Quote from: Majestic-milf on December 01, 2024, 09:21:25 PM

Quote from: stompix on December 01, 2024, 09:04:39 PM

One just has to admire how quickly the wind shifts in this topic!

Barcelona gets defeated by Ossasuna, everyone is saying they can't compete with Real, they need to stop dreaming about La Liga!
Barcelona trashes Real 4-0 , Barcelona is the best, Real will have to settle for second, Barcelona has the best attack, they are unstoppable!
Barcelona loses to Las Palmas, everything is lost, Real is clear champions, Barcelona is not playing a thing anymore!

Guys, it was round 15 out of 38, we're not even at half the league, stop with these clear-cut predictions as they might not hold true next week, forget about another 20 matches!

That's the thing with football and you shouldn't be surprised that there are differing opinions about Barcelona's style of play currently. I still believe that like every other club who are experiencing their hard times, Barcelona aren't immune to setback so let's just give them time to see if they can get back up or this is the end for them even though the season is still fresh.

I'm not surprised at all, I'm pretty sure that things can easily turn around and we might have Real making a wrong step, what I'm surprised about is the instant reactions of this board everyone going 180 degrees after just one match, I know it's hard for it to happen but I would love to see it I the next round, Barcelona playing perfectly and Real flopping at Girona and see how suddenly again Barca is the favorite for the title just like that. It's just that I don't get it why most here treat every round like it's some elimination-style competition, one loss and you're out of the battle!

Quote from: BITCOIN4X on December 01, 2024, 09:39:12 PM

Kylian Mbappe's poor finishing this season is the reason why Real Madrid does not have high goal productivity. You are of course right that Mbappe had many opportunities in this match, but not only in that match, but in all matches Mbappe had many wasted opportunities. He has to be calm and stay away from pressure, so he needs to do it as well as possible so as not to become a player who will be ridiculed by his own fans.

They still are the second-best attacking team in the league with one less game and with far fewer plays against teams with weak defenses if you look at h2h between them and the rest, so I don't think there is actually any issues with goal productivity. After all, it matters little if you win 5 nill or 3-1, what matters are points.