>>> Laporta vs Rosell <<<

by Khaled Fri Jul 22, 2011 12:13 pm

Who do u think is the better President until now & why?
especially when it comes toTransfers!!

by messixaviesta Fri Jul 22, 2011 1:28 pm

I like Rossell's hard nosed bargaining and refusal to go for players violating all other budgetary constraints. Maybe he is better at transfers but Laporta is better than him in most other things the way I see it.

by free_cat Fri Jul 22, 2011 3:40 pm

Rosell negotiating abilities are a myth:

Adriano: 13 milion. Expensive
Mascherano: 25 milion. Normal.
Sanchez: 26+11. Expensive.
Afellay: 3. Cheap (but normal under the circumstances of expiring contract).

by Aristotle Onassis Fri Jul 22, 2011 3:53 pm

Since you're on the topic of transfers, wasn't Rosell the one that brought Ronaldinho to Barca?

.... It's what I've heard.

by BarcaKizz Fri Jul 22, 2011 4:08 pm

Well we all know you love Laporta Free.

Laporta was a great president, maybe our greatest for the way he turned things around. He wasn't as good at maintaining the finances etc. once we did hit the top, but otherwise he was fantastic. Maybe Rosell is slightly better for helping the club maintain its level at the top.

Assessing them in isolation. Rosell's done a good job in my opinion. Sorry, but a shirt sponsor was inevitably going to happen some day and at least Qatar Foundation is a better company to rep than others. Its aimed at developing sciences etc and education in the Arab world (completely disconnected to Barca, but 1,000,000 times better than an Arab oil company). Not much else he's done wrong really. Maybe he has tried to make out that we're more in debt than we are to make him look like more of a saving grace but I don't really care. Football is what I care about. If he stops us from selling our assets well done, I don't glorify presidents anyway, they're all far from perfect.

Looking at his advantages, I do believe he's better at managing finances to Laporta. For sure, not even an argument, he is an accountant or something after all.

@Free...

Firstly, those prices aren't right from what I remember. Generally there were variables but variables normally come in when the club is succesful and has the money to spare. Moreover, bonuses are given to the whole squad anyway. I wouldn't include variables in the price.

Also keep in mind the market is inflated...unfortunately Laporta was one of the creators behind this...

Adriano was 9.5m. Reasonable in today's market. He's quite underrated, can be our left back easily.

Mascherano 19m. Reasonable and Masch paid the difference of 3m himself from his wages.

Afellay 3m. Absolute bargain in my opinion, he's showed about a tenth of his ability at Barca so far. He's potentially worth as much as 20m.

Sanchez 26m + a lot of variables. Really quite good considering dealing with a small club who really wanted as much as possible. He got the price down from an initial 40m. Thats good dealing.

Sales: Has found reasonable deals for Ibra, Bojan, Chygrynskiy etc.

All of that is pretty good. When we put it in context with the absolute disaster that was Laporta's dealings in the previous 3 years... he's done superbly.

I don't think I have to go over those now do I?

by BarcaKizz Fri Jul 22, 2011 4:11 pm

Aristotle Onassis wrote:Since you're on the topic of transfers, wasn't Rosell the one that brought Ronaldinho to Barca?

.... It's what I've heard.

Played a big role, yes. He was a Nike executive in Brazil previously so has a lot of good connections there.

A good point... one of Laporta's best transfers was actually... Rosell's.

by free_cat Fri Jul 22, 2011 4:26 pm

BarcaKizz wrote:Well we all know you love Laporta Free.

Laporta was a great president, maybe our greatest for the way he turned things around. He wasn't as good at maintaining the finances etc. once we did hit the top, but otherwise he was fantastic. Maybe Rosell is slightly better for helping the club maintain its level at the top.

