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oliverano:
This new format is screaming for one thing.... Squad depth!!!!

Resting key players will be fatal. Normally, by matchday 4 or 5, you have fringe players playing because you may have already qualified. Now, your match day 4 could be an away game Vs Dortmund, Citeh, Arsenal depending on your pot with everything at stake. It was so in the previous format but it's a bit tricky this time.

Omoh, we need players o o o.

This is pure competition alas survival of the fittest. Citeh will wipe people wetin no good sha

I'm happy that the R16 knockout format was kept intact and the fact that once you're eliminated, no Europa for you.

Superleague lite but I love it!

Flick be like who go sabi rotate sha

Pray those our injured players come back quick

jpmoriarti:
We have only one fit midfielder (Pedri) going into UCL where we are expected to play 8 matches. Where are the players? You need depth, yet we are going in, down to the bare bone.

Eric Garcia will be a midfielder by force

He will be back soon

Bayern again

They want to kill PSG

Psg's opponents -


Mancity
Bayern Munich
Atletico Madrid
Arsenal
Psv
Salzburg
Girona
Stuggart

Na dem sabi.
Na their own palava be dat. At least, there's no messi to blame. I am only concerned about fc Barcelona

Baddestguyp:
They want to kill PSG

Psg's opponents -


Mancity
Bayern Munich
Atletico Madrid
Arsenal
Psv
Salzburg
Girona
Stuggart

PSG don defraud Real Madrid 😁😂😂

They send dembele instead of Mbappe 😂

Comrade kylian mbappe club drew today.
How I wish they lost, but it is what it is. Same thing with tico Madrid yesterday. I love how the table is looking.

Up next for fc Barcelona is real Valladolid.
Let's go Barcelona 💪

Make Madrid just dey continue lose all these two two points dey go. Dem carry their own very hand go buy slow poison to cure body wey no get any sickness.

Mbappe, you are doing well. Carry go!

Them think say them go ball like MSN.

People wey their mcm score 6 league goals a season, na then dey yab Mbappe😒🤥

Dammnnn!!!!! Hate watching is sweeeeeet!!!!

Laporta and Deco legacy of lies and deciet this summer.
Someone has to pay for not being able to meet any of the set targets.

This is the worst summer we have had in a very long while.

1:1 FFP ❌
Nike Deal ❌
Full Barca Studios Money ❌
DM ❌
Improve CM Depth ❌
1v1 Specialist LW ❌
Improve CB Depth ❌


You're in the middle of economic crisis and you don't have economic vice president. Eduard Romue left since beginning of the year and Laporta refused to replace him.

This is a major why they couldn't get anything done. No deal was closed. The contracts are in shambles.

Horrific.

jpmoriarti:
Laporta and Deco legacy of lies and deciet this summer.
Someone has to pay for not being able to meet any of the set targets.

This is the worst summer we have had in a very long while.

1:1 FFP ❌
Nike Deal ❌
Full Barca Studios Money ❌
DM ❌
Improve CM Depth ❌
1v1 Specialist LW ❌
Improve CB Depth ❌


You're in the middle of economic crisis and you don't have economic vice president. Eduard Romue left since beginning of the year and Laporta refused to replace him.

This is a major why they couldn't get anything done. No deal was closed. The contracts are in shambles.

Horrific.

Xavi was right after all

Colson:
Xavi was right after all

Yes of course. Everyone knew he was right. Reason he was summarily sacked.

Yes, we have a more experienced coach who may not have expressed those Xavi's opinions in the public and, who knows how to get the best out of scraps that he has. Yet it is not enough to hide the fact that we are sitting in a keg of gun powder.

There is no squad depth. We literally have only the first eleven and just two or three more players to make up the numbers. Imagine we still have 3 first team squad numbers unassigned. Goes to show how shallow our squad is going into the 2024/2025 season. One more injury and we are all but done.

Even experienced managers need players to coach. A situation when you are scrambling each match day to find your first eleven. I see such situation very soon. There are more matches to play especially UCL. There is no depth to play the less important Copa del Rey.

