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Can we add "No one" to the list of options?
Agreed. They were annoying going through the middle, where there was 10 Rubin players standing… the most annoying- we didn't seem to be playing as a team, we only counted on individual efforts… Maybe Valdes- cause ha did what he needed to do…?
Iniesta?!?! No way. He should learn how to shoot first.
i told you i have a bad feeling about today.. :/
waiting to see the highlights on tv before i vote…
A sorry performance. I hope it was the cold and not exhaustion. We can't afford to be exhausted this early in the season.
Pep has lost the plot and we are looking like Rijkaard´s Barca after the World Cup; predictable and slow combinations and lots of fruitless possession without the cutting edge in front of goal. I saw this result coming especially after Zlatan´s miss. Iniesta should never start as a LW ever again if Barca wants to beat anybody, Henry should have started! Only Valdes is playing as well as or better than last season.
So true. Iniesta isn't producing anything at the moment. He needs some rest. I really don't know why wasn't Pedro given a chance. He proved he can be decisive and in matches like this he can play a big role.
Yep, that's worrying- we do look like Rijkaard's team after winning CL… Pointless, slow, clueless…
We are NOT pointless and clueless mind you.
We are predictable and that is how things are not working out for us. Every opponent knows that we do to win so they are preventing exactly that.
What can one do when half the world is in the D-box throwing their body in the way of ball as if each of them is a goalkeepr or something ??
Every chance they had in yest's game was from Counter and nothing else.
90% of the time they had 7 or 8 men in the box. They were laying a two line defensive system.
That is true, but remember we are the treble winners…
Its now time that Pep figure out something to finish those busbreakers, so they will regret playing ALL Defense.
Pep, InYouWeTrust, pull something amazing off.
Totally agree with this one word – "predictable".
Possession and all is Ok but what we need is a change of game plan.
We've become so predictable that not a single club fears us anymore. They know how to break us down and prevent us. They dont mind a draw and they ll wait for luck to grant them a counter attack goal which has happened many a times this season.
Last season a draw was a rare spectacle but this season a draw is all we can get. Andi doubt if we ll ever get to see another 6-0,5-0…etc thrashing.
Every club in the world knows the secret to beat us.
A club good at counter will relish every chance to beat us.
Need a change of game plan badly and its high time!!
Is Luis Suarez the answer ?
Keita have performed well
we will definitely need Henry on the left against inter at camp nou.
iniesta on the left,whch is not bad option,but he can't score goals.
we need FW on left wing.
hope he will not be injured again on international duties.
The next 2 fixtures are just absolutely crucial… We need 6 points… WE HAVE TO BEAT INTER and then pull the rabbit outta the hat in Kiev… Keep the faith guys… VISCA EL BARCAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
We really suck right now. We need a LW. Iniesta is not a LW, he's a midfielder to partner with xavi. Keita is not the answer in midfield either, gai assulin should be given a chance, like messi was.
I'm glad other people are realising how out of place Iniesta is on the wing. He's a great midfield, but not so great on the wing. I think Henry should have be out there at least from the start of the second half.
I concur .. that's why I'm asking myself who the fuck voted for Iniesta? No disrespect, I love the dude .. But it was almost too horrible to watch ..and WTF is Pep thinking .. he couldn't wait til 89 min before he let Henry play? Cuz he sure got a loooooot of time to play ..
I don't like this one bit ..
For all you Zlatan lovers ..it won't be hard to learn, but he sucks in crucial matches ..I don't know if it's the pressure or what his problem is .. i just know we can't depend on him ..so I miss Eto'o (always) now …he would have scored …..
We should have scored, goddamn it.
Iniesta should play on the midfield. I'm glad Henry is back but boy do we need a LW or what ??
Is a certain Luis Suarez the answer ?
I havnt seen suarez take onn people, he is more an out an out goal scorer same as pedro, i would take robinho on the wing as he is creative and scores goals,and suarez in the #9 position…… and ibra can go back to sweeden.
Ibra is not all at fault dude. He barely got supply yest. After the first 10 mins its as if they were laying without Ibra.
Messi and Xavi are supposed to create space for the CF but he never got it.
Ofcourse he should hav put That One in but shit happens !!
Henry missed 2 sitters and so did Messi.
something is wrong i can feel it with this barca team. 06,07 all over again here we go again.
wea is peps plan b alvez cnt give good crosses ibra poor finishin we just need 6 points or else europa league
I voted for Pep Guardiola because he let the opponent do what they did last game. He didn't do anything tactically different and if it wasn't for the missed goals they created by the counters we were lucky!! Pep really disappointed me on this one. He truly showed that he is still an amateur coach. Don't get me wrong I admire Pep a lot and am glad he kept to his philosophy and everything and am thankful for the amazing season last year, but this is where you can distinguish the amateurs from the experienced. Look at Ferguson. He maybe hated for various reasons but he still made it to the final of last seasons champions. I hope Pep proves me wrong.
