Barca Thread

Originally Posted by Jim_UK

I'm not sure we'll be in the title race near the end of the season, but given time, i think Benitez will do well at Liverpool. Mid-table mediocrity ? I'm not sure about that. If Gerrard and Alonso combine as well as they can, then Liverpool will have one of the best centre midfield partnerships around. Add Garcia and Cisse to that and it starts to turn into a pretty decent attacking force. That's without Baros, Kewell and Nunez (although i don't know alot about him).

Sorry to interupt guys, but this section of the forum is to discuss Barca.

Anyway, the La Liga is on and we won our first match. eto'o scored in his debut, could have scored a lot too. his movement in the front line is quite promising. i begin to like him cos his arrival don't cause us to loose Puyol.

Originally Posted by ziedhane_razak

Sorry to interupt guys, but this section of the forum is to discuss Barca.

YEah, naughty naughty Jim_UK! - what were you thinking!

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FORZA BARCA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ... my no.2 team!!! great game vs celtic

by the way this is my favored lineup this season for barca... i was hoping wed get maniche and play him in xavis position in my lineup:

--------------------------------valdes------------------------------------

----belletti--------------puyol------------marquez/oleguer------gio--------

-------------------------edmilson(i think we shouldve got a better holder)--
--------------------------------------xavi--------------------------------

----------giuly--------------------deco-------------ronaldinho------------

------------------------------etoo/larsson--------------------------------



why didnt we go for a ball winner like maniche or emerson or even signed ballack??? he wouldve been great, i was hoping wed sign van bommel instead of edmilson too.

FORZA MILAN.... ... VISCA EL BARCA

ok... weve been looking great so far but this seems to be the hardest match of the season up til now. im expecting a win eventhough, i hope frank plays with this lineup:

---------------------------------valdes-----------------------------------

------belletti----------puyol(c)------------marquez---------gio------------

------------------------------edmilson/gerard----------------------------------------------------------------------xavi-----------------------------

------------giuly---------------deco----------------ronaldinho-------------

------------------------------------etoo/larsson--------------------------


prediction: atletico madrid 0-2 barcelona ... goals comiong from etoo, and giuly

Originally Posted by mk18

by the way this is my favored lineup this season for barca... i was hoping wed get maniche and play him in xavis position in my lineup:

why didnt we go for a ball winner like maniche or emerson or even signed ballack??? he wouldve been great, i was hoping wed sign van bommel instead of edmilson too.

FORZA MILAN.... ... VISCA EL BARCA

Awww, man, I think Xavi's kicking A$$ this season. I don't think we need to replace him, even if we did have Maniche, Xavi is in pretty good form, much younger than Maniche and is still developing at an amazing pace.

And about Edmilson, I'm VERY satisfied with his signing. I really like our team this year, We're VERY strong both down back and up front. And with players like Edmilson, Marquez, Gerard, and even Xavi, the team has a very good balance and these players do an Excellent job Recovering balls in the midfield.

From what I've seen, Edmilson IS a great ball recoverer. Not only can he recover balls but he plays very offensively for a defender. Of course his offence is not like Maniches, but he, like Marquez, can send some Amazing balls up front. I've seen him assist goals from Center Defense.

----------------------------Valdez------------------------------
--------------------Puyol-----------Marquez---------------------
----Beletti----------------------------------------GIO V B-----
-----------------Edmilson---------------Xavi-------------------
--Guily---------------------------------------------------Deco--
--------------------------Ronaldihno----------------------------
------------------------------Eto'o-------------------------------

I watched the game against Celtic on Tuesday and Barca were totally awesome, Ludovic Giuly is an amazing player, I have rated him highly in the past but now he is in a tougher league and this guy is just a little rocket, I really think Milan could have done with a player like that, give us a bit variation. I believe Larrson must be first choice, he will score countless goals, he is proving that already. The only concern for Barca is their defence, can they hack it against the best in Europe, Puyol is fantastic but Im not too sure bout the rest. I know Im gonna get slated for this but I really don't rate Deco, even though he scored a peach against Celtic and won CL last year.

