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[Regulus Tera]

Magenta Requiescat in pace

 

[Wilbur]

The fall of Barca is nearly complete.

Now all we need is a Messi sex scandal and Falcao will rise as the true savior of La Liga.

He's already fucking Villa in the ass

 

[Fry]

Can you quote what makes you think there is no dignity? please you are exaggerating. That's what anti-(random team) people do.

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Barcelona screwed over by the refs again, it's almost comical at this point how much the refs are in madrid's corner.

 

[Lightning]

Where? I don't, so I'm good.

If you feel my post offends you, maybe I'm right then? :lol

I think it was Blablurn and at the time of his complaining Bayern were not winning 5-0.

 

[dc89]

Wonderful pass and finish.

 

[Lunchbox]

Hearing it now on the radio.

Valdes punched Perez Lasa (referee) and supossedly BROKE HIS NOSE

LMAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOO

 

[Ushojax]

lol terrible defending

Nice from Pool though.

 

[Wilbur]

Fucking great goal

 

[Slizz]

Brilliant play from Coutinho.

 

[LTWheels]

Coutinho to SUAREZ

 

[Darth Sonik]

What an awesome goal. Beautiful.

 

[G-Unit]

Barca's problem is that they never have a different approach. And that's fundamentally it. They're too obsessed with their philosophy to be able to react to any plan that does focus on stopping them. They just try and count on the fact its been successful in the past + Messi to drag them through. Football's an ever changing, evolving sport and for a team which has paved the way for modern football, they're falling behind. I just don't understand how a team so tactically sound can only have one tactic.

I agree with this. I love possession approach to beat games. But that's not the only way and it shouldn't be. I have said it before... if it wasn't for messi and iniesta, the system would have collapsed long before

 

[Mangoverboard]

Liverpool 2-0 now, Suarez.

Valdes career basically dead now?

 

[Oxx]

Barca cracking up.

Nice goal.

 

[KidA Seven]

Coutinho and Suarez becoming goat combination

 

[Yurt]

Assist by Coutinho!

 

[Yen]

Dat Coutinho
Sorry Sean

 

[Meus Renaissance]

Barca's problem is that they never have a different approach. And that's fundamentally it. They're too obsessed with their philosophy to be able to react to any plan that does focus on stopping them. They just try and count on the fact its been successful in the past + Messi to drag them through. Football's an ever changing, evolving sport and for a team which has paved the way for modern football, they're falling behind. I just don't understand how a team so tactically sound can only have one tactic.

Were it that simple then Barca would be finishing lower in the league. The truth of the matter is Barca have remained steadfast to their approach because 8 out of 10 it works. We've seen sides play deep against them for several years now and still succumb to defeat. When Inter Milan knocked them out a few years ago by being one of the few sides to successfully counter Barca's football, you once again had a few people here lamenting Barca for having no plan B but we cant expect Barca to win every game.

Who is to say their defeats in the last few weeks have come from fatigue or a lack of focus rather than philosophy? How can we call into question that philosophy when it has brought them so much success just because they've lost a marginal amount of matches? It's illogical. If we're going to judge a team's approach based on their results, then we should ask why aren't more teams trying to adopt tika taka/possession football?

They may not be as strong as they were in 2010, but they arguably still the best club side in Europe despite their current form.

How many Utd fans would prefer to meet Barca in the UCL than Madrid?

 

[Linius]

PSG is losing? lol

 

[GorillaJu]

Lol Coutinho fitting in so well immediately. Nicely done Luis. Fuck you, Viva.

 

[Timurid]

lol 5 mins dat Qatari

 

[G-Unit]

Hearing it now on the radio.

Valdes punched Perez Lasa (referee) and supossedly BROKE HIS NOSE

LMAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOO

I hope its true because referee was baaaaaaaaaaaad... and because I want valdez gone for a while

 

[LabouredSubterfuge]

Balague says the rumours are false. Hmmmmm.

 

[FootballFan]

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All Bayern fans want Americans to die.

*finds elsk quote*

 

[Broder Salsa]

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This is even better considering the usual Barca style that repeated itself a bit later. :lol

Madrid players surrounding the ref, shameful.

 

[BlindCommunication]

Wonderful pass and finish, new signing and striker of the season.

 

[FlutterPuffs]

He's already fucking Villa in the ass

Well Villa is getting old. He needs Neymar for that wonderful tight sensation.

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

Seems like Valdes thing is a joke from some fake account.

To good to be true.

 

[Scum]

Poor ol' Barca. They're going to get screwed over by Milan.

Barca's problem is that they never have a different approach. And that's fundamentally it. They're too obsessed with their philosophy to be able to react to any plan that does focus on stopping them. They just try and count on the fact its been successful in the past + Messi to drag them through. Football's an ever changing, evolving sport and for a team which has paved the way for modern football, they're falling behind. I just don't understand how a team so tactically sound can only have one tactic.

Time for StokElona.

 

[Fry]

All Bayern fans want Americans to die.

*finds elsk quote*

 

[dc89]

Handbags.

