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I'm really upset by this whole thing, but in some way I can understand Koeman's position (although not completely). From a fan point of view of course we want him to come in and play the kids, but he's in a very unique and difficult scenario - if Barcelona don't at least compete this year...

It depends which person is telling the history, though. The bottom line is that the majority of the footballing world outside of Barca fans - the media and journalists - thought we treated Valverde appallingly and that he didn't deserve to be sacked. This is just simply not true in any way...

No but what I'm saying (by my understanding) is that if phase 2 is successful, Barto gets to pick a successor who will act as president until the new board comes in. I hope I'm wrong on that - because it seems ridiculous that he would be allowed to do such a thing after being kicked out - but...

I very much doubt he'll step down as a result of this - he knows that in the interim period to phase 2 he'll still be in charge of the club, and even if the second phase is successful then he gets to choose an interim successor anyway, so it will just be another Rosell/Barto scenario until the...

I guess to an extent this depends on how you think the pandemic is going to develop over the next few months, but from the point of view of someone living in the UK, cases are building quite rapidly now. I don't think it's getting closer at all, if anything with the number of cases increasing...

Keep in mind this is Sky Sports Italy, the same people who took a grainy picture of a bald man walking into a hotel in Milan and then declared for months that PEP IS JOINING JUVENTUS ITS HAPPENING GUYS...only to end up with egg on their face when it in fact did not happen. I don?t believe a word...

I'm sad for him that it's come to this, and Barto is horrific, but the poor Messi narrative is still flawed in my view. The club will come out of this looking really bad, because the media story is of Saint Leo, but it's inaccurate. He openly backed Valverde after Roma and Liverpool. So, as much...

It's not weird, he's just a lazy ***** who doesnt give a toss about playing for Barca. It's true that at WC he wasn't sitting alongside Busquets, but at the same time he showed energy, enthusiasm, the ability to play killer balls and control games, literally none of which we'd seen since halfway...

Not particularly, but I think that in general it's really hard to judge/give a fair assessment of players who came in under Valverde because he did such a crap job coaching them. Even when they did play well one week it was meaningless because they just lost their spot/were replaced by a senior...

I really don't understand the persistent view on here that Man City have somehow messed everything up and completely failed. In the last two years under Pep they achieved a 100 point season and a 98 point season, and those two teams are generally regarded as being one of the best sides in...

This. Amazing first season, okay second, then horrific. The media narrative around Rakitic really is astonishing - it?s like they didnt watch Barca for 4 years. ?So underappreciated, so underrated?...no he?s just been on a jolly for most of his time here, earning big bucks whilst doing nothing...

I mean I'm all for Messi being higher in the pantheon than Ronaldo but this is just biased nonsense. Ronaldo is probably the clutchest player ever - see numerous moments where he has stepped up to the plate when it mattered most. If you had to pick one person to score the last penalty, or have...

To add to this, Thiago time at Bayern has been marked by numerous injuries. When he plays he is brilliant, but for a good few years it was stop-start with long periods out. Always been a massive Thiago fanboy but the injuries have prevented him from fulfilling his potential, we would not have...

Although I think he deserves a (small) proportion of the blame for the situation we're in, I now understand why he has no faith in the club's project moving forward, especially if Koeman discussed their plans with him. Wijnaldum ffs - it's the same type of bang-average 'combative' midfielder...

I think it was more of a last straw type of thing, rather than the entire reason itself - but yeah the timing is too coincidental. And that in itself shows that he has a blind spot because they're so close. You can't have a 'winning project' which has Luis Suarez right now as the starting CF...

'I want to go to a project which is ready to win...and where my fat, old, and slow best mate who can hardly move, finish or contribute is a starter every week.'

I feel like there is a huge paradox in both the media and with some members on this forum at the moment, with the club being totally blamed for this and Messi is being treated like a saint. I really don't think that's accurate. The board are awful, terrible, horrific - they need to go ASAP...

So we should hang onto past-it players like Vidal and Suarez just to keep Messi happy and at the club? If he can't see that these players are the reason we no longer have a 'winning project', then what should we do? Just keep them around to put a smile on Messi's face? That's not how any club in...

This is my second post here, so I'm not trying to cause a fight (lol) but this is an absurd and inaccurate statement. This only applies if you consider the Champions League to be the only platform that actually matters - even if we ignore Pep's time in Bayern (where they were the best team in...

Hey everyone, I've just discovered this forum after 17 years as a Barca fan - great to meet you all! Hopefully the club can turn things around in the next few years and remove the 'bad eggs' from the system... Visca Barca!