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    10 - Lionel Messi - v5

    I honestly think the whole idea of resting into shape is oversold, at the end of the day Messi will not run more just because he has skipped a game or two, it is his style and it works for him. What can help is mental rest but that depend more on the players being able to isolate themself from...
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    10 - Lionel Messi - v5

    Last time FC Barcelona finished outside of top 6 was 1941 and I would be willing to bet my life savings that we will not finish outside of top 6 for the coming decades bar bankrupsy.
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    10 - Lionel Messi - v5

    Younger yes but only because Busquets has no replacement. Back then we had Busquets, Rakitic and Iniesta and alternatives were Sergi Roberto and Rafinha. Arda and Aleix came in after Christmas. Now we have Busquets, Rakitic, Paulinho, Coutinho, Sergi Roberto and Denis Suarez (dunno if he will...
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    Why are people so obsessed with the Champions League?

    The point is, you have a team Leicester, that struggle to even remain in their domestic top league but still reach quarterfinals in the champions league, objectively speaking they were hardly a top 8 team in Europe, I would argue that they were not even a top 40 team in europe that season. The...
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    10 - Lionel Messi - v5

    Messi being away injured has not affected the team's ability to win matches, he was injured for 2 months in 2015-16 and we still won 7 out of 9 and beat Real 4-0 at the Bernabéu with Messi playing the last 30 min when the game was already decided.
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    Real Sociedad

    He and Bruno Soriano in Villareal are the very definition of one club men in spain, they both refused leaving for bigger teams and higher salaries. One club men are extremely rare in spain, even back when football was hardly professional, players moved left and right, only really in the north of...
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    Why are people so obsessed with the Champions League?

    Without Salah Liverpool would have been a mid table team this season, he has saved them so many times it's not even funny anymore, without Salah Klopp would have been fired by chrismas, they have been absolutely horrible and I totally expect them to crash and burn when Salah stop delivering or...
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    Why are people so obsessed with the Champions League?

    This is one of the main issues I have with european cup competitions and I guess I always have had. How can you actually claim that the teams that participate really are the best? Especially considering most of the top quality players are concentrated to Spain and England and and to a lesser...
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    Why are people so obsessed with the Champions League?

    You know, SAF never really bothered with the ChL to begin with, he always prioritised the league over all other competitions, which is the way you create a lasting winning team. It was only at the end of his United years that he actually switched and prioritised the ChL over the league, the...
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    Why are people so obsessed with the Champions League?

    I've never understood why most Barsa fans are so obsessed with the Champions (fake) League? Even when winning the national league (the most important competition by far) all everyone is talking about is the ChL. Personally I never understood the hype, it is a minor competition with way overblown...
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    Records to beat - Leo Messi

    To be honest, I didn't even expect him to reach 350 so all bets are off as far as I'm concerned. I think it will be more a question if he is abel to motivate himself to go on for another 7-8 seasons. He only needs 15 goals on average for the next 8 years to hit 500, Imo not unresonable at all if...
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    Records to beat - Leo Messi

    So here is the complete list of players that have scored more first division league goals than Lionel Messi, of all the players ahead of him, only Pele had scored more goals at the age Messi is currently. Both Pele and Bican scored the majority of their goals in debatable championships, they are...
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    FC Barcelona Finances

    As a FC Barcelona fan, reading Marca and believing it can only really be equated to a Jew in Nazi Germany reading Mein Kampf and actually believing it. I'm not joking, that is how bad it really is.
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    10 - Lionel Messi - v5

    These idiots can't even get the numbers right, he has played over 600 matches, how the hell would he have played only half of them since 2007 if he started in 2004 :facepalm: The real number is 524, but what could you expect from these clowns.
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    Records to beat - Leo Messi

    Messi will be top 3 in football history before the end of the year, maybe even before the end of next month, he need 15 more goals. Most official goals scored in one club 646 Pele Santos FC 564 Gerd Muller Bayern Munich 534 Josef Bican Slavia Prague 525 Fernando Peyroteo Sporting Lisbon 522...
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    Records to beat - Leo Messi

    8, 9 and 10 Seasons!!!!!!!!! Legend :messi:
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    Xavi Hernández

    This is actually not true, young coaches tend to be more evolutionary in their approach, not afraid to try new ideas. Guardiola is just the latest in a long stream of young up an coming coaches that outperformed the older experienced guard. Johan Cruyff was also young and unexperienced when he...
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    Records to beat - Leo Messi

    So he has 43 goals now with 11-14 matches remaining of the season. If he scores 10 more he will take down 8, 9 and 10 consecutive seasons, that is insane :worthy: Although the most ridiculous record is the 8 season record by Pele, averaging almost 53 goals per season and Messi only need another...
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    Luis Enrique

    Munir is just not good enough for FC Barcelona, he has had 2 season to proove himself and failed. If he was so good as you want it to be, then he should not be the fringe player he is now at Valencia, he can't even compete with useless Nani for a starter position.
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    Luis Enrique

    FC Barcelona today is something completely different to the team that promoted Xavi/Puyol/Iniesta/Valdes/Motta/Gabri/Reina/Oleguer. In those days it was much easier for Van Gaal/Ferrer/Rexach and Rijkaard to promote players from the B-squad. The team was not performing like today where a draw is...

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