FC Barcelona Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread

Jernal wrote: »

Were you expecting impartiality from AIG?

no - my reply was an attempt to redress the balance a little

Andersonisgod wrote: »

As the half went on, Adama came into the game more and more and that made a big difference to the performance, he really is something else. Munir not been in the game enough though despite his goal.

Barca had a good 10 minutes. Rest all Arsenal and should be a few goals up.

Vinz Mesrine wrote: »

AIG I notice you've been very quiet during the last few league games. Hope everything is ok.

Actually the games have just clashed with social gatherings, so I've had to record the matches and watch them at crazy times during the night. However, all going to plan, I will be watching the Clasico live.

Is anybody else thinking of BSG when they hear that scorers name?

Andersonisgod wrote: »

I'm practically salivating watching Kaptoum post, the difference between this and the first half couldn't be more pronounced.

He is good but made a complete mess of the shot.

ronjo wrote: »

He is good but made a complete mess of the shot.

Far more than good, he could be great.

ronjo wrote: »

Why didn't he start?

What a truly awful penalty

That's a very good question, odd team selection. Even the substitution was odd, I thought Huertas had a better half than Ortega.

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Along with Adama Traore, the golden boy of Barcelona's Juvenil A side, Kaptoum strikes, never has a player so deserved to score the winning goal.

Traore! 4-2 this young, immensely talented Barcelona side march on to the semi finals to meet Schalke.

Thought a draw would have been a fair result

gimmick wrote: »

Delighted with that win and performance.

Pique was a beast. Busquets calm control was vital. Xavi and Iniesta did their thing again. I cannot think of many better big game players than those two. Messi was magic also.

Neymar I still do not rate at all. Pedro should have started ahead of him.

And tonight showed the need again for a new centre half. As decent as Mascherano is that us all he is - decent. Not great.

Spot on, though I still have faith in Neymar even if tonight he was a long way from his best. It was a massive performance and vital result in terms of the league but also for the longevity of this group, you could see what it meant to the squad at the final whistle.

dfx- wrote: »

Even if Barcelona don't win anything this season (neither competition is looking safe at the minute), I'll still be happy with statement wins like that one. Not so much the Valladolid defeat, where such wins looked implausible - as bad as the first few months of Rijkaard.

You mad bro?
They're not hot favourites any more but they're not Manchester United either. (I can't believe I just did that.) They're still a quality side that has beaten Real Madrid,Man City and drew with Atletico Madrid in 2014. They could still win the treble, though I agree that's unlikely, they're in position to do so.

Tata's record is actually, I believe, identical to Pep's first season. Or was the Sky playing a standard blunder and me buying it?

I thought Barca were lucky enough to win, Real had a lot of chances to score more. Draw was a fair result imo. Opens things up though, probably last day decider with Atleti.

gimmick wrote: »

I wonder come the last day of the season, if Barca or Atletico are out of it, and the other needs to win, would the other lie down?

For example, a win guarantees Atletico the league, but Barca cannot finish better than 2nd. Would Barca bother going for the 50/50s and give a shít or vice versa.

Madrids H2H is against them with both Barca and Atletico as well, so they have to get more points to win!

I would imagine if one team is out of it and the other wins the league at Real's expense, something like that would definitely happen.