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Karleb:
I no go lie, you people missed fati sha. That boy could be the only Barcelona attacker with a mind of his own.

Well his injury turned out to be a blessing in disguise cause his proficiency in front of goal might have hidden koeman's crap upfront. He'll be back stronger

Griezmann swap deal for Joao Felix? If it's possible then hell yes He should fit in with Barca's style of play but it'll take a lot of work to convince Simeone and cerezo though

Barcelona next match is against Eibar


Messi Right now:

Kilishihunter:
Griezmann swap deal for Joao Felix? If it's possible then hell yes He should fit in with Barca's style of play but it'll take a lot of work to convince Simeone and cerezo though

I believe Laporta will pull it off, great deal it will be

temi1290:
I believe Laporta will pull it off, great deal it will be

Sure. Tbh griezmann is still a top top player but him and Barca weren't meant for each other except if the crufyyian philosophy is fully abandoned and then you have the other issue of his favorite roles, freedom and position taken by Messi (Can't blame anyone) Almost the same can be said for Joao Felix who can't seem to replace griezmann in the defensively demanding and counter attacking brand of football that simeone asks for though he has shown glimpses of his talent though. When I watched some of his clips at benfica they didn't actually play tiki taka but they played a brand of silly attacking football that put him on the watchlist of many even pep Guy's style of play is similar to kaka. But I highly doubt atletico would agree to it

Omo it seems this is gonna be a massive and hardcore summer for barca from the various reports coming through daily. Laporta no just get time

Morning Barkabots

ddippset:
Lost competitiveness since the last 4 years yet we won La Liga in 2018 and 2019 and won Copa del rey in 2021.

2nd in the league 2020?.

And never mind this latest string of bad results; we fought competitively for this league until that Athletico draw. At that point we sort of lost motivation.

It seems you don't know what losing competitiveness means.

By the time you start battling for 4th position like Juventus and not lifting a trophy for 3 years you would understand what losing competitiveness means.

We only lost competitiveness in Europe and soon we shall lose competitivenss also in La Liga.

1. Barca losing Messi and Real Madrid losing Ronaldo are incomparable.
Even when Ronaldo was around at Madrid, they still had some very vital players who contributed immensely to their success; Most notably Ramos, Bale, Modric and Marcelo.
However the last time Barca had a team not overwhelmingly dependent on Messi was in 2015.

Ever since then, can you name any player who stepped up when Messi wasn't paying well?

See why it was easy for Madrid to adapt to Ronaldo? All they needed was a good striker to replace him.
They still have the core of the team performing at the top top top level; Kroos, Ramos, Modric, Benzema, Varane, Cavajal, Casemiro, these guys are still the heart and soul of Madrid.

Could you say the same for Barca,? Abi is it the Pique, Busquets and Alba which we yab here week in week out?

Even despite that, could say confidently say that Madrid have moved on from Ronaldo?
What have they won besides their VAR assisted league title of 2020?

2. Are you going to compare us again to City?

Do you know how long Pep's project has lasted? How many years?

Is it the money that he's splashed on player purchases?

Despite that, you are talking about success; what success have City even achieved outside the EPL?


Look mehn, you(rather we) need to brace up to reality;
Messi leaves,
Pique leaves,
Alba has to go,
Busquets has to go.

Build the team around Griezman and Dembele.
And probably Riqui Puig.
Haha.

Better face reality; the only guarantee to instant success is to miraculously acquire the best players in the calibre of Neymar, Haaland and co.

Otherwise you must be patient for a couple of years and build a team.

Looking at the players available, we currently have a squad far inferior to teams like PSG, Man City, Bayern, Real Madrid and Athletico Madrid.

The sad reality is that when Messi leaves, and with this squad of players we will have to seriously fight for top 4 for sometime and to get out of our UCL group; unless some very massive replacements in the shape of Neymar, Haaland, De Bryune era etc are made to replace him.

In football nowadays you either buy success or patiently build up for success.

