la-liga

[tender delta]

Haram brother

[grave glen]

And I'm a sinner

[tender delta]

But ay Satan won’t hurt u because that Also over powers satan

[iron marten]

Oh my

Why does every player look depressed at Barca

[tender delta]

Barca affect

[grave glen]

You seriously asking

[iron marten]

Lmao

[tender delta]

To

Depressed collado

The Barca affect

[iron marten]

Also that Alba pic

[tender delta]

Man

He looked like he was gonna die

[iron marten]

But I heard he was still ill before the game

[tender delta]

He was breathing menacingly holy shit

[iron marten]

Poor guy

[grave glen]

He's running up and down the pitch

[tender delta]

Yep

[grave glen]

Koeman known for his reluctance to do subs

[tender delta]

That one time Koeman put lenglet up front

Holy shit

[grave glen]

We played 7 forward several times

[slender olive]

yh ik

[grave glen]

I think koeman should rethink about his tactics

It doesn't work against high pressing and high line teams

We suffered so much

[plain elbow]

well, koeman isn’t very tactically astute to begin with.

[tender delta]

Defo alba

[grave glen]

Resemblance uncanny

[plain elbow]

when he’s losing, he just tries to overflow by bringing on as many forwards as he can, and vice versa when the team is winning, at certain times.

[iron marten]

They've been suffering since 2016 man

[ocean gull]

he is quite dog shit tbh

[slender olive]

We got nothing to lose, might as well play Barca B

[grave glen]

Go crazy or go home basically

[slender olive]

They'll do better than this lot

[iron marten]

I agree

At least Barca femeni are doing well lol

[grave glen]

Barca b drew against newcomer of 3rd division

[tender delta]

Poor Alba man looks like he gonna die

[iron marten]

He's done with life

[slender olive]

He looks like he's on his deathbed

[grave glen]

He saw the grim reaper

" not yet brotha"

[slender olive]

Screw it, Barca should sign me, I may not be a good player, but I'll actually try

unlike this lot

[tender delta]

Sign me I’m good at breaking legs

This one time I broke my neighbors leg with a collision in a football small match

[iron marten]

And they actually have to play Bayern again, it never ends

How many times do they have to face Bayern

[slender olive]

At the Allianz

Istg if we don't concede more than 5 i'll be satisfied

[tender delta]

Yes

[slender olive]

I won't be suprised if it's double figures

it could be

[slate kayak]

why was alba playing

[iron marten]

With fans too

[slate kayak]

man had a fever

[slender olive]

Exactly

[tender delta]

They score 4 are more that’s
depressed time

[iron marten]

Yeeah (and diarrhea)

[slate kayak]

could have been contagious

[slender olive]

Why the fuck was alba playing then

seriously

[slate kayak]

idk how that was allowed

[slender olive]

Is koeman drunk

nah fr

[slate kayak]

koeman is an ass

straight up

no self awareness

[iron marten]

Koeman is a legend for Barca but not as a coach

[slender olive]

He was only good for 1 season

He did his job

now he should get out

[hasty hearth]

koeman is just shite. that simple

[slender olive]

if we had the money he'd be gone

[iron marten]

Even Valverde would do a better job rn

[hasty hearth]

we had to park the bus

today

💀

[slender olive]

Ikr

[slender olive]

Didn't Iniesta say not being faithful to the Barca way was worse than losing

or something

Not only were we NOT faithful to the Barca way, we actually lost

[hasty hearth]

im not sure

[slender olive]

which gives us no justification for thi

s

[ocean gull]

valverde was better quite so much but baromueueue the fucker kicked him up

[iron marten]

I'm telling you man

[hasty hearth]

we got smoked like soup

[iron marten]

Ernesto Valverde was a good manager for Barca

And you can't tell me that Messi only carried him

He just took advantage of him

[slender olive]

He had victories w/o messi

[slender olive]

He knew exactly how to use Messi

under him Messi was a god

[hasty hearth]

whats gonna be next for the next games

i just hope the best

[iron marten]

But yeah I can understand why Valverde got sacked.. Barcelona would've been in 2 UCL finals if they didn't bottle the 2nd legs

[hasty hearth]

at this point

[ocean gull]

he was good in the league atleast

[iron marten]

I wouldn't say that he was bad in UCL either

It's just the Roma & Liverpool game

[hasty hearth]

valverde is a bit of an improvement from koeman

[iron marten]

Valverde was asleep while beating Inter with Barca B lmao

[hasty hearth]

he would most likely put depay on the spot

or maybe he would play them through braithwaite if he wasnt injured. idek

[iron marten]

Lol

[slender olive]

How did we actually beat Inter

that still confuses me

[iron marten]

With B team too

[slender olive]

With Barca B

Yeah

[iron marten]

Man was asleep

[slender olive]

Dude, our first team probably wouldn't be able to

but our second team can

BruH

[iron marten]

No no

Valverde could've definitely beaten Inter way more with his 1st team

Funny thing is

They didn't need to because they already topped the group

[slender olive]

I mean like w first team

theyre afraid of away games

B team isn't

[iron marten]

Ohh

I can't remember much of those away games with Valverde

[slender olive]

Well in 19/20, we were atrocious in away games under Valverde

[iron marten]

But hey, Valverde always destroyed Real Madrid except in the beginning

[slender olive]

yeah, true

18/19 especially

[iron marten]

And now Barca can't beat Real since idk

It's been 2 years or something

[slender olive]

yep

We're the weakest we've been in like

years

[ocean gull]

we can but we need ansu back ig

[iron marten]

It's not just about one player

It's the team

[ocean gull]

and if the entire rm squad get covid

[ocean gull]

let me finish my friend

[slender olive]

That won't do much

[iron marten]

And don't forget that Ansu is still very young

[slender olive]

