Barcelona Fans Thread

@ogazi007
Puyol as your primary left back for the season is simply asking for drubbings in la liga. Offensively, he would have to  make 180 degrees arse turns to deliver crosses as he is right footed.
I havent seen Caceres at LB so cant comment on him, but I doubt he is better than abidal, and anyways he is rumored to  be going on loan to zaragoza.
Of all your current options. abidal is still the best at LB, and moreso you need puyol for depth at CB.
You are not ready to pay €11m for filipe, but think you can outbid chelsea for the €20m rated Bruno Alves
You talk of an affordable rate, but can you think of one alternative of comparable quality that would come cheaper?

I am starting to suspect that Barca are hinging all their other transfers on the eto-villa deal, a deal I still dont get what they intend to achieve by it.
Its one thing to show interest in Villa simply to drive the price up for madrid, it something else to buy him at that inflated price.
Selling Eto for less than €30m, and buying Villa for €40m+, just seems like a bad deal. I dont see Villa as being €15m better than eto (if at all)
Now Laporta is playing innocent saying eto is not picking his calls. What was he expecting, given the way he and pep have treated samuel?
I hope eto simply sees out his contract and moves on for free

Abidal did get an assist against Villarreal 

We will wait and see.

An untested player from the brasileros is your solution? or did you miss the match against the US that he was taken to the cleaners, time and time again? All I have read are words from his agent claiming interests. The desired amount for Corinthians was said to be 6M, so I believe the deal would have been done if Roma had shown serious intent.
Until the guy proves himself in europe, he is not up for consideration.

Madrid were not trying to sell higuain cos we bought Benzema, while Barca are trying to sell eto so that they can buy villa. Villa is a great addition to any team, but should you sell eto just to buy Villa?

IS this the good news we all have been waiting for?
i hope is true o!barca barca!we will steal media hype frm madrid now.
Treble barca, Enemy go see us shine dis season.

Are you buying a starting LB to replace Abidal, or looking for a future prospect?
If it is the latter, I am sure there are enough talented players in Barca's youth system, that they dont need to buy an uproven 26yr old from Brazil who would likely be 30 before he can establish himself in the first team. Filipe is much better value.

Madrid buys stars because it is part of the clubs philosophy to have the best from all over the world playing for us every year and it works for us.
Barca have their share of buying stars, or were the likes of Ronaldinho, Deco, Henry, Eto and Dani Alves groomed at home?

I dont envy the guy at all.I hope they give him till the end of the season before evaluating his performance, and not give him the 'december boot' that madrid is so famous for.
The guy is essentially starting from scratch, unlike someone like Guardiola who inherited the core of his team from Frank.
Unfortunately, with madrid hosting the UCL final, his job will likely be tied to his progress in the tournament.The club and its fans will not take kindly to someone else lifting the trophy in their backyard.
In fairness to the management, they have been exceptionally quick with the signings (only outstanding player being Xabi) , and except for benzema communication shouldn't be a problem.
Without signing Xabi (or a CM of similar caliber), or Gago making a big jumping, the team will likely struggle.
Still, with a squad worth about $500 million, there is little room for excuses, and he would be expected to deliver the double (UCL + league) to retain his job.

They cant take it away from us, we are the first team known to have used 8 of our home grown stars to dethrone the champoins of europe.
the squad that ravaged MAN in Rome posed a serious challenge to madrid to look inward and pay more attention to their youth accademy, may be this would have reduced your  finacial burden and makes the palyers to be more committed to the club.compounding debt just to sign big names is highly irrational to me.madrid should learn from treble barca, its not all about the cash, its all about the treble, lol

Yes o! The guy would have to find a way to please all the stars, the major prob would be the egos in the team, Raul is a major factor and has to be pleased and he always has a say in the team. Like i told biina before, if Barca leads the table in Dec, Pellegrini is history! considering he was third choice coach and I dont see him having the stern hand in the players affairs.

@Ogazi
There is nothing wrong with the Madrid youth system. It has produced quality spanish players like Raul, Casillas, Lopez, De la  Red, Granero, Negredo etc. We just prefer to sell our players to top flight clubs where they would get first team opportunities, with the possibility of buying them back, as opposed to stifling their careers by holding on to them, like Barcelona is doing with kirkic or they did with Xavi (who had better prospects than Cesc)
At the recent U21 tournament, the spanish team had 5 player from the madrid youth system, while Barcelona had only 1. For the spanish team at the confederations cup, there were 4 products from the madrid youth system, while Barcelona had 6. So how does Barcelona's youth system become the model to follow?

Of the 8 players that you made reference to, only 5 (Messi, Xavi, Iniesta,  Puyol and Valdes) are in your first eleven, and the number would be less if your management could afford to buy the players they wanted like Villa, Ribery, Mata, Filipe, and Alves. Its funny that the last time you won the UCL, there were only 2 players from your youth system in the starting eleven  for the final. What was your club policy then?
You should check out the Ajax team of 1995 before mouthing off about your youth player achievements.

Dont come online and try to extol Barcelona's youth system like if it was the secret of your success. Barca is like any other top european club, they would try to get the best players for their team with less consideration  for which youth sytem they came from. You should look through the hsitory of Barca and note how many foreigners you have signed over the years. Even in your golden era of early 90s, your team was dominated by foreigners with players like Romario and Stoichkov leading your attack. The youth system accolades are reserved for the likes of Sevilla, Valencia, and depor.

We dont have a problem with player loyalty, nor do we treat them like crap like you are doing to Eto. Even when not in the plan of the coaches, players rarely ask to leave Madrid. Madrid spends a lot of money buying the best players, yet we are the biggest and richest club in world. Barcelona or any other club would do the same, only if they could afford it, or is your president who hypocritically criticized madrid for buying kaka and Ronaldo not now trying to buy Villa for a price madrid felt was too steep for his value? Don't be an hypocrite by trying to criticize our business policies or were you complaing when the money was coming your way for the figo sale? Don't take it personal, but Barcelona just didnt have the quality of players we were looking for.

Good news!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
El classico is November 29th and my birthday is on the 30th November, hahhhhhaaaaaaaaaa.
madrid the big spender,be warned we shall use annoyance to teach u soccer.thousands of fans in camp nou would have reasons once again to burst into  jubilation, its not going to be less than 3 nuts,i promise.

our first game is on the 31st of August with sporting gijon, i dont think they have forgotten what we did to them last season.
barca for life

Sort out your summer transfers first, before you plan on el classico.

MARCA.COM
VALENCIA REITERATES  THERE IS NO DEAL WITH BARCA FOR VILLA

Binna, if your keyboard uses ink, I would advise you to limit your boasting by typing too much, because eyo would need you to make some back up excuses for the future trashing, quotes future TV.

Hey yall, do u think Iniesta and Henry will be fully fit to start off the season by August?

is it a friendly that we are playing with tottenham hotspur? Thats on the 24th of this month.

@eyo all na part of preseason now!

khanye!

watz the prob with laporta?deportivo and valencia all claiming they have not received offers from barca,meanwhile laporta said that barca has submitted an offer for villa, is this a joke or something?our president is talking toomuch,he should speak less and match words with actions.
filipe must paly for barca, i like his determination.

No gudnews yet?