He made lots of tactical errors. Like why in the world didn't he sub in Henry earlier, like minute seventy not 82'!!! You have to give the player a little bit of time to adapt to the game. Iniesta is still not at his top form, I have no idea why?!?! Everyone, including myself, were bashing on Marquez last matchday when in reality the Rubin Kazan forwards got passed the defence twice with their errors this game and Marquez didn't even play. We can't just bash on Marquez and the defence or the goalie all the times we lose, tie, or play poorly. Remember the defensive mistakes are remembered more than the offensive mistakes. Look at today's game, Iniesta, Messi, and most clearly Ibrahimovic could not score. Lastly, I have no idea why pep was saying that he got Ibrahimovic so he can be plan B. Well if he is plan B against these type of games why hasn't he used it?!?!?! Ibra was here to give us height and we don't even use it?!?! I didn't see one cross going in his direction. I mean if we are not using Plan B than there was absolutely no reason to let Eto'o go. He wouldn't of had made a difference here either, remember VS Chelsea.
On a lighter note, we do have to remember that Rubin are the defending Russian champs and we are in the death group so we do have to give a little credit to the rivals before we start bashing so harshly at the team.
I agree mostly on your comment,
but Ferguson is not that 'great' either.
If we are talking about a Plan B, I dont think Ferguson had one in the UCL final.
He was totally outplayed by Pep and Barca.
That's so true but he also won the league and I'm not sure about other titles since I don't follow them. Remember though, first ten minutes were theirs than great Eto'o scored and Barca took over and dominated. They also let the media get to them, something that I think is affecting Barcelona and its players right now. The media is pushing, pushing, and pushing always specially to a treble winner and the world's "best" player. It, in my opinion, is getting to their heads. Now I don't mean that they are thinking they are all that but what I mean is that it is getting them out of focus. With always the same questions: A repeat?, Ballon 'd oro? Messi? Individual awards? It just tends to make a player and a team sort of get out of focus and not concentrate what's at task. Last year it was just Pep they were pushing since he was a beginner with a prestigious club. This year it is the players since they are the best. To me, the media should just back off if they want the great Barca again.
IT WAS COLD PEOPLE. IF ONE OF YOU STAND IN THIS WEATHER WEARING SHORTS FOR 90 MIN. YOU LL DROP YOUR FREAKING BALLS !!!! So give credit to the guys and support them and have faith in your team. each player made alot of mistakes because of the freaking cold. Daniel alves couldn't cross once. simply he is not used to the weather. the other guys are used to playing in the cold am actually happy with the result because that was very tough game and I doubt any team can win on there ground its not easy . The inter game is a final that we have to win. it's either us or them. lets hope Henry is back before that game cause after that we have real madrid. good luck it's still a longgggg season.
Cold weather is not an excuse. We had 70% possession in the game. Explain that !
And besides we are lucky not to have lost this one, too, because they had better chances than we did.
Rubin deserve full credit for the draw.
They came, they saw and they did it.
They got what they wanted.
It was and IS pretty obvious – When you come out to play against Barcelona, as I am fond of saying, you die !!
Guys we played an excellent first half but we didnt score in the second one maybe we werent good but overall we played at least a good game but I have some points to say:
1_Valdez has imrove a lot since last season especially at one on one and thats excellent
2_Iniesta for me had a good game on the LW he only needs to know how to score and I dont think its a hard thing many people say that Iniesta is the best in world but there is no"a best" who cant score goals if Pep learns him how to score I am sure he will be as good as messi
3_for me Iniesta's best place is on the LW maybe be you will consider me crazy but he only lacks goals there
4_Keita:he was our worst player last night yes he is having a special season but I am not convinced by him not only in yesterday match but overall he lacks Vision to be a world class mid but he has good things like scoring as he rushes into enemies box and thats why he score many goals I think if we sign Cesc he wont have a long term future here
5_Messi's curve now is going down but it should do to go up again
6_The most problem now for Barac is counter attacks any team who can play a quich counter attack can defeat us we should know how to bloch these attacks from the midfield so as the do not reach valdes
7_we should learn how to shoot from outside the box there is no player hin Barca who can shoot from distances and this problem was also last year but triplet covered it
8_Physical app of Zlatan is very good but until now we dont know how to use it
9_henry return is ahuge boost he missed ysterday but he will silence many people I am sure
Maybe there are nagatives but there are also positive and we should be realistic we cant repeat last seasoneven if we have the best 23 players in world so we should work harder
iniesta should be in centre mid full stop. its about time guardiola stops picking his favourite player keita and start henry.
thumbs up =P
we have to beat Inter or we are nothing better than Real….
Henry just came back out of injury, so it was to risci to leth him play in this cold weather.
I hope he play next match against Mallorca.
And in winter we realy need a back up for him or we are in big problems!
We missed him several weeks and see how many points we lost!
No matter how the players try to be professional and deny it, the weather played a huge part in this dissapointing performance. You can clearly see Barca played alot slower and less sharp.
Anyway, I still believe we will make it through, but we need Henry!!! My prediction is Barca will beat Inter and Dynamo and Rubin will draw against Dynamo and Inter.