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Can anyone confirm this line-up: Bravo; Alves, Mathieu, Bartra, Adriano; Busquets, Rakitic, Xavi; Pedro, Messi, Neymar?

Football fans say this all the time, but I find it hard to believe. Winning the CL is a lot harder than winning even the most brutal of leagues, so I perceive this as a more play-it-safe-with-your-expectations approach.

While we are closer to winning La Liga (but still very far from assured) than the CL, the gravitas of the CL simply pawns any other club trophy available. It is the holy grail for which spilling blood for is more than justified. Simple as.

If Atletico were still in it, I would go for them, but as things stand now, it is Barca or bust. This question is null and void. While Juventus sounds as least bad answer, they would not be worth it imo, moreover, they play in a token league. The same applies to Bayern, plus them winning it...

The legendary trident of Messi-Eto'o-Henry scored 99 goals in 145 apps. That was of course the Treble winning season of 08/09. The almost equally legendary trident of Messi-Villa-Pedro scored 98 goals in 160 apps. This was the CL+Liga winning season of 10/11. The Nuclear Trident of...

I agree, but the CL semi will be looming very large indeed by Saturday. I think we have more than enough to beat Cordoba even without Iniesta starting.

Why not rest him vs Gordoba?

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Never forget Porto, Arsenal, City etc...

You are indeed right, I should have added the luck you had against Dortmund in the final and the scare that Arsenal gave you on your own patch. I respect Bayern a lot, but that is where it ends. "Like" Bayern? You're having a laugh!

Will these tears over Thiago ever dry up? I mean, OK he is a good player, maybe we should have kept him, but get over it, there are better midfielders out there.

BBZ is also using for examples, the three mega-sides that everyone in the football world agrees are by far the best teams on the continent for the last 5-6 years or so. Sure Barca/Bayern/Real will have increased their goal totals in recent seasons, because they have simply improved as teams...

@BBZ Luis Suarez, league stats: 12/13 (Liverpool - 7th in EPL) 33 apps 23 goals 11 assists (penaldos scored: zero) minutes played: 2953 13/14 (Liverpool - 2nd in EPL) 33 apps 31 goals 21 assists (penaldos scored: zero) minutes played: 2962 14/15 (FC Barcelona - still in progress) 24...

In terms of pure magic, no one is matching Ronaldinho anytime soon. Hell, not even Messi can match Dinho's spontaneity and artistry. But football is way more than that. It is also about efficiency, productivity, workrate, team-play, longevity and consistency. And in all of those departments...

Hahahahaha. Good point about CR7. Even though he is an absolute douchebag, and we all dislike him in here, we cannot pretend he is not an all-time great. He has shown extreme consistency over many years, he has scored shitloads (as much as Messi more or less) he has scored against all big...

Wait...what? So you genuinely believe that Eto'o was ever streets ahead of Suarez? For the love of Christ, Suarez almost single-handedly gave the EPL title to Liverpool last season (even though he missed something like 6 or 8 games in the beginning) while he has massively improved our team...

While Getafe, Gordoba and Sociedad are nothing awesome, we still have to beat their asses since Real Madrid are breathing hard down our necks. Bayern could not care less about anything other than their two fixtures against us. This BS really pisses me off.

Neymar is anything except a stat padder. -Scores in Clasicos. -Only player of ours to have scored vs Atletico last season. -Taken PSG to the cleaners this season, 5 goals in 4 matches against them, all of them awesome! No tap-in BS. -Taken Atletico to the cleaners. -Scored several of our...

1. Like I said, as a playmaker, Neymar is not a patch on Ronaldinho. As a goalscorer, he is better though. Overall, Neymar has ways to go to reach Gaucho, but time is definitely on his side. Remember that Dinho faded badly in his late 20s. 2. Suarez is on track to be far greater than Eto'o...

I can clearly recall Eto'o taking penaldos in 08/09.