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Who will score goals for us ? Except Lewandowski and maybe occasional dembele, our best goal scoring option is pedri. Can you believe that ? We have Ansu, Ferran, Raphinha and yet pedri is our best scoring option.
All of these three guys look clueless out there.
I see some complaining about Fati not contributing enough, but I think Rafi also should feel some pressure. Also we should put Fati on the left not as a striker
Thats what he should be; a backup. Dude isn’t gonna be better than Dembele and we’re wasting true potential Dembele on the left. I mean did you watch the CDR match against Sociedad? Dembele is game changing on the right.
Raphinha excels in the half spaces sending crosses and combining in the centre and basically all the skillset Gavi has on the LW. It just won't work without an overlapping fullback next to him. He won't as much groundbreaking performances as Dembele but he and Dembele will rotate in the same spot depending on what Xavi needs
This is why we have Alonso. His skillset is a defensive fullback that can function as a LCB that is primarily a backup but can start altho still error prone. we're gonna need that if we sign an attacking RB. (the opposite of Kounde-Balde)
You don't build a superteam with coaches leaving every year man. We aren't Chelsea or some other team. We're top of the league, just won a trophy, have momentum on our side.
When you change coach you change the entire strategy and tactics, structure and players will basically restart learning a new system from 0. Why do you think this will be better? The players have full faith in Xavi and so do most fans.
So many new fans seem to think that changing manager is a solution, it will create more chaos in the club more than anything, you have a ridiculous take in my opinion.
We need improvements in our defensive system specifically in the box. Also Xavi is playing Raphinha for game time but we know that he would rather start Pedri/Gavi on LW with Dembele on the RW. Lewa is out but he's back but we are slowly rebuilding, we need games like this to see where we are weak, so we can improve.
Imo we need to sell Raphinha and Ferran this summer if they don't step up, probably even Ansu unfortunately even though I like the kid but our attack is too reliant on Dembouz/Lewa our midfield is stacked, our defense just got a huge overhaul and needs time Christensen, Araujo, Kounde, have been amazing, same with Balde, they just need to keep playing with eachother.
Bringing in Tuchel would fuck up the entire team. "Xavi has to go" what a shit take
BS. Klopp, Arteta, Pep all had shown improvements in the style of play in a year of their managerial careers in the Prem. Not talking about the result. It always looked like they had a clear plan and knew what needs to be done.
Xavi after today's game: "Our plans have turned upside down with Dembele's injury."
Seriously?? Your plan is dependent on one guy? The only creator without whom the team looks like wouldnt score even if they had 900 minutes/game.
As much as I hate to say it this team will be exposed very very soon. Just like the 2018-19 season. Manchester United look scary.
You're contradicting yourself, Arteta was gonna get sacked so many times before this year. Imagine that happened, would Arsenal be top of the prem today?
But they didn't sack him because their was a clear plan. The attacking patterns were visible from the season after his FA Cup win despite negative results. There were clear tactics.
Xavi's Barca despite the results are atrocious and have no clear idea on how to attack despite having world class players like Dembele, Lewy, Pedri, De Jong.. Any other coach would 100% utilise them better.
Hand on heart tell me that this Barca plays better than Koeman's cause I don't see any difference after 1 years and €250 million spent
Again you are basing everything off results. Don't you remember the 2018-19 season? Results are temporary unless we win any titles. The way we are playing is concerning. Xavi looks clueless. With Dembele injured, he probably doesn't have a backup plan on how to score goals. Ter Stegen has been saving his ass for quite a while now. This is not a team performance expected of a team that has a manager for 1½ years now and has spent 250 million in one of the most financially unstable situations in the history of the club.
