The most amazing thing about Barca is that two of their biggest investments lately have been in Messi's position. Coutinho and Griezmann both roughly operate in the same area as Messi. More than 200 million euros spent on them. Their organisation is more shambolic than United's.
The most amazing thing about Barca is that two of their biggest investments lately have been in Messi's position. Coutinho and Griezmann both roughly operate in the same area as Messi. More than 200 million euros spent on them. Their organisation is more shambolic than United's.
Oh the problems Barca have go far beyond the poor transfer investments. La Masia has been so badly handled over the past decade that the best talent developed at the academy have ended up leaving going to other clubs even the biggest rivals. The board have had no interest in developing new talent. In fact the whole board is an absolute shambles, having six directors resign at once should be bringing alarm bells. Instead everyone looks to Messi to do something to either distract people from the backroom problems or drag what is a very ageing team over the line in every match.
The average of the squad is around 27 years old with the biggest names in the midfield all being over 30 years old. The board are desperately trying to plug holes in the squad by buying in these 100 million plus signings. In doing so they are creating more and more debt and needing to balance the books in a major way.
The most obvious failed transfer has to be the most recent deal in getting PJanic from Juventus in a swap deal for Arthur Melo who was being touted as the next Xavi by both Messi and Xavi himself! So getting rid of such a bright prospect to sign a tentpole player who is 30.
If you looked at Messi tonight you could see how fed up he was with everything. It's like the Argentina national team problems have followed him back to Spain. It doesn't excuse the poor attitude the team had tonight but you do feel for him when he is having to drag the whole club out of the gutter week in week out.
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an absolute powerhouse flailing after years of success trying to plaster over the cracks with expensive stopgaps
where have we seen that before
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also its very funny that people want Xavi to be the next manager when his managerial experience consists of a year of managing in Qatar while sportswashing a murderous regime
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Anyhoo, I'm nervous about tonight's game with Sevilla. They're basically the Real Madrid of the Europa League and we've looked exhausted for the last few weeks.
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anyone but PSG or RB
I’d love for science to find a way for both of them to lose
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Man Utd are just gonna ride those penalties all the way to the Europa League trophy, huh?
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bless you penalty man
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as a united fan, bricks are being shat
as a football fan, what a fucking half of football
Was the Sevilla keeper the only one who came out of the dressing room in the second half?
Shambolic so far on their end.
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I mean, neither of them covered themselves in glory, but why did Fernandes go after Lindelöf and not Wan-Bissaka, who could at least see that De Jong was open?
I'm disappointed with Olé in this one. We were clearly not getting anywhere with our initial setup 70 minutes on. Don't know why he didn't even try to change things up until we were a goal down.
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Not to worry, next season we have champions League football.
That thing we're totally ready for...
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I mean, neither of them covered themselves in glory, but why did Fernandes go after Lindelöf and not Wan-Bissaka, who could at least see that De Jong was open?
Lindelof saw that De Jong was ball side of AWB and chose to not close the space before making an arse of his positioning and body shape
low quality screenshot but he's facing away from the direction of the ball, doesn't jump, kinda half lifts his leg (at a head height ball???)
terrible defending
fwiw i think Williams is poor here as well. You need to be tight to your man. Worst case scenario, he goes past you to the byline and your CB tidies up. You absolutely shouldn't be letting crosses in from that position
I'm disappointed with Olé in this one. We were clearly not getting anywhere with our initial setup 70 minutes on. Don't know why he didn't even try to change things up until we were a goal down.
Almost like he is sending a message to the board that the squad depth isn't good enough.
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The most amazing thing about Barca is that two of their biggest investments lately have been in Messi's position. Coutinho and Griezmann both roughly operate in the same area as Messi. More than 200 million euros spent on them. Their organisation is more shambolic than United's.
Here's hoping they give city the same treatment, if not worse.
Oh the problems Barca have go far beyond the poor transfer investments. La Masia has been so badly handled over the past decade that the best talent developed at the academy have ended up leaving going to other clubs even the biggest rivals. The board have had no interest in developing new talent. In fact the whole board is an absolute shambles, having six directors resign at once should be bringing alarm bells. Instead everyone looks to Messi to do something to either distract people from the backroom problems or drag what is a very ageing team over the line in every match.
The average of the squad is around 27 years old with the biggest names in the midfield all being over 30 years old. The board are desperately trying to plug holes in the squad by buying in these 100 million plus signings. In doing so they are creating more and more debt and needing to balance the books in a major way.
The most obvious failed transfer has to be the most recent deal in getting PJanic from Juventus in a swap deal for Arthur Melo who was being touted as the next Xavi by both Messi and Xavi himself! So getting rid of such a bright prospect to sign a tentpole player who is 30.
If you looked at Messi tonight you could see how fed up he was with everything. It's like the Argentina national team problems have followed him back to Spain. It doesn't excuse the poor attitude the team had tonight but you do feel for him when he is having to drag the whole club out of the gutter week in week out.
where have we seen that before
...as a Milan fan...
On this trajectory the next game will have a 12 goal difference. Looking forward to it
insult, meet injury
Just wish we could surround him with more quality players for the national team.
*sees Sterling balloon the ball from two meters out*
Alright, the mediumest of margins.
Has the ball landed yet?
Anyhoo, I'm nervous about tonight's game with Sevilla. They're basically the Real Madrid of the Europa League and we've looked exhausted for the last few weeks.
I’d love for science to find a way for both of them to lose
as a football fan, what a fucking half of football
Shambolic so far on their end.
That thing we're totally ready for...
Lindelof saw that De Jong was ball side of AWB and chose to not close the space before making an arse of his positioning and body shape
low quality screenshot but he's facing away from the direction of the ball, doesn't jump, kinda half lifts his leg (at a head height ball???)
terrible defending
fwiw i think Williams is poor here as well. You need to be tight to your man. Worst case scenario, he goes past you to the byline and your CB tidies up. You absolutely shouldn't be letting crosses in from that position
Almost like he is sending a message to the board that the squad depth isn't good enough.
incredible that the lad who got sacked for bringing Everton into the relegation zone is being considered for Barcelona
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It's pretty much the grail selection scene from Indiana Jones.
Well the good news is that he was on a shorter contract of 2.5 years.
The bad news is that he still had 22 months at 500,000 a month salary.
For a club essentially 'broke', that's still a big bill.
Have a hard time seeing anyone not Bayern winning, though.