JP has quite a short glimpse of what reality is. To him, he's trying not to build on emotions and be logical but the unfortunate thing is, that logic of his so punctured that even opposition fans and supporters can see through the nonsense ( I am making a sentence, not insulting you) he's tryna hit on.


Ddippset... Nicely written piece. Thumbs up!!!!!

Debroslink:
I wish for Harry Kane at Barcelona. He's a very good goal scorer plus he joins the midfield to initiate attacks. It's not easy to be the highest goal scorer and also highest assist maker in EPL.

I prefer him to Haaland or any box striker.

I agree my brother. I really have been surprised why we are not trying that guy ahead of those small kids (respect to their achievements). HK is a deadly kind of striker that has proven that even without scoring, he is a beast.

FirstbornWds:
JP has quite a short glimpse of what reality is. To him, he's trying not to build on emotions and be logical but the unfortunate thing is, that logic of his so punctured that even opposition fans and supporters can see through the nonsense ( I am making a sentence, not insulting you) he's tryna hit on.


Ddippset... Nicely written piece. Thumbs up!!!!!

Thanks my brother..

So Pedri has played 52 games this season

Is this kid not among the most used player in europe this season?

He really needs the early holiday, it should have been given to him from the last 3 games

Dude got more minutes than busquets , apart from messi and de jong , he also got more minutes than many top players from epl and seria A

Pedri should tell papa koeman goodbye because after his holiday he wont meet him at barca

andrewbaba44:
So Pedri has played 52 games this season

Is this kid not among the most used player in europe this season?

He really needs the early holiday, it should have been given to him from the last 3 games

Dude got more minutes than busquets , apart from messi and de jong , he also got more minutes than many top players from epl and seria A

Pedri should tell papa koeman goodbye because after his holiday he wont meet him at barca

I think Koeman should stay at the club. If the club completes a daring revolution such as selling players like Pique, Alba, Coutinho, Grezimann, Dembele, Braithwaite, Pjanic, Umititi, Junior Firpo, Sergi Roberto, then we can allow Koeman to stay and implement his plans for the club. But if coaches like Hans Flick or Erik Ten Hegan is available, then I dont see why we shouldnt replace Koeman.

FirstbornWds:
JP has quite a short glimpse of what reality is. To him, he's trying not to build on emotions and be logical but the unfortunate thing is, that logic of his so punctured that even opposition fans and supporters can see through the nonsense ( I am making a sentence, not insulting you) he's tryna hit on.


Ddippset... Nicely written piece. Thumbs up!!!!!

It is fine that you disagree respectfully. Needless to throw insults around

jpmoriarti:
I think Koeman should stay at the club. If the club completes a daring revolution such as selling players like Pique, Alba, Coutinho, Grezimann, Dembele, Braithwaite, Pjanic, Umititi, Junior Firpo, Sergi Roberto, then we can allow Koeman to stay and implement his plans for the club. But if coaches like Hans Flick or Erik Ten Hegan is available, then I dont see why we shouldnt replace Koeman.

I had to laugh at the last part tho

jpmoriarti:
I think Koeman should stay at the club. If the club completes a daring revolution such as selling players like Pique, Alba, Coutinho, Grezimann, Dembele, Braithwaite, Pjanic, Umititi, Junior Firpo, Sergi Roberto, then we can allow Koeman to stay and implement his plans for the club. But if coaches like Hans Flick or Erik Ten Hegan is available, then I dont see why we shouldnt replace Koeman.

What else does RK has to prove again?
JP looks like you're an enemy of this club, man has proven to be a serial failure, yet you're saying we should give him time. Are we now accepting mediocrity as a norm?

Brother JP, Barca deserve better!! Are you not tired of the back to back humiliations, let's offload bad players and bad coach as well. Even if it will cost us doing it a 100 times... We'll surely get it right. But let's not settle for less.

I'm anticipating a good next season from the type of cards Laporte is playing now.

Good evening bro.

UNCL3:
What else does RK has to prove again?
JP looks like you're an enemy of this club, man has proven to be a serial failure, yet you're saying we should give him time. Are we now accepting mediocrity as a norm?

