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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by SerVik(m): 10:37pm On Oct 26, 2018

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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by SerVik(m): 7:09pm On Oct 24, 2018

Semedo back to bench

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by SerVik(m): 3:53pm On Oct 20, 2018

hinohsend:
Zidane.... They were shiiit right before he came, They've gone back to being shiiit.

I was going to say this. People oversimplify madrid's problems and chunk it all up to the departure of Ronaldo, conveniently leaving the man that gave them back to back to back UCL.

I wouldn't even read too much meaning into madrid's poor form, they typically start their seasons slow.
This time last season they had lost 2 and drawn 2 with Ronaldo contributing just 2goals.

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by SerVik(m): 7:38am On Oct 16, 2018

BascoVanVeli:
Shehu was the most lively player on the pitch before his injury.

I was going to read to the end to see if anybody addresed that post before commenting. Good thing you did. Before his injury, shehu was one of the few players stringing accurate passes. His short passes were impressive and his long passes were bliss, he was picking out ighalo nicely from his RB position. Man played that right wing like it was midfield.

Aina didn't even do as much as shehu, he just had more minutes. I was surprised when I saw folks celebrating Aina's performance and criticizing shehu's. I just tire.

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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by SerVik(m): 2:35pm On Oct 08, 2018

Olamyyde:
Flops of the match

1) suarez: this man is stealing a living at barca...aside from the assist to messi he was horrendous throughout the match. He and benzema are on the same level.

2) busquets: honestly one of the worst games I've seen from him...he was struggling to complete forward passes throughout the game

3) pique: This guy is finished...we should go all in for de ligt by January

Busquets played at least 3 positions yesterday. When we were building from the back we revert to a 343 formation. Busquets slots in between pique and vermaelen as the third CB, semedo and alba as side midfielders.

When we were on the defensive, busquets played as a DM, trying to block passing lanes and intercept passes.

When we were attacking, busquets played as a CM/AM.

Give the man some credit.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by SerVik(m): 2:17pm On Oct 08, 2018

haymekus:
When did you start watching Barcelona's games or did you take something this night?

He has a point though.

Peps Barcelona was not exactly great defensively, we defended by starving the opponents of the ball. Pep had what was called the 6 seconds rule. Whenever we lose the ball, the player at fault in coordination with the players nearby are to win the ball back in the next 6 seconds. Only if they fail to win the ball after 6 seconds can they revert back to their normal team 'defensive' structure.
In the past 2games we have seen the same thing with this present team, pressing like mad immediately they lose the ball.
With the introduction of Arthur into the gala xi also, we have seen a marked improvement in our ability to retain possession.

Where the pep Barcelona edges us considerably are in these 3 areas.

1. Creativity: okay we press like mad when we lose the ball but what do we do when we get the ball? We find a player backward and pass the ball to him just for the sake of recycling possession. No incisive passes, very little defense splitting passes. Tactically, I think Arthur and coutinho are our biggest problems in this set up.
People keep saying coutinho's best position is as a winger but he is our most creative midfielder right now. He is the only player bar messi that drives the ball with quickness from midfield to attack. He also has eyes for those defense splitting passes.
Arthur is good but playing him together with rakitic leads to redundancy. Rakitic is our 'go to' man when we are recycling possession. He pops up when a player is been pressured, receives the ball and passes to a player under little or no pressure. This is what rakitic does and it is the same thing Arthur is presently doing. Playing both at the same time means while we might retain possession most of the times, it would be in positions where we can do very little damage. One of them needs to drop for a creative midfielder.
Arthur is just starting his Barcelona career so I do hope he picks up and improves in his creativity. He would be a big hit in our midfield if he can find spaces to thread passes to our attackers.

Steam: The 6 seconds rule required a lot of pressing. Quick plugging of gaps, athleticism, All of which expends energy. When guardiola became the boss, his first point of duty was to let go of some players like Deco, yaya, ronaldinho, etc for their younger variants. So in attack(at different points) we had the likes of pedro, sanchez, david villa, messi etc all with youthfulness and a lot of steam to burn, leading the press. In midfield we had players like xavi, iniesta, busquets, all in their 20s leading the press. This guys were young and full of energy(although it also did help that we were in possession of the ball for most of the times). So much was their energy that guardiola could afford to relieve messi of diffensive duty and conserve his energy for the final third, so much like hazard in sarri's Chelsea.

