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Everything posted by Bodowned
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Pep + all the money in the world - Messi = not enough to win the Champions League, clearly. He's proven it six years in a row since he left Barca!
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Hazard is destroying our offsides trap right now. His runs are ridiculous.
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SALAH!
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What a goddamn goal.
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I do think Man U dominated the flow of the game in between minutes 15-60 when they were relentless with their high press. Barca were uncharacteristically flustered by it; Busquets was weirdly rattled by pressure and Arthur/Rakitic were largely invisible during that stretch. They managed to hunker down in the box to limit chances, but it was still weird to see. Luckily, Man U didn’t have the legs to keep up that press for 90 minutes. the xG map just makes it look like an ugly game...which it certainly was. I should have watched Ajax/Juve in hindsight. I imagine Camp Nou will be a different story and will be a 2-0/3-1 type scoreline in Barca’s favor.
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Frankly, it doesn't matter. My original claim was essentially that Valverde is annoyingly conservative in his tactics & personnel choices with no shortage of talent on his roster and it leads to a lot of "control-based" play where they don't create the thrills we saw under Pep and Enrique. It looks like Man U have lost some of their juice and aren't pressing here post-60th minute mark, so I imagine Barca is going to be able to slide in between the lines and create another goal here before it's over.
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Are you drunk? Man U dominated from 15+ minutes onwards. Barcelona toiled away dinking it around before carelessly turning it over in their own half just about every time they got the ball. They got lucky on one bad bounce leading to a Coutinho shot, but other than that, Man U have marched through the MF in 3-4 passes almost every time they touch it. Barcelona are way too dependent on Messi magic when they set up this way; they need Dembele to stretch Man U on the counter. Their spacing is poor and they have no speed to break out right now.
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Valverde's loser tactics make Barcelona such a bore to watch despite a stacked roster.
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Any manager who plays a high line against us without world class talent on their roster should be fired. I can't even comprehend why you'd think it's a good idea.
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Bobby took a little too long there to get it off his foot. Defender closed down quick...great find by Keita.
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That was great combination play in the box between Mane/Bobby/Keita. Great start!
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Hell yeah.
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Praise Salah!
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bad offside call there.
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Bobby has got to do better there...
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I think we're gonna see a lot more high press in this half.
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Nice header by Naby!
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So close.
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wtf? lazy tracking back by the MF there.
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Christ almighty, that is ridiculous. We have the best attacking fullback duo in the EPL.
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Poor play is this MF trio’s entire resumé this season when allowed to play significant minutes together and yet they all keep seeing the field in big games.
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I can’t even name the last game he was in, because Klopp is completely arbitrary with which players he allows to shit the bed/play themselves into form and which players he sends to Siberia for two months when they don’t look good over 20 minutes.
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Any semblance of creativity in midfield is simply not allowed, sir.
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And there it is. It’s been coming. Klopp’s attachment to this MF trio and refusal for change comes back to bite us.
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Can we please make a fucking sub in MF? We have been getting overrun all half.