deco is probably the greatest passer in the world today along with pirlo and followed by ronaldinho and xavi. tho he did have a bad game vs atletico and i think rijkaard shouldve put iniesta instead of him and not ronaldinho.

edmilson is too slow i belive, im not saying hes bad but if ur looking for a DM then u should gone fore some1 better and there are many that are better, like emerson!

i agree xavi si doing great and along with giuly hes our most inform player today. but only recently have i seen him win balls like today.

as for the defence, i think barca are fine but marquez and oleguer worry me, but theyre doing great, however the back line looked dead when torres scored, van bronkhorst is just amazing i love him, his 1st goal shouldve counted BTW there was nothing wrong with it.

I think Barca have got a really exciting side this year and I cant wait for the CL games agianst Milan. I must admit I'll be interested to see how strong they are at the back when they play against the very best sides in Europe but going forward they'll be dangerous, as they showed at Celtic Park. I think Deco is certainly a talented player although I'd like to see a little more consistency from him, he can be frustrating at times and brilliant at others. Giuly is a fantastic player and a really good signing and he seems to be getting better and better. Eto and Larsson are both capable of scoring lots of goals and what can you say about Ronaldinho? he's just mesmerising sometimes isn't he. Such a shame about Motta though, I really like him as a player and I think he'll be missed.

Hopefully it'll be Barca's year in Spain this time.

i was hoping for maniche.. im not too sure about motta and 'ed'... and i always thought it would be wiser to keep luis garcia!!!

Originally Posted by XZeRo3003

----------------------------Valdez------------------------------
--------------------Puyol-----------Marquez---------------------
----Beletti----------------------------------------GIO V B-----
-----------------Edmilson---------------Xavi-------------------
--Guily---------------------------------------------------Deco--
--------------------------Ronaldihno----------------------------
------------------------------Eto'o-------------------------------

For the Record, this is the team that beat Zaragoza 4-1. This Line-up Is soo good, I love it!

Really, I see no problem with Barcelona's defense. Torres' goal was very lcuky, and Barca's defence were well stood, but a bit surprised. But Now Rijkaard wants to Rotate player, which means that Gabri Sylviho and Oleguer will play half of the games. I think Barca's defense will definitely be able to compete against Europe's top teams.

i shouldve said this ebfore but its never too late... for the barca 4-1 zaragoza game i think edmilson played a great match, same goes to xavi and gio and marquez... these 4 get the highest votes i think. etoo did great to erase that mistake he made and ronnie is returning to his best, as for giuly he was less effective but worked hard and deco lost too many balls i think, he usually doesn better but he won alot too. belletti had a nice game so did puyol.

good luck boys vs mallorca

And yet another kick ass performance by my beautiful Barcelona. And a great performance by Eto'o. Larsson missed AT LEAST 3 shots, I was pretty disappointed, although I truly never liked him anyways. Eto'o was great, giving a few assists (That LARSSON MISSED), scoring a PK, then scoring a GREAT goal.

Valencia up top with Barca, still winning by Goal difference, Real Madrid Tenth I think (Loss to BILBAO, YEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!!), Osasuna 4th I beleive (Led by Former Mexican National Coach Javier Aguirre), and the rest I dunno.

Today I learned a few things. Firstly, it is very obvious that Deco is in poor form. Didn't create much, was lost a lot of the time, but as soon as he rises to top form, OMG, I cannot even IMAGINE!!! Ronaldihno, on the other hand, in my opinion is undoubtedly the best ball passer in the world, next to probably Kaka. Well, Kaka is great, but Ronnie is GLORIOUS. Xavi is simply amazing. Anytime he has the ball he's dangerous. Beletti Is really frikking fast. We miss LUIS GARCIA!!!!!!!!!

I do not write here often, but now I want to share my happines with ya all - real is becoming team who needs some rest in Europe cuz they can not cope with the problems they face in Espana...

!Go on Real, we are waiting for ur degradation!