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Madrid will win the Liga and have a shot at the CL, Barca might win the Copa del Rey. Barca have no hope in the Liga and CL.

I can’t believe the club might sell Semedo, a competent right back in a football world lacking good fullbacks. Barca were always more solid with him at right back, even though he is left on an island as Messi never gets back to help defensively. He isn’t the best offensively but Alba is on the...

Benzema is more than just goals, if I were Madrid I would try a two striker set up.

Our Croatian fans will be happy.

It seems people here have reading comprehension issues. I was talking about the work Valverde did before Barcelona, and that quote from Cruyff was in 2012. When I did refer to his work at Barca, I even said in the same post that Barcelona was a step beyond his capabilities. I don't know why I...

I’m not doubting that, and didn’t know his comments outside of the quotes that were posted here. All I said was that based on the work Valverde has done at that point in time, it wasn’t crazy for a person like Cruyff to praise him, Valverde has done good work as a manager, even playing decent...

Valverde is a good coach, he did impressive work with Espanyol, getting them to a UEFA cup final and only losing on penalties. He was very successful in Greece with Olimpiacos. His work at Bilbao was also decent, he got them into the champions league. So for Cruyff to make those statements in...

The false nine thing is dead. Barca needs a new nine, a replacement for Suarez. If Messi wants another CL (I personally don’t think he’ll get one, for various reasons) he needs a nine in front of him, and a right back that can get forward and cover the space he vacates on the right side. The...

Some of the trolling on the forum these days is top notch :lol:. They really know how to piss off some of the members here.

Rijkaard took over a team that hadn’t won in years and won back to back leagues and a champions league. Put some respect on his name. About your first point, those are all time legends. Trying to win with such a pure style, especially in Europe, with more normal players is difficult. A team...

Romero has turned into a joke for a while, but RAC1 was supposed to be a reliable source. What are the decent sources left for Barca news?

Barca should hire Lopetegui

Obviously I am not talking about clones, but the types of player they are and the roles they fill to create a balanced midfield. Arthur is a ball circulating midfielder like Kroos, and mainly holds his position in the middle. de Jong can drive forward with the ball and makes forward runs while...

You guys are missing the point. A “pure” tiki taka team like Pep’s Barcelona is extremely hard to replicate, without the likes of Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Alves all in their primes. That pure tiki taka team was so good it could play one type of football and win. In most circumstances, a team will...

Speaking for myself, I have been critical of Busquets, Roberto, Suarez for a while. I was also critical of Rakitic to a lesser extent but appreciated some of his qualities, so my views on him were mixed, ideally I saw him as a rotation player. With Rakitic, I like having a player of his profile...

People are starting to see the players are a big part of the problem, good. Some people were acting like you could swap the manager and it’s all going to fix itself. Those players would still be past it and have a shit attitude with a new manager. They are equivalent to Ronaldinho and Deco...

The point seems to be lost on people but the board and sporting department ultimately make the decisions on players and the manager. It was the board who gave extensions to some of the older players who are now causing problems, it is the board/sporting department who bought Coutinho when he...

Barca should be in for him, he has all the traits of a Barca pivot. He has the ball skills and the defensive ability. He has enough speed for the position and has the height to compete for aerial balls. De Jong could be played instead of Rakitic. Barca would then have an ideal pivot and De Jong...

LMAO. If you can’t handle this then I wonder how you will handle the post Messi Barca.

Givenchy I noticed that you had to qualify several times that you don’t like valverde/don’t want him to continue as manager. This was because your post actually had some nuance and a vague defence of valverde. You know that you’d be jumped on by certain posters for even saying that, called an...