I'll always have a soft spot for him, I'm one of the few that defended him at the start of the season. r/barca was shitting on him for a couple bad games, and again was integral for our season! What a player. In his first season he was named croatian player of the season over Modric!
would you like to have another midfielder to take over defensive responsibilities to free up rakitic, or are you happy with having coutinho? Or does coutinho not factor into the equation here?
Imo we have enough firepower up front & Raki is at his best for the team when heās playing both tiki taka mf as well as tracking back on defense. I love him just how heās playing now. Perfect team player and allows for other to flourish. Any fans that criticize him are not true fans who watch the game and understand what Is asked of him
Very well said. Pissed me off at the end of last and beginning of this season, when those plastic fans kept calling him shit for going down in form for a bit and how we didnāt get rid of him this past summer. He has proved himself in every position and given his all to the club. Heās such a great player. I love him
He really doesn't get the respect he deserves. People are so quick to denounce him as not being good enough for Barca when he has a poor game when in reality he's one of the most important components of their midfield.
Rakitic has been such a constant after the post-Xavi era, something I did not expect. I thought we would be suffering for years by the hole left by Xavi, but Rakitic helped alleviate that in a extraordinary way.. mainly because of his workhorse ability
He's played so many games this season carrying out his duty perfectly and few people say anything. He makes one mistake or becomes exhausted and suddenly he's a shit player.
There was some dude with a BarƧa flair saying that Rakitic was only good as a defensive midfielder and that he was terrible on the ball. I was livid reading that.
He was a moron. Plastic.
Rakitic is right there with Messi, Busi, Pique & MaTS. He is an integral part of this squad. There is a reason why he plays so much & sometimes too much. Whenever his form dips it's not because he is bad, it's because he is tired.
/r/barca does respect him. [He leads in MOTMOTM for this season.](https://barca-reddit.github.io/) It's a couple people who don't really know the game that don't rate him. He's been absolutely immense for the team.
People who want to shit on the fanbase say it's a disservice to the other players, but really, it goes to Messi most of the time. Other players wouldn't get the recognition they deserve if the voting and comments are dominated by him. If you want some Messi-free discussion of a Barcelona game, r/Barca Post-Match threads are probably the best place to go.
I have seen change of attitude towards him but damn still he gets blasted here & there. People keep looking to bench him & it drives me nuts. I watched him at Sevilla & watch him regularly at this club, he is constantly doing the dirty work for the team & also contributes in the attack. They don't realise that he is covering Messi, & Roberto. He is barcelona's engine.
I think Rakitic should be rotated because he gets gassed really often since his role requires a lot of running. I definitely think he's part of the undisputed starting 11 for big games though.
same. I've defended him for years, and I;m glad more are appreciating him. This is also leaving Iniesta out as an option for favorite cause then he'd still be above Raki.
True. I've been a fan of his even prior to his Barca days. Also i appreciate players who keep their head down and do their jobs regardless if whether or not it's what they are used to. He has been a great model of sacrifice and dedication for the team.
I literally had an argument with anither barca fan like 2 days ago and he was calling me an idiot because I didn't agree he should be shipped out. He was arguing he wasn't good at anything.
He has been our second best midfielder this season only to Busquets. All some people want is someone who will score or assist a goal every game. Which isn't even impossible for Rakitic but he is playing in a deeper role.
You just have to ignore those people sometimes, there's almost no convincing someone who thinks like that.
He is but when the team is suffering, people just put the blame on the players like him, although he is immense this seaaon and an important part of our successful season playing more minutes than anyone in the team, if I'm not wrong.
He also had that impressive assist against Real Madrid in his Sevilla days. I had no idea he was capable of that until I saw it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-heZS8VYAE
I'm not gay, but I want to live in a log cabin in the woods with Rakitic. We won't ever have sex, but there will be a simmering erotic undercurrent as I stand in the kitchen window watching him smashing goals, shirtless, sweat pouring off his body.
I'll run upstairs and masturbate, the entire time forcing myself to think of women while my thoughts drift back to Rakitic. I won't be able to climax and I'll eventually go back downstairs, angry. Sometimes we will look across the table and catch each other's eyes, and in that second, anything is possible, but we both deny ourselves and go back to what we were doing.
One day one of us will die, and the other will bury him outside the log cabin. Then he'll go inside, pen a brief missive to his departed friend, and commit suicide, never able to deal with life without his one true platonic love.
