Re: Match Day Thread 19/20

[danyjr]

Love watching this Messi.

[Myesyats]

penal, justicia

[danyjr]

Rubén Pérez did everything he could to stop Messi and he owned him 2-3 times in a row, he was then arguing for 2 minutes with the referee that he didn't do anything and it wasn't a penalty.

STFU and sit down bitch.

[danyjr]

Riqui pooooooooooooooooch

[Myesyats]

A lot of 1 touch passing. Rare sight

[Harmonica]

Love these 5 sub games.

[danyjr]

What size shirt does Puig wear?

Boys Medium

[danyjr]

Pointless yellow cards being picked up by Barcelona players right now.

[Harmonica]

Yeah, Lenglet misses Sevilla game, Umtiti needs to avoid yellow.

[danyjr]

Ter Stegen: Like that he is playing a proper sweeper keeper now. More dangerous but more fun.
Firpo: Very much a headless chicken and chaotic. Poor passing. Never Barcelona material.
Umtiti: Looking very rusty. Needs way more minutes to look on par with the rest.
Puig: Really like this kid. Wish you guys had kept Aleñá. He too would have been useful during these times.
Fati: Better than Griezmann all day.
Messi: Slowly finding his rhythm. He is working harder than usual defensively. Hope he doesn't get burned out.

[windkick]

Aleña is only on loan, he will I imagine play a role next season with rumors the club is trying to push Vidal, Rakitic and maybe even Arthur out and Busqs getting old. The club is broke

[danyjr]

I prefer Aleñá to Arthur. Arthur is only rated by a certain demographic of Barcelona fans. In fact I don't remember anyone outside of culers actually rating him. He is not athletic, doesn't contribute much to defence in terms of tackling , for a midfielder he plays more back passes than forward passes, and apparently has an unprofessional lifestyle.

Rakitić (32), Vidal (33) and Busquets (32) on the other hand are old and all probably on high salaries. Like it or not they will have to be replaced in a few years anyway so it would be better not to delay the inevitable and save some money.

The club's financial rumours are concerning indeed. I wonder though if this is exclusive to Barça or are all clubs experiencing financial difficulties right now.

[BarcaLearning]

I feel Lenglet is just getting better and better for us, hes gonna be our main defender when Pique is gone, and its not gonna be Umtiti. I like how Lenglet is always calm and cool, which cannot be said or Umtiti. We probably will need to sign another top CB once Pique goes, unless one of the youngsters manage to step up.

Fati looks to be growing, lets hope it continues, although I dont see all the type about Puig still. For a team like Barca, I just dont see that much time and opportunity for the young players to develop and get game time, not unless they can offer something, which Fati has done this season given the circumstances, but normally, chances are far less, so its either u get yourself to a level good enough for the team fast, or u go back to B team, unless ur just in the squad purely as a backup to play vs the weaker teams or in the cup games etc.

Good to see Messi hungry as expected he always is, same for Suarez and Griezmann. Looks like Vidal is ahead of the pecking order for Arthur atm. I wonder what Setien has planned for our midfield once the season ends, I hope he signs another top player there, otherwise we will be lacking still.

[BarrileteCosmico]

BARÇA: Ter Stegen; Semedo, Piqué, Lenglet, Jordi Alba; Busquets, Rakitic, Arturo Vidal; Messi, Luis Suárez y Braithwaite.

That midfield The 33 yo club

[Myesyats]

The least dynamic team in all of Europe

[BarrileteCosmico]

just noticed they put a player in the ground for the FKs against Messi a bit of an unusual strategy

[danyjr]

Bring De Jong for Busquets and swap Suárez with Ansu, move Braithwaite to the middle and Ansu on the left.

[danyjr]

Zero creativity in this midfield.

[BarrileteCosmico]

Zero creativity in this midfield.

the problem in a nutshell

[danyjr]

Griezmann in.

Sevilla to win this game.

[BarrileteCosmico]

For silver linings, feel like Semedo, Lenglet and Alba are having strong games

[BarrileteCosmico]

Ffffffdddd Suárez had it

[danyjr]

For silver linings, feel like Semedo, Lenglet and Alba are having strong games

Or maybe they're just not as bad as the rest

[Myesyats]

Bring De Jong for Busquets and swap Suárez with Ansu, move Braithwaite to the middle and Ansu on the left.

De Jong was injured for this game tho

But agreed, none of Rakitic, Busq and Arthur are creative. They were just passing along their line without any penetration. That was a horrible display

[danyjr]

Changes should have happened way earlier. Still better than Valturde though.

When Griezmann came I knew it was over. My feelings get hurt when I watch him play in this team.

[BarrileteCosmico]

Ter Stegen; Semedo, Piqué, Lenglet, Jordi Alba; Busquets, Arturo Vidal, Arthur; Messi, Luis Suárez y Griezmann.

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