Not sure this version of Barca would win against us, Spurs and Citeh.
La Liga 2017/18
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Sevilla playing much better in the second half but this goal probably came too soon.
This result would bring Madrid back to life, it would be a terrible time for Barça to lose points.
This result would bring Madrid back to life, it would be a terrible time for Barça to lose points.
FFS! Get a win Barca or Farcid are coming back.
Piquè with a rare and fantastic shot! He hits the bar.
Paco again. 2-1.
My stream is way behind, but Alcacer scoring a brace might be the best spoiler ever
He's taken him off now. Poor lad.My stream is way behind, but Alcacer scoring a brace might be the best spoiler ever
Great touch to score.
Wonderful cross by Rakitic
Ronaldo sure looks like a striker most of the time. If you’re saying he isn’t one then Suarez isn’t one either, he spends a fair amount of time out right these days
Suarez is in better form than Ronaldo, Ronaldo has the worst conversion rate in Europe.
You have a very odd way of arguing and it is very unvalid. Basically you are saying that because Messi runs less that his teammates for quite some time (which I never disputed), he doesnt run less now than he did back then. I hope you can see what is wrong with that reasoning.
Good point
Messi is so ridiculously good.
Suarez is awful. What has happened to him?
United? No, Barca would be the favorites in that matchup, and Barca don't concede very often (neither does United I know)
I think Barca would definitely win a CL matchup with United.
Alcacer > Suarez
Who would've thought that?
Who would've thought that?
Messi so good, Suarez so shit.
*facepalm*
Ronaldo is a second striker for both club and country. I wouldn't call a second striker a striker, at all.
For people that don't know, Suarez has a cyst in his knee, he's having surgery on it over the international break and should be good to go once the break is over.
You're a Barça fan aren't you?
Im not saying we'd win but I'd like our chances a lot more than I did years ago.
C'mon man! Just kidding. You know i don't like Real 
. But i was grateful when you beat Juventus 
Too many variations here. He plays up front and so does Suarez. Second striker, centre forward, number 10, false 9. He’s a fecking goal scoring attacker who spends most of his time where a forward should be
La liga look to be a bit boring this season. Barca just look like they will win it very easily. Sad compared to the last few seasons which was more tight.
Although hope Real can find some form so they can catch them.
Although hope Real can find some form so they can catch them.
That was so bad you should jump off a cliff to make it up.
Would be one of the worst league champs ever this Barcelona side. So uninspiring.
Looked penalty to me.
Two denied penalties
Probably was penalty. Not sure what the rule say in that situation, as it wasn't a tackle or an attempt to to play the ball/foul, just their legs got tangled as they were running...
Have to say, Sevilla looked ghastly in the first half, but barcelona have been playing maybe their best game of the season
Have to say, Sevilla looked ghastly in the first half, but barcelona have been playing maybe their best game of the season
Are you messing with me?
If it isn't about how much he runs (his workrate as you said) what is your point? That a 30 y/o Messi seems slower than his 22 y/o version? Because that's something normal, if you think that he has lost so much pace that he may end up ineffective, just watch at the slalom he did 15 minutes ago.
When you point at his workrate in games like today you should have in mind that he's played 8 full games in the last month with 2 of them being "finals" in South America, that's almost 800 minutes in October. You think it would be better for his teams to have him running more than him being there for the whole match?.
There's three stages of his career at this point, pre-Guardiola Messi when he was just another player with defensive duties and ended up injured a lot of the time, first part of Guardiola era Messi when he lost almost all defensive duties and played with an extra gear, and post double injury Messi where he started relying less on his explosiveness or long sprints (maybe he lost those) and more about positional playing and short burst sprints.
Since La Liga has had 20 teams the record for least goals conceded is 21, if Barça keep up like this they'll end the league with 14 conceded.
The funny thing is that I dont disagree even with this post, it is just an observation. Given that he has to play so much it is a good thing that he conserves some energy, but dont you actually think that trying to finish matches more quickly is more befenitting than staying in the games for 90 min? Honest question.
Pheew. Glad it's over.
4-4-2 is allowing Barca get a better midfield control and allowing better defensive cover
Losing to Barcelona isn't the worst thing in the world, but toto got it again wrong. n'Zonzi and Pizarro struggled against every attacking team when playing as double pivot. They looked like school kids in the first 40 minutes.
It's freaking frustrating.
It's freaking frustrating.
Valverde is a 2nd rate Mourinho. His first instinct when in front is to make a step back and defend to play on the counter. That's not Barcelona. Not at home in La Liga.