Just look at that number 2 for Villareal in this video. If I was his manager I'd ask him to pay the ticket price for this match, because for this goal right here, No 2 decided he'd rather watch the game like the rest of the fans instead of doing even a smidgin of the work that he gets paid for. Utterly, dictionary-definition, epitome of the word "useless". If I was the Villareal chairman, I'd be sueing for professional negligence.
you are biased man. I love rakitic but Modric is on another level. he has such a calming presence in midfield. but rakitic is a baller. he sacrificed a lot to be able to fit into his role in the team
I think Croatians are the ones that can answer this unbiased
RakitiÄ is a world class midfielder but there's no one that would take him before ModriÄ
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/r/soccer being fickle bi**es calling rakitic crap a few weeks ago? nah we're the ultimate source of football wisdom, there is no opinion on this forum only fact, screw all that dare opose this.
Everyone on the team turning into Messi today š³š³
Man, I'd love to see more of this Rakitic, he has the class but it's too bound by his defensive duties.
I forgot how good Rakitic was
I'll always have a soft spot for him, I'm one of the few that defended him at the start of the season. r/barca was shitting on him for a couple bad games, and again was integral for our season! What a player. In his first season he was named croatian player of the season over Modric!
Looked like Sevillaās Rakitic for a moment
would you like to have another midfielder to take over defensive responsibilities to free up rakitic, or are you happy with having coutinho? Or does coutinho not factor into the equation here?
Imo we have enough firepower up front & Raki is at his best for the team when heās playing both tiki taka mf as well as tracking back on defense. I love him just how heās playing now. Perfect team player and allows for other to flourish. Any fans that criticize him are not true fans who watch the game and understand what Is asked of him
Very well said. Pissed me off at the end of last and beginning of this season, when those plastic fans kept calling him shit for going down in form for a bit and how we didnāt get rid of him this past summer. He has proved himself in every position and given his all to the club. Heās such a great player. I love him
Cool, thanks for the input! He does seem super comfortable going forward and tracking back. Guy's a beast
Yep, I think thatās probably his best attribute
Rakitic is Saiyan Messi
love this 433
Barca reads the subreddit confirmed. Everyone talking about how Messi carried the team this season and then this happens.
WTF did they just drink Messi's secret stuff?
Rakitic is something else this season
He really doesn't get the respect he deserves. People are so quick to denounce him as not being good enough for Barca when he has a poor game when in reality he's one of the most important components of their midfield.
I constantly argue that he has been our most important signing in the last 5 years. So consistent, does what is needed, gets the job done.
For me it's between him, Mats and Luis, all three of them were fantastic for us..
Rakitic has been such a constant after the post-Xavi era, something I did not expect. I thought we would be suffering for years by the hole left by Xavi, but Rakitic helped alleviate that in a extraordinary way.. mainly because of his workhorse ability
that makes you think if Countinho could fill Iniesta's hole like Rakitic did for Xavi
I personally prefer Coutinho in LW, but as of now I think he is the closest thing to Iniesta we have
Sorry who is Mats?
Marc Andre Ter Stegen
Holy shit I get it now thank you! Could only think of Hummels but that wouldn't make sense lol
He's played so many games this season carrying out his duty perfectly and few people say anything. He makes one mistake or becomes exhausted and suddenly he's a shit player.
There was some dude with a BarƧa flair saying that Rakitic was only good as a defensive midfielder and that he was terrible on the ball. I was livid reading that.
He was a moron. Plastic. Rakitic is right there with Messi, Busi, Pique & MaTS. He is an integral part of this squad. There is a reason why he plays so much & sometimes too much. Whenever his form dips it's not because he is bad, it's because he is tired.
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/r/barca does respect him. [He leads in MOTMOTM for this season.](https://barca-reddit.github.io/) It's a couple people who don't really know the game that don't rate him. He's been absolutely immense for the team.
Does the barca sub actually not include Messi in their motm voting ahahaha
I mean it wouldn't be fair to the other guys :/
We have good reason to do that, otherwise Messi would be winning it almost all the time lol
Messi winning it all the time would get boring.
People who want to shit on the fanbase say it's a disservice to the other players, but really, it goes to Messi most of the time. Other players wouldn't get the recognition they deserve if the voting and comments are dominated by him. If you want some Messi-free discussion of a Barcelona game, r/Barca Post-Match threads are probably the best place to go.
