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Barcelona’s and the fans talk of a treble repeat is the very definition of unrealistic expectations.

That gets to the players and it could become counterproductive, hence the meltdown after El Clásico defeat. Nuts.

The core of Barça’s squad is composed by serial winners never seen before in the history of the sport, but even them have a limit.

I doubt anyone questions their capability of winning the treble again, but football is never that simple. El Clásico clearest warning yet.

A bad day or even bad 15 minutes can cost you a trophy, so it’s not done until it’s done. Both feet on the ground and let’s see what happens

I’m all for optimism, but let’s be real. If it happens, it’s going to be amazing, but if it doesn’t, acting like they’ve failed is lunacy.

Barça fans are way too spoiled since 2008, but let’s enjoy while it lasts instead of making unreasonable demands. If it doesn’t, it’s ok too

That’s my message, I sure as hell want it to happen, but it’s not the end of the world if it doesn’t.

BALAGUE SAYS: Every time I complained about Barcelona's abandonment of the collective work, when the work of the front three was enough, that was logically received by a lot of people saying: "What are you talking about?"

What I was trying to get at was the fact that it's a natural step in the life of a team when you have a front three that wins every game for you. You stop working on things that made you so good when that front three was not performing, or when you needed to find collective answers to problems.

Of course, when it gets to this stage of a season, teams hardly train. It's all about recuperation; there are two games per week, and there is less and less work on organised attack.

What that means is that the team depends more and more on the front three as the season progresses, and that has what has happened to Barcelona.

Lionel Messi has found in the past few weeks that physically, perhaps, he is not at his sharpest. He has been dropping deep and becoming a midfielder almost.

Neymar, you can see it in his face, is struggling to find the extra gear, and Luis Suarez is still hungry and has been vital for Barcelona, but was missing against Real Sociedad. He is the man that can sort you out when things are not going well.

Barcelona have played 12 more games than any other La Liga rival, with a front three that have not rotated, and all of a sudden they have hit a bit of a wall.

The team has put all the eggs in the basket of the front three, meaning even Real Sociedad, who have got points off Barca at home for the past six years, can beat them.

It all started with the Villarreal draw, and then defeats against Real Madrid and Sociedad, meaning Barcelona can realistically lose out on the title this season and have blown the race wide open.

Piquénbauer skrev:Hvad er det du vil have fra midtbanen? Jeg har svært ved at se hvordan den skal være mere dominerende uden at tage noget af pladsen fra MSN.

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Piquénbauer skrev:Hvad er det du vil have fra midtbanen? Jeg har svært ved at se hvordan den skal være mere dominerende uden at tage noget af pladsen fra MSN.

Kampen mod Real Madrid på Bernabeu. Det er et godt eksempel på, hvordan vi i mine øjne burde spille. Vi dominerede kampen fuldstændig.

Piquénbauer skrev:Hvilke mekanismer er det du snakker om?

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Piquénbauer skrev:Hvilke mekanismer er det du snakker om?

At midtbanen fungerede, som den gjorde.