballon dors.

While all other active players in the world collectively 'ran' their ways to 6 Ballon dors.

Godx:
[s]I don't really follow the logic as to why it doesn't make sense to have one more player putting pressure on the ball when the rest of the team is in shape, considering that he doesn't have to conserve energy for anything, it's the last kick of the game, anyway.... He just looked at him and watched him walked by disinterested[/s].

We ought to see an entire clip of the whole scene, preferably a 5 second clip.

What if the entire 9 players were already behind defending and Messi was upfront marking alone?

You expect him to run the full length of pitch back after marking alone upfront, 3 seconds to te end of the match and with 9 players behind?

Is he Clark Kent or what?

Am not saying that he's completely exonerated. But it's only these 3 screen shots which are 1 second apart that I've seen all over the net.

Anybody with the entire video clip should upload let's see everything in context.

In just one second you were able to see how he watched and looked disinterested

Anyone making judgement based on these 3 screen shots (1 second apart) have pre-meditated mindsets to criticize.

Melvyn11:
[s]You are typing useless Shalayes my gee. 93mins and so what? That's EXACTLY why he should be pressing like a mad man. There are few seconds left and you're one goal up. Why would you let someone walk past you without any pressure, and let him put a ball in which could potentially be an equalizer? Stop licking ass and use your brain[/s].

See this mumu.

The salient question you ought to be asking is; where are the remaining 9 outfield players?

Were they ALL supposed to resign, retreat and run all run back and camp in front of Ter Staten?

Or were they supposed to press forward and not let them get forward?

Those screen shots are at best 3 seconds apart, (what am i saying sef, 1 second) they tell very little of the story "smart one"

You talk about someone licking ass and all that,
but you have your face permanenlty domiciled like Egyptian artifacts, in Messi's crotch.

Even people wey sell gala nor carry am like this for head.

Trump should throw in the towel already.

He has given account of himself.

With the way he was demeaned I had thought that he won't get even 20 percent of the votes.

NoFap123:
After the poor display by Barca in Wednesday, I lost all hope of us winning a plastic spoon.

They can shock me oh, infact I want to be shocked.

For now Koeman needs to pick the right players,..

We may not win anything alright, after all it's not like there are up to 5 different trophies being contested; it's only La Liga and UCL.
For me it's still a relatively new team with a new gaffer.

But the chemistry will improve and a striker is lacking.

Luckydubby7:
Say wetin happen?
Protesters are not the problem but the politicians who hired thugs to disorganized peaceful protesters.

Goan protest.

Racoon:
So police will be the ones to determine the right to peaceful protest & no more the Nigerian constitution? Shebi una never still get the message? Same police that is constitutionally empowered to protect peaceful protesters while arresting miscreants?

No tyranny have ever succeed against the resolve of a determined people. #EndSARS will be a child's play when another uprising will spring up.

Goan protest and stop speaking English.

joviegghead:
This is Just so epic.

Ronaldo and Bruno are chasing him (penalty rankings)

If he had been scoring from open play nobody would have trolled him like this.

Anyway, these are part of what makes football fun.

I think they are all being trolled there.

Especially the 3 of them; Messi, Ronaldo and Bruno.



It's a savage one.

OfficialAwol:
I cannot be in Nigeria and claim to know what's best for Americans anymore.

If they say they want Biden, then Biden they shall have.

In fact if it's Buhari they want let them talk. We will waybill the cow asap.

it's so amazing how talk is so cheap!

Is it actually a Biblical wedding or a Church wedding?

Never heard of Bibilcal wedding!

Lol.

He's got 2 bags filled with penalties to last a whole season.

Savagery!

He became the rejected stone.

joviegghead:
You think Koeman will play Braithwaite

I still don't understand. if you can give Pedri a chance ,why can't you give other talents.
People think our only problem is not taking chances. WRONG!

Our problems cut across ALL departments.
Dynamo Kiev came with a completely depleted team. The world thought barca would beat them with by 4-goal margin or more.

Guess what, Ter Stegen had to rescue us . Meaning they could have won that game.
That defense is WEAK.

The midfield? Slow transition. Still, Koeman believes Busquets is the key to successful Barca while talents rot on the bench.

The double pivot strategy is not working. The double pivot system aims at super solidity. What have we gotten so far? Porousness. Creativity? We on rely messi.

Attack? You know the story.

Koeman is just headstrong and rigid. I saw his worried face and I know he knows he's screwing up. Just try other options. And play the right players. Based on form and effectiveness and not based on Past glory.

I don't see us beating Betis. And may we not play any fellow elite club soon . if that happens, hmmm, Humiliation 2.0.

So tesspidd, there's nothing to be optimistic about.

Hehehehe

Like we both said, we can only be optimistic if Koeman would tweak his formations; introduce talents like Puig, Alena, more often.
Give Braithwaite a fighting chance.

TLona1:
The chemistry in the attack isn't really strong enough that's why Messi is finding hard to score.

If Suarez was still in Barca, I think Messi's goalscoring output would have been much better than this.

That's the word.

Jelling is required amongst them.

The major problem i see with the team remains the inability to put away chances.

Fati has tried, he's played his part in terms of getting the goals.