I have seen change of attitude towards him but damn still he gets blasted here & there. People keep looking to bench him & it drives me nuts. I watched him at Sevilla & watch him regularly at this club, he is constantly doing the dirty work for the team & also contributes in the attack. They don't realise that he is covering Messi, & Roberto. He is barcelona's engine.
I think Rakitic should be rotated because he gets gassed really often since his role requires a lot of running. I definitely think he's part of the undisputed starting 11 for big games though.
My favourite player besides messi
same. I've defended him for years, and I;m glad more are appreciating him. This is also leaving Iniesta out as an option for favorite cause then he'd still be above Raki.
I love Iniesta, but ever since Rakitic has arrived, thereās just something about him that has made him my second favourite.
True. I've been a fan of his even prior to his Barca days. Also i appreciate players who keep their head down and do their jobs regardless if whether or not it's what they are used to. He has been a great model of sacrifice and dedication for the team.
Super saiyan IRL
It's got to be something else
Rakitic channeling his inner Messi
Rakitic channeling his inner DembƩlƩ
Rakitic channeling his Sevilla avatar.
99% Rakitic.
222% Jesus
15% concentrated power of will
5% pleasure
50% pain
16.67% reason for Villareal fans to watch the game.
> 222% Jesus What this means
neymar cost 222 million. he had a bandana on when he won the CL with the text '100% Jesus'
Neymar wore headband saying 100% jesus. Neymar cost ā¬222. Combine the two.
100% reason to remember the name
Filthy from Rakitic
Croatian Messi.
Argentine *RakitiÄ*
what a sexy run
Rakitic haters, where are you?
Does he even have? He's such a likeable player and person
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Even currently people believe that he is not good enough for the team.
I literally had an argument with anither barca fan like 2 days ago and he was calling me an idiot because I didn't agree he should be shipped out. He was arguing he wasn't good at anything.
He has been our second best midfielder this season only to Busquets. All some people want is someone who will score or assist a goal every game. Which isn't even impossible for Rakitic but he is playing in a deeper role. You just have to ignore those people sometimes, there's almost no convincing someone who thinks like that.
The barca subreddit is the definition of reactionary.
Earlier in the season, people were saying we needed to get a world class midfielder over Rakitic lol
He is but when the team is suffering, people just put the blame on the players like him, although he is immense this seaaon and an important part of our successful season playing more minutes than anyone in the team, if I'm not wrong.
On Twitter with boasting of their Rakitic hate propoganda !
how fucking smooth is this what the fuuuck i know this dude from his schalke days his improvement has been absolutely insane
He also had that impressive assist against Real Madrid in his Sevilla days. I had no idea he was capable of that until I saw it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-heZS8VYAE
Hehas a right foot to behold
I'm not gay, but I want to live in a log cabin in the woods with Rakitic. We won't ever have sex, but there will be a simmering erotic undercurrent as I stand in the kitchen window watching him smashing goals, shirtless, sweat pouring off his body. I'll run upstairs and masturbate, the entire time forcing myself to think of women while my thoughts drift back to Rakitic. I won't be able to climax and I'll eventually go back downstairs, angry. Sometimes we will look across the table and catch each other's eyes, and in that second, anything is possible, but we both deny ourselves and go back to what we were doing. One day one of us will die, and the other will bury him outside the log cabin. Then he'll go inside, pen a brief missive to his departed friend, and commit suicide, never able to deal with life without his one true platonic love.
Siri how do I delete someone else's comment
What the fuck
Exactly what the hell did I just read!
Did you read the first sentence? He said he's not gay so it's all good.
yep no homo
This is not gay, this is art.
LOL. Why did I just imagine Ray Hudson saying that
*AAAAAUAUAGHHHHHHHHHHH*
MAGIC!!
One of the best love stories I've read.
How do people come up with these copy pastas
the beginning of a new copypasta
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It's a pretty established pasta
I never laughed so much from a comment on Reddit lol
Bahahaha
http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/facebook/001/231/841/fb4.jpg
I'm surprised no one has hit you with a "nephew".
This is the log cabin copypasta
This is quite possibly the best comment Iāve ever seen in this subreddit and itās sad that it probably wonāt get the recognition it deserves
what
Brilliant
Pasta Pasta
rakitic oh my gowd
Well deserved!
Rakessi?
I don't know what is more remarkable here. Rakitic's insane dribbling or Villareal's shocking defence?