Brother JP, Barca deserve better!! Are you not tired of the back to back humiliations, let's offload bad players and bad coach as well. Even if it will cost us doing it a 100 times... We'll surely get it right. But let's not settle for less.

I'm anticipating a good next season from the type of cards Laporte is playing now.

Good evening bro.

I am not saying we should accept mediocrity.
The question is if you want Ronald Koeman sacked, you have to be able to suggest a viable and realistic alternative otherwise we would find ourselves hiring and firing every single summer. We need consistency to be able to achieve success. It is not often that you see a coach that comes to a club and wins it all in his first season. Our years of difficulties in European competition or facing big clubs, cannot disappear over night.
Zidane might have appeared a hit in his first season but if you studied the ground well, you will realize that Mourinho and Ancelloti laid the solid foundation that allowed Zidane to thrive.
We don't have this solid ground yet, so it might take a bit of time to build. Hiring and firing every single season will make the matter even worse. Each coach brings there fantastic idea and we could be caught in a weird vicious cycle.

Koeman has shown lots of faith to young players. We need to support him especially if better alternatives like Hans Flick or Kloop or Guardiola are not readily available.
Even Kloop struggled in his first season until he was able to build some foundation.

I still think we have more of players problem than coaching problem. Lots of our players are below industry average, playing a very low level. Only a handful one or two can start for a club like Chelsea or ManCity. That's unacceptable for a club of our size and reputation.

FirstbornWds:
I had to laugh at the last part tho

You disagree? Yes?

UNCL3:
What else does RK has to prove again?
JP looks like you're an enemy of this club, man has proven to be a serial failure, yet you're saying we should give him time. Are we now accepting mediocrity as a norm?

Brother JP, Barca deserve better!! Are you not tired of the back to back humiliations, let's offload bad players and bad coach as well. Even if it will cost us doing it a 100 times... We'll surely get it right. But let's not settle for less.

I'm anticipating a good next season from the type of cards Laporte is playing now.

Good evening bro.

What good are you anticipating for next season?

To win La Liga or to win UCL?

You are talking about clearing out over 6 first team players and the coach, and you are anticipating a good next season

Seriously when are we going to start facing reality on this thread?

You guys think football is a game of dominoes or what

Well, I don't totally agree with you. The reason is, your statement looks like you're tryna defend RK even though you know he hasn't done well, else you wooulfnt be suggesting the alternatives you mentioned.

Personally, I know RK has tried by throwing a little bit of fighting spirit into this shambled team from last season's nonsense. Then again, I laud his wanting to use younger players but then, he's definitely not her man to take us there.


As someone rightly pointed, I don't expect to see immediate changes even if pep comes, but common, how can it be heard that we couldn't beat any elite team this season, ( except you want to bring Seville and a Ronaldo-less Juventus into question).


Barcelona definitely deserves better!!

jpmoriarti:
You disagree? Yes?

The 16.5M euros that Barça will receive for Aleña and Todibo combined will be used to pay off Koeman's, Schreuder's, and Larsson's contracts and sack them ahead of next season.

— @joseluiscarazo via El Curubito


Wicked!

jpmoriarti:
The 16.5M euros that Barça will receive for Aleña and Todibo combined will be used to pay off Koeman's, Schreuder's, and Larsson's contracts and sack them ahead of next season.

— @joseluiscarazo via El Curubito


Wicked!

I'm fully in support of this purging...
Barca deserves better.

ddippset:
What good are you anticipating for next season?

To win La Liga or to win UCL?

You are talking about clearing out over 6 first team players and the coach, and you are anticipating a good next season

Seriously when are we going to start facing reality on this thread?

You guys think football is a game of dominoes or what

Are we going to offload 6 players without replacement?

If we(Laporte particularly) does this, and he doesn't replace those bad players offloaded with good ones, then he isn't the smart Laporte I know.

