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Leyqute:
Foden is just forming activity, running upandan like headless chicken. Your fullback is with the ball, show for pass you are running ahead, hiding in between the opponent.

Haba na

Aside Guehi all the English players are playing like Sunday league players.

You singled out Foden but what about the guy at the other end and the guy up top?

If he shows for the ball and gets it, people will still complain that he's just ball to feet and no movement. Now he's making runs yet he's still called out.

Most pundits especially Lineker and Shearer complained about off the ball movement and I think that's what Foden is trying to do.

If they meet at any stage, wetin Columbia/Uruguay go use Argentina/Brazil see for this Copa eh. Especially Uruguay!

andrewbaba44:
What about the euros ?

Portugal Spain Germany France Belgium are one side ,or is this one also fair ?

While England and other easy teams are other side

Even the just concluded UCL. But since nah South America, it's unfair!

afrodoc2:
That Lewandowski feat is going be nearly impossible to repeat in these times. 4 goals plus 4 goal celebrations PLUS 4 VAR checks, all before the 5th goal. Can't be done in 9 minutes IMO.

doc, VAR or not, no chance it happens again. May be in Sunday league but you see Europe top 5 it's almost impossible.

5 goals in 9 minutes lol...I wonder wetin Wolfsburg dey do to concede 5 goals in 9 mins. Even 4 goals in 90 minuites is already daunting

andrewbaba44:
Rest and keep yamal and Barca out of your mouth ,you no Dey argue with Barca fan yet you had to call names from there .

He made valid points concerning the award and no matter how people scream about drop in quality, someone has to win it, just like those who won before Messi/Ronaldo. But what I noticed about him is that 4 out of 10 of his comments must be something related to Barca even if it doesn't really warrant it. but it's all good sha, nothing spoil!

WhoDeyHause:

You dey funny oo lol. How u go read all that and see it as pains nah.

I was just trying to explain to him that loan no dey work for here and praised Guui for taking bold steps just like those before him. My only issue is him joining Chelsea. I for prefer a development club like Dortmund, Benfica, Monaco, Ajax etc.

Those who took bold steps and left either via normal transfer or free transfer succeeded example Pique, Grimaldo, Fabregas, Dani Olmo, Xavi Simons, Take Kubo, Pepe Reina...

Aside Fermin, those who went on loan didn't make it at Barca but had good to decent careers example;Cucurella, Munir, Bojan, Oriol Busquet, Sergi Samper, Alena, Chrtian Tello, Deulofeu, Nico Gonzalez, Fati**

Our loan no dey work that's why I said Guui is smart for taking a bold step. But staying was also another bold step because Balde succeeded here for refusing loan, same with Valdez and Puyol.

I'm happy for him!

mostob:
We have seen players come from another league to Barcelona and still couldn't perform.
Right now, I would place both in the same class because they have not really shown enough promise.

Guiu should have been sent on loan instead. We can't bank on the Lewa next season and when you consider our financial situation, it makes sense to cut costs as much as possible.

Alright, no wahala if you feel both are on the same level but I think Roque edges him slightly.

Yeah, you're right a loan would've been the perfect thing to do but a loan is only good on paper when it comes the history of FC Barcelona. Here, once you're loaned out, that's the end. Aside Fermin can you name a Barca player in the last 20 years who went on loan and came back to be important?

Cucurella, Munir, Bojan, Oriol Busquet, Sergi Samper, Alena, Chrtian Tello, Deulofeu, Inaki Pena, Nico Gonzalez, Fati*, Eric Garcia* all went on loan came back and were never important.

Puyol was asked to go on loan many times but refused, same with Valdez.

Guui actually looked at history and thought otherwise. Balde was heavily linked on loan too but thought otherwise and it worked for him.

Guui is smart and knew he wasn't starting ahead of Lwey and new purchase Roque but Chelsea move is what I don't like. I for prefer Ajax, Dortmund or even Monaco.

