We fking hoof the ball.

Every GK was hoofed, we disposseed ourself at least 30/40 times this game.

WTF is wrong with these people.

The only way to beat barca is to be like barca, attack with possesion as long as we can, not fk up the ball every time.

AND WE FKING NEED A RB. FOR GOD SAKE.

Slow players eveerywhere in the feild.

i am angry, icant even write. DMAN IT.

seriously wtf? Why did they keep doing that? They did it so much it looked like that was their strategy.

i belive it was fking mou stratagy. damn it.

How many more times are we going to hoof the ball? Everytime = Barca press = Back to Casillas = hoof it back to Barca.

With players that can't keep the ball on the pressure ( lass, Pepe and Xabi ) there was no other choice.

its about players.

Lol! Last year final u had a similar game plan, except it was low long balls towards the corner on the counter

It was strange, but u guys said it, u guys polayed quite well b4 our equaliser, but after that its like ur players just paniched and went into sucking mode lol.

The thing that really sucks for us is that Barca's got tall defensive players, while all their attackers are midgets. Hoofing the ball almost always leads to Abidal, Pique, Busquets and Puyol's head.

Hoof only when in danger, and not as a tactic.

There were so many chances where people could've made risky and attacking passes, but opted to pass all the way back, just to hoof it back up.

We need balls to win el clasicos. We can't win playing safely. After all, Barca, when they attack, take sh*tloads of risks.

Mou needs to turn these boys into men.

Ozil, Sahin and Alonso in midfield hopefully next time.

RedEyesWhiteBeard wrote:its because you haven't got good ball playing CB's imo, they dont know how to take the ball under pressure and distribute it to the KEY midfielders. some of your defenders when they are pressed just give it back to cas, then cas has to hoof the ball to feel safe.

Varane and Ramos can do it.

the problem is that there isnt a single player on our squad that can play under pressure bar Di Maria and maybe Ozil

Barca have Xavi, Messi, Iniesta, Alves, Busquets, Pique, etc. who will still manage to give a pinpoint pass even when pressured

Xabi is terrible under pressure, it has to be said. Our whole midfield as a matter of fact. Eliminate our midfield with pressure and theres no other way to get the ball to our attackers but to hoof it

RedEyesWhiteBeard wrote:its because you haven't got good ball playing CB's imo, they dont know how to take the ball under pressure and distribute it to the KEY midfielders. some of your defenders when they are pressed just give it back to cas, then cas has to hoof the ball to feel safe.

There were many times the CBs could've made forward passes on the ground. Instead, they got scared and passed back to Cas instead. It's not really an issue of ability (except for Pepe), but balls.

Also, the defensive midfielders should present themselves for the CBs better IMO.

mtfootball wrote:Ozil, Sahin and Alonso in midfield hopefully next time.

YES!

Fielding midfielders that get balls back, but then lose it again, is self- defeating almost.

We need more composed cb, pepe is done for. Varane must get a ahead start in Shit nou. Özil, Sahin, Alonso as starting midfielders, not Lass ffs.

We need a midfield that can retain possession, even under pressure

Put the current midfield that was fielded tonight under pressure and its as if we had 3 useless players that waste possession every time

RedEyesWhiteBeard wrote:its because you haven't got good ball playing CB's imo, they dont know how to take the ball under pressure and distribute it to the KEY midfielders IN GOOD AREAS OF THE PITCH. some of your defenders when they are pressed just give it back to cas, then cas has to hoof the ball to feel safe. also some of your mids cant keep the ball under pressure as well

ramos is arguably the ebst ball playing cb in the world

diptiman wrote:

RedEyesWhiteBeard wrote:its because you haven't got good ball playing CB's imo, they dont know how to take the ball under pressure and distribute it to the KEY midfielders IN GOOD AREAS OF THE PITCH. some of your defenders when they are pressed just give it back to cas, then cas has to hoof the ball to feel safe. also some of your mids cant keep the ball under pressure as well

ramos is arguably the ebst ball playing cb in the world

Arugably...clearly it would be Pique though if its just these 2 teams...

I agree with what most of you said here, that we need a CB who can actually hold on to the ball and not get ship-wrecked under pressure. To be honest we need all four of our defenders to be great with the ball at their feet. Marcelo would be golden in these types of games if he had any sense of defending in him.

What baffles me most though, isn't even our defense or our CB's. It's when someone like Bisquit (especially him) or Xavi shield the ball from our players by their 18 yard box. What i dont understand is how our players can be such big idiots when it comes to that. Instead of trying to simply use their strength and try to brush Barcas midgets or the branch that is Bisquit aside, they fly in with tackles and foul. That happened so many times during the game, it was quite frustrating to watch the stupidity of our players to keep repeatedly fouling in that situation. It's either their stupidity or Bisquite, xavi and other Barca midgets are just super strong and I"VE BEEN DECEIVED.

And also @ BarcaLearning.....are u by any chance a closet Madrid fan? You seem to be spending way too much time in here than in your own club's section.

BarcaLearning wrote:

diptiman wrote:

RedEyesWhiteBeard wrote:its because you haven't got good ball playing CB's imo, they dont know how to take the ball under pressure and distribute it to the KEY midfielders IN GOOD AREAS OF THE PITCH. some of your defenders when they are pressed just give it back to cas, then cas has to hoof the ball to feel safe. also some of your mids cant keep the ball under pressure as well

ramos is arguably the ebst ball playing cb in the world

Arugably...clearly it would be Pique though if its just these 2 teams...

Hummels is better then both

t. silva,hummels>ramos

Messiakanino wrote:I agree with what most of you said here, that we need a CB who can actually hold on to the ball and not get ship-wrecked under pressure. To be honest we need all four of our defenders to be great with the ball at their feet. Marcelo would be golden in these types of games if he had any sense of defending in him.

What baffles me most though, isn't even our defense or our CB's. It's when someone like Bisquit (especially him) or Xavi shield the ball from our players by their 18 yard box. What i dont understand is how our players can be such big idiots when it comes to that. Instead of trying to simply use their strength and try to brush Barcas midgets or the branch that is Bisquit aside, they fly in with tackles and foul. That happened so many times during the game, it was quite frustrating to watch the stupidity of our players to keep repeatedly fouling in that situation. It's either their stupidity or Bisquite, xavi and other Barca midgets are just super strong and I"VE BEEN DECEIVED.

And also @ BarcaLearning.....are u by any chance a closet Madrid fan? You seem to be spending way too much time in here than in your own club's section.

Yea I realised I should keep some of my opinions out of here Regarding Busquets and Xavi, they have the strength and skills to keep the ball, its what makes them that good...

wow barcalearning is still here /??

thiss is what i want you to do barcalearning --->

Ganso wrote:t. silva,hummels>ramos

in ball playing ability it is arguable..

Ramos isn't even close to becoming the best ball playing CB. He's clumsy as *bleep*.

Senor Penguin wrote:Ramos isn't even close to becoming the best ball playing CB. He's clumsy as *bleep*.