So a season which had started out very positively has now run aground. All eyes are on Luis Enrique, and his team seems to have an identity crisis. One day they want to hold on to the ball, and another they play at a hectic pace taking no account of the midfield at all.
Ivan Rakitic was the player to watch during the first few matches of the season. He came into the side admirably well, but appears to have fallen out of favour. Enrique has picked him five times, and the first three he did very well indeed, but then came the draw at Málaga and the defeat in Paris, and he has not started since.
Similarly, Sergio Busquets is not the man he has been in other seasons, due to the problems he is having with his hip. And at right-back, Enrique has another problem and it is a big one. Anyone can get past Dani Alves in defence, even sides which aren't considered too strong, like Celta on Saturday.
Also, Barça have been looking for a centre-back to relieve Javier Mascherano for about three years, and yet it is Mascherano who has been picked the most often, even more than Gerard Piqué, who is experiencing his worst-ever times in a Barcelona shirt.
Crisis are fast looming for Barcelona, seems they are loosing credibility
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