It’s usually the little things. Self–sabotaging can be a bitter pill. The GK (Williams) also has a responsibility to pass with empathy. This angle doesn’t show it but Williams has better alternatives to his left.
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This is false. Pep left under Sandro Rosell.
He had a good relationship with Laporta. Laporta is a terrible liar. This is clear.
However, Laporta is a core Cule. He’s a Cule at heart. For me, I believe he saw Messi as threat (Messi was one of the key reasons Bartomeu lost vote of confidence). I would infer that Laporta protected his interest & seized the financial crisis as A SELLABLE reason not to make Leo return.
But Laporta is a strong Cule & that is bigger than Messi (if we ditch emotions).
Mancity vs Real Madrid is a fixture that should be a blood bath. Pep is supposed to win by at least 2—3 goals margin.
Everyone knows the character of Real Madrid in this competition but they only do it when they thick. And right now, they are super short of that.
The fixture also creates a qualitative superiority for Mancity’s wingers (especially Doku vs TAA). But this is super possible if Mancity achieves sustained possession pinning Real Madrid in their own half.
Otherwise, it gets more complicated but City defends transitions way better with Nick O’Reilly in the middle.
Estevao was not supposed to beat Cubarsi there. This is his learning process and if we want him for long term (knowing that he can grow to be the best CCB of his generation), then we must be willing to accommodate his errors.
Oh! And that was just one of his many errors.
Cubarsi? He shouldn’t even be playing every week yet he is the leader of the defence.
Let’s be serious. He is a calm & an organizer CB — a core CCB. He needs an aggressor/an enforcer close to him. He doesn’t have one.
It is the same reason I want Guehi over Schlotterbeck.
Bro, this is X.
Once you say you really like tea, people would say oh so you want to tell me coffee is bad; oh what of coffee?; you disrespect coffee so much.
But the whole time you said nothing bad about coffee.
This is X.
No, I would push back a bit. Barcelona fans should know what’s happening. Both in this election & last election, the one who has a very clear proposal is Victor Font (BY FAR).
In fact in the last election, Laporta declared his interest late & it was when he saw Bartomeu was not going to be on the ballot or would lose. He knew he was more popular than Font. He took that advantage.
If you care about Victor Font’s proposal, this is it: https://t.co/VdWBohaksW
It’s the same reason Rashford has to be locked in.
Not even one player can be excused in the pressing when we lose the ball. It’s ultra—aggressive pressing & everyone is involved.
I hope everyone remembers the amount of borrowing, renaming the stadium, triggering levers that Laporta did? That’s not genius.
On top of that the €60m splashed on Olmo & the terrible agreement he had with Inigo Martinez.
Yes, the sporting project should continue but please don’t paint Laporta a saint. The man is a terrible liar.
My believe in the Frenkie & Pedri synergy grew more after Newcastle—Barcelona in the league phase. They passed Newcastle to death. So much so that Gordon & Guimaraes were testifying to how much they suffered.
Fdj completed 99% of his passes; a master of simple pass — keeping it simple & expressing his empathy before every release (delaying & discouraging Newcastle’s press). While he anchored, Pedri was gliding through them & taking the significant risk. Pedri was all over them — he covered 11.2 kilometres, only second to Bruno Guimaraes who covered 11.6 kilometres.
Barça will definitely miss FDJ but they too would be without Guimaraes. Exciting fixture!
He is by far, the greatest manager of all times. And he influenced the sport to an immeasurable degree. You love Klopp, Arteta, Maresca, Kompany, Tuchel, etc, they all refer to him as the best manager.
In his pressers, he stands out for one key reason — you ask him a question about the match & he goes deep into the game–state you are speaking of, telling you WHY; expressing his depth.
He goes out there this latest one & lends his voice to POLITICS & IMMIGRATION.
see eeh, tell your GOAT to come outside!!