PBP: El Clásico | FC Barcelona v Real Madrid | J10 - La Liga 19/20 | 18 December 2019 [R]

Will Puig be promoted? there is enough hype about him although for some reasons he still isnt called up by youth spain team.

 

12 in-a-row unbeaten isn't ordinary. They are in good form atm, let's face facts.

Barca are gonna have to be very healthy to win the league this season IMO, as there is just no depth at any position.

 

I find the complaints regarding VAR of LPB fans hilarious

Just 4 days ago they were lol-ing and lmao-ing blatant PKs not given for Barca

 

Puig was doing great before going through a tough period of being roughed up by opponent teams which eventually lead to an injury. Don’t know how he has fared ever since.

All I know is that he cannot be worse than Rakitic atm. He has loads of potential and has shown that time and again in the past. I feel he’s just lacking a bit of confidence after being consistently disappointed by Valverde’s team selections.

He seems set on staying in Spain and succeeding at Barca, though.

 

Aside from our midfield we really need to consider Suarez’ role in this team for next year. His decline is visible but he still has flashes of absolute class and those sparring moments are used as an excuse for him.

I hope we can look at Lautaro for next season. He looks like a gem, like a young Suarez.

As I’ve said before the season even started, this season has all the hallmarks of being a trophy-less season. Perfect setup. Messi is the x-factor.

 

The Lenglet one is 100 a Pk no doubt. I just loved the whole "haha screwed by VAR" attitude to full on rage in a few days

As for Pique it was a PK especially considering the ref gave the same type of Pk for La Real

 

More than sparring moments. He has scored 12 goals already so on pace for a 30-goal season. Add 5 assists.

Of course, we still need to be shopping for a replacement. Doubt whoever is playing the #9 role next season will be as good as Suarez is this season, so that's gonna be a problem area for a while IMO.

 

I said flashes of absolute brilliance. Like that back-heel goal or some other crazy goal he has a knack for scoring. Not goals in general. Moreover, probably half of those goals he scored were in games we won by 3 or more goals. Perspective over sheer numbers.

He himself admitted in that same game where he scored the back-heel goal that he tends to score the hard ones and often times misses the easier ones.

If we’re going to talk sheer numbers than I’d love to see his clear cut chances to goals converted ratio.

 

Ideally our inept manager’s ..

 

Plus they now have the advantage if it goes to head to head

 

I'm only asking for teamwork. Yesterday was horrible. (Maybe I shouldn't have used this video.)

 

They looked far better than us and they seem to be improving slightly whilst we go down the toilet

 

How many games have Barca won by “3 or more goals” ths season? Please. Also, if you score the first goal in a 3-nil victory doesn’t mean the goal was meaningless.

Anyway, my point was that its naive to think bringing in some other #9 would solve that problem. We’ve seen many forewards fail to integrate in the Barca system, especially during the Messi era. Even when we signed arguably the best striker in the world (Villa), he wasn’t anything special after joining Barca.

 

We have a poor midfield and they have a poor attack. If I had to choose I would take our problem over theirs because at least De Jong can improve and more chemistry can be built. Meanwhile nobody for them except Benzema will likely score more than 10 goals this season.

 

We have a poor coach! Squad is decent if not great.

 

Our squad is not great. We have one good midfielder this year and that's De Jong.

 

Arthur and Vidal are good this year but we keep seeing old, uninspired midfielders along a useless Craperto. The coach has absolutely no character, couldn't even motivate a 12yo and probably could depress and demoralise a person with an attention disorder. He's uninspiring!

 

Plus Arthur of course ... maybe Elana