(08-30-2011, 02:28 PM)Beppe Wrote:

(08-30-2011, 02:15 PM)ZvonimirBoban Wrote: In truth - and I beg forgiveness to all of you here - I'd prefer we beat Barca twice (with goal margin as high as possible) in group stage and then lose Scudetto, only to shut the mouths of Barca fanboys, many of whom started to support Barca since one or two years ago.

WTF

Cant you understand why so many people like Barca's football? Have you been living in a cave? Their football is absolutely BRILLIANT, even better. Its genius, totally out of this world.
I think every football lover likes barcelona, not only for their football but also becouse they play with 8/9 homegrown players in their starting lineup, giving many chances to young players.
Only real Madrid fans hate, but I guess they are only jealous, barca beats their asses time and time again

Go watch some barca games my friend, thats football!! They take it to another dimension, yesterday they played with only 1 real defender and a defensive mid

(08-30-2011, 03:01 PM)BINHO Wrote:

(08-30-2011, 02:28 PM)Beppe Wrote: WTF

Cant you understand why so many people like Barca's football? Have you been living in a cave? Their football is absolutely BRILLIANT, even better. Its genius, totally out of this world.
I think every football lover likes barcelona, not only for their football but also becouse they play with 8/9 homegrown players in their starting lineup, giving many chances to young players.
Only real Madrid fans hate, but I guess they are only jealous, barca beats their asses time and time again

Barcelona represents the people & the culture of their part of Spain. They representative creativity in Humans, and revolution against the establishment. They do things their own way, a very different way to most. I am a Milanista, but have great respect for Barcelona's club.

Real Madrid represent the Fascist establishment. They generally represent structure & order and €money€ and power. I find that most people outside of Spain tend to gravitate towards Barcelona, not Real Madrid, although I guess both are popular. In the La Liga thread, someone posted Barca's lineup yesterday against Villareal, a top Spain Team. They played with 7 or 8 midfielders, and only one true defender (abidal) who actually attacked up the left flank, lol. What an unbelieveable display, and we're witnessing the evolution of Football before our very eyes....a manifestation of all of Humanity, In my humble opinion....

(08-30-2011, 03:19 PM)ZvonimirBoban Wrote: Man, "living in a cave" is an insult, I'm not forcing you but would you please kindly withdraw those kind of words, I'll appreciate it very much.

I watched them vs. Madrid, vs. Hercules, vs. Man Utd, vs. Arsenal, vs. Atleti... and they are really a good team... but what the heck with all this admiration? Yes they are good, but I supposedly support Milan because it is on par with European giants, and I believe we will beat every team when we are on full strength (which rarely happens), so, no offense to you or anyone else, I often became very pissed off when everybody already wrote off Milan against Barca. We were, are, and will always be on world's top level. If I can't believe Milan can beat Barca then I may as well support Barca... but that's me. You're free to say anything but I'm also free to voice my opinions about it.

(08-30-2011, 02:33 PM)Jay Crisp Wrote: I think Zvonomir was talking about the bragadocious Barca fans who started to follow them last year.Not they're brand football.

(08-30-2011, 03:07 PM)el fre Wrote:

(08-30-2011, 02:15 PM)ZvonimirBoban Wrote: In truth - and I beg forgiveness to all of you here - I'd prefer we beat Barca twice (with goal margin as high as possible) in group stage and then lose Scudetto, only to shut the mouths of Barca fanboys, many of whom started to support Barca since one or two years ago.

I agree. Not about the scudetto part.
Lets kick their a$$ AND win the scudetto.

But I agree with Zvonimir, I am also sick and tired of this Barca enthusiasm out there. They may have many home grown players, but still they spend like crazy, every summer they buy players worth 100 mils and still people talk about their homegrown players. They are just like Galacticos, only successful version. This summer was the worst. They are the best team in the worls and still bought 2 great stars for a lot of money just for the hell of it. Meanwile, their debt is around 500 mils and Spain's economy in the toilet.

But the crowd must be pleased somehow.
panem et circenses

(08-30-2011, 03:21 PM)Beppe Wrote: I take it back, sorry for that, it wasnt meant as an insult, but I just cannot believe people 'bashing' Barcelona if they have seen them play many times. Becouse their play is so impressive its hard to say bad things about them.

Offcourse I love Milan MUCH more than Barcelona. I actually dont have any love for barca, at least not for the club, I do love their play. I also hope Milan will beat them, but when I'm fair I dont think we have a big chance in beating them.

(08-30-2011, 03:21 PM)Beppe Wrote:

(08-30-2011, 03:01 PM)BINHO Wrote: Barcelona represents the people & the culture of their part of Spain. They representative creativity in Humans, and revolution against the establishment. They do things their own way, a very different way to most. I am a Milanista, but have great respect for Barcelona's club.

Real Madrid represent the Fascist establishment. They generally represent structure & order and €money€ and power. I find that most people outside of Spain tend to gravitate towards Barcelona, not Real Madrid, although I guess both are popular. In the La Liga thread, someone posted Barca's lineup yesterday against Villareal, a top Spain Team. They played with 7 or 8 midfielders, and only one true defender (abidal) who actually attacked up the left flank, lol. What an unbelieveable display, and we're witnessing the evolution of Football before our very eyes....a manifestation of all of Humanity, In my humble opinion....

well said

(08-30-2011, 03:36 PM)Nalx Wrote: Why do I get the sense that sour-apple feeling towards Barca in some of you here? Sure their debt is colossal, but most of the clubs were run in red too. Sure they spend 100 M every year, like Alexis and Fabregas this year, but what kind of elephant blocking your sight to see that for years the majority of the spine of the team came from their youth academy? What are those compare to Valdes, Puyol, Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta, Pedro, Messi? Looks like a simple math to me.

Quote:And what is wrong with being fanboy who just started to support the team the last year or two? Anybody here declared himself a Milanista in 1996? Heck, I became a fan during the heyday of late 80s. Did that make me less a fan? Who do you think you are to judge other people's affection to their clubs?

Back then Berlu was just as greedy as Barca, buying all sorts of big names, sometimes just for the sake of buying. And it helped us dominating that era. If it's such a gross thing to you, why didn't I read your complaint about that?

Quote:Every era has their own benchmark team and their own way of running the team. We had had our moment and now it's Barca's. I mean forget about the debt, forget about politics, forget about our own ambition to be number one in Europe again, forget about any vested interests, in short, FORGET ABOUT EVERY SINGLE THING BUT THE BEAUTIFUL GAME ITSELF. If you're honest to yourself, I believe you can't help but liking the way they play football.

(08-30-2011, 03:29 PM)ZvonimirBoban Wrote: By the way, finally we can relax our nerves, tomorrow this thread will be closed!!