Our problems go way deeper than that

Ansu will help, yes

but

remember with Ansu and Messi we still lost 3-1 at camp nou

[ocean gull]

i also said this

[slender olive]

oh lol

fairs

[iron marten]

Real Madrid was a hospital last season

[slender olive]

yea

still couldnt beat them

[iron marten]

And somehow

They still managed to be in the semifinals of the ucl

[slender olive]

I think if we didn't have the international break and the Madrid game came right after slapping up sociedad 6-1 we could've done it

Because after the sociedad game we were in amazing form

[iron marten]

Yeah I was shocked myself lol

All of a sudden a 1-6 win over Sociedad

[slender olive]

For some reason we were on fire at that time

Well that run of form started by beating sevilla 2-0 at ramon sanchez pizjuan

[iron marten]

Barca aren't a team that scores a lot of goals anymore, it's mostly 2-0, 1-0 or 2-1 wins

Maybe 3-0, at best

[slender olive]

Yeah

[iron marten]

Kinda sad

[slender olive]

under Guardiola we were cranking out 5-0 wins like it was nothing

[iron marten]

They used to be scoring 5-6 goals a game

[vagrant nexus]

Not for guardiola only tho

You guys had a strong midfield

And a good squad overall

[slender olive]

yeah

[iron marten]

I'd say one of the best squads ever actually lol

But that was a while ago

[vagrant nexus]

And Guardiola agrees he needs clubs with alot of money to build the best team

Barca had that amount when messi used to be there

Including the likes of Xavi and iniesta

[iron marten]

There was a time where I've thought that Real were in a worse situation than Barca

[vagrant nexus]

Barca definitely is improving

So i won't say its bad

[slender olive]

Sigh well

[vagrant nexus]

Last day 3-0 is a pretty good improvement against the last 8-2

[slender olive]

If by improving you mean

No

8-2 squad was better

[vagrant nexus]

Losing is a part of understanding

[slender olive]

first of all we still had Messi

And Suarez, who's still class-griezmann, etc.

Who've we got now

[vagrant nexus]

Squad doesn't always really mean much if there's no harmony

[slender olive]

bunch of plumbers

[vagrant nexus]

The 8-2 game had no team game feel

Atleast the game last day had half the team trying to defend the attacks

[iron marten]

Liverpool shouldn't have happened then if that's the case

[vagrant nexus]

Not everyone is the same

Some see it

Some dont

[iron marten]

Yeeah

That reminded me of Alba

He was literally crying at HT when Liverpool were 1-0 up

[vagrant nexus]

Ter Stegen did his best saving goals last game

Araujo too

[slender olive]

Only 1-0!

[iron marten]

Yeah

[slender olive]

If we had gone through that game, we would've got a treble

[vagrant nexus]

So they definitely did try compared to the 8-2 team

[slender olive]

the flukiest treble ever, but still a treble

Surely with that we would've beaten Valencia

And we'd face Spurs in the CL final, who we all know would be toast

[iron marten]

I mean yeah, nothing can be worse than the 2-8 game

[vagrant nexus]

Barcelona is right now doing ok but like they were like real bad before

Just wait for it recovery needs time

[slender olive]

"ok"

Sigh

[vagrant nexus]

Barca should get back to its normal situation within a few years

[slender olive]

I hope you're right but you'll forgive me if I don't have much hope rn

[vagrant nexus]

Its normal to not have hope but even 1% improvement is improvement

[slender olive]

What's that worth

Loss is still a loss

and we didn't really see any progress

Maybe a 1-2 loss where we gave it everything we got

but we didn't

[vagrant nexus]

The 1% improvement might not seem much right now

But these are small steps towards a strong future

Atleast they have the desperation

8-2 team didn't have any desperation and yes I include messi too

Idc what anyone says

But that team had no desire

The team i watched yesterday atleast had that desire and desperation and tried their best

Heck alba even got injured trying to create a chance

We all know Bayern has a better team right now

So the 3-0 wasnt really inevitable

But sure they did well

[slender olive]

Sigh

[fallen valley]

are they?

you lost 3-0 at Camp Nou

in front of your fans

and you had 0 shots on target

in some ways thats worse than 8-2

in your stadium you put up no fight

and if Bayern took their chances better, it couldve been a demolition

if you come with that same attitude at Allianz, you are gonna get smashed

Barca lacked mentality

they lacked hunger

they performed like that in front of their own fans

and ok sure you had some injuries

but you lost 3-0 either way

and for a club like Barcelona

that should be unacceptable

so this improvement bullshit is invalid

season just began, lets see how Barca copes without Messi

he was the game changer

now he is gone

there is no game changer in this current Barca team

[slate kayak]

Hey barca did better than expected yesterday

Be fair

[fallen valley]

in some ways yes

but we also shouldve done better

[slate kayak]

In what way

[fallen valley]

well in scoring way

[slate kayak]

Theyre outclassed in every position

[fallen valley]

Gnabry and Musiala couldve scored

[slate kayak]

Yes

But torbert scored instead

Neither chance went to waste

[fallen valley]

fair enough

[slate kayak]

Only a pen wasn't given

So 4-0 probs

[fallen valley]

that was probably best defending ive ever seen from Bayern since Jupp days

[slate kayak]

Yes reminiscent of 2013

Still it's a depleted barca

[fallen valley]

unironically we won 3-0 at Camp Nou vs Barca with Jupp

[slate kayak]

I'd be conservative

[fallen valley]

this is a dead Barca though

so I expected a bit more

maybe at AA we can do better

[slate kayak]

Yes can't conclude anything from this

[fallen valley]

well 1 thing we can conclude is we are finishing 1st

in our group

[slate kayak]

