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[International Playa]

to this day the lack of recognition Xavi gets for those teams

Xavi & Iniesta were underrated. The failure to prepare for their decline cost Barcelona for years to come.

 

[TTT]

How would you feel about this?

It looks interesting and I have read that he likes 4-2-3-1. The big problem is the lack of playmakers on the squad forcing Messi dropping deep to be a playmaker which would be lessened by having Coutinho play that role. It's just that compared to Real it is underwhelming, the ability to rest their star players is what they do better than anyone else right now. They started today without Ronaldo, Isco , and Casameiro and the first leg without Modric and still look formidable. They can rotate better because they have depth where Barca lack it badly.

 

[dappadonna]

to this day the lack of recognition Xavi gets for those teams

What d'ya mean , Xavi always gets his proper respect

 

[dappadonna]

I want Aurier at Tottenham man

 

[BlackBall]

I want Aurier at Tottenham man

Davinson Sanchez seems more likely

 

[Givethanks]

I want Aurier at Tottenham man

I want Neymar and Alves at Barca

 

[Quarquar]

@dappadonna

U Ghanaian breh?

 

[NSSVO]

Thomas Lemar to United? Aurier is really going to fukking Tottenham? Supposedly Valencia has been icing his knees regularly, we need to replace breh.

 

[dappadonna]

Davinson Sanchez seems more likely

Can he play RB though ? I don't see why a central defender is their priority .

 

[dappadonna]

@dappadonna

U Ghanaian breh?

Yeah

 

[BlackBall]

Can he play RB though ? I don't see why a central defender is their priority .

The whole playing 3 at the back thing

 

[THEREALBRAND]

Barcelona facing crisis up front as Luis Suarez is ruled out for a month with knee injury suffered in Real Madrid tie

Barcelona are facing a significant crisis up front after Luis Suarez was ruled out for up to a month with the knee injury sustained in the 2-0 defeat by Real Madrid on Wednesday.

The Nou Camp outfit are still reeling from the shock departure of Neymar, who joined Paris Saint-Germain in a £198million deal earlier this month and will now face the start of the new season without their star striker.

Suarez pulled up with the knock late in the Spanish Super Cup tie, which Barcelona lost 5-1 across two legs, and was forced to see out the rest of the game with all three substitutes already used.

A statement published on Barca's website on Thursday afternoon said medical tests on Suarez had revealed damage to the back of his right knee.

He now faces missing as many as five La Liga games after scans revealed damage to his right knee and will also be unfit for Uruguay's crucial World Cup qualifiers against Argentina and Paraguay.

 

[dappadonna]

Shiit getting real for Barcelona

 

[BlackBall]

Shiit getting real for Barcelona

RM walking away with the title from what it looks like, probably the most one sided la liga season ever

 

[BlackBall]