Assessing them in isolation. Rosell's done a good job in my opinion. Sorry, but a shirt sponsor was inevitably going to happen some day and at least Qatar Foundation is a better company to rep than others. Its aimed at developing sciences etc and education in the Arab world (completely disconnected to Barca, but 1,000,000 times better than an Arab oil company). Not much else he's done wrong really. Maybe he has tried to make out that we're more in debt than we are to make him look like more of a saving grace but I don't really care. Football is what I care about. If he stops us from selling our assets well done, I don't glorify presidents anyway, they're all far from perfect.

Looking at his advantages, I do believe he's better at managing finances to Laporta. For sure, not even an argument, he is an accountant or something after all.

@Free...

Firstly, those prices aren't right from what I remember. Generally there were variables but variables normally come in when the club is succesful and has the money to spare. Moreover, bonuses are given to the whole squad anyway. I wouldn't include variables in the price.

Also keep in mind the market is inflated...unfortunately Laporta was one of the creators behind this...

Adriano was 9.5m. Reasonable in today's market. He's quite underrated, can be our left back easily.

Mascherano 19m. Reasonable and Masch paid the difference of 3m himself from his wages.

Afellay 3m. Absolute bargain in my opinion, he's showed about a tenth of his ability at Barca so far. He's potentially worth as much as 20m.

Sanchez 26m + a lot of variables. Really quite good considering dealing with a small club who really wanted as much as possible. He got the price down from an initial 40m. Thats good dealing.

Sales: Has found reasonable deals for Ibra, Bojan, Chygrynskiy etc.

All of that is pretty good. When we put it in context with the absolute disaster that was Laporta's dealings in the previous 3 years... he's done superbly.

I don't think I have to go over those now do I?

Well, we will have to pay all the variables for Adriano and Masche, so we have to consider the full prices now. Which are more or less the once I've said.
Afellay was a bargain, but we could have signed him free 6 months later, so the price is normal.
And Alexis Sanchez I consider him incredibly expensive. He is not worth more than 25 IMO, and we might end up paying 37. We should know the detail on the variables to fully assess though.

There are plenty of things Rosell has done badly, and one of them you should be very angry about it (closing the club to new socis unless you've got family). If he was president of America, he would be subject to an impeachment due to the number of times he has lied.

I'm glad though that he has stayed out of the sporting areas and has not made collapse Barça yet. However, his real test as president will be when Pep leaves (hopefully never). When that happens, we will see if Rosell can rebuild a project like Laporta did, or Barça will collapse signing a bunch of Brasilians with Scolari as manger (as he wanted to appoint him during the first season with Rijkaard).

by BarcaKizz Fri Jul 22, 2011 4:35 pm

free_cat wrote:

Well, we will have to pay all the variables for Adriano and Masche, so we have to consider the full prices now. Which are more or less the once I've said.
Afellay was a bargain, but we could have signed him free 6 months later, so the price is normal.
And Alexis Sanchez I consider him incredibly expensive. He is not worth more than 25 IMO, and we might end up paying 37. We should know the detail on the variables to fully assess though.

True, but as I said, variables are normally paid later when you have the money to spend. The idea should be that they helped Barca achieve something so that money is used to pay them back. Maybe without them we wouldn't have won. From the UCL alone you get loads of cash, 6m out of that for Masch and Adri isn't anything... doesn't really concern me. Maybe it should, but once we have the players... all I care about is football.

There are plenty of things Rosell has done badly, and one of them you should be very angry about it (closing the club to new socis unless you've got family).

Missed this one. I kind of forgot about it. Isn't it almost impossible to become a Soci anyway though? Takes like 20 years to go through? This is pretty horrible and very exclusive, but I hope he lifts it in the future. If I do move to Barca then maybe I will be very angry about this Evil or Very Mad

I'm optimistic this will change.

If he was president of America, he would be subject to an impeachment due to the number of times he has lied.

lol. I'm sure, but this goes for every politician.

I'm glad though that he has stayed out of the sporting areas and has not made collapse Barça yet. However, his real test as president will be when Pep leaves (hopefully never). When that happens, we will see if Rosell can rebuild a project like Laporta did, or Barça will collapse signing a bunch of Brasilians with Scolari as manger (as he wanted to appoint him during the first season with Rijkaard).