Real UCL starts in feb

Let's see what happens

[fallen valley]

but for me Barca needs like 3-4 years

to rise back to the top

also Koeman is a clown coach

[slate kayak]

He's a strange fellow for sure

Why pick a fight with the president before a big game

[fallen valley]

Barca today reminded me of Kovacball

except we added cross and inshallah

into the pragmatism

[slate kayak]

Kovac had better players to bail him out

He's currently flopping with monaco

[fallen valley]

Kovac is a definition of mid table coach

[torn ermine]

then laporta said this
https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1437749044189798401?s=20

Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano)

Barcelona president Joan Laporta clarifies: “I trust Ronald Koeman. I like him and he has my confidence. I’ve a very fluid relationship with him”. 🔵🔴 @alexpintanel #FCB #Barcelona

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[fallen valley]

ok now im confused

how can you have confidence in this dude

after today's game

[torn ermine]

no that was before the game

[fallen valley]

oh

[tender delta]

Look at these youngster

Talented

They gonna be rivals in the future

[inland hound]

Which position does he play?

[neon hornet]

midfield

[tender delta]

Both rws

[neon hornet]

oh i thought he was gavi

[tender delta]

I think the most versatile one is demir I’m not biased but demir can play midfield

[neon hornet]

demir is on loan right

[tender delta]

I’ve never seen arribas played in rw

[tender delta]

Bought

[neon hornet]

nice

[tender delta]

Barca triggered the release clause

[neon hornet]

he has potential

[tender delta]

Yessir

Is it me or last game the youngster was like kante

Man they were everywhere

[neon hornet]

its not only you

[tender delta]

Balde in a sec was in striker then back to left back

Gavi came from midfield to striker and tackled upa

[neon hornet]

i think balde isn’t ready

[tender delta]

True but isn’t Alba sick?

He can’t play

[neon hornet]

ye

we can use mingueza as lb

its not like ha hasn’t played as a fullback before

[tender delta]

True

He does attack a lot

[neon hornet]

he can be our lwb in 3-5-2

and since he attacks we can potentially use him to score/assist a lot

[tender delta]

Honestly people are sleeping on Mingueza

[tender delta]

He can shoot far away

U remember he took the ball to center back and nearly scored

[neon hornet]

yea

man has potential

[tender delta]

Sheesh

[neon hornet]

and I want him to go upfront as a wing back

and assist and/or score a goal or 2

[tender delta]

I think he would be good as a cm

[neon hornet]

o ye he can play as a cdm

after busi retires/leaves

[tender delta]

Ye

[neon hornet]

balde as lb and mingueza as cdm

after jordi and busi

[tender delta]

Ye

[unreal wasp]

Mingueza as CDM?

[neon hornet]

idk

[tender delta]

U can’t lie

[slate kayak]

you want busquets to be benched?

[neon hornet]

possibility of him playing as cdm after busi is high

[tender delta]

Nico

[unreal wasp]

There is de Jong

[tender delta]

Joined the chat

[neon hornet]

not rn
he will play as cdm when busi leaves/retires

[slate kayak]

ok

[neon hornet]

mingueza as backup then

[tender delta]

No 4 back

[neon hornet]

i haven’t seen nico play tho

[tender delta]

We gonna camp

[neon hornet]

3-5-2?

[unreal wasp]

De Jong was CDM in Ajax

[tender delta]

For now all he’s good at tackling

Nothing else

Rlly

[neon hornet]

he was used as a double pivot

along with schone

[slate kayak]

double pivot isnt the same as cdm

[neon hornet]

we don’t play the double pivot

[slate kayak]

and fdj doesn't ahve the defensive chops

[unreal wasp]

It could've been de Jong and moriba but he left

[neon hornet]

de jong is a better cm

we could use nico/mingueza after busi leaves

[slate kayak]

100% he's wasted at cdm

[unreal wasp]

Yeah now he plays box to box

[slate kayak]

y'all should get tchouameni or some other L1 cdm

[neon hornet]

we have a cdm in our academy

but atm we don’t need to use him

[unreal wasp]

Gavi?

[neon hornet]

nico too

[unreal wasp]

And there was someone called Oriol Busquets

[neon hornet]

where is he now

[unreal wasp]

Idk , seen him long ago in a video that said "successor of Sergio Busquets"

[tender delta]

French team

[neon hornet]

ligue 1 or 2

[tender delta]

Back then we didn’t gave chances to our youngster

Probably the valverde and setien era

[neon hornet]

we shouldn’t compare them to legends

cuz it will put pressure on them

[tender delta]

Well valverde tested a lot

[neon hornet]

barto and the shithead before barto ruined us

[unreal wasp]

That's the prob with fans and media, once a young player performs well, they get nicknames as the next insert legend name

[neon hornet]

bojan was compared to messi
bojan failed under the pressure

[unreal wasp]

Arthur was called the next xavi

Look at him now 😐

[neon hornet]

he never got many chances to prove himself

and look at him now

he plays for juve

[unreal wasp]

Lol

[neon hornet]

wHo NeEdS rOnAlDo

[unreal wasp]

RM fans said that

[neon hornet]

juve fans too

[unreal wasp]

Not Juve

[neon hornet]

well one juve fan did

[tender delta]

Nico the next gonzalez

Injured

[neon hornet]

pretty sure he was an ex rm fan

[slate kayak]

insted of calling people the next iniesta., you should call them the next dembele

[inland hound]

Huh?

