Re: The Official LaLiga Thread

[halamadrid2]

Typical Madrid way to concede. Coasting through a game only to give up a poverty goal. Poor Tibu

This Gavi kid is a foul machine. How he escapes yellow cards is beyond me

[halamadrid2]

We need to get the ball to Benz on the ground. Pique has his number on the air duels. Asensio is absolutely useless on the ball. Any decend RW would force Dembele to play as a second LB but this guy is as useless as a sack of potatoes. Keep getting the ball to Vini and Benz ffs. This right wing is dead

[Myesyats]

Dembele playing pretty well on the left... meanwhile Torres looking lost as expected though..

Ferran centrally with Ansu on the left and Dembele on the right would be better. But Lord Luuk scored so cannot complain


But Ferran has been out injured for a while so dont expect miracles as he's not exactly match fit

[Hapless_Hans]

Happy to see that Real Madrid are crap too, not that that wasn't expected.

Very gratifying that the CL quarters will have no Spanish teams.

La Liga is a proper Super League eh? Eh?

[Casciavit]

De Jong is painfully misused.

I'm not even saying this because I'm a big fan of his, but just look at Modric. In possession, Modric almost plays like a RCB at times. He's covering for the RB who plays high up the pitch. He plays behind the ball.

Frenkie should be playing in an identical role for Barca, but instead, he's playing just off Luuk De Jong like he's a second striker. Even Ten Hag said Frenkie isn't a #10 and that he once subbed him off for moving higher up the pitch than he should have.

He should be behind the ball, not making runs ahead of it. Hopefully, when Fati's back, Xavi changes the roles in the left triangle.

[halamadrid2]

Crap until we meet Buyern and put a sock in their mouths until we face off again. Wash, rinse, repeat

Who will they be humiliated by this time after Lucas and Asensio tiki takad their way to a goal. Tipping it to be Isco and Hazard combining for a goalzo

[danyjr]

De Jong is painfully misused.

I'm not even saying this because I'm a big fan of his, but just look at Modric. In possession, Modric almost plays like a RCB at times. He's covering for the RB who plays high up the pitch. He plays behind the ball.

Frenkie should be playing in an identical role for Barca, but instead, he's playing just off Luuk De Jong like he's a second striker. Even Ten Hag said Frenkie isn't a #10 and that he once subbed him off for moving higher up the pitch than he should have.

He should be behind the ball, not making runs ahead of it. Hopefully, when Fati's back, Xavi changes the roles in the left triangle.

He's a poor man's Kheidra, is what he is.

The reason he is played up is because he is the only midfielder who actually makes runs inside the box (e.g. Barcelona's goal). Otherwise he can't play good passes in the final third and his awareness is poor for a midfielder.

[Casciavit]

De Jong is painfully misused.

I'm not even saying this because I'm a big fan of his, but just look at Modric. In possession, Modric almost plays like a RCB at times. He's covering for the RB who plays high up the pitch. He plays behind the ball.

Frenkie should be playing in an identical role for Barca, but instead, he's playing just off Luuk De Jong like he's a second striker. Even Ten Hag said Frenkie isn't a #10 and that he once subbed him off for moving higher up the pitch than he should have.

He should be behind the ball, not making runs ahead of it. Hopefully, when Fati's back, Xavi changes the roles in the left triangle.

He's a poor man's Kheidra, is what he is.

The reason he is played up is because he is the only midfielder who actually makes runs inside the box (e.g. Barcelona's goal). Otherwise he can't play good passes in the final third and his awareness is poor for a midfielder.

I agree that's why he's playing high up the pitch because he can make runs into the box, but his best qualities have always been his press resistance and driving the ball forward. Those qualities are wasted playing next to Luuk De Jong.

[BarcaLearning]

Abde on for Frankie is puzzling... Xavi thinks we lost the MF anyway n gamble?

[Casciavit]

Abde has the posture of an ogre ffs

[Hapless_Hans]

The quality of football is just abysmal.

[Hapless_Hans]

Game has the quality and rhythm of a preseason game after 10 subs have been made each

[BarcaLearning]

Abde seriously needs to improve his game, pass it more instead of non stop head down n dribble at the time

[BarcaLearning]

Pedri for Frankie it was... which was a mistake unless Freankie is injured? The way things are going looks =like Xavi just wanna sell everyone n just promote cheap B players lol...

[BarcaLearning]

Militao continues to makes some big mistakes? Thanks says Fati who seems to always score in his first game back?

[BarcaLearning]

Dembele continues all the same, its either great or terrible, but so entertaining

[danyjr]

Dembélé's first touch is so bad

[BarcaLearning]

Extra time classico, havent seen that in yrs it must be? W00t!

Credit to Xavi for some brave tactics n selections n subs, n the team to be really up for it pushing Real all the way, expected we get beat easily...

[BarcaLearning]

Btw, this game being played in Saudi Arabia wtf? Anyone know who actually gets the oil money from these games? The clubs or the Spanish FA or whoever organizes the Copa?

[Myesyats]

Nico is great, i love him

[BarcaLearning]

We doing well to still be in it... but dont think we can muster much anymore... Real looking like knocking us out of the Copa which we've dominated for so many yrs... had to end I guess.

Dembele n Busquets our best players by far this game...

Now that Ferran is in? N Fati is back? Depay also... we prolly see Fati left, Depay middle, Dembele right? 3 black players click perhaps hopefully But not getting excited yet. Ferran also looks like a flop already as expected

[BarcaLearning]

Just realized this is just the new upgrade version of the Super Copa then? The real Copa still on?

[Mamad]

Ancelotti's tactic's are awful. let the opponent play and we counter. yeah against a City or Bayern maybe but not against this Barca who are shit at the back.

We could have lost ffs.

[halamadrid2]

This whole no ballboy thing is so lame. Took a good few second everytime for players to chase after balls

You know its a glorified friendly when gazillion subs are made and the reff still only gives 2 minutes of additional time

Impressed by Barca's constant pressing. Not sure how long Xavi can sustain it if they keep losing anyways

Hazards wait for a Clasico cameo goes on......

[Myesyats]

Real are going out against first decent team in CL

This game was for the taking, shame how it ended.

i like Xavi's tactics, i think some personal changes are still needed for it to fully click

[BarcaLearning]

De Jong is painfully misused.

I'm not even saying this because I'm a big fan of his, but just look at Modric. In possession, Modric almost plays like a RCB at times. He's covering for the RB who plays high up the pitch. He plays behind the ball.

Frenkie should be playing in an identical role for Barca, but instead, he's playing just off Luuk De Jong like he's a second striker. Even Ten Hag said Frenkie isn't a #10 and that he once subbed him off for moving higher up the pitch than he should have.

He should be behind the ball, not making runs ahead of it. Hopefully, when Fati's back, Xavi changes the roles in the left triangle.

Barcas been playing players out of their best positions for yrs, partly to compensate for Messi though, but De Jong now still due to us needing more goal threat n link up in the middle.

Agree that once our attack is improved, Frankie should be able to play deeper n focus more on his best position n attributes...

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