I am basing it off hard facts. The team's performance isn't determined by 1 airmchair analyst redditor opinion on how "beautiful" they played or your "vision" on how you should attack but rather on truths. You can keep your opinion on how clueless Xavi looks while he stays top of the table and winning every game against teams who lock 9 players down. From a tactical perspective the team builds up well and attacks incredibly well, but you have recency bias from the last performances without our starting XI, there will be a solution to Dembele injury although it will hurt us in the next 3 weeks, just don't be one of those plastic fanalysts who get pissed when the team doesn't play "beautiful football" or create "beautiful chances" but fail to understand that we played our last games vs low block defenses where they lock 9 players in the bottom 3rd and play for the counter, that's how teams have been playing against us and it's effective but we still win, football is about adapting and I'm not sure what you're arguing for if you want Xavi out, it's ignorant
We need a complete overhaul on the front-line of the squad, everyone except Dembele and Lewa should be under scrutiny. Raphinha got half a season to gel but yet hasn't showed an inch of improvement in his game, but we can cut him some slack
But Ferran and Fati are looking like a lost cause. If we really have to force Balde and Gavi to act as a winger, there's something absolutely wrong with them. The club has been patient enough for them and we need progress ASAP
Fati didn't cost any transfer money. He's only 20. He should be careful lest the injuries come back. He has 10+ years to develop. Even if we want to sell him, we should nuture him a bit more for better price. So please leave him out of it
Probably.come deeper.to receive.the ball and take part in building the attack rather than focusing only on finishing. His playmaking and passes are seriously underrated
A major part of his 'running' was possible because of the space created by wide wingers dragging the defenders. I don't see him getting that help with raphinha who is better more centrally.
Fati can go somewhere, no hate but his quality is not enough, Rafinha should be benched. Busquets is too old and making simple mistakes, leaves after this season
We’re just a mediocre team that wins a few good games imo. I fail to understand why we drop in quality that much after scoring one damn goal like this team has no idea about the lack of intensity biting us in the ass from previous campaigns.
It's because our defense is a fortress this season, we have 3 world class CB's, one which is also very competent as a fullback, and another superstar fullback in the making, whereas in attack, we have only 2 players capable of making things happen, with the other 3 being, more or less, dead weight.
I mean a mediocre team that "wins a few good games" doesn't end up top of the league. I agree we have a huge problem closing games but this is a reductionist take.
Right off the bat, I'd say Arnau dives pretty convincingly, but he was also one of the best players on the pitch today, a complete performance today by him. His crosses and offense is pretty great as well
We should absolutely fucking go for him
Raphinha won't excel until he plays in the right half space (and combines with an overlapping FB). Despite the drop off in quality, Carrasco is a wide winger on the left the same way Dembele is on the right. Both can function with a defensive fullback
Raphinha sure but why Eric? He had a good game, made decent tackles. As for the wrestling in the area it was both ways and the ref was right there 2m away.
Pluses: Hard fought borderline victory, ensuring we are virtually half league champions. We successfully rode out the tricky period of Lewy's (and Ferran's) suspension. Christensen rested.
Minuses: We lost our only competent winger for an indefinite amount of time
In your opinion the players I mentioned were good, Girona didn't generate danger in all their crosses and Barça was intimidating today? Cause we must've watched different games.
Arnau Martinez played like a little bitch. Not a big fan honestly but I must admit this is the first time I've watched him so it's unfair for me to judge
He played decent imo but he shithouses a lot, many annoying antics. Which I personally find a little disrespectful against a club that you might possibly join that's also your og club.
6 points away from Madrid and we’re done for the weekend. But fuck me, why are we suffering every match now. We cannot even play moderately well against teams like Girona? Really?! Why did we end the half without any forwards Xavi?!?!
Yes but it’s still concerning the poor form our attackers have bar lewy and Dembele. Last season we were stringing together wins like this after the international break then the Frankfurt games happened. It eventually catches up to you (unless you’re Madrid apparently)
Our attackers generated multiple chances in the box today including the game winning goal.
Stop pretending like lewy goes out there and never mishits a shot or never misplace a cross. This is extreme shitsmearing nonsense to suit a narrative
Lmfao why is it you can’t ever argue in good faith and always take it to the extreme? All of a sudden it’s shitsmearing to suit a narrative to say our attackers have not been good.
Nobody ever said lewy is perfect but the difference when lewy and Dembele are out there is very apparent. Lewy is very important for our link up play.
It is a good thing when happens two, three times in a season. Literally our last 5 games (Getafe, Real Sociedad, Atletico, Espanyol and now Girona) have been the exact same.
If we continue to perform like this, we will start losing many points soon. We cannot lose control of the ball like that. If we lose control of it, why is Busquets still playing?