[slate kayak]

zero pressure

[neon hornet]

the deluded ones*

even deluded barca fans know we need messi

[inland hound]

bro you saw a 12 yo kid lol

Attention seeker lol

[neon hornet]

true that

[inland hound]

They aint truly saying that

[neon hornet]

some of them did say

idk if it was satire or not

[inland hound]

@neon hornet this guy is 11 or 12

[unreal wasp]

I have few friends who are RM fans and they started talking trash about CR7 after he left

[neon hornet]

oh the disrespect

[inland hound]

Perez didnt renew

[neon hornet]

perez has his own agenda

[slate kayak]

respect perez tbh

[inland hound]

Not ronaldos fault

[slate kayak]

man never allowed a player to be bigger than the club

[neon hornet]

once benzema leaves we will hear what perez said on him when he signed for rm

[tender delta]

Fax

[slate kayak]

barca were too keen to bend over for every clown

how do you give coutinho 420k pw

griezman 800

[neon hornet]

barto*

[slate kayak]

democratically elected

[neon hornet]

we did shit business under barto

the only 2 good players we got under barto were de jong and pedri

[inland hound]

I mean if he deliver us with Galatico signings(Mbappe,Haaland) then yea Selling em is Fine

[slate kayak]

barto was democratcially elected by the socios

did you hear any noise in 2016

[neon hornet]

you signed eden hazard to replace ronaldo

[slate kayak]

or even in 2019 when you offered that money to fdj

and whenever you bought coutinho

[plain elbow]

plenty

[neon hornet]

phil and griezy were paid too much

[slate kayak]

everyone was paid too much

even messi

[inland hound]

Next season Mbappe and Haaland possibily

[neon hornet]

I agree

[slate kayak]

which is part of the reason other players could demand that money

[plain elbow]

he was a continuation of the rosell regime, lots of fans were disappointed.

[neon hornet]

T_T

[plain elbow]

including me

[neon hornet]

everyone was

[slate kayak]

player does anything
pay me 1/3 of what you pay messi
messi is on 1.5m per week

gg

[neon hornet]

barto was only there in the office cuz of the 2014/15 trebel

[slate kayak]

wasn't he elected before 2015 tho

[neon hornet]

yes

in the next election he won cuz of the 2014/15 trebel

[slate kayak]

of course

[neon hornet]

and cuz we still had msn

[slate kayak]

but he was already making bad decisions at the time

[neon hornet]

neymar leaving the team had a domino effect

[plain elbow]

he was an interim president, then went on to win the election in July of 2015.

[slate kayak]

the problem wasn't neymar leaving per se

it was the total botch of money that followed

[plain elbow]

he took over from rosell, who had been arrested.

[neon hornet]

we wasted 222m

[slate kayak]

what was he arrested for

[neon hornet]

rosell and barto have no difference

[plain elbow]

money laundering

[slate kayak]

as per

im 100% sure there's some money laundering at barca

otherwise those transfers and wages make no sense

[neon hornet]

barto too was arrested for money laundering I guess

[slate kayak]

you know why bayern didn't sign coutinho permanently?

[neon hornet]

he was on loan

why will they sign him

[slate kayak]

with an option to buy

[neon hornet]

he’s shit

[slate kayak]

which we didn't exercise

not that

he was ok

but he was on more than lewandowski

[neon hornet]

his wages were high

[slate kayak]

which is just

[neon hornet]

you would’ve done us a favour by buying him

T_T

[slate kayak]

yeah probably

[neon hornet]

you already have players

[slate kayak]

if he was on 200k pw

[neon hornet]

you could’ve used him as your 3rd choice

[slate kayak]

it'd be a serious consideration

450k no ty

[neon hornet]

true

if I was laporta I would terminate his contract

[slate kayak]

you can't unilaterally terminate contracts

[neon hornet]

yea

[slate kayak]

that's why they exist

[neon hornet]

it has to be agreed by both sides

[slate kayak]

no1 is paying couts even half of what you pay him

[neon hornet]

he won’t agree a wage cut

[slate kayak]

yeah

[neon hornet]

he won’t agree to leave

[slate kayak]

your best chance was a bale type agreement

[neon hornet]

he won’t agree to be 3rd choice

[slate kayak]

with 50/50 on wages

send him to italy

[neon hornet]

he won’t budge

he wants to stay here

[slate kayak]

then its really tough

[neon hornet]

and none of us want him to stay here

and he is on a massive wage

[unreal wasp]

He is a great player actually

[neon hornet]

he isn’t playing for us though

[slate kayak]

he had great promise

but didn't pan out for barca due to obvious reasons

[neon hornet]

yea

[slate kayak]

he wants to occupy the same space as messi on the pitch

that's never going to happen

[neon hornet]

couts is a cam

[unreal wasp]

If he played like how he did when he was in Liverpool, he would've been the main player now

[neon hornet]

he plays better as a number 10

[slate kayak]

because liverpool was built to play around couts

[neon hornet]

we are built to play around depay

[slate kayak]

he was the primary creative force there

rn depay has to drop way too deep to be effective

should have started coutinho yesterday tbh

[neon hornet]

he has to play more of as a midfielder

[slate kayak]

luuk de jong did literally nothing

[neon hornet]

but he can play as a f9

[neon hornet]

he is sevilla’s 3rd choice

[slate kayak]

strange times

[neon hornet]

goatwaite was injured

[slate kayak]

i remember barca during rivaldo + ronaldinho time

[neon hornet]

I remember 10 years ago when we were the best team

[slate kayak]

then xaviesta

then messi era

so strange to see them fielding luuk de jong

[neon hornet]

he is a backup

we should’ve played with 1 upfront

[slate kayak]

how do you have so many injuries

🐐 waite would have done something imo

[neon hornet]

the medical team is 💩

[slate kayak]

depay was dropping too deep to be effective upfront

front 3 of couts mb9 depay could have done something

[neon hornet]

we were literally parking the bus

what do you expect

[slate kayak]

well that was the sensible thing to do

going toe to toe would have been suicide

if your lot gave space to the bayern wingers

it could have got very ugly

[neon hornet]

2-8 ptsd kicks in

[slate kayak]

8-2 happened because you guys tried to attack and win the game

[neon hornet]

us playing in the uel under koeman looks very realistic

[slate kayak]

ptb would have resulted in a milder score line

[neon hornet]

also cuz of setien

[slate kayak]

yes that too

[neon hornet]

setien doesn’t know wtf he was doing

[slate kayak]

setien decided to take the fight to bayern

valverde unironically wasn't even bad

[neon hornet]

valverde would’ve at least known what to do

[slate kayak]

man was 2 games froma treble?

