Wasnt gonna post anywhere after the clasico. But this one really bugs me:
When Abidal came to Barca, all of you were like "Meh, he's no Gio. Offers nothing going forward".
Then Alba came and all of you were like "Meh, he's no Abi. Doesn't defend at all"
Then Lucho put Mathieu in there and all...
Godswill as in the lad who didn't play a single official game for Barca B yet? The one that has Patric, Diagne, Campins and Juste playing his position once he returns from his long injury?
Montoya also left out.
Match Squad (18): Ter Stegen, C. Bravo, Piqué, Rakitic, Busquets, Xavi, Pedro, A. Iniesta, Messi, Neymar, Mascherano, Bartra, Jordi Alba, Adriano, Dani Alves, Mathieu, Sandro, Munir.
The incohessiveness of the pressing and poor marking on set pieces is what really hurt Barca yesterday.
Concerning the set pieces, Barca is actually on a good way to return to the zonal marking after Tata's man marking experiment. Coupled with the slightly increased height across the team...
Not that embarassing if you remember that Pep took Barca B from Tercera to Segunda B some 7 years ago.
Most likely the C team would be disbanded. Same thing happened with Barca C in 2007
Doubt it.
So far Eusebio's long-term starting line-ups had one real winger (Tello, Deulofeu, Adama) and a shifted AM (Luis Alberto, Roman, Suarez) up front. Plus, I'm pretty sure that either Munir or Sandro will stay with the first team this season.
Also it remains to be seen whether Campins...
Bicho was touted as one of Depor's best youth prospects in the recent years. He might need some time to settle in.
Araujo was underperforming for Barca B, so it was only logical to let him move to a club where he could shine. Nieto is a different type of attacker anyway.
Don't really...
For the new season:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DYjisxvaj6M8g75pQf1GicXtWPEu_ajsZxp6APCQreg/edit?usp=sharing
Everyone can take part, help is appreciated
Edit: if there are enough people to contribute, we might add attack comparison as well
Ca never got a chance under Eusebio and probably never will. Especially strange when Diagne is your only DM backup and the AM/winger positions are overloaded.
Plus, I'm still waiting for someone to explain the necessity of having three GKs in the reserves
edit: Things are about to get even...
and here is the yearly edition of "where are they now". only players that were u23 at the time of their transfer
Christian Tello -> Porto (loan)
Denis Suarez -> Sevilla (loan)
Bojan Krkic -> Stoke
Isaac Cuenca -> Deportivo
Jonathan Dos Santos -> Villareal
Oier Olazabal -> Granada
Javi Espinosa...
In short: Site has been functioning great and chat add-on (which is also paid) is also holding up. No crashes in recent year.
Having said that, forum itself barely makes anything through adsense. 15USD per month is pathetic and not enough for up-keep.
And if we can cover the server ourselves I would best take ads altogether.
Price of the hosting company went up significantly and I would appreciate donations: It's time to cover the server for the next 6 months.
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