 

[Wilbur]

Were it that simple then Barca would be finishing lower in the league. The truth of the matter is Barca have remained steadfast to their approach because 8 out of 10 it works. We've seen sides play deep against them for several years now and still succumb to defeat. When Inter Milan knocked them out a few years ago by being one of the few sides to successfully counter Barca's football, you once again had a few people here lamenting Barca for having no plan B but we cant expect Barca to win every game.

Who is to say their defeats in the last few weeks have come from fatigue or a lack of focus rather than philosophy? How can we call into question that philosophy when it has brought them so much success just because they've a marginal amount of matches?

They may not be as strong as they were in 2010, but they arguably still the best club side in Europe despite their current form.

How many Utd fans would prefer to meet Barca in the UCL than Madrid?

But 8 out of 10 times they're playing weak teams. They've come up against two strong ones this week and lost all three times. It's not that they should immediately turn to a plan B, but it must be frustrating as fuck for their fans to see them 2-1 down and there's no injection of pace or energy or fight against their biggest rivals. Why aren't they focused? Why aren't they ignoring the fatigue and trying to score against Real Madrid?

I'd still place them as number one on the list of teams in Europe, and I wouldn't necessarily want to play them, but I wouldn't be scared of them because I'd have every confidence we could adapt to them.

 

[Ushojax]

Wigan lol

Squaring up to each other

 

[rvy]

Seems like Valdes thing is a joke from some fake account.

To good to be true.

 

[Kyoufu]

Seems like Valdes thing is a joke from some fake account.

To good to be true.

What did it say?

 

[Yurt]

They've come up against two strong ones this week and lost all three times.

Who's the other one?

 

[jtb]

Were it that simple then Barca would be finishing lower in the league. The truth of the matter is Barca have remained steadfast to their approach because 8 out of 10 it works. We've seen sides play deep against them for several years now and still succumb to defeat. When Inter Milan knocked them out a few years ago by being one of the few sides to successfully counter Barca's football, you once again had a few people here lamenting Barca for having no plan B but we cant expect Barca to win every game.

Who is to say their defeats in the last few weeks have come from fatigue or a lack of focus rather than philosophy? How can we call into question that philosophy when it has brought them so much success just because they've a marginal amount of matches?

They may not be as strong as they were in 2010, but they arguably still the best club side in Europe despite their current form.

How many Utd fans would prefer to meet Barca in the UCL than Madrid?

It works against the minnows of La Liga, where Barcelona and Real Madrid can effectively outspend all of their opponents by 10x. We can't really use the league as an effective test for Barcelona when the gap between the big clubs and the small clubs is so big.

All Bayern fans want Americans to die.

*finds elsk quote*

That post had nothing to do with football or Bayern.

 

[elseanio]

Thanks all. She was really struggling the past couple days, so I was going to take her the Monday. I put her on a cushion today and she passed away peacefully. It's weird, I've had her since I was 4. I'm glad she had such a long life though, I only hope the same for my other cats

 

[Wilbur]

Who's the other one?

oh you

 

[dc89]

Suarez to score again 21/20 on Bet 365. I'll have a bit of that!!!

 

[G-Unit]

I don't think blaming Roura is that fair to be honest. He's handling a job he obviously didn't want at the worst of times.

he is not to blame because he should not be guiding barca to begin with. I blame rosell and gm for letting our DT be away for 4 months... that's not professional. You should have appointed a real DT for 6 months and let tito recover without this trouble.

 

[FootballFan]

http://i.minus.com/iVZWWjSMcNyYg.gif[IMG][/QUOTE]

Well at least you realise how dumb it sounds now.

 

[Can Crusher]

Ronaldo invited Maradona to watch the the game from his own private cabin or whatever it's called.

Class.

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

What did it say?

That Valdes punched the referee, broke his nose and they arrested him.

The fake account seems to impersonating some guy from a spanish radio.

 

[faridmon]

Tuesday: Everton Won, Real Won, I Finished part of Research Project
Today: Everton Won, Real Won, I submitted in my research Project.

I can't even stop grinning like a fool!

I need more essays!

 

[Fry]

Well at least you realise how dumb it sounds now.

read jtb's post.

 

[Wilbur]

Frogson quotes summarised

"He [Kagawa] is a good finisher. His injury in October, November set him back a bit, but he's getting his form back slowly and gradually. His second and third, in particular, were terrific.

"Ryan Giggs will be involved against Real Madrid, no doubt about it. It's a great moment, a great example for all young players to reach 1,000 games as a professional.

"We've got a cushion, I expect City to win on Monday against Villa."

 

[LTWheels]

How's Allen doing?

 

[Garjon]

Sorry to hear about you cat Sean, but 22 is a great age, she must have had a good life.

Suarez to score again 21/20 on Bet 365. I'll have a bit of that!!!

Those odds aren't very good.

 

[Scum]

Suarez to score again 21/20 on Bet 365. I'll have a bit of that!!!

I'm no gambling man, but surely those are shitty odds...?