Like I said, I'm anticipating a good next season.
Players like Sergio Roberto, Lenglet, Umtiti etc should not in the first place be on the bench for barce, talkless of starting.

We deserve better bro.

jpmoriarti:
I am not saying we should accept mediocrity.
The question is if you want Ronald Koeman sacked, you have to be able to suggest a viable and realistic alternative otherwise we would find ourselves hiring and firing every single summer. We need consistency to be able to achieve success. It is not often that you see a coach that comes to a club and wins it all in his first season. Our years of difficulties in European competition or facing big clubs, cannot disappear over night.
Zidane might have appeared a hit in his first season but if you studied the ground well, you will realize that Mourinho and Ancelloti laid the solid foundation that allowed Zidane to thrive.
We don't have this solid ground yet, so it might take a bit of time to build. Hiring and firing every single season will make the matter even worse. Each coach brings there fantastic idea and we could be caught in a weird vicious cycle.

Koeman has shown lots of faith to young players. We need to support him especially if better alternatives like Hans Flick or Kloop or Guardiola are not readily available.
Even Kloop struggled in his first season until he was able to build some foundation.

I still think we have more of players problem than coaching problem. Lots of our players are below industry average, playing a very low level. Only a handful one or two can start for a club like Chelsea or ManCity. That's unacceptable for a club of our size and reputation.

RK is just not it bro!!
He only shorn against weak teams, can you point out 3 to 4 elite teams that he won convincingly?

Yes we have bad players and we also have a bad coach...
A good coach will bring out the best in an average player... Trust me.

And you said he has shown faith in young players, don't make me laugh bro. With his wicked act of freezing out players, just because of little personal beef, acting like a lil biitch.. Imagen having Moriba over Puig? A total joke of a coach.

We need a good coach period, it's now up to Laporte to work this out for the betterment of the club.. that was why he was elected.

Peace bro.

UNCL3:
Are we going to offload 6 players without replacement?

If we(Laporte particularly) does this, and he doesn't replace those bad players offloaded with good ones, then he isn't the smart Laporte I know.

Like I said, I'm anticipating a good next season.
Players like Sergio Roberto, Lenglet, Umtiti etc should not in the first place be on the bench for barce, talkless of starting.

We deserve better bro.

For the bolded part; OF COURSE NOT!

If the replacements are not the likes of De Bryune, Neymar, Lewandowski, Casemiro, Salah, Carasco, and that class of players, then forget about next season.

If we are going to bring in second rated players like Depay or Wijnaldium or Ishak, then we might have to wait for 3 or more seasons to come good again.

ddippset:
For the bolded part; OF COURSE NOT!

If the replacements are not the likes of De Bryune, Neymar, Lewandowski, Casemiro, Salah, Carasco, and that class of players, then forget about next season.

If we are going to bring in second rated players like Depay or Wijnaldium or Ishak, then we might have to wait for 3 or more seasons to come good again.

If we get 2 high rated players and 4 second class rated players... Believing Messi stays, thus it's 3 high rated players plus the other 4 second rated players... Not just any how player o, at least the player must have proven to be good, at least.... Also hoping Ansu Fati gets back plus the likes of DeJong, Sergio Busquets... We are talking of a good starting eleven here.

Then to spice it up... We get a good coach, that can make the second rated players do more.

We good bro.

UNCL3:
RK is just not it bro!!
He only shorn against weak teams, can you point out 3 to 4 elite teams that he won convincingly?

Yes we have bad players and we also have a bad coach...
A good coach will bring out the best in an average player... Trust me.

And you said he has shown faith in young players, don't make me laugh bro. With his wicked act of freezing out players, just because of little personal beef, acting like a lil biitch.. Imagen having Moriba over Puig? A total joke of a coach.

We need a good coach period, it's now up to Laporte to work this out for the betterment of the club.. that was why he was elected.

Peace bro.

Elche
Eibar
Valladolid
Levante

devvy44:
Elche
Eibar
Valladolid
Levante

You just see reasons to troll every second of the day...
Even though there's no need.

Besides we've not won Eibar this season.

