E-mal
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Aside perhaps Busquets and Dejong, I struggle to see anyone of this Barcelona starting players making it to our fully fit starting team.
That's cruelI would honestly not take Dest on a free at Feyenoord. He's a comically bad player.
Hopefully we get 1 of them in the KO stages.I’d love to draw Barca or Madrid this year in the CL. We owe them a thumping.
If he's on 400k a week, I doubt he's in a hurry to leave.Can't imagine De Jong wasting a lot more time at Barca if this is their new level.
Same, haven’t seen them this toothless in years.Hopefully we get 1 of them in the KO stages.
Pedri, Fati. Everyone's just completely blanked out Fati because he's been injured, but he was their best player behind Messi last season until he ended up missing 3/4 of it.Aside perhaps Busquets and Dejong, I struggle to see anyone of this Barcelona starting players making it to our fully fit starting team.
As brilliant as they are they wont displace Bruno and Rashford from the team.Pedri, Fati. Everyone's just completely blanked out Fati because he's been injured, but he was their best player behind Messi last season until he ended up missing 3/4 of it.
Fati is their next superstar; even more so than Pedri.
Trying to play Umtiti into some semblance of form is their only hope. Pique is done, Lenglet is trash and Garcia won't ever be the answer. Gotta feel for Arujo.What a glorious end to a brilliant game from Garcia! Lord was he terrible. They'll have to play Lenglet or Umtiti now.
De Jong truely is the midfielder almost any team needs. Great player.De Jong seems to play on 5 positions at the same time. Their saving grace really. I like Memphis' confidence though the obsession with always going for the most difficult play available is frustrating.
Also how can a club like Barca not afford a better back up keeper than Neto? Baffling.
Chelsea's XI is far better, far more balanced. Dest is poor, Piqué is pretty much done, Araujo is meh, Alba is far from his prime, Busquets is lucky to have De Jong covering for him when he needs to run, Coutinho/Griezmann are disapointing, it's just not enough to compete at the highest level. It might be enough to secure a top3 spot in La Liga since its far from being as competitive as it was 5 years ago but they'll get trashed in the CL by the 1st good team they face.Ter Stegen - Emerson/Dest - Araujo - Pique - Alba - Busquets - De Jong - Pedri - Coutinho/Griezmann - Memphis - Ansu Fati
That's really not a bad side on paper. I mean, [Mendy - Azpilicueta - Thiago Silva - Rudiger - James - Kante - Jorginho - Chillwell - Mount - Havertz - Werner] just won the CL, and it honestly doesn't look better individually to me
Is it? I think chelsea just have bigger strengths all in all, but individually? Barcelona have a better goalkeeper. A better left back. Midfield pivots Busquets - Jorginho, De Jong - Kante are pretty even. Memphis - Havertz, Griezmann - Toaster toes Timo, same thing...Pedri - Mount...Chelsea's XI is far better, far more balanced. Dest is poor, Piqué is pretty much done, Araujo is meh, Alba is far from his prime, Busquets is lucky to have De Jong covering for him when he needs to run, Coutinho/Griezmann are disapointing, it's just not enough to compete at the highest level. It might be enough to secure a top3 spot in La Liga since its far from being as competitive as it was 5 years ago but they'll get trashed in the CL by the 1st good team they face.
I think their defense is what sets them appart, at high level that makes a huge difference. Also, I actually don't think Ter Stegen is better than Mendy, he's been disapointing for 2 years now.Is it? I think chelsea just have bigger strengths all in all, but individually? Barcelona have a better goalkeeper. A better left back. Midfield pivots Busquets - Jorginho, De Jong - Kante are pretty even. Memphis - Havertz, Griezmann - Toaster toes Timo, same thing...Pedri - Mount...
I mean, it's really not a bad team.
Yeah, that's what i meant by better strenghtsI think their defense is what sets them appart, at high level that makes a huge difference. Also, I actually don't think Ter Stegen is better than Mendy, he's been disapointing for 2 years now.
It's not a bad team no, they'll be top 3 in la liga pretty comfortably imo but their bench and defense is just not enough to hope for more.
sign me upYeah, that's what i meant by better strenghts
But still. I'd be curious about this barcelona side with someone like Tuchel in charge. And no "playing the barcelona way" bs either