I'd put more fault on Alves, Alba, Puyol, Cesc, & Pique... I'll give Xavi a pass since he just came back after a 2 week lay off. Rodriguez looked lost in his role. I'm not even sure he knew what he was supposed to do in the ACM match...
I was pissed at Messi too. Dude was just walking around half the time, just like he has for most of this season
Everyone on different Barca forums was saying "Messi is just saving his energy for the big games." Well where was it yesterday then?
I've gotten pissed at Ronaldo plenty of times when he plays for Portugal for doing dumb @#$%, but at least he has that ultra competitive attitude and gives 100% effort every match...
Also, it's painful to remember how our front three used to be Eto'o, Henry, and Messi :x
...and now we have to deal with Alexis Sanchez (who dives/trips over himself when he gets near the goal) and Pedro (who only puts on his scoring boots for the national team)
Barca needs to improve a lot on counter attacks...Instead of just @#$@$@ going for goal, we slow down and start passing the ball around, which lets the other team easily regroup and defend. I don't care about "The way we play is who we are, we aren't going to change it" bull @#$%. All of Europe has figured out how to stop Barca, it's time to evolve.
We've lost/drawn/barely won every single match against a good/elite squad this year. I know the first 2 were friendlies but still...
PSG - FC Barcelona = Tie (2-2)
Manchester United - FC Barcelona = Tie (0-0)
FC Barcelona - Real Madrid = Won (3-2)
Real Madrid - FC Barcelona = Lost (2-1)
FC Barcelona - Real Madrid = Tie (2-2)
FC Barcelona - Celtic = Won (2-1)
Celtic - FC Barcelona = Lost (2-1)
Benfica - FC Barcelona = Won (0-2)
FC Barcelona - Benfica = Tie (0-0)
Real Madrid - FC Barcelona = Tie (1-1)
Valencia - FC Barcelona = Tie (1-1)
Milan - FC Barcelona = Lost (2-0)
P.S. get Alves the hell outta here! Never liked that dude but put up with him because of his talent...Now all we have left is an annoying, diving moron as our RB