This abject lack of planning has put the club in a very bad situation and it will have huge consequences. How long can Hansi Flick hold this mess together? Maybe he shouldn't have won his first three games because this has given Laporta and co, a false impression. They are looking for a way to convince themselves that we do not need players and that resolving the FFP is beyond them and we should blame Bartomeu for it.

He laid down in green pastures 😇😇

Let's just say psg deserve... No dembumbum deserves that draw.. hope they don't even make the playoffs 🙏🙏

Oga, una betta use the matches so far in laliga hold bodi. Make u use dat one get joy as a barca fan. Barcelona will be alright egbon. 😎

jpmoriarti:
Yes of course. Everyone knew he was right. Reason he was summarily sacked.

Yes, we have a more experienced coach who may not have expressed those Xavi's opinions in the public and, who knows how to get the best out of scraps that he has. Yet it is not enough to hide the fact that we are sitting in a keg of gun powder.

There is no squad depth. We literally have only the first eleven and just two or three more players to make up the numbers. Imagine we still have 3 first team squad numbers unassigned. Goes to show how shallow our squad is going into the 2024/2025 season. One more injury and we are all but done.

Even experienced managers need players to coach. A situation when you are scrambling each match day to find your first eleven. I see such situation very soon. There are more matches to play especially UCL. There is no depth to play the less important Copa del Rey.

This abject lack of planning has put the club in a very bad situation and it will have huge consequences. How long can Hansi Flick hold this mess together? Maybe he shouldn't have won his first three games because this has given Laporta and co, a false impression. They are looking for a way to convince themselves that we do not need players and that resolving the FFP is beyond them and we should blame Bartomeu for it.

Looking at the new Champions League format...I am excited for the fixtures to come in this new format.

But at the same time, I am concerned for the players, and not only because of the huge number of games.

With this new format, every match is important and goal difference will be a huge determinant. This means there are less chances to rest players as every match is very important to avoid playoffs as only 8 teams will get automatic qualifications.

With our paper thin squad, we still can't afford to rotate and this might lead to our squad completely drained before January.

We don't have a reliable backup LB or RB. We don't have a DM. We don't have a LW. We only have 2 fit CBs with no backups

To fight Madrid's super team in the league, we also have to play to win every game.

How much more can this paper-thin squad take?

If we get one more injury in a major position, we are fûcked.

When you look at things, you realize that despite Madrid having a very shaky start to their league campaign, they are in a far better position than us.

They have so many players they can afford to rest and rotate and they just need to get their team playing well together and they will be good.

We on the other hand are walking on thin ice, with any little shake and we could collapse.

Huge shame to the board and Deco for this shambolic Summer window

Baddestguyp:
Looking at the new Champions League format...I am excited for the fixtures to come in this new format.

But at the same time, I am concerned for the players, and not only because of the huge number of games.

With this new format, every match is important and goal difference will be a huge determinant. This means there are less chances to rest players as every match is very important to avoid playoffs as only 8 teams will get automatic qualifications.

With our paper thin squad, we still can't afford to rotate and this might lead to our squad completely drained before January.

We don't have a reliable backup LB or RB. We don't have a DM. We don't have a LW. We only have 2 fit CBs with no backups

To fight Madrid's super team in the league, we also have to play to win every game.

How much more can this paper-thin squad take?

If we get one more injury in a major position, we are fûcked.

When you look at things, you realize that despite Madrid having a very shaky start to their league campaign, they are in a far better position than us.

They have so many players they can afford to rest and rotate and they just need to get their team playing well together and they will be good.

We on the other hand are walking on thin ice, with any little shake and we could collapse.

Huge shame to the board and Deco for this shambolic Summer window

Laporta should have just told the truth on this one instead of leading our fanbase astray, for all the good work he's done all these carelessness will add more stains to his tenure,I say this as a laporta supporter
I think we can still try to go toe with toe with vardrid for the league especially when our injured players except bernal start returning, our fixture list for the next few matches even after the international break are fairly manageable but as for the UCL and any direct meeting with vardrid like the super cup, I'm not confident at all, no matter how tactically good Flick is, he needs more quality and good squad depth, maybe we can work out something in January if the Nike deal is agreed by then, talking of the Nike deal if they still try to low-ball us let's just move on to puma jeje, the window would be over today anyways

Colson:
Xavi was right after all

For all our complaints about his tactics flexibility and attitude, he was honestly brutal about every situation he was faced with and tried to work with what he could see the best way he could, any Barça success going forward will still be tied to him

Lamine, olmo, pedri and ferran all called up for Spain upcoming match. I wish them injury free. Only God knows the kind soap wey ferran use dey baff😔

Baddestguyp:
With our paper thin squad, we still can't afford to rotate and this might lead to our squad completely drained before January.


