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Such a relief, I hope there is more good news to come for us.

BarrileteCosmico wrote:Don't know where else to post this, but L'Equipe has published a graphic that perfectly summarizes Barcelona



The Father, The Son & The Holy Spirit

Whose the No.14 in this pic? I know the other two are Pep and Messi.

Kick wrote:

BarrileteCosmico wrote:Don't know where else to post this, but L'Equipe has published a graphic that perfectly summarizes Barcelona



The Father, The Son & The Holy Spirit

Whose the No.14 in this pic? I know the other two are Pep and Messi.

Cruyff you noob.

I thought as much but can't identify your older kits that well.

Guess who ?

Something I read earlier, found intresting.

"Barcelona tend not to pass the ball around their own backline too much, but rather around the middle of the pitch. Just 12% of their passes have been in the defensive third this season in the Champions League (the lowest proportion in the competition), while 61% have been in the middle third of the pitch (the highest proportion). "

Thought I would keep it here, saved, to whip out on the morons whenever they need some education.

No offical link to that, so I went and did a bit of research.

Season just gone.

In our defensive third we have 19% of our touches, in the middle 47% and the attacking third 33% (adds up to 99% for some strange reason)


Compare that to Real Madrid.

23% of their touches in their own third, 45% in the middle third and 32% in the attacking third.

Compare it to Bayern.

23%, 46% and 31%

Juve?

24%, 44% and 31%.


So yeah, next time someone says "Barcelona pass between the centerbacks all game"..along with the various other evidence, this completely dismantles that.

Yeah, but that's just a good example of BS someone said at some point and all the haters starting to repeat that statement. Anyone who watches Barcelona knows it is BS. Cool to have a written argument though, but I tend to ignore that nonsense anyway when it's thrown my way.

http://www.fcbarcelona.com/club/detail/article/fc-barcelona-close-out-the-2011-12-season-with-a-record-profit-of-40-million-euros

Sandro Rosell announced that the Club has closed out the fiscal year with a historic surplus. The funds will be allocated to paying down the Club's debt

The Club's outstanding debt stands at 340 million euros

FC Barcelona have closed out the 2011/12 season with a positive balance of 40 million euros. “It’s extraordinary news,” President Sandro Rosell said in his overview of the season during this afternoon’s press conference. This year’s surplus of 40 million euros surpassed the projected net profits of 21 million euros set at the beginning of the season.

Of the 40 million, only 12 million comes from the bonuses not given to players and managers for not winning the Liga and the Champions League, according to the president.

Rosell stated that this year’s surplus will be allocated to paying down the Club’s debt. The president said that when the current Board of Directors started to manage the Club, the outstanding debt stood at 420 million euros. Two years later, the debt has been reduced to 320 million euros.

A rational and sustainable model

The president also stated that the decision to reduce the debt “will not affect the day-to-day business of the Club,” seeing that debt reduction actions have to do with investing in equity and that the acquisition of players “has been included in the Club’s working budget.” The “rational approach and the sustainability of the model,” according to Rosell, are the main reasons the Club closed out the year in the black after two consecutive years of losses.

Lastly, the president confirmed that in the next General Assembly, vice president Javier Faus will present FC Barcelona’s strategic economic plan to Club members.

BarcaKizz wrote:

Guess who ?

Hummm, Xavi?

free_cat wrote:

BarcaKizz wrote:

Guess who ?

Hummm, Xavi?

Yep

Completely missed the news on Barca hitting a profit. One argument less the haters can use

Notice how when things get tricky, they pass it to Messi, who returns it perfectly

Messi never messed up lol

Thiagod, Xavi and Iniesta...god damn.......

Man was a genius...

Read this on twitter

"FCB annual report to members discloses a commitment to buy someone for €40 which they part paid €10m already"


Neymar ?

If true, duno who else it could be really.

It's true, see transfer rumor thread

Barca payers just got their cars renewed. This is what they picked:

Carles Puyol: Audi Q5
Xavi Hernández: Audi A7
Víctor Valdés: Audi Q7
Andrés Iniesta: Audi Q7
Isaac Cuenca: Audi A5
Pedro Rodríguez: Audi A5 Sportback
Marc Bartra: Audi Q7
Alexis Sánchez: Audi A5 Sportback
Dani Alves: Audi Q7
Martín Montoya: Audi A5
Sergio Busquets: Audi Q7
Dos Santos: Audi Q5
Leo Messi: Audi Q7
Cristian Tello: Audi Q7
David Villa: Audi A1 Sportback
Gerard Piqué: Audi Q7
Jordi Alba: Audi Q7
Pinto: Audi Q5
Marc Muniesa: Audi A5
Javier Mascherano: Audi Q7
Éric Abidal: Audi A1 Sportback
Alex Song: Audi Q7
Thiago Alcantara: Audi Q5
Cesc Fàbregas: Audi A7
Adriano: Audi Q7
Tito Vilanova: Audi Q3

Abidal and Villa FTW. Audi A1!!??? Especially for Abi, he is too big for that car

I assume they had no choice but to choose Audi?

Also, I assume its not cooicidence that old man Tito picked the Q3 and noone else did lol

Yeah Audi has a sponsorship with Barca so all players must use Audis and drive them to work. I'm surprised the Q7 is so popular.

BarrileteCosmico wrote:Yeah Audi has a sponsorship with Barca so all players must use Audis and drive them to work. I'm surprised the Q7 is so popular.

On one hand, I would hate to be forced to drive Audi.

On the other hand, its free so how about shut up lol

BarrileteCosmico wrote:Yeah Audi has a sponsorship with Barca so all players must use Audis and drive them to work. I'm surprised the Q7 is so popular.

I'm pretty sure I've seen a video of Messi arriving in his Porsche Cayenne somewhere on Youtube, though?