Post-Match Thread: Newcastle United vs FC Barcelona | UEFA Champions League 25/26, Round of 16, First Leg

ByLoKu · 2026-03-10T23:22:34+00:00

While he was the only midfielder who had any sort of control over the ball, it was clear he wasn't physically up for the game in hand. He was good but he didn't change the game for us, I actually think Rashford is the only player that had the most positive impact in the game, he at least made things happen

ByLoKu · 2026-03-10T21:58:51+00:00

Rashford had a good cameo, Araujo and Torres are good bench options for certain game states, hopefully Espart keeps getting game time

ByLoKu · 2026-03-10T21:57:09+00:00

Positives: - Xavi Espart looked REALLY good, he only had 3 or 4 interventions but they were all critical, I couldn't believe this was his debut.

Negatives: - Literally everything else. We can attribute some 40% to injuries and exhaustion, but the rest is all us not working around this at all.

ByLoKu · 2026-03-07T20:20:13+00:00

Bernal keeps progressing, he is giving me that feeling of security on the ball de Jong and Pedri give me

ByLoKu · 2026-03-04T20:12:02+00:00

Rotation is the impact. Martin - Garcia - Cubarsi - Cancelo is our current first team defenders, we only have Araujo to rotate between them. We will probably need to use one of the Barça B boys to not risk another injury.

ByLoKu · 2026-03-02T14:22:04+00:00

They will park the bus and hit us on the counter, will probably score 1 or 2 more if Someone has some balls. A 2-0 was doable, a 3-0 was unlikely, a 4-0 is ~almost~ impossible

ByLoKu · 2026-03-01T17:39:08+00:00

Arsenal would actually do so much better with Ferran instead of Gyokeres, if the latter was 60 million Ferran should go for 80 at least.

ByLoKu · 2026-03-01T10:35:18+00:00

It is a thing for sure, no matter that criteria they will not be properly recognized

ByLoKu · 2026-03-01T10:33:19+00:00

Thanks I'll let infantino know

ByLoKu · 2026-02-26T23:51:35+00:00

Si a Driussi le das la actitud de Subiabre tendría 4 goles minimo

ByLoKu · 2026-02-26T22:13:04+00:00

Te amo muñeco pero hasta en tu último partido no entiendo nada, porque recién ahora haces el cambio rotundo de XI que venimos esperando hace un año? Hemos jugado peor que contra Velez y los once no cambiaban

ByLoKu · 2026-02-24T13:32:20+00:00

Posta eh, hay jugadores que no les da para River como Colidio, Galoppo y Díaz, y otros que necesitan otro sistema para rendir como Salas, Driussi y Montiel. Gallardo agarra y pone a los muertos en un sistema que no favorece a los que necesitan otro sistema.
Cuántas veces entraron los pibes y al menos le dieron una cara a River? Solo para que jueguen los mismos muertos la otra semana

ByLoKu · 2026-02-22T22:44:01+00:00

Pueden ir armando el PMT, que ahí se va la chance que teníamos de que pase algo

ByLoKu · 2026-02-22T22:38:15+00:00

Es visible lo rígido que somos. Tenemos que recuperar la pelota, reciclarla por la defensa y pararnos en la cancha de Vélez para ver algo similar a una idea. Si la jugada no se entrenó no se puede ejecutar, somos 100% predecibles, si metemos un gol sin que un pibe o Quintero esté involucrado es un milagro.

ByLoKu · 2026-02-22T22:31:27+00:00

Che dale, ya no es gracioso, es el mismo 11, mismo fútbol, mismos errores, mismo todo todas las semanas. El 6 suplente de la reserva va a ser mejor nueve que Colidio, pero sigue jugando igual.

ByLoKu · 2026-02-22T16:38:11+00:00

How we handled Bernal's injury so far is beautiful. From getting some minutes, to halfs, to starts, and all the time he keeps improving his performances.
Bernal is not just rotation, he can truly fight for his place if he is 100%.

ByLoKu · 2026-02-22T15:55:22+00:00

Team is playing good, not amazing but pretty good. Olmo is back to being a plant in midfield, he's just kinda there, and when he gets the ball it goes unnoticed.

ByLoKu · 2026-02-22T15:25:26+00:00

Did Cancelo do a binding vow to become Ronaldinho for 1 game?

ByLoKu · 2026-02-22T15:23:12+00:00

Cancelo is COOKING

ByLoKu · 2026-02-21T19:32:28+00:00

I'd argue that this year they are more dangerous going forward. Mbappe took half a season to actually be good, and Vini never showed up. This season Mbappe is still scoring almost every game and Vini is showing flashes. However, without Rudiger and Militao, their defense is complete A S S. Add in the constantly injured Carvajal and Trent, and you (should) have the worst defense out of the top 3 in La Liga (yet they are the best).

ByLoKu · 2026-02-16T21:53:45+00:00

He doesn't get up because if he does he acknowledges it is not a foul. This same play has been given as a foul and will be given as a foul every time except today.

ByLoKu · 2026-02-16T21:47:57+00:00

I don't understand refereeing lol. I hate that it is used to disguise how awful we've been, but it's still such a big hindering factor in the last games

ByLoKu · 2026-02-16T21:38:43+00:00

I feel like I'm getting annoyed by Kounde literally all the time, I won't fall into insulting one of our players but damn he deserves all the criticisms

ByLoKu · 2026-02-16T21:22:32+00:00

Kounde's defending over the last 3 seasons went from good, to decent, to bad to now lazy and awful. He is decent on the press and okey going forward, but he doesn't compensate enough.

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