Zatman Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Without Messi, Barcelona are so poor. He has carried them so far at the moment. Club needs a major rebuild and would remove a lot of players especially Pique and Alba. Look at this Richardsesque defending from Pique in the last minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 5 minutes ago, Zatman said: Without Messi, Barcelona are so poor. He has carried them so far at the moment. Club needs a major rebuild and would remove a lot of players especially Pique and Alba. Look at this Richardsesque defending from Pique in the last minutes even with messi they aren't that great, Valverde is a really poor manager who is lucky to still be there, problem is a lot of the players seem to know it they have a decent crop coming through again after a poor couple of years, puig, miranda, cucurella, fati, abel ruiz, plus then with Arthur and de jong they have their midfield for the next 10 years, todibo, wague, lenglet they have a defence coming too what they currently have is an aging squad with the likes pique, Busquets, rakitic, alba all needing to be phased out and a small squad with some badly bought fillers such as vidal,they have a 20 man squad where 4 of them have a combined total of 11 games, look a their bench last night rakitic, 2 young back ups (both defenders) and then 4 kids from the B team and then really there's only dembele and Arthur missing from it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Their wage bill is astonishing. It's pushing £350m a year as far as anybody can tell. When you've got dad's army on £150k+ a week then they aren't going to leave until their contracts expire because no-one else is paying those wages and new guys coming in are going to be asking for parity with the first XI. I wonder how much they've spunked on failures like Dembele and Coutinho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 shithousery of the highest order, Simeone even respected it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 (edited) Alexander Isak and Martin Ödegaard destroying Real Madrid away in the cup. 2 goals and 1 assist for Isak now + the first goal was from a rebound from an Isak shot. 2 great goals as well. Kid is on fire atm. Edited February 6, 2020 by sne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Arrogant idiots didn’t bother to insert a clause to stop him playing against them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 2 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said: Arrogant idiots didn’t bother to insert a clause to stop him playing against them. At least he didn't celebrate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 (edited) Even 8 minutes of added time and a red card to Sociedad could not help Real get through tonight. This is what you get when opponents and the ref doesn't read the script. Real will be furious. Edited February 6, 2020 by sne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 A bit odd that he didn't celebrate. He's barely played a game for Madrid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Isak would've been a great pick up for us in the summer, two great finishes and he's developing into a fantastic all round striker. Smart move as he could've easily just stayed and warmed the bench at Dortmund. Example of young player not just content to stagnate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 49 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said: Arrogant idiots didn’t bother to insert a clause to stop him playing against them. It's actually only the premier league that insists on the role. Pretty sure in the other major leagues players can play against their parent clubs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 8 minutes ago, villalad21 said: A bit odd that he didn't celebrate. He's barely played a game for Madrid. Yeah, but he’ll probably be going back at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 8 minutes ago, villalad21 said: A bit odd that he didn't celebrate. He's barely played a game for Madrid. Rumor is he's going back there in the summer, a year early. 7 minutes ago, VillaChris said: Isak would've been a great pick up for us in the summer, two great finishes and he's developing into a fantastic all round striker. Smart move as he could've easily just stayed and warmed the bench at Dortmund. Example of young player not just content to stagnate. Yup, Isak was one I really hoped we'd try for last summer, such a bargain. As someone who has watched him a lot you could easily see what a huge development he had during the second half of last season Apparently Dortmund has a buy back clause much lower than other clubs can get him for and are seriously thinking about buying him back 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 You think we could have gotten Isak? Why would he choose Villa? Probably had a ton of decent offers in the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 2 minutes ago, villalad21 said: You think we could have gotten Isak? Why would he choose Villa? Probably had a ton of decent offers in the summer. Yes. Because PL and our wage budget being astronomically bigger than Sociedad's who is a nice club but "only" finished 9th last season. And no he in fact did not have a huge number of offers in the summer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 1 hour ago, VillaChris said: It's actually only the premier league that insists on the role. Pretty sure in the other major leagues players can play against their parent clubs. Insisted or otherwise it’s just plain common sense, I mean it’s bad enough that the loan system exists and is used in the way it is these days anyway (basically just a method for keeping an insane amount of players at the club), bloody stupid that one of your own players could conceivably cost you a league or cup win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 1 hour ago, VillaChris said: It's actually only the premier league that insists on the role. Pretty sure in the other major leagues players can play against their parent clubs. Yep Nainggolan scored vs Inter the other week, I am sure the Premier League its in the league rules you cant play against parent club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 2 Basque teams beat the big 2 in the same night. Brilliant Them 2, Granada and Mirandes in the semi-final, I think the new Copa Del Rey format is working brilliantly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Mirandes have been brilliant, outplayed Sevilla and Villareal at home in last two rounds. Only mid table in Segunda. Yes probably wouldn't have beaten either over two legs. Hopefully they can make the final so Granada probably best bet. Could also be all Basque final. I think La Real last won a major trophy under John Toshack in the mid 80s, not sure on Bilbao but think it's a similar drought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Betis play some nice football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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