I rest!

mostob:
Guiu is not better than Roque? Both ain't different in my opinion.

They're very different lol

I judge players based on eye test and their stats. With that on ground, Roque is better for now.

Roque is currently clear of Guui. Roque was a starter in Brazil with Parathnes and was arguably their best player. If Barca didn't rush him here, he would've made the Brazil Copa squad. He was in top form at the time.

I like him(Guui) and wanted him to be the sub before we bought Roque that's because he has the physique/eye for goal to be a top 9 like Lewy but hasn't shown enough. With the B team(3rd division) he's a bench player. Pau Victor and Diego Percan are ahead of him but he's got more potential than both though. You'll only understand this paragraph if you follow Barca Athletic.

Guui was shuffling between juvenile A, Barca B and the Barca first team.

I have nothing against him but with Lewy and a 40m player in Roque, Guui was always going to be the third choice striker. Leaving Barca was a good choice and nothing against Chelsea but I wish he joined a team like Dortmund or Ajax for better development.

BlueRayDick:
The process of deciding the winner has been explained over and over again .

It is normal statistics that involves ranking system , just like the likert scale you use in ur final year project questionnaire in School .

Since Messi has more balondor, people won't care to read because the award, like the just concluded world cup will always be rigged to favour him.

This was basically the last kick before penalties and believe me if this ball had gone in, there won't be any talk of "rigged world cup" but bants after bants aimed at Messi. 😂 😂 😂

Kilishihunter:
We've really lost a lot if deals under Deco chief and now it seems we're now losing from our academy too eg. Andrea natalli and Guiu

I have no problem with Natalie and Guui leaving because we can't keep them all.

Natalia isn't better than Cubarsi or Faye. Guui for all his ability isn't better than Roque.

Lamasia will continue to Masia and will keep producing good talents to complement the first team.

My own issue is Gbeco scouting players for other teams. It's becoming a trend.

BlueMann:
I've seen the guy a couple of times. Looked decent - quite promising, even. Tricky, pacy, wasn't afraid to have a go at defenders a couple of times. If I remember correctly, he scored a Puskas worthy goal with a rabona from a tight angle after a lovely dribble.

I remember thinking one time that he reminded me a bit of a younger Hudson-odoi, and a bit of Sane.

Wait, this one that you're asking, be like say your club wan sign am?

Omoh, you dey watch ball oo. I never knew anything about this guy until today!

jpmoriarti:
Yeahh I read that the deal to sign Nico might be in excess of 100m euros because of the higher tax rates in the Basque region.

Of course, there could be other cheap options like this Hull City player. I have never heard of him before. I don't think anyone has but this is the time our scouts has to earn their pay.

And hopefully, we do not scout so that other clubs can come in and hijack. If the club has good remarks about him and the coaching team agrees, then we need to close the deal pronto. To this day, Deco has become synonymous with letting prospects slip through the fingers.

From the information I'm getting. Nico's total package may actually surpass 100m. We're not getting Nico, not this season at least!

[quote author=Kilishihunter post=130649196]Omo

🤯✨ Absolutely insane work from Hull City forward Jaden Philogene (22)...

Sadly classed as own goal. 🥲 pic.twitter.com/s28rQkITFt

— EuroFoot (@eurofootcom) February 14, 2024

You know the funny thing, Deco is actually a great scout but for other teams. I didn't know this boy until today. I just watched his highlights and he's looking like Dembele with football sense.

Arrda Guler, Bergval, Mokio and now Jayden

I can guarantee you that we're not gonna sign him. He'll be linked for some weeks then another team will swoop in.

andrewbaba44:
Championship player ?

No be me and you go listen

Common get that thing off the road

Baba you can never tell and Championship is very high level.

Adam Wharton was signed from Championship in January 2024 and he's one of the reason why Palace had a super season. He even made the England squad in the process.

Leicester signed Madison when he was still in the championship.

