reddevilz007
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Barca understands one thing that we havent figured our for years, even in Sir Alex last seasons: a competent midfield. From there, you build your squad around it.
Barca understands one thing that we havent figured our for years, even in Sir Alex last seasons: a competent midfield. From there, you build your squad around it.
FC More Than A Club playing at the Spotify Camp Nou next year.
Funny how quick they'll sell out on their principles when they need a bit of extra cash.
They'll jump on the dodgy crypto bandwagon with the rest of Europe's elite soon enough.
We hardly ever did under Fergie. I can barely remember us scoring more than 2 at Anfield after 2000.Even under our Ole new manager bounce we never went to the Emptyhad or Anfield and doled out four nil beatings.
Even under our Ole new manager bounce we never went to the Emptyhad or Anfield and doled out four nil beatings.
To follow up on my post with some trivia. We last scored four goals at Anfield in 1969.We hardly ever did under Fergie. I can barely remember us scoring more than 2 at Anfield after 2000.
Let's wait until Barca mount a serious title challenge and reach the final stages of the champions league before saying they've rebuilt
I've seen United have too many false dawns to declare other clubs an overnight success.
Let's wait until Barca mount a serious title challenge and reach the final stages of the champions league before saying they've rebuilt
I've seen United have too many false dawns to declare other clubs an overnight success.
You are not wrong, too early to call it a rebirth yet, but there is a difference to our false dawns here. Barca plays some good football, something we very rarely did, even during our better phases it always felt like we had our fair share of luck and individual skill, doesn't mean that this will last though.
Let's wait until Barca mount a serious title challenge and reach the final stages of the champions league before saying they've rebuilt
I've seen United have too many false dawns to declare other clubs an overnight success.
Only recently.The difference between United and Barça is that we have a competent leadership and a deeply ingrained football DNA.
We're not winning games thanks to our individualities, we're having an extremely good run of form thanks to a well drilled system which enhance the inherent strength of our players while giding their weaknesses.
For now, the only way to go is up.
To be fair, despite Barca being broken, financially crippled and a complete mess that needed rebuilding from the ground up….they still look million miles away from where we are right now. We still need to pay for cement and bricks to start our rebuild.Let's wait until Barca mount a serious title challenge and reach the final stages of the champions league before saying they've rebuilt
I've seen United have too many false dawns to declare other clubs an overnight success.
It’s quite depressing. We simply refuse to address the midfield.Barca understands one thing that we havent figured our for years, even in Sir Alex last seasons: a competent midfield. From there, you build your squad around it.
Barca understands one thing that we havent figured our for years, even in Sir Alex last seasons: a competent midfield. From there, you build your squad around it.
The difference between United and Barça is that we have a competent leadership and a deeply ingrained football DNA.
We're not winning games thanks to our individualities, we're having an extremely good run of form thanks to a well drilled system which enhance the inherent strength of our players while giding their weaknesses.
For now, the only way to go is up.
Only recently.
Of course they will. This is the team that won its first European Cup by assembling a 'dream team' and was buying the biggest names in the game in the 1990s. For all the storytelling Romario, Stoichkov and Hagi were not born in Catalonia. However, that's one of the things you have to admire about Barcelona. When it has an idea, whatever it is, it puts in place the things it needs to make the most of it. United seem only able to do that off the pitch and, even now, I'd argue other teams are becoming much more innovative than we are. There are plenty of teams that have better digital content than we do these days. Plus, our commercial revenue growth has levelled off over the past few years.
Romario didn't win the European Cup with Barcelona, neither did Hagi.
You are mistaking them with Ronald Koeman and Michael Laudrup.
My general point was that Barcelona is a club that commits to an idea, whatever that idea may be and they don't let their 'mes que un club' narrative be a barrier to that. They might sell themselves like their Athletic Bilbao but the reality has always been different.
I'm aware that they won the European Cup cos Koeman smashed one in at Wembley. However, they were still carrying the 'dream team' nickname for years after. Really until Milan did them in the 1994 European Cup final. Even after that and they had a little bit of a downturn they still managed to pick up players like Ronaldo and then Rivaldo and nobody really saw this as contracting their Catalan symbolism. That's why I said they were buying the biggest names in the game throughout the 1990s. I wasn't limiting it to one specific side.
Only recently.
At least you get to vote for your leaders
I still subscribe to the idea that Bartomeu was a Real Madrid agent sent to destroy Barca. Or I would if I hadn't experienced Woody in action, coming to think of it, does he by any chance have any ties to the Scousers?
Funny how quick they'll sell out on their principles when they need a bit of extra cash.
They'll jump on the dodgy crypto bandwagon with the rest of Europe's elite soon enough.
Desperate times calls for desperate measures. I don't see any problem for selling the naming right of the stadium to bring in more money to reduce the debt. It is survival time. It is not like Barcelona is selling the club to oil country. You sell anything you can to keep you afloat. There is no priniciple if the club goes bankrupt.Having a strong academy with a defined style of play helps a lot (when you have the money to sustain it) in teaching young kids how you want to play and it makes extremely easier to join the 1st team, even if it is a top club.
It is not a romantic idea (you can sell it this way if you want), but it is actually effective.
You can hear a lot about Barça academy players... "he is not that good because he would be useless in an ultradefensive set up". ok... and the question is... who cares? why should barça be worried about their young kids not being able to play in a style the team itself is not going to practice? and from the player itself... why should i be worried about playing in all the styles of the world? there is always room for players like that in many teams so it is not a deal breaker for a career.
I still think it is going to take a few years to be a consistent candidate for Champions League. We might give a fight to any team of the world one day but I see ourselves far far away from Bayern/City/Liverpool... we still need some pieces and our juveniles to be only young haha. and of course, that they keep improving as they have in the last 1-2 years.
Yesterday's win (and the overall performance since the winter market) can be very important in summer to sign what we need. Some interesting players might see us again like a good team with good prospects and a lot of potential, rather than the trash can we've been the last few years.
What principles?
- Fan ownership
- Importance of young academy
- "Positive" style of play
The day Barça is owned by a random billionaire, the day the academy stops being an important asset of the club... that day Barça will be a different team. Period.
Who cares about the naming of the stadium? specially when all the genocides of the world are buying clubs to whitening their dictatorship. How do you compete with them? there are irrenouncible principles, like not selling the club to the 1st dictator that knocks your door. But the name of the stadium? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Btw, it was already reported that the biggest bid was from some crypto platforms/coins. Barça chose Spotify. I don't think this is better or worse.
And I don't understand what you have against crypto anyway. Why is it so bad to you? can you elaborate?