Beautiful Football wrote:I hope Bayern or city win this. Bayern by far best team in this competition.

Nope, Barca were too shit tonight. City were underwhelming, QSG is on par or has got better chances than Bayern. I think it's between QSG and Bayern.

bayern to win CL
sorry barca fans feel for ya guys, we been there.

one of the those fears knowing the era has ended and all the top players who have stuck over the years may leaving and having to start from scratch

Pique:
"The club needs changes, and I'm not talking about the coach or the players. I am the first to offer myself to leave Barça if new blood is to come. We all have to think about what's best for Barça. It was horrible, a disastrous feeling, shame is the right word... You can't go play in the Champions League like that, it's not the first or the second time... It's very difficult, I hope this result will help us in some way or another. We've hit rock bottom."

To Barca

https://i.imgur.com/Q63cbeF.gif

Deep down, I hope the winner will be Bayern or Lyon, can't stand sugar daddy clubs.

Who did this #BarcaBayern #UCLpic.twitter.com/ZefRa30k9W

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Casciavit wrote:Pique:
"The club needs changes, and I'm not talking about the coach or the players. I am the first to offer myself to leave Barça if new blood is to come. We all have to think about what's best for Barça. It was horrible, a disastrous feeling, shame is the right word... You can't go play in the Champions League like that, it's not the first or the second time... It's very difficult, I hope this result will help us in some way or another. We've hit rock bottom."

It's been a shame for 3 season mate choked against Roma and then Liverpool and hammered by Bayern it just gets worse

Btw this is also the first time there's going to be no La Liga team in the semis since 2007

S wrote:Btw this is also the first time there's going to be no La Liga team in the semis since 2007

This is going to become more common. La Liga quality has been going down for a while now. A lot of good La Liga players and coaches have been poached by other leagues you wouldn't even think a while back. The arrival of state-owned European clubs, the amount of money spent by EPL teams, poor distribution of La Liga TV rights and the economic situation in Spain is to blame.

Of course I don't need to tell someone who watches Serie A. Exactly the same situation in Italy.

God God I am surprised but not surprised at the same time. No need to quote my prediction in cheap vintage GL fashion for we all knew the sheer disparity between these teams. I will once again reinstate I cannot remember the last time Messi was a big game player and whomever makes him out to be a victim is just plain silly given he does not drag his team to victory as Kommander does often.

Enough about him. His story is less interesting by the year anyway.


Congratulations to all Bayern fans on the forum. Each time Bayern does this I seeth envy such a pristinely run and glorious club they can be but I cannot find myself to truly dote upon them for once again, that is what football brings in me. Envy.

What a feeling it must be for you all. Well earned.

Messi sólo ha marcado en 1 de sus 11 eliminatorias perdidas en Champions pic.twitter.com/S6MtzdWiIU

— LaLigaEnNúmeros (@laligaennumeros) August 14, 2020

If i speak...

La Liga #1

but the solution is easy, just buy another 100m player and we'll get it next year

Point proven above.


That fear factor I felt if my team was facing Messi just does not exist anymore nor has it for a long while. He remains a genius just does not show up for the big occasion like he used to and 2 years younger than his Chad counterpart.

setien sacked, not official but innercircle around the board is spreading the word

Chad Ronaldo would have scored 9 against Bayern no doubt about it

Arquitecto wrote:Point proven above.


That fear factor I felt if my team was facing Messi just does not exist anymore nor has it for a long while. He remains a genius just does not show up for the big occasion like he used to and 2 years younger than his Chad counterpart.

to be fair, he did create every chance the team had. ofcourse he isnt the 2010 or 2017 beast he was, but he is still the best in the world. the best passer, the best finisher, the best dribbler. the quantity is just a lot less. even so, griez's goal against napoli was the first non-messi goal in like 5 years (outside the group stage)

Agreed Lascia


Barça need to follow suit with the light speed fast sacking that that Sarri was given for the Lyon loss had no excuse bar a terrible referee.

Setien is an idealist and lives within his own head, fit for minnows. Not a big club. Brilliant man either way but must take responsibility for this.

Collblanc wrote:setien sacked, not official but innercircle around the board is spreading the word

The board are going to blame it all on Setién now? They should sack themselves first if anything.

Wouldn't agree on Setien being an idealist. The guy gave up his ideas a few weeks in. It's a classic case of a midtable coach who has nice ideas but gives them up the second pressure starts to mount at a big club. We see it all the time.

Casciavit wrote:Wouldn't agree on Setien being an idealist. The guy gave up his ideas a few weeks in. It's a classic case of a midtable coach who has nice ideas but gives them up the second pressure starts to mount at a big club. We see it all the time.

Setién is not a bad coach, but agreed he certainly wasn't made for this club at all. I don't think any Barcelona fan here expected any different. Everything about the managerial change was wrong. The fact that the board stuck with Valverde after his Roma and Liverpool blunders at the end of the season, but sacked him with 8 matches to go cause he lost a Mickey Mouse trophy in Saudi land says a lot about how clueless they are. It is borderline conspiracy theory material tbh

Casciavit wrote:Wouldn't agree on Setien being an idealist. The guy gave up his ideas a few weeks in. It's a classic case of a midtable coach who has nice ideas but gives them up the second pressure starts to mount at a big club. We see it all the time.

To be honest Lascia that I do not know of given I have refused to follow Barça for a while now not much of interest remains.

But the example of Setien is what I have gone on about in the form of Gasperini and Sarri or other old men idealists who piss their pants when entering the gates of an actual relevant club.

Who in place?
Incredible how I feel Pochettino would be the most proper coach to replace it but he can't join Barcellona for various reasonsv

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