UNCL3:
You just see reasons to troll every second of the day...
Even though there's no need.

Besides we've not won Eibar this season.

Some people just choose to make a mockery of themselves. Just ignore the troll.

Just feeling so pessimistic about this Aguero's capture by Barca. Man's last season at Man City was so uninspiring. He seems to have lost almost all his skills and deadly striking instinctiveness that made him so lethal.

At least Suarez still has aggression and technique. TBH, I'm not sure what Aguero brings to the table that Suarez didn't (maybe better passing and link-up skills sha).

UNCL3:
If we get 2 high rated players and 4 second class rated players... Believing Messi stays, thus it's 3 high rated players plus the other 4 second rated players... Not just any how player o, at least the player must have proven to be good, at least.... Also hoping Ansu Fati gets back plus the likes of DeJong, Sergio Busquets... We are talking of a good starting eleven here.

Then to spice it up... We get a good coach, that can make the second rated players do more.

We good bro.

Alright Bro.

Sounds like a good plan.

I hope it goes this way.

jpmoriarti:
The 16.5M euros that Barça will receive for Aleña and Todibo combined will be used to pay off Koeman's, Schreuder's, and Larsson's contracts and sack them ahead of next season.

— @joseluiscarazo via El Curubito


Wicked!

If this is true. Na celebration till kingdom come mood I go dey oo.

There's no end of an era if there's no money
Carlos Carpio's opinion


The end of an era isn't the same as the end of a contract. With a financial situation as delicate as Barcelona's, which has led to the club putting themselves in the hands of financial institutions who offer fast money at high interest rates, it's impossible to carry out the revolution that president Joan Laporta has spoken about. There are too many players in the squad who are under contract and with extremely high salaries that no other club will be willing to pay in the current climate created by the pandemic. The problem for the Azulgrana is that none of these players are going to accept a pay cut because they know that they're tied down by a contract which guarantees them a wage that they're never going to be paid anywhere else. They're also not willing to let a single euro slip away from them, as we saw last season when they accepted to defer half of their pay for several years, on the condition that they received interest.

Laporta's diagnosis is very much correct, but announcing the end of an era is one thing. Actually carrying it out is another. From next week, the club's new director of football Mateu Alemany's rigorous reputation will be put to the test. At Barcelona they're currently dealing with a list of 14 potential departures, with players such as Neto, Junior Firpo, Samuel Umtiti, Miralem Pjanic, Martin Braithwaite, Carles Alena, Matheus and Riqui Puig those who are most likely to be moving on.


The most complicated aspect is the big name players. No one is going to cover Philippe Coutinho's net salary of 15 million euros given his track record with injuries, for example. Antoine Griezmann is a player who draws a lot of interest, but only a couple of clubs in Europe could afford his 21m euro wage packet. Those in charge at the club know that they won't be able to move on players like Gerard Pique, Sergio Busquets, Sergi Roberto and Jordi Alba like they can do with Ronald Koeman, even though they'd like to. They will try to negotiate a reduction in salary, which won't be easy at all. Pique is 34 and still has three years left on his contract. Jordi Alba, 32, also has three years remaining. Busquets is 32 with two seasons to go and Sergi Roberto, 29, has another three. The first three earn 15m euros net, and Sergi Roberto gets about 10m euros. They are overinflated salaries and too high given the current market and the performances these players have given this season. You can't justify these wages for a team that has bowed out of the Champions League early in the last five seasons. Only Josep Maria Bartomeu, the least powerful president in the history of the club, could have capitulated in such a way. If he could, Laporta would see off all four or keep just Jordi Alba, but he knows it's going to be very difficult to get rid of even one of them. Lionel Messi is also set to stay, but will earn significantly less than the 70m euros he is receiving until June. Although it sounds a bit strange, the new era at Barcelona starts with him.








ABOVE IS REALITY!.

It's easier to free the coach. Let's just free the coach, free about 3 to 4 players, get 1 or 2 world class additions and move on.

That's the very best we could do!!