This, combined with Havertz who isn’t as good as Xhaka either when it comes to progressive passes, is probably the biggest reason why our attack hasn’t been as good this year. It has more to do with midfield balance than our frontline.

Progressive passes don’t mean shit against a low block.

Not sure why people keep bringing this up.

Yep. As many accolades as Pep’s Barca got, the prime team, it was a snoozefest 90% of the time. They won a lot but at what cost. Madrid were playing trail blazing football at the time and were the more fun team to root for.

People are desperate for validation in this age of social media where there is basically none to be had.

Not even the biggest club in Newcastle lol.