wait people blame coach for everything but not players on the field? thats not fair samething happend with the game vs roma.
Wasn't able to see the game yesterday , can someone tell me how we played without a left back before Alba came ? Also i heard that their goal came from an offside pass before the cross but VAR didn't say anything , is that true ?
The coach is the main responsible, he picks the team, tactics before and during the game. Past games we can see that he's not been able to tighten and strengthen the team and getting them to be consistent so he gets all the blame even if Pique has been at fault for stupid mistakes. Selling Digne and not having a backup other than Verm says alot too. Rotating is great but the timing and player's rotated has to be consistent. Let's not talk about the lack of plan B. The team is not solid enough to rotate, its obvious. Some teams you can rotate 2-3 players each game and still get results. Barça look fragile as always and when they concede and the team parks the bus its like small water hitting a damm.
He was onside. And of course he had to deliver the absolute perfect cross. One yard in either direction and MATS would've either intercepted it or it would've been an easy save.
I agree on ATM and also on our team's lack of intensity. My disagreement is about rotation. We rotated 4 of the "grand once" two games ago (Roberto, Umtiti, Rakitic, and Coutinho did not start); this game we rotated 2 of the grand once (Alba and Suarez did not start). The fact that 4 squad players who got a rare start vs. Girona (Semedo, Lenglet, Arthur, and Arturo) did not start this game, does not mean that we made 6 rotations vs. Leganes, we made 2, as what is relevant is how many of the regular starters are rotated. As for Vermaelen, I think he is valuable as a 4th or 3rd CB but did not shine at LB. Wish we'd played Miranda there, or even Roberto (I know you hate him). But we are trying to figure out who is Alba's back up and maybe EV learned to not start Verm there again.
Rotate ... don't rotate ... it matters not, according to many from last season, all that's needed is 13 wins and all will be good.
Also Leganes made 7 changes from the weekend and got the win. Well, Messi also said that CL is the priority this season. That got a big "UGH!" reaction from me when I heard it. I mean, how do you make CL a priority before the season even starts? You can't win CL from August to February even if you play amazing during those months. (That doesn't mean you should piss away the CL until February, but saying its a priority in August doesn't sit right with me).
Right. Madrid only concentrated on CL when we broke them in La Liga. I have been wondering if this trend of needing 90 pts to win La Liga will continue. Never used to be the case.
Haha naa that's part of plan A. Plan B is Mina getting the winning goal in the 90th min by a slick header.
Yeah, used to be the case that 80 points would almost assure you of winning La Liga. But I think those days are over for ever. Not just in La Liga but in each of the top 4 leagues (in the Bundesliga case the target will be 80 since they only play 34 games, whereas it used to be 70).
I believe "shooting from outside the box" should be part of Plan A but since Pep's coaching days it's been more of a Plan B. "Crosses from the wings looking for headers" is what most here probably associate as Plan B (along with long distance shooting). Plan A is the obvious: "Passing the ball into goal."