airmark:


Pep is more technical than enrique. He has the tiki taka's pencil and eraser. It's just like denying a good businessman access to bank. The only solution to the system pep deployed was to be long passes to cut off those dudes who came to your half to do the markings and they were not there. I remember i told your guys bravo's expulsion in the first leg leg gave barca the edge but most barca fans did nt agree. Let's see if enrique will still rely on these midfielders by january. Iniesta's absence really exposed your midfield badly.

You know my views on Enrique by now,abeg I no fit type.

I don enter depression mode.

pelvicky:
Chai, i don dey doubt our chance of winning treble this season.

So, you still believed we would win treble with what we have been playing so far this season? You get mind ooooo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h01_dEXLqsk

Lol. Its nights like dis dmcdad would disappear. He'll now come tomorrow and be giving us excuses of how there was no light and his phone was dead

I need Neymar benched.

Arda has been better at LW this season.

sebod:


So, you still believed we would win treble with what we have been playing so far this season? You get mind ooooo.

Would continue my wailing tomorrow!

BarcaBlood:
Sum pple on this thread will jst kill themselves over nothing, so we lost a match, BIG DEAL. We r still topping d group, and enrique aint going nowhere. If we dis meet dis same man city in d knockout phase, dey r out. Why hang ur neck over an irrelevant match wen d league is throwing a big match @ us dis weekend. Enrique out on monday, we miss xavi on tuesday, neymar should be sold on wednesday, grimaldo should come back on thursday. All bunch of irrelevancies

Are we gonna qualify frm d group? Definitely. but its not enough, enrique out

Are we league favourites? Yes. but its not enough, neymar has to go

If you kill urself, life will continue, and Enrique will remain Barca manager

I stand with the team come rain come sun. This does not mean we should not call a spade a spade rather than a mere working tool.
We have not been playing well at all this season and we have often times been bailed out by individual's brilliance. Our midfield has been completely off it and it calls really for concern.
Most of our players have been performing below expectation if you would agree with me. Alba, Neymar, Suarez, Busi, Rakitic, Masch are all not doing well, and these are the major guys in the 1st team. Messi was out for months and we suffered because Ney and Suarez couldnt live up to expectation. 32yr old Iniesta is out injured and our midfield has been in shambles.
If we continue this way, it's only a matter of time before the team collapses especially when Messi's brilliance is not enough to bail us out.
Lucho needs to sit up and find solution to our midfield. He takes the credit when things are fine and should definitely take the blame when they're not.

bykebyke:
I need Neymar benched.

Arda has been better at LW this season.

If only Messi could assume Iniesta's role, play Neymar in Messi's position while Arda takes his position at LW, we might have a different identity in the midfield as Messi can dictate from there and still score some good goals.
The partnership of Gomes and Off-form Rakitic might not work with Busi behind them doing his stuff.
I almost wept for my dear midfield last night!

The same complaint every season on the Best defensive midfielder ever liveth.

sebod:

If only Messi could assume Iniesta's role, play Neymar in Messi's position while Arda takes his position at LW, we might have a different identity in the midfield as Messi can dictate from there and still score some good goals.
The partnership of Gomes and Off-form Rakitic might not work with Busi behind them doing his stuff.
I almost wept for my dear midfield last night!

Na Busquets I pity pass,Rakitic had a match to forget.

As for the switching of positions you stated,I'm not sure our coach can see that far.

The dude played Arda in Midfield last night..I can't deal mehn.

Summer of 2017.


I cannot wait..Goodnight.✌

Interesting how an article from last season is still as relevant this season.

Culled from Twitter.

kinggogo:
Me too, i dnt c us winning dat match

I know you're lying but continue...

I appreciate all that Busquets have done but even if we no get iniesta or Xavi of this world... Busquets gats show leadership for the midfield...


No midfield... No Barca! Forget MSN! I dey tell una...


Looking at the amount of chances Man City blew... I suspect match fixing on d part of Barca though...

coded01:
I appreciate all that Busquets have done but even if we no get iniesta or Xavi of this world... Busquets gats show leadership for the midfield...


No midfield... No Barca! Forget MSN! I dey tell una...


