What a good rainy morning to say.




#EnriqueOut.

10DOVEjnr:
Congratulations to Real Madrid for winning the Liga is all I've got to say

Thank you .

airmark:

Thank you .

Real Madrid and not Chelsea.

airmark:


Thank you .

..which day you turn Madrid fan?

I still think we have a chance at the league though.

Two draws and a loss at the El Classico for Real will do the trick.



But then we have Luis Enrique as a coach,who cannot be trusted to not fück it up.

bykebyke:
I still think we have a chance at the league though.

Two draws and a loss at the El Classico for Real will do the trick.



But then we have Luis Enrique as a coach,who cannot be trusted to not fück it up.

He has won the last two editions of the competition. Give him a break!

jpmoriarti:
He has won the last two editions of the competition. Give him a break!

Oh shut the fûck up and shove that mentality back wherever you brought it out from.

He will get a deserved break after getting sacked.

bykebyke:

Oh shut the fûck up and shove that mentality back wherever you brought it out from.

He will get a deserved break after getting sacked.

No one is going to sack him. You and I know that. His contract of 3 years ends this June. He will take a fully deserved sabbatical.

jpmoriarti:
No one is going to sack him. You and I know that. His contract of 3 years ends this June. He will take a fully deserved sabbatical.

Man's getting exposed to the whole world as a mediocre coach.

He will take that sabbatical for the rest of his life.

Just as Guardiola is getting exposed for being a fraud. No Messi no show.

Emaprince:
Just as Guardiola is getting exposed for being a fraud. No Messi no show.

Was Messi in Germany when he won loads of trophies?
You are criticising pep of been a fraud yet he's above ur lord Mou.

bykebyke:

Man's getting exposed to the whole world as a mediocre coach.

He will take that sabbatical for the rest of his life.

He won the coach of the year in his first year at barca. He won all available trophies including a back to back double. He is presently on course for a treble yet you criticise about him everytime. That's why most people don't are you serious whenever you rant negatively about him cos you sound so childish.

Name one coach that has what Enrique has done in the last 3 years. I mean just ONE

bykebyke:

Man's getting exposed to the whole world as a mediocre coach.

He will take that sabbatical for the rest of his life.

He's a treble winner. Only a select few among coaches have achieved that feat. Even if he decides to not coach again, he has achieved the ambition of a lifetime. No one can take that away from him.

ollah2:


Was Messi in Germany when he won loads of trophies?
You are criticising pep of been a fraud yet he's above ur lord Mou.

Mou have proven that he can win in any country and conquer Europe with less talented squad eg... Porto and inter. Pep only flourishes with extremely talented players like messi, xavi, iniesta, robben, ribery, lahm etc etc. At England where he has a very good squad who slightly better or at par with their rivals, he's already struggling and considering retirement.

A coach with a very weak mentality.... No wonder the midget is very weak upstairs as well.

Emaprince:
Mou have proven that he can win in any country and conquer Europe with less talented squad eg... Porto and inter. Pep only flourishes with extremely talented players like messi, xavi, iniesta, robben, ribery, lahm etc etc. At England where he has a very good squad who slightly better or at par with their rivals, he's already struggling and considering retirement.

A coach with a very weak mentality.... No wonder the midget is very weak upstairs as well.

I know your type. I know you very well but I won't debate this with you cos it's a waste of time.

ollah2:


He won the coach of the year in his first year at barca. He had won all available trophies including a back to back double. He is presently on course for a treble yet you criticise about him everytime. That's why most people don't are you serious whenever you rant negatively about him cos you sound so childish.

Name one coach that has what Enrique has done in the last 3 years. I mean just ONE

Thank you my guy! Enrique has been the world best coach in the last three years.

@bolded, he will name Sampaoli or Tuchel.

Smh!

ollah2:


He won the coach of the year in his first year at barca. He had won all available trophies including a back to back double. He is presently on course for a treble yet you criticise about him everytime. That's why most people don't are you serious whenever you rant negatively about him cos you sound so childish.

Name one coach that has what Enrique has done in the last 3 years. I mean just ONE

You see..that is it..

Trophies Trophies Trophies.

It is all you see.

Only the trophies Barcelona get at the end of the season matters to you all...not the fact that the core values that has made us who we are today are being thrown away.