[neon hornet]

yea

[slate kayak]

and 1 game from an invincible season

[neon hornet]

we lost to valencia

we were too dependent on messi and mats

and in liverpool we played like we won the game

[slate kayak]

caught napping

[neon hornet]

after 2018/19 we never competed for the trebel

and funnily enough our 6-1 win against psg started all of it

[slate kayak]

true

[neon hornet]

if we would’ve lost maybe all of this shit would’ve not happened

[slate kayak]

that + incompetent board

[neon hornet]

we may have won the trebel again

[slate kayak]

a competent board wouldn't allow so many things to go wrong

maybe 1-2 things

but surely not all of them

[neon hornet]

pretty sure barto and rosell were inside men

[still pagoda]

https://tenor.com/view/first-time-really-hmm-james-franco-gif-16573154

[slate kayak]

srsly wtf is going on in laliga

real + barca combined for 100+ injuries since last szn?

[neon hornet]

sadly yes

2 of the best teams of all time aren’t the best anymore (or maybe its just us)

[slate kayak]

real is well on their way to recovery tho

and they won laliga in 2020 didn't they

[still pagoda]

yes

[slate kayak]

after next transfer window their team should be formidable

except the defense imo but let's see

[broken isle]

Lewandowski wiped the pitch with Pique

[slate kayak]

yes he did

tbh pique had a decent game

he made many interceptions and blocks

araujo also decent

[broken isle]

Yeah

[slate kayak]

garcia tho

[broken isle]

It wasnt enough for Lewa

[slate kayak]

tbf both of his goals were rebounds

on another day musiala and gnabry score a goal each

[torn ermine]

man lewa ankle broke pique

respect to pique tho

he and araujo have done their best tbh

blocking, intercept, aerial clearances

they are up against one of the best attacking side itw, i wouldnt blame them

[shadow juniper]

lewa stopper

[tender delta]

Araujo was bullying everyone

But not enough

DANM U RAUMDAUTER

SPACE INTERPERTER

Even in classes…..

[fading ember]

[slate kayak]

Space status: interpreted successfully

[lucid meadow]

reduce it to feel better

[torn ermine]

1/4 then

[shadow juniper]

[slate kayak]

[chrome slate]

First UCL match since Messi left

[mint valve]

Koeman as a coach has always been decent to mediocre

But not really fit for a team that aims at every trophy

And I say this as a Valencia supporter

So I know Koeman first hand

That said

Whoever coach comes, will be in a hard situation

Koeman ends contract this year, I think it's better for Barcelona to just keep him

And let him go in summer than bring a new coach now just to potentially burn him in a hard situation

[cyan knot]

Well

My prediction was a little wrong

But i was close

My prediction was Barca 6-1 bayern and it was bayern 3-0barcelona so

[frank robin]

lol

[grave glen]

I think you're spot on

[upbeat barn]

Bayern still won so you get a point

[grave glen]

In munich the score will be bayern 1 - 6 barça

[slate kayak]

your reverse juju is weak

[grave glen]

If you think there's an attempt for such thing

You're dumb

[slate kayak]

🤔

[shadow juniper]

https://twitter.com/MadridXtra/status/1438079454312546314

Madrid Xtra. (@MadridXtra)

🚨🎙| Javier Tebas (La Liga president): "Real Madrid cannot be compared to PSG because PSG cheat." @carrusel

Twitter · Sep 15, 2021, 9:57 AM

They were never comparable tbf

[still pagoda]

On this day, 2 years ago.

[icy crypt]

https://twitter.com/reshadrahman_/status/1438082730244325380?s=21

Reshad Rahman ✆ (@ReshadRahman_)

(🌕) Sergi Roberto was touched, after receiving whistles from spectators during yesterday’s game. So much so, that he broke into tears in the dressing room. @fansjavimiguel #UCL

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Twitter · Sep 15, 2021, 10:10 AM

😂😂😂😂😂

Looks like the Barca plays need some counselling

First Alba not Roberto, I’m sure there’s more that haven’t been reported

They’re the captains too 😂😂

[shadow juniper]

ruh

[half lion]

bruh

do u even know what happened

[shadow juniper]

koeman literally played a sick Alba

[icy crypt]

?

[half lion]

?

[icy crypt]

What happened

[shadow juniper]

Alba had a 38.5 degrees celsius fever
Now he has a torn hamstring

[half lion]

he was whistled at by Barca fans

for the whole time he was playing

[icy crypt]

Doesn’t mean he should cry about it

[half lion]

bruh

wtf

when you’re hated by ur OWN supporters

why wldnt u feel terrible

[icy crypt]

As a captain there’s a certain level of composure you should keep after a bad result

[half lion]

hes not the captain and he didnt cry cos of the result

[icy crypt]

And plenty of players have been booed

Is he not one of your captains?