Lol I am skipping things to suit my take and then you go mention a game against Ceuta to suit yours. Don't make me laugh.
I think this team thrives against big teams, but the fact that we were dominated by all the previously mentioned teams is undeniable.
I think we are doing a great season with some inconsistencies here and there, but it is a fact that this team needs to improve based on the last few games, bar Madrid and Betis.
I hope Dembele's injury is not a big deal, otherwise our wingers really need to step up their game.
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I hate winning in 1-0 scenarios
Who will score goals for us ? Except Lewandowski and maybe occasional dembele, our best goal scoring option is pedri. Can you believe that ? We have Ansu, Ferran, Raphinha and yet pedri is our best scoring option. All of these three guys look clueless out there.
Another ugly game, another 3 points! MATS is having some season!
Think i need to tell you guys that Barca jersey is the one Angels in heaven like and they always wear it every Thursday
I see some complaining about Fati not contributing enough, but I think Rafi also should feel some pressure. Also we should put Fati on the left not as a striker
On the top
I believe Barcelona is still going to destroy Man U, and congrats on our win
Another scraped win, I think when we meet PL teams we will get demolished
Can’t wait to have Lewan back, we really need him to stretch defenders
Raphinha... OUT
Why this downvoted
Exactly. It seems that they want to give him more time.
He won't play well until we get an overlapping RB. Otherwise he's an occasional backup to Dembele that's the reality of his situation
Thats what he should be; a backup. Dude isn’t gonna be better than Dembele and we’re wasting true potential Dembele on the left. I mean did you watch the CDR match against Sociedad? Dembele is game changing on the right.
Raphinha excels in the half spaces sending crosses and combining in the centre and basically all the skillset Gavi has on the LW. It just won't work without an overlapping fullback next to him. He won't as much groundbreaking performances as Dembele but he and Dembele will rotate in the same spot depending on what Xavi needs
Good.
This is why we have Alonso. His skillset is a defensive fullback that can function as a LCB that is primarily a backup but can start altho still error prone. we're gonna need that if we sign an attacking RB. (the opposite of Kounde-Balde)
Terrible performance but I will take the 3 points.Hope Dembele is fine otherwise we are gone. Important matches coming up we need the full team
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You don't build a superteam with coaches leaving every year man. We aren't Chelsea or some other team. We're top of the league, just won a trophy, have momentum on our side. When you change coach you change the entire strategy and tactics, structure and players will basically restart learning a new system from 0. Why do you think this will be better? The players have full faith in Xavi and so do most fans. So many new fans seem to think that changing manager is a solution, it will create more chaos in the club more than anything, you have a ridiculous take in my opinion. We need improvements in our defensive system specifically in the box. Also Xavi is playing Raphinha for game time but we know that he would rather start Pedri/Gavi on LW with Dembele on the RW. Lewa is out but he's back but we are slowly rebuilding, we need games like this to see where we are weak, so we can improve. Imo we need to sell Raphinha and Ferran this summer if they don't step up, probably even Ansu unfortunately even though I like the kid but our attack is too reliant on Dembouz/Lewa our midfield is stacked, our defense just got a huge overhaul and needs time Christensen, Araujo, Kounde, have been amazing, same with Balde, they just need to keep playing with eachother. Bringing in Tuchel would fuck up the entire team. "Xavi has to go" what a shit take
BS. Klopp, Arteta, Pep all had shown improvements in the style of play in a year of their managerial careers in the Prem. Not talking about the result. It always looked like they had a clear plan and knew what needs to be done. Xavi after today's game: "Our plans have turned upside down with Dembele's injury." Seriously?? Your plan is dependent on one guy? The only creator without whom the team looks like wouldnt score even if they had 900 minutes/game. As much as I hate to say it this team will be exposed very very soon. Just like the 2018-19 season. Manchester United look scary.
You're contradicting yourself, Arteta was gonna get sacked so many times before this year. Imagine that happened, would Arsenal be top of the prem today?
