La Liga 2023/24

We are depleted beyond belief. Will be surprised if Barca aren't in the mix come Feb/March

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— Out Of Context Football (@nocontextfooty) November 25, 2023

Sooo... Pedri then, what exactly does this guy actually do neat on the ball, does this Iniesta turn quite well but apart from that?

Pedri is great... hes more of a traditional play maker, so depending on the game he can really shine or disappear seemingly. Physically still lacking sometimes though improved.

We are still very flaw so everyone looks worst than they are, especially when up front we have limited options to play towards. Oppositions all know to bully Lewand nowadays so he cant do as much as he used to for us (as shown by Myesyat's vid). LW is a black hole, RW is average at best, so relying on our FBs a lot to help having options up front.

De Jong is just back n Pedri himself only a few games, so they should improve. Romeu being our only DM is a huge problem. I hope Xavi has the balls to play Gundogan instead n have De Jong play the DM position. More risky but all cules would rather that than the constant shit show we been seeing.

Lucky that other teams are worst than us with prolly only Atletico, so top 4 shouldnt be a problem

He is a great playmaker, but with Pinocchio Lewa, kindergartener Yamal and Barbie Ferran there is nobody to feed balls too

The problem is mostly Xavi though, not individual players

You must realize you have a habit of praising players when they come in and when things are going south you Put down the same players you were praising!

I believe both Gavi and Pedri are very good players.the issue is both are being overplayed and subject to injury by both Barca and NT plus they are rushed back too soon after injuries.

Rodrygo has been great these last few games. Watch him get injured for 10 weeks midweek

Hows Joselu been for u guys? Cos he doesnt seem confident at Real which I think is quite normal, especially when the other players like Vini n Rodrygo are wizards with the ball Its a different thing to shoulder the responsibility to lead the attack at Real compared with an average club. The way he was too afraid to touch that ball into the net was really something

Vibe wrote:I think one of the main things that changed in Real Madrid since 2000 is also the reason for the abundance of success, which is that players get time.

If Vini came 10-15 years earlier he would get disposed of quickly and never be the same, he's a world class player now instead. Though they did sign Hazard, if he worked out I don't know how would it go for Vini.

If Hazard had worked out Vini would've been biding his time like Valverde did under KCM. Not sure he'd improved the aspects that needed improving but he'd been less under the microscope where people wouldn't see all his flaws. In the end he was thrust into the limelight and expected to deliver straight away.

BarcaLearning wrote:Hows Joselu been for u guys? Cos he doesnt seem confident at Real which I think is quite normal, especially when the other players like Vini n Rodrygo are wizards with the ball Its a different thing to shoulder the responsibility to lead the attack at Real compared with an average club. The way he was too afraid to touch that ball into the net was really something

We dont have players with Joselu's quality in our squad. If anything he is needed when we need to put crosses into the box because nobody bar him and Bellingham are good in the air from the midfield up. That play was pretty embarrasing since he wasnt even offside.

Barca kids get the hype all the time, but this Diaz kid been impressive for Real... wonder if he will succeed at Real which is very difficult as an attacking star, but at least he should be someone wanted by many other clubs. Maybe if he doesnt like warming the bench he can come n save us from watching the likes of Ferran Torres

hope he can displace Lewandisney

Official: Vitor Roque will join FC Barcelona in January. pic.twitter.com/k9DhuidZTf

— Barça Universal (@BarcaUniversal) December 2, 2023

Not that long ago Lewand had been great for us, so I refuse to criticise him... no idea about Vitor Roque... anything is welcome though, n if hes half as good as either Vini or Rodrygo thats upgrade for us

Our lineup is 4-3-3... good cos I thought Xavi might have went with Romeu Win or lose at least its our best team currently to watch...

It had to be him

JOAO sinks Bumletico. Our best game this season, most fluid and balanced so far, nice having FDJ back

Still need to score more, but there is improvement, Lewa sucks tho.

imagine celebrating like that against your club on loan, his arc is insane

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— LALIGA (@LaLiga) December 3, 2023

Vibe wrote:Maybe I don't know the whole story, but Atletico paid over a 100 million for him? And played him a lot.

Then they let him on loan wherever he wanted, even to close rivals. Why do that?

cos they both hate Real Madrid.

oh lol. a lot of players see it as disrespect to get loaned out. like you don't think i'm good enough for you. so they have no problem celebrating against the parent club. i think the guys that don't tend to be guys who left and had been at the club for a long time, or it was their home town club or something sentimental like that.

He got a lot of abuse from them Atletico fans when he decided to join us... he said in the post match interview his reaction was for those, n not directed at the club.

Think it was 120M they signed him when he was like 20 n one of the hottest prospect. Simone stuck with him for a long time but he didnt live up to expectations. Glad hes doing well with us so far, but his price is high... though we definitely can afford that since we paid similar amounts for the likes fking blackhole Ferran XD

Felix arent perfect though, not even a winger n doesnt defend, so our LB gets overrun in most games... especially since we dont really have an DM. Raphinha has immense work rate on the other side but we really should try n get a LW next season...

Nice game for us but I also think some Atletico players under performed... but they just couldnt touch our midfield trio, it was a joy to watch

Man... 1-2... Girona are so mobile n athletic... n our midfield cant keep up really... Kounde is just too slow at RB, De Jong cant cover the d on his own, Pedri is too far forward n Gundogan too slow to cover... Felix not defending is a problem... no wonder Girona doing so well this season. Seems like top 4 our target should be it

Girona is meh actually imo, but they are ruthless on the counter and we lack a real DM who can react to that in transition.

I would try out Christensen at dm if I were Chavier.

Dunno if that would work since Christensen is pretty slow player as well? We would need to drop one of our mid or change the formation which wouldnt be better anyway. The way we play means teams often counter us, but I guess its hard to ask for a perfect DM in our case since he would need to be great with the ball as well as hard working... maybe if Xavi can get Felix n Pedri to defend even more, though the latter works extremely hard already...

Oh ffs... Xavi brings on Ferran, fuk me...

Only matter of time b4 Real pull away... they r top without even Vini playing The rest of us are so far behind. Only way maybe is if they go on a CL run again n cbf with the league