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have fun mate :cheers:

I never hide or “keep quiet”. Also I don’t know how many times I need to remind people, every time I write it it seems to be ignored, I did not want valverde to continue, and said this before the first leg of the Liverpool game. All I did was give him credit where it was due, but that somehow...

Once again your post has personal insults, thank you for proving my point. As for the "substance" of your post, it falls apart completely in the third sentence where you call me a "Valverde backer". I'm a "Valverde backer" who wanted Barca to move on from him in the summer, even before the...

Guys like BBZ, havesaks, Wolfe, khaled and the new tackle guy are essential for the forum. They provide a counterbalance to the “group think” on this forum and without them it wouldn’t be worth reading. They might not always be right, but they are right a lot of the time, they present their...

I haven’t said a new manager wont improve the team, lol. I said that even with a new manager he probably won’t win CL, and by the time he has replaced senior players Messi will be too old. So I’m telling people to forget about a CL until post Messi era. I should have said “won’t fix problems to...

I think this forum in general needs a reality check as well. A manager change won't fix Barca's problems. If the manager is an improvement, it still won't be enough to win a CL with the squad as it is. The ship has probably sailed on Messi winning another CL, he is turning 32 in a few weeks...

There's no obvious candidate out there that is available that can develop young players, have a system that is the familiar barca style, be able to deal with big players and get rid of them/get them to play less, be able to manage in big European games and outwit other managers. Even if there...

Roberto played his best games as a right sided midfielder actually. He shouldn't be playing fullback.

who is doing that? I don't see anyone in this thread. if you're targeting this at me then I am not defending the cup, I am saying the local fans regard it as important, it shows their low ambition, I am criticising them and the board.

I don't have much hope for Europe, if certain players continue (old, slow, weak mentality) and a manager that has non clue in Europe. In theory Barca should still be strong in the league, but I have no idea how well Zidane's Madrid will do, they're usually inconsistent in the league, but his new...

For Catalans, winning in Spain is all that matters, a win in Europe is a bonus. at Madrid it's different, they always prided themselves on winning in Europe starting from the 1950's. Barca didn't have any success in Europe until the late 70's and didn't win a European cup until the 90's, despite...

that is a decent concern, barca needs a striker that makes runs behind or can be a target man type of player. my hope was that because griezmann has good link play he would actually have a good first touch/layoffs/passes and wouldn't lose the ball like suarez constantly does, so the fact he is...

what is is about griezmann that makes you think he is a bad fit? do you think he will occupy the same spaces as messi?

The people wanting mourinho are not thinking long term. They are just in a emotional state and want to throw shit at the wall and see if it sticks. If Barca get a new manager, which I think they should but it looks like they won’t, it needs to be a manager who can bring along young players and...

as much as I want a new manager, valverde is at least capable domestically. Tata is capable of nothing, it’s a step backwards not forwards. Tata would be throwing barbecues as the team wins absolutely nothing. Neymessi said that Tata was even better than lucho, an absolutely laughable statement.

Puyol wasn’t even a starter, mascherano was starter. Song wasn’t a starter and Cesc was a decent player, and part of the rotation. Tata made Alves do crosses with his genius tactics of spamming crosses despite the fact Barca didn’t even have a striker (messi was false nine) and there were to...

That’s just ridiculous lol. While I think a change is needed after that result, to say Tata is better than valverde is quite crazy. Tata had younger messi, Alves at rb, Neymar, iniesta still in his prime, Busquets still in his prime, and ended trophyless. He also moved away from Barca’s style...

Don’t understand the point of this post, I wasn’t even defending valverde.

I see what you’re saying but the psychological blow of crashing out in such a disastrous way two seasons in a row will be damaging. Valverde has shown he can’t take the team far in Europe, but is good domestically, kind of like Conte at Juventus.

His football was fine to eke our what was remaining of the seniors, but it came up short in Europe. This season in Europe, he seemed to be making progress, but ended up screwing up the game at anfield completely. Instead of taking what worked in the first game (semedo, switch to 4-4-2) he just...