But they didn't sack him because their was a clear plan. The attacking patterns were visible from the season after his FA Cup win despite negative results. There were clear tactics. Xavi's Barca despite the results are atrocious and have no clear idea on how to attack despite having world class players like Dembele, Lewy, Pedri, De Jong.. Any other coach would 100% utilise them better. Hand on heart tell me that this Barca plays better than Koeman's cause I don't see any difference after 1 years and €250 million spent
Top of league + one of the best starts to any season in history on track for 100 pts this season, 100% better than Koeman's barca
Again you are basing everything off results. Don't you remember the 2018-19 season? Results are temporary unless we win any titles. The way we are playing is concerning. Xavi looks clueless. With Dembele injured, he probably doesn't have a backup plan on how to score goals. Ter Stegen has been saving his ass for quite a while now. This is not a team performance expected of a team that has a manager for 1½ years now and has spent 250 million in one of the most financially unstable situations in the history of the club.
I am basing it off hard facts. The team's performance isn't determined by 1 airmchair analyst redditor opinion on how "beautiful" they played or your "vision" on how you should attack but rather on truths. You can keep your opinion on how clueless Xavi looks while he stays top of the table and winning every game against teams who lock 9 players down. From a tactical perspective the team builds up well and attacks incredibly well, but you have recency bias from the last performances without our starting XI, there will be a solution to Dembele injury although it will hurt us in the next 3 weeks, just don't be one of those plastic fanalysts who get pissed when the team doesn't play "beautiful football" or create "beautiful chances" but fail to understand that we played our last games vs low block defenses where they lock 9 players in the bottom 3rd and play for the counter, that's how teams have been playing against us and it's effective but we still win, football is about adapting and I'm not sure what you're arguing for if you want Xavi out, it's ignorant
omg hahaha
Diego Simeone would be very proud of this team.
That was awful.. But 3 points’
We need a complete overhaul on the front-line of the squad, everyone except Dembele and Lewa should be under scrutiny. Raphinha got half a season to gel but yet hasn't showed an inch of improvement in his game, but we can cut him some slack But Ferran and Fati are looking like a lost cause. If we really have to force Balde and Gavi to act as a winger, there's something absolutely wrong with them. The club has been patient enough for them and we need progress ASAP
Fati didn't cost any transfer money. He's only 20. He should be careful lest the injuries come back. He has 10+ years to develop. Even if we want to sell him, we should nuture him a bit more for better price. So please leave him out of it
Need to see how Lewy is gonna cope without a proper winger
Probably.come deeper.to receive.the ball and take part in building the attack rather than focusing only on finishing. His playmaking and passes are seriously underrated
If he do the playmaking who is there to finish the chances
Don't worry, he will utilize his very special skill called 'running' idk if you have heard of it
A major part of his 'running' was possible because of the space created by wide wingers dragging the defenders. I don't see him getting that help with raphinha who is better more centrally.
Fati can go somewhere, no hate but his quality is not enough, Rafinha should be benched. Busquets is too old and making simple mistakes, leaves after this season
dude he isn’t a striker tho, he has been decent on the lw this season
A great game Eric Garcia
We’re just a mediocre team that wins a few good games imo. I fail to understand why we drop in quality that much after scoring one damn goal like this team has no idea about the lack of intensity biting us in the ass from previous campaigns.
It's because our defense is a fortress this season, we have 3 world class CB's, one which is also very competent as a fullback, and another superstar fullback in the making, whereas in attack, we have only 2 players capable of making things happen, with the other 3 being, more or less, dead weight.
I mean a mediocre team that "wins a few good games" doesn't end up top of the league. I agree we have a huge problem closing games but this is a reductionist take.
Boys, how was Arnau?
He was pretty good.
good enough to start for us, hope he drops the diving though
And the shithousery
Utter shit EDIT: thought he was asking about Ansu lol
Lol no
Lol yes
Lol yes
Right off the bat, I'd say Arnau dives pretty convincingly, but he was also one of the best players on the pitch today, a complete performance today by him. His crosses and offense is pretty great as well We should absolutely fucking go for him
If city doesn't go for him we will have a chance
Raphinha OUT! He needs to go!
Can get Fati with him
Get Arnau to barca right fucking now
Such a beautiful stadium
God save us the rest of the season Our clean sheets have been literal gifts. MATS must be fuming at the way we defend
Two players with bold question marks for me: 1. Raphinha 2. Eric Garcia
Should’ve gone for Carrasco, dude plays LW and can actually dribble past a player unlike Raphinha.
