Exactly. He missed some ridiculous chances but this Barcelona team should not be conceding 4 goals. They should not have coutinho floating around doing nothing, Suárez failing to press, a lack of concentration etc etc.
That chance in the last second that Messi gave to Dembele last week could literally be walked in.
nothing to do with Valverde tactics or bottling job to concede 4 goals..Is that when Alba was one on one with the keeper and passed back to a marked Messi?
Embrassing lot. Barce had just conceded 4 goals.
He missed a sitter to make it 4-0 last week and people are blaming him now for some reason.
That's the one. Messi wouldn't have been the first player to score a goal while markedIs that when Alba was one on one with the keeper and passed back to a marked Messi?
Pretty sure that was called offside.
I didn't see a replay but it did look it at first glance
It was offside but the ref waved play on as Liverpool had the ball. The linesmen are told to call it late as possible with VAR.
Its expected. It always happens. When Barcelona lose an important game many people will pick some player(s) to blame as a preemptive action to avoid criticism on Messi. And its not even that Messi was bad.This thread
Messi was really good. It was only the last 10 minutes or so after the last goal where he totally lost interest and just walked around not bothered at the least
Reminded me a bit of Pogba that action, but I guess Messi is Messi so its fine. He probably thought "come on, do I really have to do this myself again? I do it when I want to, not when you guys want me to. Pieces of shit under my shoe, feck off" Messi is awesomeAbsolutely shattered confidence by the look of him.
He would fit a team a couple of levels below Barca. He’s just not that good for now. Maybe he’ll get better in a lower pressure environment.
Agreed, but it's not just his technique that's too weak for Barca - he fails at absolute basics, like kicking the ball into empty net or completing an easy short pass. Reminds me of our own Fred honestly, no brain at all.
That's really awful but in his defence, Barca has absolutely zero attacking patterns. It seems Valverde doesn't give them any instructions in the final third at all.
Yes. Their best bet is to swap dembele +money for Neymar. At Paris he could sync up with Touchel
Looks like a confidence issue to me. He's good technically. Maybe a coach who he worked with before would help him to get back that confidence is the best bet.
Majorly talented player but with the entirely wrong attitude, which got pretty clear after he went on strike to force a move to Barca.
Dembele has disappointed in counter-attacking contexts too:
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What I'm trying to communicate here, really.
I just wonder what could make his confidence low, he just came back from an alright preseason. He should be doing much better than that, I'd go with the poster who said he seems to be lacking basic football skills. He is fast and can dribble past opponents but beyond that, he's very average.
This x10000. I couldn't agree more. His deficiencies have nothing to do with team style of play for me. Counter attack football isn't suddenly gonna make him kick the ball better
So after all this time, you’ve come to the conclusion that taking a 3-0 lead to Wankfield is a dead in the water project, so Barca’s bottling there and Valverde’s tactics had nothing to do with it?
These 2 should be producing goals/assists left and right but they've been shit.
