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[Messi983]

[MENTION=22112]Força Barça[/MENTION]:

I like American football too but Barça is something special so you made the right decision. It won't always be easy being a Barça fan (especially nowadays after our poor season and Madrid's double) but in the end it's all worth it for the moments like Roberto's goal vs PSG or Messi's goal in El Clasico. And of course much more when you learn more about history of the club, legendary players,...

Oh, and BTW, Saints sucks. j/k, don't really have any special feelings towards them.

 

[Força Barça]

I grew up with the Saints as I'm from New Orleans, so I was more than used to not being very good for 40+ years. I'm in for the good, the bad, and the ugly that comes with sport. Once I'm locked in a my team, it's for life. I was right there for Roberto's goal.

Messi's goal in El Clasico was beyond EPIC!
Proud to be here and I look forward to the years regardless of outcome.

 

[Barcaman]

Barca are coming to US this summer btw.

 

[Força Barça]

Very much on it. Wish they were coming to the west coast too.

 

[DonAK]

Welcome.

Saints adding Peterson should be interesting this season.

 

[Força Barça]

Thanks DonAK

Great to be here.

Yea, wasn't too enamored with the signing initially, however hearing the other players speak to his conditioning and all are beyond impressed. We'll see. They'll be competitive again.

Now what will we do in this offseason to bolster Barcelona with Valverde at the helm has me intrigued. Seems international football has more rumor sites for its game than americans do for the NFL. I must say I've read more misinformation regarding Barça's signings and more crazy rumors that don't seem to have any basis in reality. I take it this is commonplace this time of the season? Or am I mistaken?

 

[DonAK]

Thanks DonAK

Great to be here.

Yea, wasn't too enamored with the signing initially, however hearing the other players speak to his conditioning and all are beyond impressed. We'll see. They'll be competitive again.

Now what will we do in this offseason to bolster Barcelona with Valverde at the helm has me intrigued. Seems international football has more rumor sites for its game than americans do for the NFL. I must say I've read more misinformation regarding Barça's signings and more crazy rumors that don't seem to have any basis in reality. I take it this is commonplace this time of the season? Or am I mistaken?

Yeah, you'll see a lot of clickbait and random rumours this summer. Even the local Catalan papers don't seem to know what's going on behind the scenes.

The transfer window is called Silly Season for this reason

Fun(and frustrating) to speculate though

 

[Força Barça]

I've experienced quite a lot of clickbait the last couple of weeks. Thanks for clarifying what this time of the season actually incures

I must say it has become quite maddening to figure out what is in fact going on. Usually there are some truths to these rumors in american football a bit, in this game it seems fine to outright lie and insinuate anything the writer or clickbairtor wants without any base in reality.

I get the frustrating, I'm just trying to find something tangible to have fun with this now

 

[Sergi Samper]

 

[Barcaman]

Welcome!

 

[allyjambo]

Hi there
i am a Hearts fan from Scotland who has always had a soft spot for Barcelona and was at the game when they played each other at Murrayfield in 2007. I have been to Barcelona a few times and have seen them play Getafe and Espanyol and now my brother has bought a house in Barcelona i have a good reason to visit again.

 

[El Flaco]

Welcome [MENTION=22150]allyjambo[/MENTION]!

 

[Barcaman]

Hey, welcome!

2007 eh? Frank, Ronaldinho, Puyol, Xavi, Eto'o.. Great times

 

[YodaMaster]

Hello !

I'm a 21 years old french university student. I've been a Barça fan for more than a decade now. Initially my dead relayed to me his passion for the Brazil national team. The first football game I watched from the beginning till the end was the 2002 World Cup final. R9 scored a brace and Brazil beat Germany 2-0. I became a Ronaldo fan from that day but I didn't watched football on a daily basis at that time. Just tapes and videos of R9. I was too young to really understand and enjoy all the aspects of the game. Then Ronaldinho came and that's how I started to watch football and Barcelona more closely.


When Ronaldinho was finished at the highest level I lost a little bit the passion I had for the sport. At that time I was probably just a fan boy. But that didn't last too long. End of the year 2008 the most beautiful team of football history was born. One genius left Barcelona (R10) but another one (Messi) - who would become even greater - appeared straight away. And since these days, I try to never miss a Barcelona game.
I've been to Camp Nou but just for a visit not a game. I hope to go see a game in the near future.

We the Barcelona fans are very lucky cause almost all the best players of their generations have played for the club. Maradona, Cruyff, Romario, Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Messi, and maybe Neymar in the future.

I wasn't born when Cruyff coached Barcelona but Pep Guardiola will always be the greatest for me because this guy made me want to really understand football. I was a kid who watched football just to see the attackers do beautiful things and score goals. That changed with Pep. Now when I watch a football game, I look at the team's pressure, how they work to get the ball back. At how the GK, defenders and midfielders deal with pressing, how they build the play from the GK's feet till the opponent's cage.


My message is already too long I won't make it any longer lol. I'm happy to be here and I hope I can take part in some interesting debates. Just one last thing: excuse me for my bad english it's not my mother tongue but I learn it a bit in my studies. And actually it would be cool if I could improve it here.

See you all soon !

 

[Barcaman]

Welcome Yoda!

So you've been a fan since Frank Rijkaard days and followed the club through the start of it's brightest era. And yes, Ronaldinho was it. And reason many people started following Barca. No wonder everyone says that it was the Brazilian who took Barca global.

I remember some things from the Cruyff days and there's no doubt they were special. It set the foundations to everything we are experiencing now and for that we are eternally grateful.