In contrast, valverde's barca has a 31yr old Lionel messi and a 31yr old Luis Suarez leading the press in the attack, a 30yr old busquets and a 30yr old Ivan rakitic leading the press in the midfield. What you get is a team that will press you in the first half then lose steam in the 2nd half, as we have seen in the past couple of games.

Over Reliance on messi: let's not get it twisted, any team that has messi would rely on him, it is the overreliance that becomes an issue. Pep's barca had plenty of goal scorers. Eto topped league goals in pep's first season, henry scored goals when he came, David villa could score goals, heck! pep played fabregas as a false 9 and the man left the pitch with the match ball. But as we have seen in this team, every attacking move begins or ends with messi.

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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by SerVik(m): 11:05pm On Oct 07, 2018

gustav25:
This Una Spanish Mourinho no go change ? What's Vidal doing on the bench while Rakitic is being tossed about ?

Rakitic was one of the best players today

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by SerVik(m): 7:10pm On Oct 04, 2018

stoke is the standard bro

ClintonNzedimma:
lol... Chai you get mouth

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by SerVik(m): 6:12pm On Oct 04, 2018

raumdeuter:
Is it true that Messi has scored 21 goals vs EPL opponent in the CL

How can he survive in the EPL

It is just not enough to keep piling stats against epl small boys such as Chelsea, man u, man city, arsenal and Tottenham.

He should move to the championship and do it against the top guns such as stoke on a cold rainy night.

Only then can he be truly regarded as the GOAT.

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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by SerVik(m): 10:25pm On Oct 02, 2018

nitrogen:
Hey buddy, not yet, we need to loose the game on Saturday, then play a draw against Valencia, then we can start typing his letter.

Remember, we need to wait till next week!

can we start now?

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by SerVik(m): 4:43am On Sep 29, 2018

Awesome01:
Is it true that Umtiti is out injured for months?

If so. Kasala dey o.

Pique - disastrous mistakes, Lenglet - Red carded and unsettled. & Vermaelen - Cannot be trusted. Is this not a recipe for bad market?. Chai.

I remember the last time umtiti got injured. Such depressing memory.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by SerVik(m): 7:05pm On Sep 23, 2018

Girona are playing a 5-man defence. Would be interesting to see how this midfield breaks that defence

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by SerVik(m): 4:30pm On Sep 19, 2018

philfearon:
We still had MSN in 2015/2016 and didn't win UCL... infact we were dumped out the same way we got dumped out last season.
You guys should stop living in fantasy and come to the reality that Superb seasons come and go...

Asin eh.. Our sense of entitlement eh. Outside of real Madrid, we are the only club to have won the champions league in the last 5 years. Having said that, we need to win it this year.

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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by SerVik(m): 4:04pm On Sep 19, 2018

Wow.. what do we have here? Opened the thread to see folks complaining about the defence, but when valverde tries to fix it they call him mourinho2.0 and call us Mes-Que-un-parkthebus. Y'all should pick one struggle and stick to it. Do we have problems in the defense that needs fixing? If so, why do we blame valverde when he makes defensive decisions?

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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by SerVik(m): 10:17pm On Sep 18, 2018

Excallibur:
The 1st yellow card no worth am jare

Dissent is a straight up yellow

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by SerVik(m): 1:06pm On Sep 17, 2018

Unlimited22:
A diver is a diver Bros. And I don't have strength

Okay, let me know when you have the strength. People have said this lie so many times it has become gospel.

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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by SerVik(m): 12:44pm On Sep 17, 2018

Unlimited22:
You've forgotten their King.
Sergio Busquets
Even though e no play epl, that guy Issa chairman

I challenge you to show me any video proof of Sergio busquet diving that is not from at least 4years ago

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by SerVik(m): 6:18pm On Sep 15, 2018

[quote author=Excallibur post=71229634][/quote]Just watched the highlights and saw the saves he made.
Hope we're not going the man-u way though

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by SerVik(m): 6:16pm On Sep 15, 2018

Unlimited22:
The system still needs a lot of tweaking, especially on the defensive side.
It's just a good thing to grind out wins while working towards perfection.

True.
I pray you guys gel. It'll be nice to watch Europa once in a while and actually see exciting football.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by SerVik(m): 5:52pm On Sep 15, 2018

tesppidd:
Resting Busquets/Coutinho and playing Rafinha/Roberto are not mutually exclusive events.

He could still rest B and C without pairing R and R.

