Re: Pre-season Friendly: Malaysia XI vs FC Barcelona

by neuro11 Sat Aug 10, 2013 3:00 pm

No clue, what alexis is doing on the right....
Xavi almost non existent.....
cant see iniesta any better......

by free_cat Sat Aug 10, 2013 3:14 pm

Tello is having a field day vs his FB. He has dribbled him like 5 times. A pity his crosses are being cleared.

by free_cat Sat Aug 10, 2013 3:15 pm

1-3 Pique scores after a great Cesc pass. Cesc with a goal, 2 assists.

by The Franchise Sat Aug 10, 2013 3:15 pm

Very nice finish for the CB that was.

by neuro11 Sat Aug 10, 2013 3:16 pm

what a goal from pique Shocked

by neuro11 Sat Aug 10, 2013 3:16 pm

infact, i always wished we have a tall striker like that Laughing

by free_cat Sat Aug 10, 2013 3:23 pm

Cesc injured his ankle don't know how.

by neuro11 Sat Aug 10, 2013 3:25 pm

free_cat wrote:Cesc injured his ankle don't know how.

don know why Pique Messi and some other players are laughing at this...

by The Franchise Sat Aug 10, 2013 3:28 pm

Tello could of done better there, should of been a little bit more calm and used his speed better.

He had alot of space, tried to kick it past and run too early. If he had waited just a little more he may of got a shot on goal out of that.

by neuro11 Sat Aug 10, 2013 5:13 pm

Should we be worried about Xavi yet????His performance in preseason is worrying. Also wondering why he was not called up for spain friendly

by free_cat Sat Aug 10, 2013 5:16 pm

Xavi was atrocious today.

by Donuts Sat Aug 10, 2013 5:28 pm

Xavi needs rest, glad he wasn't called up for Spain friendly.

by gondov Sat Aug 10, 2013 7:49 pm

Apart from Bayern, we haven't been tested at all this preseason.

Real, for instance have faced the likes of Everton, Chelsea, Inter, Lyon, PSG!

Tata is in for a nasty surprise , especially if he doesnt push for a new CB. Last season every small team, be it in the Segunda or not, was guaranteed a goal against us. All they needed was one chance or a corner.

by Donuts Sat Aug 10, 2013 8:01 pm

Don't count Tata out though.
he is the first coach we've signed in a while who has actually had real experience as a head coach.
He's faced Spain in the quarter finals in the world cup (and held them off to a very good game), and many other European teams.
also he also came very late July barely any time to know the team enough to push for new players, blame the board not him.

by danyjr Sat Aug 10, 2013 8:45 pm

Midfield is too slow on the counters.
Alba can't defend.

Not that I'm surprised. This match just confirmed the above from me.

by CBarca Sat Aug 10, 2013 11:15 pm

danyjr wrote:Midfield is too slow on the counters.
Alba can't defend.

Not that I'm surprised. This match just confirmed the above from me.

Did that need confirmation?

by danyjr Sat Aug 10, 2013 11:49 pm

CBarca wrote:Did that need confirmation?

Not for the Barcelona board. They are obviously happy with the squad. In fact so happy that they deemed Thiago surplus to requirements and they see no need to replace Alba or even give him a tiny bit of competition.

by gondov Sun Aug 11, 2013 12:19 am

danyjr wrote:
CBarca wrote:Did that need confirmation?
Not for the Barcelona board. They are obviously happy with the squad. In fact so happy that they deemed Thiago surplus to requirements and they see no need to replace Alba or even give him a tiny bit of competition.

Alba does have competition in the form of Adriano (if he stays fit). However the CB situation is deeply worrying. It seems the folks in Catalunya have a short memory.

by neuro11 Sun Aug 11, 2013 5:31 am

danyjr wrote:
CBarca wrote:Did that need confirmation?
Not for the Barcelona board. They are obviously happy with the squad. In fact so happy that they deemed Thiago surplus to requirements and they see no need to replace Alba or even give him a tiny bit of competition.

Does it matter as long as Rosell's balance sheet looks good?

by danyjr Sun Aug 11, 2013 10:24 am

gondov wrote:Alba does have competition in the form of Adriano (if he stays fit). However the CB situation is deeply worrying. It seems the folks in Catalunya have a short memory.

If it was up to me I would have put Adriano ahead of Alba. Even though he's not a good defender either, he has certain qualities than I prefer to Alba.

by free_cat Sun Aug 11, 2013 11:05 am

Alba fails in a difficult clearance and he can't defend? Knee-jerk much.

by danyjr Sun Aug 11, 2013 11:20 am

free_cat wrote:Alba fails in a difficult clearance and he can't defend? Knee-jerk much.

by The Franchise Sun Aug 11, 2013 2:30 pm

I think you can debate the difficulty of the clearance but I there is no question he should of done better. Or at least, a better defender would of done better. Its defending 101 you dont put that ball back into the danger zone, he should of used his right foot and got a better connection.

I also dont think anyone makes an opinion that Alba cant defend based on just that one thing, it has been the opinion on him for some time.

by BarrileteCosmico Sun Aug 11, 2013 11:12 pm

I seem to recall reading an interview or articles earlier in the year in which it blamed many of our problems in an awful pre-season, and claimed that our upcoming pre-season would be mostly based on Europe and against challenging sides. Instead, we got one where players barely had time to train and when they did they were severely jetlagged. Seems even worse than the previous one in the US. Anyone know if the European pre-season was ever seriously considered or not?

by Donuts Sun Aug 11, 2013 11:22 pm

I think we are over speculating pre-season, it serves few purposes to regain fitness from a long break, break in new players, and practice new tactics

no matter which opponents we had this season, we got a head coach in late July so practicing tactics were already screwed.

our only new player this summer is Neymar, and he already played in the confeds cup, and several friendlies to make fans happy.

and the rest of the team fitness.. more then half our team was at the confeds cup, and Messi was traveling all over the world doing charity games.

I like what we did - going to Thailand to try and get our name around same with last year when Barca came to USA, more exposure can't be a bad thing.

by The Sanchez Mon Aug 12, 2013 12:13 am

Oh and I eat extremely bad when the fans started booing Messi at the end. Bunch of clowns. And apparently a friend of mine is one of them.

https://m.facebook.com/1013862740/timeline/story?ut=2&hash=-7855640809928800205&wstart=0&wend=1378018799&ustart&refid=17&ref=stream

I just fail to understand their logic from a Barca fan perspective or from a Messi fan perspective.

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