Messi, Dembele, Griezman, and Pedri, are not scoring goals!

We can only hope and pray for all that to change pretty soon.
If the goals start coming somehow, I believe so much in this team.

We are top of our UCL group and are technically 5 points behind Real Madrid in La Liga.
And considering all of the challenges faced by this club on and off the field, it could be much worse than this.

Braithwaite could offer us something very different in attack, We should give Braithwaite a chance, replace Griezman.

Koeman has got no choice now but to try Braithwaite upfront.

Messi could play behind him,
flanked by Fati to the left and Dembele to the left in a 4-2-3-1 formation.

We even reason to be optimistic, if our attackers start burying chances.

LordPsalm:
Guys instead of betting on football games and loose everything, why not bet on boxing, even if you lose, at least you know that the guy that made you lose got the beating of his life ......��

There is sense in this.

joviegghead:
Dynamo Kiev manager said some sh*t about Barça.

"They have a squad with very talented players, but they need time to learn the mechanisms.
"I don't think Barcelona are at the level to win the Champions League at the moment. Bayern Munich, Manchester City or Paris Saint-Germain have more options"

He said "learn the mechanisms".

I'll love a thrashing.

Then Betis manager too that watered down Barça. He believes now is a good time to face Barça.

I can't wait for this weekend as well.

Betis are 7th on the log.

It won't be easy.

joviegghead:
My reply was directed to practically everyone criticizing Messi.

You may not have tagged him terrible but the comments of some people here, by implication, have declared him Terrible.

calm down. I get your point.

And yes, a player can be criticized. But sensibly. I've criticized messi for his deficiency in leadership department. Yet, I recognize the that he leads in other ways like stepping up for the team countless times.

let it end here.


Our criticism won't change anything but some people just love to drag like fools without thinking about other variables.

Prediction for Tonight's game?

3-0 for Barca.

Messi to score 2 penalties, Griezman 1 goal.

helinues:
Are you trying to mock Trump ?

homesteady:
In the post were I uploaded the screenshot, I explained the peculiarities of the unsuccessful dribbles, it not my fault that you have comprehension issues.

Since you have insisted on displaying more of your foolishness and you have decided showcase your coconut head, you will have to explain this: In the match against Alaves, Messi lost possession 27 times and this season in total Griezmann has lost possession 28 times.

Lets break it down for the slow ones, which you belong to. This match against Alavez was just 90 minutes, so he lost possession 27 times in 90 minutes, meanwhile Griezmann lost possession 28 times in 362.

Oya hold your ear, when next I tell you that per 90 minutes is the most preferable metric for players comparison, you will kneel down and thank me. Now run along. Go and continue defending Buhari in politics section. At least you can be doing louts argument there.

homesteady:
Do you think everyone here is a beer parlour "analyst" like yourself? I was cringing as I wrote analyst sef. Who doesn't know that per 90 minutes is the best metric for measuring player statistics? Have you ever sat down to watch the analysis of any match?

Look at this headline from Barca Universal. Do you now see how it lays credence to the stats?

You are just falling your hand. You have been on this section for a long time and you are still debating like an amateur.

See I am allergic to cyclic reasoning.
As much as I try to ignore your post, the sheer indiscretion gets crazy.

Stop quoting me let this matter rest.

homesteady:
Do you think everyone here is a beer parlour "analyst" like yourself? I was cringing as I wrote analyst sef. Who doesn't know that per 90 minutes is the best metric for measuring player statistics? Have you ever sat down to watch the analysis of any match?

Look at this headline from Barca Universal. Do you now see how it lays credence to the stats?

You are just falling your hand. You have been on this section for a long time and you are still debating like an amateur.

See me see wahala ooh.

Why are you still quoting me na...

I thought you said something about respecting opinions?


Here's a typical instance;

If in 90 minutes Griezman attempts 5 dribbles and succeeds in all he has a 100%.

Then Messi attempts 30 dribbles and succeeds in 25, he has 83%

Or maybe Griezman possesses the ball 20 times and got dispossead 8 times ,

While Messi possesses the ball 50 times and lost the ball 10 times,


Based on these 2 criteria you're trying to tell us that Griezman had a better game abi?

Lol.

Did you recently zero trim your brain or what?

joviegghead:
Yea!
Pundits are tipping he'll be benched tonight sef.

Hmn

Whatever we do, it is very very essential to top that group ahead of Juve. Now we have the edge already.

joviegghead:
That 'messi is lazy' argument is obviously a silly one.

Double digits?!

Don't You think Messi should play only 65 minutes tonight and against Betis on Saturday?

Preshob:
And does the 2/3 stuff actually work in our electoral system?? abi what is obtainable is the person with the highest number of votes emerging the winner??

You see how nobody is even interested in the popular votes in this USA elections because it can easily be manipulated but everybody is focused on the Electoral college votes cause it shows the real choice of the electorates with little or no irregularities. But in Nigeria, although it's enshrined in the constitution that the candidates must win 2/3 states in the election to be declared the winner, nobody is really interested in that.....everybody keeps waiting for the hugely manipulated Kano, Kaduna and Katsina votes

The bolded makes sense but is it not unfair that some states have a bigger electoral college than others?