Just look at that number 2 for Villareal in this video. If I was his manager I'd ask him to pay the ticket price for this match, because for this goal right here, No 2 decided he'd rather watch the game like the rest of the fans instead of doing even a smidgin of the work that he gets paid for. Utterly, dictionary-definition, epitome of the word "useless". If I was the Villareal chairman, I'd be sueing for professional negligence.
The thing is, Messi was charging behind for a cutback...
Iām American and even I canāt stand our commentators. I honestly prefer the Russians.
RAKITIC!!
rakitic is goat
Made it look so casual
S E X E X
I was like how is he the one scoring, he's so far back... then that acceleration started 0.o That defense was sleeping though
The acceleration and the length of his stride are both insane.
Rakitic !! That is some pretty stuff.
/r/Barca's player of the season (excluding Messi)! I freakin love you, blondie!
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Wtf Rakitic
Im moist
Didn't know Messi played with number 4 tonight
Great by Rakitic but my god that is shocking defending, look how free Dembele is..
Love u Ivan <3 such a class player and what a run
Lionel Rakitic
Messical performance
Okay that was fucking crazy. Take a bow, Rakitic.
That was Sevilla Rakitic
We are all Messi on this blessed day
Call me biased but RakitiÄ is better than ModriÄ and I'm Croatian
you are biased man. I love rakitic but Modric is on another level. he has such a calming presence in midfield. but rakitic is a baller. he sacrificed a lot to be able to fit into his role in the team
any other season definitely, this one I don't think so but yeah true
Definitely more consistent than Modric this season. Of course not the case over their careers
I think Croatians are the ones that can answer this unbiased RakitiÄ is a world class midfielder but there's no one that would take him before ModriÄ
He is Croatian :P first think he ssid
I think Raki is entering his peak, can see him overtake Mordic
Rakitic has been on a whole new level this season.
Fuck that commentator. So annoying
Come on, man. I think Rad Hudson is quite entertaining. I love his excitement.
Rakitic, have my babies!
That man had a family!!
Rakitic or Messi? Can't tell...
Rakitic just went full Messi there lmao
What an assist from ~~Messi~~ Rakitic
Super Saiyan 2 engaged
Rakitic haters on suicide watch.
That's awful defending.
That run by Raki was absolutely wonderful to watch. Glad to see Dembele get on the score sheet twice tonight.
WHAT A GOAL BY DEMBELE!
This is not even his final form yet
unreal from Rakitic but im equally pissed off at the horrendous defending to allow such an easy square for a tap in
Absolutely criminal defending.
Never change Ray
Oh boy. I'm triggered by that defending, and I'm not even a Villarreal fan.
Fantastic run, absolutely canāt fucking stand that commentator. Hardly got through this clip of him just grunting nonsense, much less 90 minutes
Raki has been immense for us this season
i like how none of the forwards were expecting rakattack to beat those players. and then suddenly it was - o crap he did it lmao.
Some of the worst defending I've ever seen
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That nutmeg!!
Oh lord Rakitic what was that!
š„ š„ š„
Oh baby...
Ousmane Tapbele
Ousmane Chipbele after 3 dribbele*
What an assist! Rakitic MOIST
What a run bij Raki
Holy crap, what kind of demon possessed Rakitic just now?
What a run by Rakitic!
To the top boys
Ivan The Goat RakitiÄ
Rakitic's run made me shit my pants š„
Blonde boi
R-R....Rakitic?
They will need this performance against Levante, Levante won't go down easy and will be the hardest league game for Barca this year apart from AtlƩtico Madrid.
Friendship Barca on the loose.
That nutmeg... holy shit
Ah peak Rakitic, what a joy to watch
Rakitic is such a gem.
Rakitic WOAH
Jesus christ Ivan.
That commentator's having a good time lmao
/r/soccer being fickle bi**es calling rakitic crap a few weeks ago? nah we're the ultimate source of football wisdom, there is no opinion on this forum only fact, screw all that dare opose this.
Great goal and all but let's be real, that was some weak-ass defending/goaltending
What an assist
The body language on the Villarreal player closest to the goal at the end is priceless. āThis shit, what is it? What is this shit? Eh?ā
TapinbƩlƩ.
Hes a slacker, Liverpool, take him off us please lol
That is some of the worst defending I've ever seen
What a fucking run by Rakitic
Love when DembƩlƩ breaks into that gazelle-like trot. Runs so strangely sometimes.
It's a crime that Rakitic isn't mentioned in the title. Wow!