akwesenana:

Please, when/ how did Guardiola develop La Masía?
Let me learn something new this week.

From being the Barça B manager and taking them to new heights. He defeated Barcelona's first team with his Barça B team and got promoted to the first team manager. He brought Busquet to the squad. He also developed Xavi, Iniesta, and Messi. They had the best seasons of their lives under him. In 2011, Pep fielded a starting eleven of only La Masia players.

Pep himself is a product of La Masia, was a captain in his days, and also a Catalan. He's Barcelona through and through.

Awesome01:


And who is better than him and available and affordable right now? Please suggest.

We're finished, honestly. We're too broke to compete.

WhoDeyHause:

You are supposed to be arrested for this statement. Infact you need to be taken to court and tried for terrorism this minute.
Dead barka fans and over hyping their nonsense products. 🤝

Lmaoooooooooooooooooo. I had a good laugh reading this.

Cancelo is excellent, but I don't see much improvement he'll bring to our squad. I feel football has evolved from using two attacking fullbacks.

With that, we'll be exposed to counterattacks and both Cancelo and Balde really can't defend.

oliverano:


Lol.

As a LB, Cancelo is better than Balde. As a RB, there's no contest there. Cancelo is a world class player, Balde on the other hand could still be considered a prospect.

I love Balde as he's our best LB by far, and one of our best players but saying he's hardly a better player than Cancelo isn't true.

Only problem with Cancelo is the rumoured toxicity which I don't really give a damm as I want him here. We need some world-class players here.

Tell me one thing Cancelo does better than Balde.

Kilishihunter:
Cancelo with a buy option of under 40m will be a steal in my opinion, Very versatile and might help to break those stubborn ass low blocks

Break what low block? He's hardly a better fullback than Balde to me.

Kilishihunter:

Lol, see how you're conveniently making excuses for him whereas it was someone like ferran or raphinha the dragging would have beyond optimum levels yesterday
Note this was just 2 images I could pull out of the several haphazard performances he was dishing out especially in the first half, Taking too much time to shoot, Turning the ball over, not linking up with his teammates, Chance's creation should not even be an excuse before we've all see how poor he's been since the world cup

I don't slander players unthinkingly like others. The average football fan knows little about the game. They watch eleven men on the pitching fighting for the ball and see who wins. And football is more than that. The game is a tactical battle.

Look at City's last game, and look at the chances provided for Haaland even without KDB. Foden made seven key passes, and if I'm right, 5 or 6 out of those were for Haaland, yet he squandered it.

And that was against a ferocious team like Newcastle. Vs. Cadíz, we barely created anything. Even the commentator said we were too predictable.

Our style and football pattern don't keep the opposition team guessing what they face against us. They know how to defend against us now.

We're far from being the old Barça teams are afraid to play against.

Please find me on a critical pass that was provided to Lewa in that match. I bet you'd hardly find any. Those half-baked chances are too scrappy to be called chances. Even Haaland will suffer in this team. I mean, we are results are Atleticesque nowadays since we end up with binary results.

The season is a long way to go. I hope things change for the better, or else we're in for another European disappointment.

Kilishihunter:

He needs to wake up fast cause the UCL starts in less than under a month. We can't head back to europa.

The first image: The ball was wide away from his heading range

The second image: No striker can turn that chance into a goal with five men in yellow standing in front of you.


I think you should complain more about the creativity of the team. At this point, Lewa is only receiving the kind of service he'd receive if he were a Sevilla player.

Kilishihunter:

This is not Bayern where he has muller to feed him tons of chances to miss before he scores bro, With teams ready to pack the bus to frustrate you have to at least take one of the chances that come your way, Until his run from the Pedri goal he was mostly dogshit check your timeline and see the Sharp contrast between the people praising him or abhorring him even with the assist for ferran's goal

Show me one clear chance provided to him that he failed to convert.

OkpaNsukkaisBae:




oshey Elon Musk! abeg do giveaway

Slandering a player giving it his all is the lowest you can get. Perhaps, you were raised in a toxic household, which affects you psychologically.

Imagine you're in a workplace, and your boss keeps killing you with words even after doing a decent job compared to others. You'd be depressed.

Perhaps you're depressed and an internet clown. These players are humans. They have a family, and they do read criticisms from social media and which affects them mentally. You could easily see that Ferran Torres was depressed last season.

Your username is similar to the average Nairaland nuisance. The style is to use a clownish, comical, and mischievous name. Then, start spamming your favorite section with recycled phrases like "fraud, loser, and co" in sentences that look like something constructed from a lifeform of only two brain cells.

You're only here to gain recognition famously or infamously. To look stupid and notorious at the same time. You are farming for engagement. You're not a culer, and you're a disgrace to the whole fanbase.

OkpaNsukkaisBae:



He is still a FRAUD.

I wonder how well you're doing in life

Lewandowski's movement opens space for Pedri to exploit, thanks to Gündogan's floated pass.

Ferran Torres is on fire. He and Ansu are desperate to earn a place in the first eleven.

The game was not bad, but we should learn to play more exciting football and create good chances. We should work on that in training. Good luck and see ya next week.

Kilishihunter:

Bro Have you not been watching how's he been sluggish and wasting the few chances created for him, He was our worst player on the pitch in the first half, I think Old age has caught up with him at this point

What few chances? If you call those chances, I don't know what to say to you.

fredrickmyers:
Check ur whatsapp

My new WhatsApp 08109286068

Kilishihunter:

If lewandowski was less rusty and more assertive we'll likely have scored by now, it's a great shame to him that a 16-year-old kid is currently our best attacker

We barely created anything for Lewandowski to exploit. He's a number 9, and he's 35, I guess. The center area is congested, and it will take more than those half-hearted chances in the 1st half to get him a goal.