Dortmund signed Bellingham when he was still in the championship. Eberechi Eze from Championship too.

I know he's now a flop but Arnuat Danjuma signed for Villarreal when he was in the championship and did well for Villarreal back then.

Aside Championship, Martineli signed for arsenal from a third division team in Brazil. Also, Fermin is from the third division and he's doing well for our first team.

On this boy, if the talent is there and he's willing to work, I won't mind him. I even heard it's a loan with option to buy so it's not bad to give him a try.

I'm not excited about him though because he seems like another English speed merchant.

Time will tell!

Kimbeast:
Both could literally be attributed to Messi playing in just one league for 98% of his career. He never changed league and clubs that will cause him to adapt like Ronaldo did on numerous occasions which will dent his numbers. This is a Link of Messi admitting how difficult it was adapting to Psg, new environment and new league before you tell us those things don't have any impact. Why do you think Messi went from 30 la Liga goals and la Liga golden boot to 6 league goals in France.

https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/messi-says-he-struggled-adapt-after-psg-move-some-fans-treated-him-differently-2023-06-23/



When you check Ronaldo goal record and goal ratio for just La Liga and Madrid you get a clearer picture of what Messi enjoyed for 98% of his career. He gets the edge in those statistics because Ronaldo started his Career in England.

The aim of my original post was not to do Messi-Ronaldo bant. Whether Messi can adapt, play good football/score goals outside planet earth wasn't the essence of the post.

I wasn't the original poster. I just copied what he said and tried to make some clarity.

I even said "nothing against Ronaldo" in that particular post.

I don't run in circles with Ronaldo/Messi opera but I always maintain that Messi is my own goat. If Ronaldo is yours, great.

The real aim was to clarify what the person who quoted hensben said. May be you can check it out.

That's all!

Sportsweb:
Hensbrain for a reason

Nothing against Ronaldo.

But it's not so hard to understand his point nah. I mean one is not like the other nah.

Ronaldo played more matches in Europe Messi has most goals scored...meaning Ronaldo has appeared more in Europe while Messi has scored the most goals in same Europe. This one is particularly limited to Europe. By Europe I think he's looking at club football in Europe not international football.

Ronaldo has more goals scored but it is Messi with most golden boot...This one is more generic but here, Ronaldo has almost 1000 goals(all comps), but Messi despite not scoring up to that has won more golden golden boots in general...all comps.

They're not the same, look again.

Vischy:
Winning Ligue 1 with lille is actually not a waste against psg with Mbappe,Messi and Neymar leading their attacking lines then.

I would still take Jonathan David at £30m.

Jackson can come from wing attack.

Mbape, Neymar, yes. Messi, no...

Messi joined 2021/2022 and left 2022/2023. They won the League both times with Messi so he wasn't there when Jonathan won it.

Jonathan was also sharing minutes with the experienced Burak Yilmaz then.

Guui will be missed @FCB but it seems Chelsea is going full project Wenger.

Interesting...

andrewbaba44:
Barca no try to allow this ,very clinical and old Skool striker

Wishing him the best

A pure 9.

If given a chance at Chelsea he'll thrive. I thought he was gonna replace Lewy but well....

What can I say...

drisham:
Germany have already qualified though

They don't need this match


Musiala dribbles a bit too much sometimes

They don't need this match to qualify, yes

but with their first 11 on the pitch, you can tell that they want to win this game and then top the group. They want the win....

That's not happening yet so game on...

Kilishihunter:
I don't think Bayern are interested in Nico, they would trigger olise's clause and still pay for palhinha, with sane, musiala and coman I don't think they'll still want to spend that much, they're also favourites for xavi Simons who can play LW for a loan deal
Djalo grew up in the basque region and played for some local teams there before moving to Braga, those guys are very strict when it comes to recruiting players only having a connection with the basque county

Their model is working for them. Djalo another speed demon.

Let's see where Nico will play next season. My guess is a PL club!