Where did I praise or support EV for playing Rafinha and Roberto together?

FYI,

I am more pissed than you are for not starting Vidal especially.

I couldn't see the game. How did the midfield fare? I did predict after seeing the line-up that it would be a tough game based on the midfielders on parade

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by SerVik(m): 5:50pm On Sep 15, 2018

Unlimited22:
My SarriBall has taken me to the top of my league.
And I'm always the first to admit imperfections about my own team. Go to Chelsea thread and see me berating David Luiz.

Good for you.
I guess it was my high expectations based on how you guys hyped the sarri-ball on your thread. Finally got to see it today and I was far from impressed

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by SerVik(m): 5:35pm On Sep 15, 2018

Unlimited22:
Barcelona need a lot of work.
But what do I know?

Yeah, we do. But worry first about your 'sarri-ball'

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by SerVik(m): 2:50pm On Sep 15, 2018

I fear for this midfield undecided

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by SerVik(m): 1:18pm On Sep 15, 2018*

spillo1:
1985 is still a diss a polite One at that. Cole could ve easily ended him but he behaved Like a real OG that doesn't mean he is not a battle rapper. How about Grew Up

Too polite. In 1985, cole sounded like a high school counsellor, calling a high school kid into his office and giving him advice on career and life choices. I'm the biggest Cole fan there is, albeit I grew into him post 'Cole world'. Still, I bump his tracks on a reg and i'm telling you he is not a battle rapper.

When it comes to telling stories and painting pictures, cole and Joyner are up there but battle rapping? Nah mehn.
Doesn't take anything away from his genius though

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by SerVik(m): 12:39pm On Sep 15, 2018

spillo1:
Damn shittttt Go and listen to 1985 his diss track to lil pump. Murdered him like a real OG

Jammed KOD inside out, 1985 wasn't even a diss track in its pure form, it was more of a pep talk from an OG to a young gun. I'll even rate 'false prophets' - which also isn't a real diss track - ahead of 1985. Which brings me to my earlier assertion, cole isnt a battle rapper.

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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by SerVik(m): 12:13pm On Sep 15, 2018

spillo1:
Nigga do you know j. Cole honestly? Listen to kevin and once an addict.

Like someone said up there, Cole is not a battle rapper

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by SerVik(m): 11:03am On Sep 15, 2018

Unlimited22:
Guy, it's gonna get more interesting. Hope you have popcorn.
Iggy Azalea just called Eminem's lines weak, and Charlemagne tha God and Jay Electronica also are dissing the track on Twitter.
And both Lucas Joyner and Royce da 5'9" tweeted something to the effect that they're waiting for stiff to go down so they'll join up.
Oboy, it's gonna be epic!!!

It's no surprise she feels that way. I'm sure there was a stray bullet somewhere in those lines for her.

TV/Movies › Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by SerVik(m): 3:49pm On Sep 09, 2018

philbubs:
The Last Ship begins tonight

Oh boy! Mans gonna be spoilt for choice

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Politics › Re: This Is What Nigeria Looks Like To Me, As The Giant Of Africa. Just One Photo by SerVik(m): 10:19am On Sep 09, 2018

hudor

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by SerVik(m): 11:02pm On Sep 08, 2018

charlesemeka85:
Former Kenya coach Amrouche adds that the South African clash was a tougher game he used to prepare for the Super Eagles.

“When we’re back home we’ll find a DVD and see what happened. I brought something new, it’s not easy,” Amrouche revealed in his post match interview after the game against Bafana Bafana on Saturday.

“Believe me, I would rather play Nigeria than Bafana, because I have experince playing against Nigeria and for me Bafana have fantastic players and its not easy playing South Africa.

“For me, I’m ready for Nigeria. If they want to play the two games in Nigeria it’s ok. If they (Nigeria) believe on juju too much or God but its not easy to play South Africa I stayed long night thinking of how to stop Percy Tau, Keagan Dolly, Vilakazi and Vincent Pule and those that did not play today.”

The Mediterranean Knights have played their home games in the World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers in Mali, Egypt and Tunisia over the last five years due to the unrest in Libya

The Zambian coach said worse, las las he choked on his L.

what's up with coaches trash talking us in the media? First it was the Zambian coach, then the south African coach, then Dalic the Croatian coach and now this one. We don suffer sha

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TV/Movies › Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by SerVik(m): 10:50pm On Sep 08, 2018

darealsola:
pls help me with the link.

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