[shadow juniper]

[half lion]

by opposition supporters

[half lion]

3rd captain

[icy crypt]

I’m talking about players being booed by their own fans

I’ve only heard about Barca players crying

[half lion]

and everyone literally cries

[icy crypt]

Anyone remember how Alba was getting treated by Chielini in the Euro’s semis before the penalties 😂😂😂

[icy crypt]

He was injured loooool

And just left the ucl final

[shadow juniper]

doesnt matter

[half lion]

doesnt matter

[inland hound]

He walked off a CL final

[icy crypt]

Crying over physical pain is different

[half lion]

double standards from u man

[shadow juniper]

mental pain hits different

[icy crypt]

It’s not double standards cause Alba and Roberto were crying over bullshit 😭😭😭

[half lion]

theres harvey elliott who didnt even tear after dislocating his ankle

[icy crypt]

Imagine going from Puyol to that

[half lion]

toxic real fan lmao

its the same as getting bullied by thousands of people

[icy crypt]

There were Madrid fans who booed Ronaldo

[half lion]

like ur whole school hates u so much

[icy crypt]

Didn’t see him crying

Roberto is being paid millions it not the same

[half lion]

some people take diff things seriously

[half lion]

Ronaldo is payed millions so whats ur point

[icy crypt]

And he didn’t cry

[half lion]

ok so

[icy crypt]

I’m saying it’s not the same as being bullied at school?

Jordi is not okay

[half lion]

do u even hv a heart lmao

also r u ok

cos i dont think u are either

[icy crypt]

😂😂😂😂

[shadow juniper]

[icy crypt]

Think Alba needs another big hug after yesterday

[half lion]

this wasnt even ytd lmaoo

[shadow juniper]

Koeman is a idiot

[icy crypt]

Still funny

[half lion]

know ur things dont assume

[icy crypt]

Shows a lot about the composure of your back line

[inland hound]

https://twitter.com/MadridXtra/status/1438088562189164550?s=20

Madrid Xtra. (@MadridXtra)

🚨| Real Madrid are keeping tabs on Rüdiger. Following the exits of Varane and Ramos, reinforcing the CB area is likely to be a priority. @NizaarKinsella [🎖]

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Twitter · Sep 15, 2021, 10:33 AM

[knotty yacht]

Oh please

[vagrant nexus]

dont think Chelsea will give rudiger

Rudiger seems to be really important for them

[mint valve]

Yes and no

Chelsea was willing to let go Rudiger for Koundé

They won't let go Rudiger for nothing

[mint valve]

But they also want to replace him with someone better

And I mean

Rudiger ends contract in 2022

[fading ember]

Best signing reveal ever

[mint valve]

So if Rudiger wants he can go to whatever team he feels like

[chrome slate]

You can't hate Chiellini for that

No one can

[icy crypt]

Chiellini is an absolute legend

You’d never see an actual captain like Ramos or Casillas getting handled like that 😂😂

[inland hound]

Kounde

https://twitter.com/cfbayern/status/1438054374756978688?s=20

Christian Falk (@cfbayern)

TRUE ✅ If you are in trouble make it double: If @ChelseaFC want @ToniRuediger to sign a new contract the club has to offer the double salery (at the Moment 5,5 mio € gross). Background: Jules Koundé had a offer from Chelsea for a salary of 4,5 mio € - but NET

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497

Twitter · Sep 15, 2021, 8:17 AM

[mint valve]

All I know is that Chelsea offered Rudiger as part of an exchange for Koundé

But ultimately Rudiger didn't want to go to Sevilla

And Sevilla wanted money for Koundé

[icy crypt]

I realised if Kounde does go to Chelsea we have a good shot of getting Rudiger

Which I’m very happy about

Then again Thiago Silva is 36

[knotty yacht]

Jfelixdiaz is a fraud anyway

[grave glen]

I hope things will get sorted out sooner or later

Its not like laporta have trust in koeman he literally tried to find his replacement before the start of the season

[umbral imp]

Sign xavi or ten haag

[grave glen]

Xavi just got contract extension and ten haag won't happen

[inland hound]

https://twitter.com/ReshadRahman_/status/1438111146192642054?s=20

Reshad Rahman ✆ (@ReshadRahman_)

🚨 Pedri has a muscular injury in his quadriceps. #FCB

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156

Twitter · Sep 15, 2021, 12:03 PM

https://tenor.com/view/europa-league-uefa-logo-gif-16209047

[thin ivy]

Guyssss

[knotty yacht]

https://tenor.com/view/uefa-conference-league-europa-europa-conference-league-gif-21633611

[thin ivy]

Will the Inter v Madrid game be shown on the EUFA TV app?

Thats where I used to watch UCL games last season

But it seems all the upcoming streams in the app are all youth levels?

[knotty yacht]

https://twitter.com/reshadrahman_/status/1438112017668321285?s=21

Reshad Rahman ✆ (@ReshadRahman_)

❗️In addition: Jordi Alba suffers from an injury in the femoral biceps of his right thigh, following tests this morning. #FCB

Twitter · Sep 15, 2021, 12:06 PM

[grave glen]

Probably Nico gonna play

[grave glen]

Balde for sure

[torn ermine]

gws jordi

balde chance rn

lets go

[grave glen]

Coutinho back too

He looks far better now

[torn ermine]

yep

hope he can be himself again

[grave glen]

I think we have a good team

But with a coach

That uses questionnable method

[snow spire]

UCL was streamed on the UCL app?
Which country are you from

[thin ivy]

It was during last season yeah. From knockouts to finals. I'm from the Philippines.

[inland hound]

How?

Lmao

[warm delta]

[grave glen]

barcelona dead club i cant take it anymore

[icy crypt]

😂😂😂😂

[grave glen]

the good ol days of 2015

i guess this is the price barca pays in return for having the privilege of having iniesta, xavi, messi, etc. etc. in their team

really made a deal with the devil I guess

[grave glen]

You don’t understand econmics..

A player isn’t all about money

[snow spire]

Wow nice.
I only remember being able to watch the youth league last year in the UCL official website. And ig UWCL too.