As far as we are still in contention for three trophies..everything is alright.

Anyways,I will keep ranting and ranting.

My rant should not concern you,same way I am not concerned if anyone takes me serious or not.



EnriqueOut#.

bykebyke:

You see..that is it..

Trophies Trophies Trophies.

It is all you see.

Only the trophies Barcelona get at the end of the season matters to you all...not the fact that the core values that has made us who we are today are being thrown away.

As far as we are still in contention for three trophies..everything is alright.

Anyways,I will keep ranting and ranting.

My rant should not concern you,same way I am not concerned if anyone takes me serious or not.



EnriqueOut#.

What core values? Didn't the board see his playing style before appointing him? If they were blind in his first year, what happened to the second and third?

This space is big enough to accommodate your rants but will it change anything in Nou camp. Sure not.

But have you ever given him credit when due?

Perhaps, you would want us to have a Wenger that plays the deep core like you want but go trophyless year in and out.

bykebyke:

You see..that is it..

Trophies Trophies Trophies.

It is all you see.

Only the trophies Barcelona get at the end of the season matters to you all...not the fact that the core values that has made us who we are today are being thrown away.

As far as we are still in contention for three trophies..everything is alright.

Anyways,I will keep ranting and ranting.

My rant should not concern you,same way I am not concerned if anyone takes me serious or not.



EnriqueOut#.

Guy, you are beginning to sound like a broken record! Who gives a flying fuvck if you played football like the angels and won nothing at the end. You will be a laughing stock.

Let me be frank with you. Any coach that comes to Barca with the aim of taking Barca back to the football squarely made in La Masia, the football you are yearning for, will not be able to win anything in this age because the game is moving to another facet. Dilly-dalling and dawdling on possession is now outdated. Averaging 70% of possession every game is now boring and utterly unachievable. Football demands a more pragmatic approach. This is where Enrique excell. He knows how to harness the virtues of Barca style while maintaining a realistic flavour, if need be.

jpmoriarti:
Guy, you are beginning to sound like a broken record! Who gives a flying fuvck if you played football like the angels and won nothing at the end. You will be a laughing stock.

Let me be frank with you. Any coach that comes to Barca with the aim of taking Barca back to the football squarely made in La Masia, the football you are yearning for, will not be able to win anything in this age because the game is moving to another facet. Dilly-dalling and dawdling on possession is now outdated. Averaging 70% of possession every game is now boring and utterly unachievable. Football demands a more pragmatic approach. This is where Enrique excell. He knows how to harness the virtues of Barca style while maintaining a realistic flavour, if need be.

Lmao.

Shut up,.shut up,just shut up.

Nothing more nauseating than fans claiming the Barça way is dead. Football is a game of cycles, individuals come and go.

After Tata Martino people thought the Barça way was dead,the team only needed to renew its blood and tweak things slightly,which Enrique did.(which I praised him for and defended him on this same forum)

But that was the Plan B,And the plan A is the Barca way which is being abandoned.


Diversification is needed to make your team unpredictable but that doesn't mean you have to abandon your core ideals.

Enrique's Barça lacks the ability to control games, especially when opponents decide to flood the midfield (like yesterday) or press high.



Possession stats mean nothing to me honestly and I do not dwell on numbers a lot.We simply lack the ability to control games.

Under Luis Enrique,we have got used to seeing us move the ball wide rather than play through the midfield. Midfield under- utilization has been a recurrent theme under LE.

We got used to seeing Alba to Ney passes so many times and us having to deal with Ney's awful decision making.


This system would suit us if we had proper fullbacks but shame our fullbacks are not that good/not utilized well.

ollah2:



What core values? Didn't the board see his playing style before appointing him? If they were blind in his first year, what happened to the second and third?

This space is big enough to accommodate your rants but will it change anything in Nou camp. Sure not.

But have you ever given him credit when due?

Perhaps, you would want us to have a Wenger that plays the deep core like you want but go trophyless year in and out.

I used to give him credit...not anymore..He is absolutely woeful.

Mtchew! Same old Enrique topic...#old

bykebyke:

Lmao.

Shut up,.shut up,just shut up.

Nothing more nauseating than fans claiming the Barça way is dead. Football is a game of cycles, individuals come and go.