Looking at the amount of chances Man City blew... I suspect match fixing on d part of Barca though...

I know it sucks for you, but it is nice to also be at the end of the losing side. You win some, you lose some.

airmark:


If not that you were weeping when man city was sodomising your midfield, you would have seen gundongan and fernandinho/fernando doing the dirty works. You can never bring anything sensible to the fore like busquets left leg.

[img]http://usatthebiglead.files./2014/06/sergio-busquets-misses-from-point-blank-against-chile.gif?=295&h=231&crop=1[/img]

How many minutes this Guy play?

RaeMystix:


I know it sucks for you, but it is nice to also be at the end of the losing side. You win some, you lose some.

How are you baby?

Why is no one complaining about Vidal's total snub...


I understand Roberto dey try but...

Chelseafan1:
Oh, how I love Griezmann, dude just saved my ass again at the dying minute...Up Griezmann, reigning LaLiga best player.

Nairab€t Gambler...

coded01:





How are you baby?

Just wanted to say Hi.

homesteady:


Yeaa that's true, I forgot to dish out blames to the Neymar sef!
When Messi got injured, I was expecting to see more than what happened last season during this same period when Messi got injured! During that period, he made the team his own, and was unarguably the best player in the world!
But he didn't do much during Messi's injury this time around! The goal that Rafinha scored was from a missed chance from Neymar sef! He needs to sit up!

Don't mind him. He always seems to be in animal spirits and play sanely whenever he's putting on a Brazilian Jersey. It is when he is playing for Barça that his madness starts.

RaeMystix:


I know it sucks for you, but it is nice to also be at the end of the losing side. You win some, you lose some.

That's just it, you can't win everyday. And I'm sure barca fans would prefer losing this and winning against Sevilla cos that's what's gonna happen.

Not taking anything away from city, they had a good match, aguero was Fab for the first time he was not selfish, but I'm also not ruling out match fixing. cos I don't know how pep would lose heavily away to barca only to turn abracadabra on the return leg, this is the second time, anytime this happens again, I would just bet heavily cos barca would always lose the return leg to pep "knowingly or unknowingly"

Lana1:
Lol. Its nights like dis dmcdad would disappear. He'll now come tomorrow and be giving us excuses of how there was no light and his phone was dead

You dey craze ooooo.

BarcaBlood:
Sum pple on this thread will jst kill themselves over nothing, so we lost a match, BIG DEAL. We r still topping d group, and enrique aint going nowhere. If we dis meet dis same man city in d knockout phase, dey r out. Why hang ur neck over an irrelevant match wen d league is throwing a big match @ us dis weekend. Enrique out on monday, we miss xavi on tuesday, neymar should be sold on wednesday, grimaldo should come back on thursday. All bunch of irrelevancies

Are we gonna qualify frm d group? Definitely. but its not enough, enrique out

Are we league favourites? Yes. but its not enough, neymar has to go

If you kill urself, life will continue, and Enrique will remain Barca manager

Even after watching the match, You still came on NL to type Rubbish?

I wonder the kind of fans you lots are.

sebod:

I stand with the team come rain come sun. This does not mean we should not call a spade a spade rather than a mere working tool.
We have not been playing well at all this season and we have often times been bailed out by individual's brilliance. Our midfield has been completely off it and it calls really for concern.
Most of our players have been performing below expectation if you would agree with me. Alba, Neymar, Suarez, Busi, Rakitic, Masch are all not doing well, and these are the major guys in the 1st team. Messi was out for months and we suffered because Ney and Suarez couldnt live up to expectation. 32yr old Iniesta is out injured and our midfield has been in shambles.
If we continue this way, it's only a matter of time before the team collapses especially when Messi's brilliance is not enough to bail us out.
Lucho needs to sit up and find solution to our midfield. He takes the credit when things are fine and should definitely take the blame when they're not.

Im all for constructive criticism, not all this EnriqueOut rubbish anytime things don't go well. I mean, for someone who has helped us win a lot, he deserves better

AbuMikey:




Even after watching the match, You still came on NL to type Rubbish?

I wonder the kind of fans you lots are.