True, who knows. So far he's done a good job though, thats all I'm saying.

by free_cat Fri Jul 22, 2011 4:47 pm

Nope, before you could become a soci instanly, making it online.
Another thing is to get a seat at the Camp Nou, which can take a long time. I'm a soci though I don't have a seat, but it's ok as I don't live in Barcelona, and being a soci is very usefull so I can vote in the elections and have tickets in important matches (you know about that).

Ps. I think I already said this sometime, but people doesn't call Barça to the city. Very Happy

by BarcaKizz Fri Jul 22, 2011 5:03 pm

free_cat wrote:Nope, before you could become a soci instanly, making it online.
Another thing is to get a seat at the Camp Nou, which can take a long time.

Oh OK. Thanks for that. Then yes! Why did he stop it becoming available???? What were his reasons, unfortunately this news is probably only big locally, not to International fans. Can't there be as many people as possible and then there is just ballots for seats/seat memberships seperate. Stupid. This does make me angry as thats something I could possibly do in the future.

I'm a soci though I don't have a seat, but it's ok as I don't live in Barcelona, and being a soci is very usefull so I can vote in the elections and have tickets in important matches (you know about that).

PS I think I already said this sometime, but people doesn't call Barça to the city.

Rephrase this Free. Poor English. No idea what you're trying to say hahaha Very Happy

by free_cat Fri Jul 22, 2011 5:07 pm

Mmm, poor english? I can understand it! Very Happy

I mean that no one calls Barça to the city of Barcelona. The shortening for Barcelona, as a city, is Barna. Barça is a nickname of the club entirely.

by BarcaKizz Fri Jul 22, 2011 5:14 pm

free_cat wrote:Mmm, poor english? I can understand it! I mean that no one calls Barça to the city of Barcelona. The shortening for Barcelona, as a city, is Barna. Barça is a nickname of the club entirely.

Haha, your problem is you don't need the 'to'.

Maybe: 'no one calls the city of Barcelona, Barca'

Yeah, I think I knew this... but come on... Barca sounds a lot cooler than Barna lol. Abbreviation is normally BCN too isnt it?

by messixaviesta Fri Jul 22, 2011 6:17 pm

cat, I would have replied to your comments but kizz has already done that and I pretty much agree completely with him.

by 88844452999 Fri Jul 22, 2011 6:59 pm

Laporta was better. But i guess Rosell needs more time. who knows maybe afellay or sanchez could be the next big thing.

However i will never forgive Rosell for the way he treated a club legend like Cruyff, who has done infinitely more for the club than rosell ever can.

by free_cat Fri Jul 22, 2011 7:09 pm

88844452999 wrote:
However i will never forgive Rosell for the way he treated a club legend like Cruyff, who has done infinitely more for the club than rosell ever can.

Another example of terrible management from Rosell.

IMO, Rosell's main asset is that has not screwed up Laporta's legacy so far. That's a positive.

In everything else, he sucked. I think I posted a list of Rosell's mistakes in a post opened by alfred on Rosell's anniversary, but I can't find it.

by messixaviesta Fri Jul 22, 2011 8:35 pm

88844452999 wrote:
However i will never forgive Rosell for the way he treated a club legend like Cruyff, who has done infinitely more for the club than rosell ever can.

100% agreed - his worst act in my opinion

Also his framing charges against Laporta was really low down.

by BarrileteCosmico Fri Jul 22, 2011 11:15 pm

Would Laporta have sold Bojan? Somehow, I think not.

by BarrileteCosmico Fri Jul 22, 2011 11:17 pm

free_cat wrote:
88844452999 wrote:
However i will never forgive Rosell for the way he treated a club legend like Cruyff, who has done infinitely more for the club than rosell ever can.

Another example of terrible management from Rosell.