After Tata Martino people thought the Barça way was dead,the team only needed to renew its blood and tweak things slightly,which Enrique did.(which I praised him for and defended him on this same forum)

But that was the Plan B,And the plan A is the Barca way which is being abandoned.


Diversification is needed to make your team unpredictable but that doesn't mean you have to abandon your core ideals.

Enrique's Barça lacks the ability to control games, especially when opponents decide to flood the midfield (like yesterday) or press high.



Possession stats mean nothing to me honestly and I do not dwell on numbers a lot.We simply lack the ability to control games.

Under Luis Enrique,we have got used to seeing us move the ball wide rather than play through the midfield. Midfield under- utilization has been a recurrent theme under LE.

We got used to seeing Alba to Ney passes so many times and us having to deal with Ney's awful decision making.


This system would suit us if we had proper fullbacks but shame our fullbacks are not that good/not utilized well.

A good team is a good team because they know where there main strength lies and they use it properly. Our attack is our biggest assest now, no longer our midfield because our best players are our attackers. We would be unwise to not utilize this major advantage.

Of course this comes at a notable cost - an occasional loss of midfield control. This is to be expected. Sometimes it becomes necessary to cede control to the opponent in other to unleash your strength. Of course, just like everything else, there's no guarantee that it must continue to work same way all the time.

We still control games but we now have players of considerable lesser quality there. They need time to learn how to balance all these equations. I am certain our midfield will become topnotch again next term regardless of who's in charge. By that time, our midfielders would've learned more.

dmcdad:

Real Madrid and not Chelsea.

10DOVEjnr:
..which day you turn Madrid fan?

I have soft spot for real. I was attracted to them by the skills of mcmanaman, figo , zidane , Ronaldo and Co. That's why after winning ucl with Chelsea, I want hazard to move to the greatest club in the history of world football.

jpmoriarti:
A good team is a good team because they know where there main strength lies and they use it properly. Our attack is our biggest assest now, no longer our midfield because our best players are our attackers. We would be unwise to not utilize this major advantage.

The fact that our attack is our biggest asset means we should now look at our midfield as a fleeting after thought?

Why should our midfielders stop being creative even if we have a really good attack?

Okay..no wonder Enrique thinks he can put anybody in midfield.

Of course this comes at a notable cost - an occasional loss of midfield control. This is to be expected. Sometimes it becomes necessary to cede control to the opponent in other to unleash your strength. Of course, just like everything else, there's no guarantee that it must continue to work same way all the time.

Nope,we do not lose midfield control occasionally...it is almost always.

"It becomes necessary to cede control to the opponent."

WTF..dude.

Ceding control means having less of the ball,if you do not have the ball..how the fück do you score or at least try to score?

We still control games but we now have players of considerable lesser quality there. They need time to learn how to balance all these equations. I am certain our midfield will become topnotch again next term regardless of who's in charge. By that time, our midfielders would've learned more.

We still control games against lower teams without a good coach.

I said it here before..Any LaLiga team with a good coach can go Mano a Mano with us

Our midfield will become top notch again because dead weights like Arda Turan,Rakitic and probably Gomes will be sold..it's a no brainer.

Barça schedule in February.

Atleti 1/2 9pm
Bilbao 4/2
Atleti 7/2
Alaves 11/2
PSG 14/2
Leganes 19/2
Atleti 26/2



How many wins are you all expecting from these fixtures?

airmark:




I have soft spot for real. I was attracted to them by the skills of mcmanaman, figo , zidane , Ronaldo and Co. That's why after winning ucl with Chelsea, I want hazard to move to the greatest club in the history of world football.

Toh, good for you. Mcmanaman rarely impressed me tho...storari n Redondo did tho

10DOVEjnr:
Toh, good for you. Mcmanaman rarely impressed me tho...storari n Redondo did tho

Yes, mcmanam when fit, was a delight to watch. I don't know any skillful English player like him. He dazed the world in ucl final . Storari or solari ? He could dribble in his sleep. I called him fireworks dribbler. At a point his dribbles became senseless.

bykebyke:
Barça schedule in February.
Atleti 1/2 9pm Bilbao 4/2 Atleti 7/2 Alaves 11/2 PSG 14/2 Leganes 19/2 Atleti 26/2


How many wins are you all expecting from these fixtures?

At least six.