Yea, maybe we'll sack Enrique and employ u

DarkRebel101:


I am alpha-numero Neymar apologist wherever I find both fans and non-fans alike casting gloomy aspersions on him, but it is high time we call a spade a spade, rather calling it a mere work tool.

Neymar needs to buckle up. I watched the highlights of the Granada game and Neymar was guilty of some very unforgivably annoying bloopers. If there was a way I could have drawn him out of the television, I would have done so then given him a factory-resetting slap.

He is too playful nowadays and his goal sense seems to have taken a minor detour. If you have watched our last six games you would notice how blunt he has been in front of goal. It could be off-pitch problems that we do not know about.

...

It is true that our midfield is on life support, but then, how come that does not affect Messi or Suarez? Neymar needs to sit up. All these ‘Alba-has-an-injury’ excuses doesn't cut the mustard. He must learn to step up to the plate, especially when key payers are MIA.

Don't have anything against your analysis, because you are right for the most part, but WTH, Suárez is not affected? For the past 5 games Suárez has been far more wasteful than you could ever imagine, coupled with his off-time passes at crucial moments plus losing possession at crucial times in crucial areas.

Neymar is the assist leader in Barça presently, that's something to hold on to. He is top of the assist table in the Champions League with 6 already. And have you noticed how unselfish he is getting to be, choosing to pass the ball to teammates rather than shoot himself?

But then, that doesn't mean he shouldn't improve in all areas. He needs to. But the reality now is that, they are barely getting any support from the midfield and it's telling. Messi was practically absent in the second half last night, you know why? Because our midfield became non-existent, which was influenced by two factors; Busi's series of cautions (which made him disappear at a point) and the introduction of Arda Turan (which opened up our midfield). Arda couldn't link up. Heck, I doubt if he even touched the ball.

Honestly, Enrique's subs were off. You don't replace Rakitic with Arda in a match of that magnitude. You would need someone who could match Rak's intensity, more like a like-for-like substitution. Plus, Rafinha has the added advantage of being creative too. But no, Lucho opted for Arda who couldn't even run to save his life.

bykebyke:

If the same scenario plays out 100 times, Sergio Busquets would fail 200 times - even during his supposed "best years"....

He has always been a "tag-along" type of player that thrives best in an attack minded/ possession-based team. Intercepting passes on a few occassions and helping it on to team mates that are technically superior isn't the most difficult thing to do in the aforementioned set up.

However, when the chips are down and the team desperately needs its Defensive midfielder to put in a strong performance, Busquets would never be the kinda player to be relied upon - he is too lazy and clueless to offer any respite to the side under such circumstances.

Last Night.

dmcdad:

Don't have anything against your analysis, because you are right for the most part, but WTH, Suárez is not affected? For the past 5 games Suárez has been far more wasteful than you could ever imagine, coupled with his off-time passes at crucial moments plus losing possession at crucial times in crucial areas.

Neymar is the assist leader in Barça presently, that's something to hold on to. He is top of the assist table in the Champions League with 6 already. And have you noticed how unselfish he is getting to be, choosing to pass the ball to teammates rather than shoot himself?

But then, that doesn't mean he shouldn't improve in all areas. He needs to. But the reality now is that, they are barely getting any support from the midfield and it's telling. Messi was practically absent in the second half last night, you know why? Because our midfield became non-existent, which was influenced by two factors; Busi's series of cautions (which made him disappear at a point) and the introduction of Arda Turan (which opened up our midfield). Arda couldn't link up. Heck, I doubt if he even touched the ball.

Honestly, Enrique's subs were off. You don't replace Rakitic with Arda in a match of that magnitude. You would need someone who could match Rak's intensity, more like a like-for-like substitution. Plus, Rafinha has the added advantage of being creative too. But no, Lucho opted for Arda who couldn't even run to save his life.

That's because he isn't used to such scenarios - hiding behind the skirts of them attackers has always been his forte........the typical attribute of a "tag-along" DM (in an attack-minded side) who becomes uber useless when the tables are turned.

If only there were quality defenders on the bench, Busquets shoulda been yanked off and Mascherano pushed to DM - he is better suited for games like that (in the 2nd half)

Busquest over-rated!!!

All this old f*cking men should just buckle up and get there boots, barca will audition for someone who will take over from busquest.

Zombie's.