Yep. We’re the in the worst position out of the top 3 and we have no one to blame other than ourselves. I’m honestly also thinking that Koeman isn’t the man for the job. Wish we could get our hands on Ten Hag.
Unfortunately, 3 of them have nothing to play for. Villarreal will field a B or C team. That said, LPB are not that good and could obviously drop 3 more points. The big problem is, as @inswinger pointed out, we lose the tiebreak with Atleti so will be near impossible to get past them given their remaining fixtures.
Copa del Rey and, mathematically if not realistically, still challenging for the Liga. Go back to October... heck, go back to DECEMBER and ask yourself if you thought Barca would be in this posiiton. The campaign could have been much worse, folks. Visca El Barça
We still played at least as many matches as Madrid and way more than Atleti, which impacted us negatively (witness how tired Pedri looks). But yeah, we don't deserve La Liga. Came up flat at the key moments (just one point out of 12 against the top 2) and choked v Granada when we had a chance to grab 1st place. Total contrast to CdR where we snatched victory from the jaws of defeat twice, and thus deserved that trophy.
That’s true. However, I was angling for the most rested squad coming into the final stretch of the league where Madrid had a depleted squad and had to contest both CL midweek and the domestic league on weekends. Add to that your excellent point about coming up short against the top teams. Just not good enough. No excuses, we don’t deserve it. We need change.
Lionel Messi was fouled nine times against Atlético Madrid, the most for a Barcelona player in a La Liga game since at least 2003/04.
If LPB win tonight the title is there's. Even in a season in which us, LPB and Atletico have very average sides we won't win because we are not good enough and secondly because when we do get into a position where look like favourites to win it the players aren't mentally string enough to handle the pressure. On the European front we are light years behind the top clubs in Europe. No wonder the board see the future as playing exhibition matches around the globe.
Back to beginning of season, Barca was still a challenger. Only after historic bad running that made Liga become impossible. Plus fail to win even one game vs both Madrid sides (loses 3, draws 1).