25 - Wojciech Szczęsny

khaled_a_d

Senior Member
The one thing I don't get is the "Marc would have been slandered if he performed like Szczesny " argument.

This thread has pages of criticism to Tek after CL performances, after the red card against Madrid etc. Hell, early on fans wanted Pena to continue to start. The honeymoon phase was just couple of month from February to Early April.
 
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malvolio

Senior Member
Malvolio wants Barca to fail?

He's a big Barca and Messi fan.
What these nupties don't get is that Barca always had clowns as GKs. Now they are hyping Valdes and Bravo like they were some gods, go figure. Regardless of what is being said, staff at club rated him all these years.

They just have this idea embedded into their brain that a GK should bail us out regardless of what we do as a team in the CL.

I've always said that I don't mind Barca upgrading at GK. I just don't think club will out resources into that, like Madrid did with Courtois for example. But to label Stegen as a clown and the main reason we failed all these years is just hating out of boredom.
 

DonAK

President of FC Barcelona
When thing I don't get is the "Marc would have been slandered if he performed like Szczesny " argument.

This thread has pages of criticism to Tek after CL performances, after the red card against Madrid etc. Hell, early on fans wanted Pena to continue to start. The honeymoon phase was just couple of month from February to Early April.

Besides Marc has already had performances like Tek, and worse in European games.
For like 70% of his career at Barcelona. He's been here more than a decade.
 

RedxMAK

Well-known member
What these nupties don't get is that Barca always had clowns as GKs. Now they are hyping Valdes and Bravo like they were some gods, go figure. Regardless of what is being said, staff at club rated him all these years.

They just have this idea embedded into their brain that a GK should bail us out regardless of what we do as a team in the CL.

I've always said that I don't mind Barca upgrading at GK. I just don't think club will out resources into that, like Madrid did with Courtois for example. But to label Stegen as a clown and the main reason we failed all these years is just hating out of boredom.
Valdes was so overrated
 

DonAK

President of FC Barcelona
Find me five memorable CL performances from ter Stegen since he joined us, where he was excellent and made some well-timed and clutch saves.

Now do the same exercise for his peers of his generation.
 

RedxMAK

Well-known member
Valdes was better, but more mistake prone.
Besides Paris 2006, I can’t recall a single performance where Valdes bailed us out. Icl I recall more disasterclasses like Liverpool 2007 and PSG 2013 than any of his great performances. Easily the weakest link of Pep’s Barça
 

mc_lovin

Senior Member
Find me five memorable CL performances from ter Stegen since he joined us, where he was excellent and made some well-timed and clutch saves.

Now do the same exercise for his peers of his generation.
Default answer is the Bayern return leg 14/15, then again that was a formality with no real pressure. That's one :lol:

I will rejoice when terrorism is defeated.
 

khaled_a_d

Senior Member
Besides Paris 2006, I can’t recall a single performance where Valdes bailed us out. Icl I recall more disasterclasses like Liverpool 2007 and PSG 2013 than any of his great performances. Easily the weakest link of Pep’s Barça

His best season was 09/10 actually. And sure, he had blunders, I said it in my post and it was worse than any of Marc tbh
 

DonAK

President of FC Barcelona
Default answer is the Bayern return leg 14/15, then again that was a formality with no real pressure. That's one :lol:

I will rejoice when terrorism is defeated.

That's the default answer and theeeeeeen...........it always gets quiet when I ask this :lol:

We've had some losers at Barca, but never have I seen a bigger loser in this club than ter Stegen in Europe.
 

Temptation

Well-known member
What these nupties don't get is that Barca always had clowns as GKs. Now they are hyping Valdes and Bravo like they were some gods, go figure. Regardless of what is being said, staff at club rated him all these years.

They just have this idea embedded into their brain that a GK should bail us out regardless of what we do as a team in the CL.

I've always said that I don't mind Barca upgrading at GK. I just don't think club will out resources into that, like Madrid did with Courtois for example. But to label Stegen as a clown and the main reason we failed all these years is just hating out of boredom.
Many people hate him because of his poor relationship with Messi.

Suarez escaped a lot of criticism for his CL performances for Barca because of his strong personal equation with Messi.
 

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