Kilishihunter:
His release clause will get triggered before pre-season I think, I read arsenal have already started talking to his representatives before you guys recently rejoined the race, psg might also enter too his total package is nothing to them, it'll probably come down to who can afford his salary demands, at Barça we'll probably be able to offer him £250k per week but it's whether laliga would allow us to go for him and Deco that's our problem

I think Nico will join Bayern or a PL club if Barca do not sign him. I don't see him staying there next season. Sane, Koman and Gnabry may leave so it may be Bayern. Olise 🤝 Nico.

Alvaro Djalo just joined Bilbao from Braga for about 30m. He could be the Nico replacement. They're very similar in play style and Djalo is very rapid.

BlueRayDick:
😂

As in…. It’s almost a year after the GOAT debate was settled and they are here celebrating PITCH INVAD’OR .

Lol,

WhoDeyHause:
The funny thing with this your picture is that gbamal didn't dribble dimarco in that match not even once.

Okay!

Ijustwantto:
Anytime am feeling bored, na to go watch "enkara messi" be dat

Watch this instead....

Ankara Messi nah Laliga. The stake was higher here...#UCL final!

Ijustwantto:
I just feel like asking football lovers this question
Who is the king of dribbling between this two?

Very difficult one but choice must be made lol...

Dinho's dribbling is more entertaining and there's more flair. Messi's dribbling is very effective and more focused on goal scoring or creation.

Dinho sometimes dribble to entertain even when the stakes are very high, you'll never see that with Messi.

If nah monkey post/5 or 7 aside, I'll pick Dinho to wow the crowd, if nah big post I'll pick Messi because of efficiency.

Messi for me!

Andrewbaba, Onana was moving like Thomas Partey today oo. E fit be say nah Dyche ball dey make am play like carpenter ooo.

He was really solid today, I love what I saw from him but the jury is still out.

Let's see what he'll do against a high pressing team as the tournament goes on. Time will tell.

Awesome01:
I don't want Raphinha to be sold. He can't dribble a standing cone, (we know)., but his energy and pace should work with Hansi's tactics, moreover his stats shows he scores.

For Ferran, he should be sold for good money (IMO). His lord of movement and position may not help us much this season.

Yeah, I don't want him sold too. I just feel that if we sign Nico and secure another loan for Felix then he may leave. Could be him or Ferran. We'll see come summer!

BlueRayDick:
I’m definitely not recommending Lampard for England job; he’s another terrible football manager .

The fact that I’m even mentioning Lampard in the Southgate conversation is because of how poor Southgate has performed with the talent at his disposal

Okay, I get you!

BlueRayDick:
Aswear! The guy just keeps getting paid doing nothing.

More like he just fields 11 players he prefers and tells them to "do their thing".

The team doesn't look like a team that has any coach's tactical instructions they are following. One could see how the Danes were recycling possession yesterday, like they had a template the coach asked them to follow. Even the Spanish did same yesternight.

E come be like say Lampard even get playing pattern pass Southgate sef

Until he's given the job then qualifying for major tournaments becomes rocket science.

I don't rate Southgate but I don't think Lampard is good enough for the English job.

Awesome01:
Buying Olmo to me is a no no. Because we all saw how Fermin is developing into a major force , and we've seen all that Olmo offers over time. Olmo coming into that squad will truncate Fermin's progress while not offering what the boy can offer.

Unless Olmo is coming on loan, I see him as another waste of precious money. Buy Nico and loan Felix again. While prioritising a DM period.

Exactly and I believe most Barca fans are on this page.

But if we get Nico, then Raph, Nico, Yamal and Ferran are okay for the LW and RW meaning even Felix won't be needed.

However, if Raph is sold and we're able to have Nico then Felix on loan makes sense. Because we'll now have Nico/Felix LW, and Ferran/Yamal RW.

raumdeuter:
I dont consider them stronger than Spain, I just gave some examples of strong nations

Okay!