Josep Maria Bartomeu

raskolnikov

Well-known member
We beat them at Bernabeu last time I checked and they barely won La Liga after god knows how long and with a helping hand.

This doom and gloom is too much. Don't you remember the Gaspart years?

Barcelona are one of the richest clubs and it's history and city itself will always be a big factor in attracting players.

We could have a better president but there's really nothing we can do about it. Enjoying Messi though... :) And after few years Bartomeu will be gone to and hopefully we will see the president with vision and Barca spirit.
Yeah but the future looks pretty bad. Real is building for the future and are stacked like hell while we are fumbling around signing dead weight, ruining la masia and wasting Messi's final years.
Board needs to go asap.
 

DonAK

President of FC Barcelona
It's not like a shining knight will win the next election either.

The two biggest papers in Catalunya are kissing Barto's ass and when he leaves in 2021, Cardoner will stand and win. And he's arguably even worse.
 

DonAK

President of FC Barcelona
I know our former players don't want to get into politics, but if there are is a motion of no confidence going through in August or September, some of our former players really should step up instead of staying quiet IMO.
 

khaled_a_d

Senior Member
I know our former players don't want to get into politics, but if there are is a motion of no confidence going through in August or September, some of our former players really should step up instead of staying quiet IMO.

Hmmm, tbh I think that such thing will really damage the club.
The board won't voted out,they are popular there. This is just another problem and disturbance for the club.

As for the former player,there is zero gain for them to do it.
 

Neeraj

Senior Member
The issue is, everything the board seems to do is to superficially please people. It's like the basic problem of democracy, where there's no long term thinking because everything is done from the point of view of the next election.

Let's say we really did drop the ball and we cannot land any of the big midfield signings this season. The smart thing would be to maybe save the money and use this season to get a couple of cheap young talents (there are other Ceballos' out there). A few signings in the 0-10m range. Get some youth activity kickstarted again and then use the saved up money to go all out next season.

That would be the approach required considering you've dropped the ball big time this year; especially considering you had all season long and then some more to think about what you need to do as the problems are blatant. However, in an environment where Fartomeu and co are all looking over their shoulders for a vote of no confidence and looking to justify things all the time, they will make knee-jerk, stupid signings (aka Paulinho type transfers) that will put us back in the same position next year.

This is the big problem that I see.
 

DonAK

President of FC Barcelona
Signings like Paulinho would not please anyone though. So that would be a problem for them. If they are smart, they drop signing him right now with a possible vote of no confidence looming.
 

jamrock

Senior Member
This guy is James Dolan, he will turn us into the New York Knicks, his luck with the treble just as the elections were being held as screwed us for years to come even if we win la liga this season.

That treble was a curse disguised as a blessing

The man cant even do the finance thing, which he is supposedly great at well, he needed pique to get a shirt sponsor and all our other deals have just been industry average, nothing special. Literally anyone could have done the job he has been doing since he became our president.

All that and now he will now be responsible for the largest financial outlay in the history of the club, only God can help us so he doesn't mess that up too.
 

DonAK

President of FC Barcelona
Getting 66% would be very unlikely unless you have the likes of Puyol, Valdes, Xavi standing behind it and Messi delaying his contract renewal.

None of that will happen I guess.

Choir boys :p
 

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