To fight Madrid's super team in the league, we also have to play to win every game.

How much more can this paper-thin squad take?

If we get one more injury in a major position, we are fûcked.

When you look at things, you realize that despite Madrid having a very shaky start to their league campaign, they are in a far better position than us.

Realmadrid are the European/Laliga champions and the rave of the moment and quite rightly so but they're not invincible. They could be beaten and will eventually be beaten just like every other team. They're the best but they also lack DEPTH.

Can you name a defender for Madrid other than Rudiger and Miltao? If Rudiger or Miltao is injured who plays? If Tuameni(DM) is injured today, who plays?

In the context of the UCL and this could be an unpopular opinion but when you look at Madrid, apart from may be Cavarjal, no Madrid defender will start at Arsenal. Unless they sign a centre back, they're one injury away from disaster. Point here is that, so far this season, thier defence is weak and ours is weaker.

Right now, thier attack is their biggest strength because Kroos is not there, Modric is old and Cama and Jude both out injured.

Yes, they're better than us, but light dey end of the tunnel!

Ijustwantto:
Lamine, olmo, pedri and ferran all called up for Spain upcoming match. I wish them injury free. Only God knows the kind soap wey ferran use dey baff😔

Ferran still getting call ups?

Na so we see am oooo. The shark himself. Na the soap wey he dey use I wan go take baff now🤣

oliverano:


Ferran still getting call ups?

Nothing scares me the more as a cule, other than international breaks.
I am actually really scared especially for Pedri.

Yeahh, this bald man will run our kids to the ground during the international break, won't he?

He could have looked at our squad and see that we are already on paper thin. He should have called other players and leave out Lamine, Pedri and Olmo.

Of course, I don't care what he does with Ferran torres

Kilishihunter:
Laporta should have just told the truth on this one instead of leading our fanbase astray, for all the good work he's done all these carelessness will add more stains to his tenure,I say this as a laporta supporter
I think we can still try to go toe with toe with vardrid for the league especially when our injured players except bernal start returning, our fixture list for the next few matches even after the international break are fairly manageable but as for the UCL and any direct meeting with vardrid like the super cup, I'm not confident at all, no matter how tactically good Flick is, he needs more quality and good squad depth, maybe we can work out something in January if the Nike deal is agreed by then, talking of the Nike deal if they still try to low-ball us let's just move on to puma jeje, the window would be over today anyways

We'll be stuck with Nike till 2028 and we can't change it. I'll also like we stick with the current deal and look for better sponsors. We lost a court case against Nike this July. So there's little to no incentive for Nike to present a better deal. They've the keys to our financial destiny in the foreseeable future in terms of shirt sponsorship and sales for now.

By summer next year, our finances will be in a better shape with the arrival of partial return to the Camp Nou. What we just need is intelligent transfers and not overspending on big names. But the right players at the right time. And for this we need to find a way to get Mateu Already back at the club and push Deco to remain in scouting role cos that guy is inept.

Ijustwantto:
Na so we see am oooo. The shark himself. Na the soap wey he dey use I wan go take baff now🤣

No be Barca Miguenza I dey for defense list?

Ijustwantto:
Lamine, olmo, pedri and ferran all called up for Spain upcoming match. I wish them injury free. Only God knows the kind soap wey ferran use dey baff😔

Don't care if he even calls up Ferran's cat to the squad, but he should have borrowed sense to leave out Pedri and Olmo in view of their documented injury issues and a not so crucial international window.

How paper thing can this squad be. Goalkeeping position is the most stacked. Even though seeing Inaki Pena there makes my eyes sore.