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:amazed: First time in a long time this guy doesn't sound like a complete muppet.

Bartomeu: "It is time to say goodbye to some of the players who have made Barca the best in the world."

Actions speak louder than words, but I am genuinely shocked he would come out publicly and say that. If he could clear out a few amigos before leaving he would be doing the next board a lot of good.

+1 Glad to see you becoming a good poster lately. :cheers:

In the age of social media, instant gratification and the past decade of us dominating the league has deluded fans into believing you need the CL to have a great season. That isn't the case though and CL is borderline impossible to win. Many great players and managers have gone their entire...

Needs a CL. Copa is a meme.

He did nothing to renew this team or build for the future because he had no mandate to and was operating under a strict set of restrictions. He was one match away from an invincible league campaign in his first season and one away goal from an almost certain CL title. Third season it fell apart...

Did Setien get death threats from our fans? Did Setien have the title of his thread changed to a derogatory nickname? Did Setien invoke the same foaming at the mouth reaction to his sterile football despite not producing results either? Was Setien blamed by our fans as the main culprit for...

Madrid finished with 87 points this season. Last season we also had 87 points, but won the league with 10 matches remaining and played the kids in the rest of the fixtures. 17/18 we had 93 points and wrapped up the title again with many games to spare. If we really needed to press for a few more...

His agility and speed are not anything special in modern football. Think we've been so accustomed to the likes of Raki, Busi, Vidal, Gomes etc. over the years that when we see a player move normally (Puig) we think they possess some extraordinary traits.

Every great player gets a disproportionate amount of credit when their club is on the top. Individual awards should always be taken with a grain of salt since so many of them are due to circumstance and chance. But with all that said Lewy is just as good of a shout as any for this year. Modric...

He is getting his manager from the Dutch national team and assistant manager that was with Ajax during Frenkie's last season there. He has also already been at the club for a year now. No excuses next season.

Rijkaard and Lucho were rather mediocre before they joined us and both did well enough here. Similarly Koeman is the type of manager that you cannot project past results on to any future performance here. I am cautiously optimistic.

Ronald Koeman in January 2019: "I always say that when I have a 30-year-old player and a 22-year-old with the same performance. I play the 22-year-old because he's the future." [cat radio via md] Let's see if he sticks to the ideas he's talked about in the past.

Setien has been dismissed. Koeman will be Barca's new coach for the next 2 seasons. The assembly of delegates will be held in October. The elections will take place in the month of March. [md]

Mike Verweij is as good as it gets for Ajax news. Guess they really are interested him. As worthless as this board is I don't think they would block his departure. They already leaked to SPORT and MD they are willing to let him go. In the end it will come down to whether Suarez wants to leave...

Life moves quickly. He is 57 now and has already turned down the job a few times. Good chance he never gets another call from us if he turned down this offer. He is not coming into a good situation and may terribly fail, but at least he will not have to live with the regret of "what if." Dutch...

Nervous already? ;)

CONFIRMED: Ronald Koeman has been choosen as new Barcelona manager! He's going to leave the Holland National team to join Barca - official statement this week. [FabrizioRomano] Best case scenario given current circumstances.

Who knows what the next board will be like. As fans we like to hope the new guys will come in and start doing the right things, but we have no idea what is going to happen. Amigos still have a few years left on their contracts. New board could very well come in and keep them around due to their...