[grave glen]

A good team is

[grave glen]

what?

what does barca being finished right now have to do with economics, even if we are bankrupt, we should STILL be competing with bayern

we still have a world class team

that team has the best youngsters in the world

yet

we couldnt manage a shot on target

Lmao finished means end of done over

for the first time in our history

yes

the era of barca is finished 👍 you get it

pique, alba, and the other legends that once helped us so much are just place holders now

[arctic oriole]

Every club goes through cycles. Seems Barça is done for now. Maybe in the next 5-10 years will be good again.

[grave glen]

well, you can't say 'every'

[grave glen]

Are you saying they aren’t good enough or something?

clubs like barca and madrid are different from arsenal

[arctic oriole]

Which club hasn't been off their best even once?

[grave glen]

yes barca and madrid arent always dominant, but they are always one of the best

[grave glen]

yes..?

alba got twisted hard and so did pique

Alba is one of the best LB’s in history.. and didn’t even play bad

....

you called him one of the all time great LBs....?

You realise mullers goal was because no one stopped the shot

Alba is

Attacking wise he’s amazing and always has been

attacking wise he offers almost nothing without messi

[arctic oriole]

Alba is WC. But doesn't fit in the all time greats category for me.

[grave glen]

Defensive wise he’s lacked last 2-3 years but his first few matches show how he’s improving

We could do better with better tactician as our coach

he isnt improving what?

The players aren't that bad

[grave glen]

The guy crosses balls in 24/7

yes and they do nothing

lmao

[grave glen]

Have you even watched the la Liga matches

Alba had a good start

yes, and he's been dreadful?

Jesus Christ

[arctic oriole]

That's only a part of a LB's game. He's weak against physical players and mostly loses out on headers.

[grave glen]

exactly

Defensively so far he’s been good

this dude sees crosses and he's like, " 👀 best ever???"

Yesterday isn’t a fair representation

[fading ember]

https://twitter.com/reshadrahman_/status/1438122276570939394?s=21

Reshad Rahman ✆ (@ReshadRahman_)

Pedri reportedly out for 2-4 weeks and Jordi Alba for 3-4. Hopefully this means more first-team action for Gavi and Alejandro Balde — really want to mention Riqui too but I’m not having high hopes of seeing him get more minutes (hopefully I’m wrong).

Twitter · Sep 15, 2021, 12:47 PM

[grave glen]

we've conceded one of the most goals in la liga

and most have come from his side

[arctic oriole]

Yes, but let's say attacking wise he'd be top 5 LBs in the world. But look at Luke Shaw.. He attacks and defends good too.

[grave glen]

A bad news but hope for a silver lining with the kids

We’ve conceded 4 goals this season

7*

with bayern

that's at a rate than last season

I’m talking about la Liga

[fading ember]

Hm

[grave glen]

we are quite literally conceding more than a goal a game

[grave glen]

Sane stopper is ajaoru

you cannot possibly call that "defensively good"

look at anfield

2 goals were his mistakes/defensive shortcomings

What’s ur opinion on dembele?

Demflop?

Thank gof

[arctic oriole]

Dem-bulance! 🚑

[plain elbow]

this team make me sick

[grave glen]

You shouldn't expect barça to be at the best right now with everything happening in the club

[iron marten]

Roberto was crying in the dressing room after the whistles from the fans, unacceptable from the Barcelona fans

[grave glen]

alba also has one of the worst mentalities ive ever seen

Rebuilding takes time

[grave glen]

we quite literally have one of the best midfields in the world.

Years probably

we should have dominated the bayern midfield

yet we got played off the pitch

it should have been 5 or 6-0

[grave glen]

Football is 11 vs 11 plus there's a lot of issues to solve than players itself

Sad to see Roberto getting booed

Besides that the fans were great

[arctic oriole]

True. For the next 3-5 at least seasons, I don't to see us competing for UCL final again.

[grave glen]

yes rebuilding takes time, but a rebuilding project should take progressive strides, a stagnant project is a failure

we're literally in a worse place than last season

[grave glen]

He been playing well this season

Ya

and last season we were supposed to be "rebuilding" as well

We lost messi

[iron marten]

He literally cried afterwards

[grave glen]

That’s x2 rebuilding

[grave glen]

People are harsh man, the players are human too

[arctic oriole]

True. But losing your greatest ever player at the club has a big mentally degrading effect. And that takes time to recover from.

[grave glen]

lmao it's funny watching us fall to the moral low point of madrid

we used to mock madrid

for kicking their players down

now we've become them

This is normal

[arctic oriole]

Sad but true.

[grave glen]

It’s not like it’s a new thing

Every single sport has this

[grave glen]

remember when we mocked casillas' departure?

Look at F1

McLaren were world champions then didn’t win for 9 years straight

[arctic oriole]

Correct.

[grave glen]

lmao we mocked casillas' departure and we let the best player in our history

leave with an empty press conference

Well that was understandable

no it wasnt?

What do you expect during this pandemic

Covid

Spain was in shit with it

[grave glen]

literally the very same day we had an almost full joan gamper game.

[arctic oriole]

From the board to the grass root levels, every level at the club has turned shit in terms of mentality.

[grave glen]

3 days later, at the start of the la liga season, 30% attendance was allowed at the camp nou

Should’ve had a goodbye messi thing in the stadium and starting price for tickets 1.3 billion 😀

this was predetermined in july

[grave glen]

For the gathering its not allowed

so it's not like we couldn't do anything

we could

we just didnt

even casillas got a stadium farewell

[arctic oriole]

Considering the pandemic still around, it was a tough call.

[grave glen]

yes,

but my point is

Luuke de Jong trying to run is funny and sad

things could still be done, given how the joan gamper game could be filled and how camp nou was 30% filled days later

so messi could still have had a stadium farewell

Yes but there’s restrictions

The regulations are for matches

[iron marten]

He can't play for full 90 mins

[grave glen]

Yeah

[grave glen]

That man will play amazing oh the reserves team

[grave glen]

pre-match/post-match guests are still allowed for matches btw.