Struggling to create chances against Cadíz is not good, to be honest. We're not ready for a chilly Champions League night in a hostile atmosphere in one of the most feared stadiums in Europe.

Not a bad first half. We need to be swift and tidy with passes to break down Cadiz's compact defense.

I can't complain, but we need a new strategy to disrupt Cadíz's backline because they are so tight and they move in unit. We need space. If we can't find it, we should create it. Draw defenders out of position and exploit the area.

C'mon Barça!

BlueRayDick:


How when he be excellent when he can’t even place a decent shot and force a save from the goalkeeper unmarked ?

If the players currently under Arteta play like this , they wouldn’t have finished close second behind city in the league last season

He wouldn't play like that because Arteta won't let him play like that. It seems of y'all forgot these managers are trainers. And managers are superior to managers when it comes to training players.

BlueRayDick:
This Mudryk useless . God save Arteta say he no carry am, he for hear from me personally

Depends on the system. I am sure he'd have excelled under Mikel.

frankson1:



If it's between Arsenal and City, the former still don't stand a chance against City.

My point is, Arsenal is still more of a threat to City than other league contestants.

tonicyril:
Don't be surprised he can start wishing u death unprovoked, he particularly started cursing me when in realityi tot i was talking to a sound mind ....

People like him made me stop arguing football online cus one doesn't really know who is who, many are psycos.

Oh, that. He's notorious for his spiteful style of arguments. He's a negative football fan. Nobody takes him seriously for that.

Chelsea fans are one of the most delusional set of people on the planet. After a disastrous and woeful season, they miraculously expect a system turnover that will turn them into a title contestant. They'll have to spend another 1B euros again if this project fails and Poch gets sacked before December.

frankson1:
[/b]


Oga, stay one place naw

I'm talking about the league race.

Chelsea plays with no rhythm, and their games are more boring than a maths class. I can't wait for Barcelona V Cadíz to start.

Ansu Fati gave me Rashford vibes in our preseason games. I don't know why Xavi is starting a 16y/o fledging ahead of him. That will only hurt his ego and make him want to exit the club. And it will hurt more to lose a player like Ansu Fati, basked with untapped potential.

tonicyril:


The person u re quoting does not know the meaning of threat.

To him, football start and end with 1 vs 1, or head to head winnings..

Person dey support mancity and u still dey argue with him, u should know he started watching football from 2016 or so.

Don't street ursef; there are intellectuals you can have a reasonable and constructive argument with, not a teenager.

I know he's an aggressive football fanatic with little knowledge of the game. I've stopped replying to him after his third mention. But I do like his aggressiveness sometimes, but he can be delusional.

AImiron:
Spurs has been dicey for Pep lately, I think dem fit collect this season.

I repeat once again, even City ‘s 11 on the bench Arsenal no fit beat them. Abeg no need for back and forth. Wait till then

Wait. When I said a threat, I meant the "league title race," not a 1 vs 1 match up

Chelsea is a mid-table team, and it looks like they'll continue to be a mid-table team for a long time. It's going to be a long journey for CFC fans.

AImiron:
dead Liverpool is still a threat to City at Anfield, City go lit em at the Etihad.

Ars??! What a joke!
Mark this post and quote me anytime

City go lit arsenal home and away this season anywhere.

Arsenal threat to city abeg tell me another joke. Y’all get carried away by the friendly match community shield same inconsequential thing Pep has lost 3 consecutive times 🤣🤣

At Anfield, we know Liverpool are quite invincible there but I'm telling you Liverpool is not a threat. In fact, Spurs are more of a threat than his current Liverpool. Klopp's team is a mess now.

Arsenal is still a threat. They could get plummeted by City a million times, but they'll get up and win other games. Also, I don't think City will find it easy to beat Arsenal anymore.

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
we are playing 5mid against cadiz. hahaha.


Culer wia u dey?

We fear Cadiz pass Madrid

De Jong as a defender, and Xavi set up five midfielders for the game. Perhaps, Gündo could play as a wide midfielder while our midfielders run into the box for a cross, rebound, or tap-in. What I know for sure is that playing against Cadíz is never an easy match.

AImiron:
My boss I just Dey laugh here, after wetin dem see last season, dem no Dey hear word. E go clear for their eyes. Shey no be you i dey follow yarn Newcastle the other day, say City go lit em at the Etihad. Nah only Liverpool is a real threat to City.

Liverpool isn't the same Liverpool of 2018- 22. They're washed now. Arsenal are only team that can pose a mild threat to City

Flango:
I look at Chelsea's team and I still see average in it. Except for maybe Nkunku and James, I doubt if any of those players can cut it at a top European team like Bayern. Chelsea have done what nobody has done in the history of football: they spent close to 1 billion euros in just a year. There's no much noise about it because it's backed by Americans. It's OK for American owners to do that, not Russian or Arabs. Imagine if this was Mancity or PSG, by now the whole of Europe would have been on fire on how they want to kill football. Man united have been doing it since Fegurson left, yet no noise.

Yet the trolls say it's just money that makes Gardiola's team great. They forget that Man U and Chelsea are spending doing same with no results.

Anywhere you turn in Europe, you'll see hypocrisy at the highest level.

Nothing but the truth in everything you said.