IMO, Rosell's main asset is that has not screwed up Laporta's legacy so far. That's a positive.

In everything else, he sucked. I think I posted a list of Rosell's mistakes in a post opened by alfred on Rosell's anniversary, but I can't find it.

https://goallegacy.forumotion.com/t604-year-in-review?highlight=year+in+review

by alexjanosik Fri Jul 22, 2011 11:36 pm

For now Laporta is definitely better.
Rossell's act of disrespecting Cruyff alone makes him a worse president.
However I dont think Rossell is as bad as made out to be.
For one,the guy knows how to make money.He is a money making machine.
Plus he has initiated fiscal tightening.
And in the financial state the club is in,this is exactly the combination we need.

by BarrileteCosmico Sat Jul 23, 2011 1:44 am

The Qatar deal has left an unsavory feeling, too. While it's great to make more money I definitely feel like Barca is a little less 'more than a club' now than before.

by BarcaKizz Sat Jul 23, 2011 1:51 am

BarrileteCosmico wrote:Would Laporta have sold Bojan? Somehow, I think not.

So Bojan can rot on Pep's bench? No, thanks.

by harhar11 Sat Jul 23, 2011 3:28 am

free_cat wrote:Rosell negotiating abilities are a myth:

Adriano: 13 milion. Expensive
Mascherano: 25 milion. Normal.
Sanchez: 26+11. Expensive.
Afellay: 3. Cheap (but normal under the circumstances of expiring contract).

In todays market, what we payed for mascherano and sanchez is cheap. Just look how much liverpool payed for Jordan Henderson, a player who has proved alot less than those 2 have..

by free_cat Sat Jul 23, 2011 6:25 am

harhar11 wrote:
free_cat wrote:Rosell negotiating abilities are a myth:

Adriano: 13 milion. Expensive
Mascherano: 25 milion. Normal.
Sanchez: 26+11. Expensive.
Afellay: 3. Cheap (but normal under the circumstances of expiring contract).

In todays market, what we payed for mascherano and sanchez is cheap. Just look how much liverpool payed for Jordan Henderson, a player who has proved alot less than those 2 have..

They overpaid Henderson, and he is british, does making him very overrated and more expensive due to british quota.

A more appropiate comparison to Sanchez would be Luis Suarez, who was around 25 milion and is arguably a player of same or more market value than Sanchez.

by harhar11 Sat Jul 23, 2011 7:26 am

free_cat wrote:
They overpaid Henderson, and he is british, does making him very overrated and more expensive due to british quota.

A more appropiate comparison to Sanchez would be Luis Suarez, who was around 25 milion and is arguably a player of same or more market value than Sanchez.

It's not really a appropiate comparison, seeing as sanchez played in a better league. Sanchez was the best player in serie a according to Gazzetta dello Sport, while Suarez was the best in eredivisie. And even then if barca don't win anything next season, sanchez will only cost €26m, €500.000 less than what Suarez cost.

Going back to the current transfer market. How about di maria or Coentrão? Di maria cost €25m(€36m in total) and Coentrão €30m and they played in the portugese league, which is inferior to the italian league. Or Man utd paying 7.4 million pound for bebe, who was playing the 2nd division in portugal?

As I said, atm the transfer market is really frakking crazy, what barca payed for Sanchez and Mascherano is a bargain at the current market, just as Suarez was a bargain..

by Aristotle Onassis Sat Jul 23, 2011 8:03 am

free_cat wrote:There are plenty of things Rosell has done badly, and one of them you should be very angry about it (closing the club to new socis unless you've got family).

This one largely tips the scales in favour of Laporta for me.
It's just archaic and backwards thinking, and I really can't find a fair reason for why this was done.

Exclusivity is all I can come up with, and that's just poor business practice from a global brand like Barca.

BarcaKizz wrote:
BarrileteCosmico wrote:Would Laporta have sold Bojan? Somehow, I think not.

So Bojan can rot on Pep's bench? No, thanks.

My feeling, exactly.

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