I've been saying that but the guy won't understand

[grave glen]

pre-match/post-match guests are still allowed for matches btw, also stated by tebas 2 months ago

[arctic oriole]

This is true. But things happened so quickly. And if there was a public farewell, no way they could have allowed just 30%.

It feels to me that alot of parties were involved including PSG hence it had to be quick without fanfare.

[grave glen]

yeah the 30% only thing would have been miserable, but its better than the 20 person farewell he got

Im glad he got a good reception at PSG though

[arctic oriole]

Yes, a sort of unfinished closure to this legend. How ironic!

[grave glen]

yep, Madrid did it with ronaldo and casillas and we laughed at them

welp

look at us now

i guess what goes around comes around

[arctic oriole]

Although hate to admit it, but our club has downgraded so much.

[grave glen]

that's true, and i think laporta atm is the best man to take us back to the top, but some of his decisions thus far have been curious

[arctic oriole]

But still, I feel Iker's departure was disgraceful because they had no compulsions to offload him. No external pressure.

[grave glen]

yeah, Florentino Perez is very "all business" like that

[arctic oriole]

Yes

[grave glen]

while that's sometimes very bad, i also wish we had that type of culture at the top of our management sometimes

because of our desire to relish in our nostalgia for the "good-old days" of 2010, 2011, we still employ many players who are way past their best

[arctic oriole]

True. But the thing is Barcelona is fundamentally Mes Que Un Club. The club sees itself as a representation of Catalan culture. The problem now is that all the oil money flowing into football, it's less about football culture and more about profits and business.

[grave glen]

Bread

[tender delta]

They call mbappe the turtle but mbappe is in shadow of luuk de Jong

[grave glen]

yeah, which is why I in some part agree with the sentiment behind the Super League. When you have leagues like the Premier League monopolizing all the best talent in the world with their type of financial backing, historic clubs like madrid and barca who are fan owned cannot possibly keep up

[plain elbow]

https://twitter.com/elchiringuitotv/status/1438049956749660160?s=20

El Chiringuito TV (@elchiringuitotv)

🔥"Hay que saber RETIRARSE"🔥

DURÍSIMO MENSAJE de @lobo_carrasco, que señala a JUGADORES en #ElChiringuitoDeMega https://t.co/NgoaMGdXIn

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▶ Play video

Twitter · Sep 15, 2021, 8:00 AM

“hay que saber retirarse.”- Francisco “El Lobo” Carrasco, club legend btw.

[arctic oriole]

While this is a way to look at it and it's correct, there are negatives too.

Plus, it's all goner now because UEFA and FIFA are in the pockets of people and clubs with money.

[grave glen]

yeah, it's why PSG never joined

they benefit from the current system

[arctic oriole]

And on the extreme good, Bayern. Because they run on solid financials and have not corrupted their club's culture.

[grave glen]

yes

but at the same time

they run on the certainty that

they can constantly poach from their own league

[arctic oriole]

That is true.

[grave glen]

i.e. signing sabitzer and nagelsmann from their 2nd place rivals last year

in that sense

[arctic oriole]

And Upamecano

[grave glen]

their future is stable

constantly

there are anomalies like Haaland, but that won't happen all the time

[arctic oriole]

Yes, a steady stream of talented players.

[grave glen]

yep, anyways i gotta go now, was nice talking to you

[arctic oriole]

I wouldn't be surprised if Bayern swoop in on him later.

[arctic oriole]

Same here mate!

[iron marten]

https://youtu.be/xmdeStQKp1o

[shadow juniper]

Laporta: "Hello, cules, I am just as outraged and hurt as you are. What is happening is one of the scenarios that we were contemplating and I ask you for patience and that you continue to support the club. I also ask that you offer some confidence to those that are leading the club. We need that margin of confidence, and have no doubts: we will fix this."

[grave glen]

https://fxtwitter.com/JoanLaportaFCB/status/1438128517703733251?s=20

I smell koeman's departure

[arctic oriole]

Doest look like it. Emergency board meeting backed Koeman.

[grave glen]

Backed him because there's no other option

I'm not saying immediate departure maybe by the end of the season

[fading ember]

I won’t sack him unless we are in danger of nit even making top 4

As long as he gets top 3 it’s fine

But still won’t renew

[slender olive]

Is conte gonna play defensive football if we hire him

[fading ember]

Probably

But I don’t see us hiring him

He demands a huge pay check

[grave glen]

Yeah

[slender olive]

sigh

All of our preferred options are gone

Flick would’ve been great but he’s manager of Germany

[grave glen]

Just want to see once all the players back(hopefully) koeman can do something because that had beeen his excuse for weeks

[slender olive]

Conte is a decent choice but yea like u said defensive football

[slender olive]

Yeah

[grave glen]

Inter released conte because of financial issues i don't think we could even try to sign him

[fading ember]

He left inter because they didn’t want to spend as much as he wanted in the transfer market

[grave glen]

Yeah financial reasons

[fading ember]

So no way he is coming to us lol

[knotty yacht]

Sign zidane lmao

[grave glen]

Nah

Too bald

[iron marten]

"The Barca effect" lol

[warm delta]

https://tenor.com/view/old-man-gif-4679601

[grave glen]

Look valverde now

[iron marten]

Yeah I know

[grave glen]

He looks so much younger

[exotic kite]

Gutierrez starting for real?

madrid boys help me out

[inland hound]

Most prolly

[exotic kite]

does he play full 90 usually?

[inland hound]

Ye

[still pagoda]

Gutierrez - Alaba - Militao - Carvajal

Maybe