(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

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, 05:21 PM)Gabriel426 Wrote: Milan is still a top 10 teams in Europe. If Barca can play with ONE defender and dominated a game, why can't Milan play with ONE true midfielder to win games. Imagine a line up of Abate, Nesta, Mexes, Taiwo with DM of Silva and MVB, and have Robinho and Cassano on both wings with Ibra and Pato in the middle. If at happens, Milan still have Pippo on the bench.

(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....

Very True, well said, & I like the spiritual aspect

Quote:Their football is certainly entertaining to watch, at least it sure has been fun for the first two years. Right now, it's not that interesting for me. They suffocate the opposing team leaving them absolutely without possession, and eliminating intrigue out of the games. It's genious, I will admit, but not that entertaining for me. I like game where there are two great teams that have something to show. With Barca - it's always a one sided game.

Besides, there are other "ugly" downside of their team - Xavi and Puyol's who are full of themselves and like to brag how "noone can play football against them", or just remember a couple of their speeches regarding Fabregas at Arsenal.

Another downside - disgraceful divers, they managed to dethrone even CR - Busquets, Pedro, Mascherano, Alves. Also these four always try to assault the ref on the field and gain advantage by exaggerating simple injuries.

Disadvantage 3# - their behavior on the transfer market. They are one of the most in debt clubs in the world, yet every summer they splash ridiculous amounts of money on players and wages, which they can't cover.
You talked about home grown players, but I am sorry - most are not an integral part of Barca's squad (Pedro, Busquets are easily replacable).
But the ones they didn't grow - Alves, Fabregas, Sanchez, Villa, etc - were all bought for RIDICULOUS amounts of money.
Let's also not forget epic fails like Ibra, Chygirinskiy, etc.

Final reason 4 - a horde of self proclaimed fanboys who appeared out of nowhere in the last three years. Before that - you wouldn't hear much from Barca fans. Now they are everywhere bragging and bragging and bragging.
Many of them don't even watch football that much. But if it's Barca - they just can't shut up.

So yeah, if you try to be obejctive - there are many many reasons to not like Barca.

Quote:I don't think it matters how far we are from Barca or whoever else for that matter. The question is are we doing enough to be the best or stay close to the best now and in the future.