Buchan
has whacked the hammer to Roswell
Has it started t unravel for them? I know it may sound silly with them a gazillion points clear at the top of La Liga, but when the chips have been down in the big games this season, they've been found wanting.
Vulnerable as feck at the back, their famed footballing philosophy hasn't looked at fluid in recent months and I think that Messi's and Iniesta's genius has papered over the cracks this season.
Milan put in a perfect performance against them last week, and now Madrid are humiliating them on their own home ground. It could be a case of team's sussing them out, or a simple case of their players lacking hunger, which is entirely possible given what they have won in the last five years.
La Masia has also ran dry with players ready-made for the first team; players like Tello, Thiago etc. are nowhere near as talented as the Messi/Fabregas/Pique era, and these are the players expected to carry on the mantle in the next few years. Couple this with a sub-standard transfer policy which has seen big money failures recently like Sanchez, Ibrahimovic, Chigirinsky and Keirrison, it must be a little unnerving for the Barcelona heirarchy.
Interesting times ahead.
Vulnerable as feck at the back, their famed footballing philosophy hasn't looked at fluid in recent months and I think that Messi's and Iniesta's genius has papered over the cracks this season.
Milan put in a perfect performance against them last week, and now Madrid are humiliating them on their own home ground. It could be a case of team's sussing them out, or a simple case of their players lacking hunger, which is entirely possible given what they have won in the last five years.
La Masia has also ran dry with players ready-made for the first team; players like Tello, Thiago etc. are nowhere near as talented as the Messi/Fabregas/Pique era, and these are the players expected to carry on the mantle in the next few years. Couple this with a sub-standard transfer policy which has seen big money failures recently like Sanchez, Ibrahimovic, Chigirinsky and Keirrison, it must be a little unnerving for the Barcelona heirarchy.
Interesting times ahead.