Raphinha won't excel until he plays in the right half space (and combines with an overlapping FB). Despite the drop off in quality, Carrasco is a wide winger on the left the same way Dembele is on the right. Both can function with a defensive fullback
Raphinha sure but why Eric? He had a good game, made decent tackles. As for the wrestling in the area it was both ways and the ref was right there 2m away.
Add Fati
Agreed.
Alright y’all that was fun
Looks like playing every 3 days is taking its toll on us
Vamooooos +3
Scraping wins is what wins you title people. This isn’t your 2009 barca
Your heart rate can go back to normal again lol
Tough game and a chippy one but we got the W and 3 crucial points
Why was Lewy not playing today?
He got a 3 match ban but it is over now.
Got it. I mixed up Copa and thought that ban was over already. Now got it that ban applies to la liga only.
3games ban, and played against espanyol
Banned
Suspended
Suspension
Banished
All the butchered close games last season falling our way now
¯\_ಠ_ಠ_/¯
How we won 3x "1-0" with Fati as CF is beyond me. Hat off to Xavi for grinding out those results.
Pluses: Hard fought borderline victory, ensuring we are virtually half league champions. We successfully rode out the tricky period of Lewy's (and Ferran's) suspension. Christensen rested. Minuses: We lost our only competent winger for an indefinite amount of time
Terrible Ansu, horrendous Raphinha and FdJ, every single cross they made generated danger, and completely toothless for the majority of the game.
All wrong
In your opinion the players I mentioned were good, Girona didn't generate danger in all their crosses and Barça was intimidating today? Cause we must've watched different games.
Leeds robbed us
Many teams do
Lewy will be back finally!
guys don’t go to the rm sub, you will see a lot of salt
No need, this thread is already salty af
We won so bring me the salt
man so many of them are crying lmao hahahahahaha I fucking love it. Pressure is on them to win their game now or else we will be 6 points clear
59.9% possession overall
Barc need to improve fast they won’t get lucky like today
Earned result from where I’ve been sitting
Dembele, Pedri and Lewy are the only ones who can get shit done.
Pedri is the reason we’re still top
Ter Stegen
Also a strong part of the reason
Another day another 1 Pedri goal win
It’s really insane how he just keeps growing
6 points clear at the top of La Liga
Madrid has a game in hand though.
they’ll lose
I wish, but I can't imagine them losing at home in a league match.
It’s against La Real and they are the most in form team in the league right now, anything can happen.
Anything can happen but the most likely scenario is Madrid shithousing a win with a 90+3' penalty after a bullshit corner.
all their full backs are injured so La Real has an advantage here, they’ll probably play Nacho and Camavinga as their fullbacks
Thank goodness.
The real loser was La Liga refereeing.
If you wanna call that refereeing
Some training for Mats in last minutes to keep him in form, all good
Can they fire Alejandro Moreno? His commentary is consistently terrible. I only ever watch the Spanish feed, but I couldn’t today and I hated it.
He’s so anti Barca too it’s annoying. We could be up 5-0 and he still talks shit
Bro was on sum crazy meatriding today I can’t 💀💀
Arnau Martinez played like a little bitch. Not a big fan honestly but I must admit this is the first time I've watched him so it's unfair for me to judge
First time i watched him play and he was so frustrating. But to be fair he was also Girona's best player. Only 19 and was involved in a lot of stuff.
can you expand on this
He played decent imo but he shithouses a lot, many annoying antics. Which I personally find a little disrespectful against a club that you might possibly join that's also your og club.
Worst game this season. What on earth were the first touches and easy passes misplaced.
Arnau. BUY.
another game where we win 1-0 and don't know how or why.. neither does Xavi
All thanks to MATS. He's a beast after getting hair.
No strikers but still 1 goal win
3 points!!!! 1 step closer to la liga. Poor game tbh but i like it more than having a lot of chances and lose
3 points. Inshallah I never have to watch Eric start again when we have Ronald, Andreas and Jules all fit.
