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  1. Leo_Messi

    Isco

    The club could have bought him in the summer of 2013. What we needed after Thiago had left. He was sold for an affordable price and was a Barcelonista moreover. Isco is an amazing footballer. He is better than Xavi and Iniesta when they were his age. Time will only tell if he will one day reach...
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    10 - Lionel Messi - v3

    If Messi gets sold (that is a huge if) then his transfer will be the most expensive transfer in history. There can be no doubt about it. Anyway Chelsea cannot buy him due to FFP. Only clubs like Man Utd (can't see him living in Manchester), Bayern or RM (impossible move) could buy him. Messi...
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    10 - Lionel Messi - v3

    Yes, all of that I am aware of. After all I was unlucky to witness Sunday's nightmare live on the screen. So what people have basically been discussing nonstop is unfounded nonsense and Lucho's and Messi's strained relationship? If Chelsea are dumb enough to buy Messi for 250 million euros then...
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    10 - Lionel Messi - v3

    Excuse me but I have been extremely busy for the past 2-3 days and I don't bother reading all those many pages in this thread or reading the hysteria found in the local Catalan and Spanish media. Let alone the crap that Twitter is full of. A summary please. Other than Messi and Lucho apparently...
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    if messi left would you still be a barca fan

    Why is that even a serious question let alone still present on the forum? What a insane question to ask.
  6. Leo_Messi

    FC Barcelona history

    It's been 3 days now and I am yet to receive a reply from the club. Yet again. Anyway I would like to point out that there are pro Real Madrid vandals on Wikipedia who are hellbent on changing history. Please take a look at those two pages; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Barcelona...
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    FC Barcelona history

    Thanks. This forum should introduce a "like button" like on Facebook and elsewhere. Would make life a bit easier.:zubi:
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    Is it time to ditch possession football and build up something from the ground up?

    Most teams back then did not sit back and defend with their entire team from the start to the end as 95% of all teams do currently. This particular game was one of the best games during Rijkaard's entire tenure. That's quite a big benchmark to use as an example. Moreover this was against a RM...
  9. Leo_Messi

    FC Barcelona history

    Ok, I wrote to the club 7 hours ago (email) regarding this issue but I am yet to receive a reply. How long did you wait for a reply Galning the last time that you contacted the club?
  10. Leo_Messi

    Is it time to ditch possession football and build up something from the ground up?

    Once again it seems to me that people miss the fact that a system (no matter what kind of system) depends solely on the players that can be found in a given squad. We can't use the same tactics as successfully as Pep used them even if we copied them fully tomorrow. Not because those tactics...
  11. Leo_Messi

    Martin Montoya

    Won't ever happen. This is on Lucho. I doubt that anyone can understand his treatment of Montoya regardless of the fact that many of us do not rate Montoya particularly highly. Considering our situation (very possible FIFA transfer ban luring around the corner screaming hello), Alves'...
  12. Leo_Messi

    Josep Maria Bartomeu

    Similar surveys were conducted right after the season ended were everyone was much more pissed off due to the disappointments still being fresh in their minds. There is not really any hope unless we socios act instead of participating on forums or taking part in surveys on the internet. By...
  13. Leo_Messi

    La Liga 14/15

    “Si el Madrid es el equipo de Dios, el Atlético es el de la gente humilde, trabajadora y con mucho corazón”. :worthy: http://www.sport.es/es/noticias/liga-bbva/juanfran-madrid-equipo-dios-atletico-gente-humilde-trabajadora-con-mucho-corazon-3792796
  14. Leo_Messi

    Is it time to ditch possession football and build up something from the ground up?

    Agree. I would have parted with both of them as well had the board been able to find their replacements (read Isco and Kroos) but they obviously failed doing that. Of course the board is trapped in the "Pep era" when they since 2012 have failed to improve a team that was clearly in decline...
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    Is it time to ditch possession football and build up something from the ground up?

    I would have done it all very differently. I would have bought Isco as the first player back in 2013 when Thiago left. Similarly I would have bought Kroos. Instead the board thought that Xavi and Iniesta would last forever and that there was no need to strengthen the midfield as this had been...
  16. Leo_Messi

    Is it time to ditch possession football and build up something from the ground up?

    My impression is that Lucho has realized that both Xavi and Iniesta have topped and that they are not getting any better. What was once the main strength of Pep's team (midfield) is now a weakness of the team IMO. In order to compensate for that he tries to omit the influence of the midfield. Or...
  17. Leo_Messi

    Is it time to ditch possession football and build up something from the ground up?

    I am not sure and to be frank then I don't care about what Pep is doing at Bayern. FCB and Bayern are not comparable currently IMO. Pep would be unable to repeat his possession game at FCB currently due to the rapid decline of Xavi and Iniesta. I don't know. How should Bayern have played...
  18. Leo_Messi

    La Liga 14/15

    As I wrote then it is way too soon to write Atlético Madrid off. What a monumental collapse by Athletic. Yet the scoreline is misleading and it has been a shocking display by Alejandro Hernández. This was Griezmann's first hat-trick in his senior career. Lovely player.
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    Is it time to ditch possession football and build up something from the ground up?

    Well, I was never surprised by Ancelotti's choice of tactics against Bayern as the Bavarians were a vastly superior team when it came to keeping possession back then. RM had no other option basically. Besides Bale's and Ronaldo's strengths are best utilized when their team is playing counter...
  20. Leo_Messi

    Is it time to ditch possession football and build up something from the ground up?

    I have updated my post and corrected it. I posted it too quickly. Not to the extent that RM does. Besides RM has played this kind of counter attacking football for years. Mourinho improved it greatly and Ancelotti perfected it with the additions of Bale and Carvajal etc. Those are good...

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