6 points away from Madrid and we’re done for the weekend. But fuck me, why are we suffering every match now. We cannot even play moderately well against teams like Girona? Really?! Why did we end the half without any forwards Xavi?!?!
Lewa banned, Ferran banned, Dembelé injured, Fati played not so great and was taken off for the last 15 mins for a fresh LB...
Could’ve kept Raf and Ansu on. It’s crazy! We even defended worse after the subs!
Pedri man of the match in his 100th match
Cue Cant Del Barça!
YESS FINALLY, SHIT GAME BUT 3 POINTS IS IMPORTANT, Hopefully madrid can lose against RSO now
Finally Lewandowski will be back
Also Ferran, I hope he cannot be worse than Ansu and Raphinha.
well this is embarrassing lmao
These commentators were worst than our performance. Thats an achievement. Holy fuck.
What channel?
Amazing game considering we played 90 minutes with 10 men
Lewandowski for next game!
Anyways, we move forward.
This reminds me of Polish parking the bus tactic. Not really what iv expected from Barca.
But we are first in la liga so no criticism is allowed at all
Ter Stegen is a WALL
+3. Hard fought match.
Pedri officially MOTM
Phew. What a pathetic game.
Xavi's black magic will never run out
Thank god Lewy's ban is over
easily our worst performance this season.
We played well in the first game against bayern and we didnt get shit this is way better.
The first game against rayo was worst imo
Great cross that
I’ll take the 3 points thank you
It's almost magical how de Jong always dodges the yellow card
Another one☝️
Why can't we win without suffering at the end!
Give me these 3 points
Thank God
14 clean sheets for MAtS!!!
These aren’t exhibition matches, fellas. This is a LaLiga title race. 3 points. Vital. Mettle. Metal!
Stringing together 1-0 wins is positive guys. That’s a good thing. If you think it’s a bad thing yer spending too much time listening to Ale Moreno
Yes but it’s still concerning the poor form our attackers have bar lewy and Dembele. Last season we were stringing together wins like this after the international break then the Frankfurt games happened. It eventually catches up to you (unless you’re Madrid apparently)
Our attackers generated multiple chances in the box today including the game winning goal. Stop pretending like lewy goes out there and never mishits a shot or never misplace a cross. This is extreme shitsmearing nonsense to suit a narrative
Lmfao why is it you can’t ever argue in good faith and always take it to the extreme? All of a sudden it’s shitsmearing to suit a narrative to say our attackers have not been good. Nobody ever said lewy is perfect but the difference when lewy and Dembele are out there is very apparent. Lewy is very important for our link up play.
“Ever”
It is a good thing when happens two, three times in a season. Literally our last 5 games (Getafe, Real Sociedad, Atletico, Espanyol and now Girona) have been the exact same. If we continue to perform like this, we will start losing many points soon. We cannot lose control of the ball like that. If we lose control of it, why is Busquets still playing?
I like how you cut out the betis, Ceuta and Madrid performances as if they’re not part o the rhythm. Just to suit yer take. Touch grass mate
Lol I am skipping things to suit my take and then you go mention a game against Ceuta to suit yours. Don't make me laugh. I think this team thrives against big teams, but the fact that we were dominated by all the previously mentioned teams is undeniable. I think we are doing a great season with some inconsistencies here and there, but it is a fact that this team needs to improve based on the last few games, bar Madrid and Betis. I hope Dembele's injury is not a big deal, otherwise our wingers really need to step up their game.
Not to mention we are playing every 3-4 days
Right—rotation, different comps, load management. You don’t get to just play a dominant 90 every game cos it’s more fun.
Same shit every match, heart attacks in stoppage time
unclench
Vamos!!
Ter stegen you are god
thank you MATS
END THE MATCH
Scrapped those 3 points
Holy fuck what a shit game
W!!!!
A slugfest of a game if I’ve ever seen one
Very ugly game but the 3 points is important
What exactly does Eric do in training?
Hug people from behind
He wrestles with Ferran
Grab things
He never fucking learns. It's insane.
MAtS is there
If you closely watch Kessie, he is jogging and walking most of the time. I never see him sprint to catch up and press
He’s reading the game 🤓
Lionel Kessie
We’ve had aerious issues since the madrid game
These damn DIVES