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I don't know how good xavi will be as manager, but he has the right personality to take over the current team. He's probably one of the few people that the older players will respect. I don't know how true these stories are but when pep first arrived, there was supposed to be tension between...

In a perfect world, Messi and CR7 shouldn't be on the wages they are, judging on their current playing level. Football is a business these days and clubs don't throw away money for the sake of it (apart from us in the transfer market of course). The clubs are looking at it from a business...

As I said before, those people who think he won single handedly are stupid. I still think it's difficult to win with only 2 attempts. It isnt always easy to win your league and the year your team is at its strongest you might not be in the tournament. Take 14/15 CL for example, we wouldn't have...

I always thought that about Henderson, but this season he has been fantastic. His leadership is underrated and he will be top 3 in PFA player of the year alongside de bruyne and mane. We'll deserved imo

The notion that he made Argentina and Napoli win single handedly is stupid. Both had very good teams. I always thought careca was underrated. I actually don't hold his lack of success in the old European cup too much against him, you have to remember in those days you could only qualify by being...

I'm just using that as an example. We will never know if he would have scored the best ever world cup goal if the handball goal wasn't given. But everyone knows goals change games and what they can do for a players confidence. Like Messi's 2nd goals Vs real 2011 semis & Bayern 2015 semis for...

That's why I asked that question yesterday and the reason why I said I try to judge players by how good they were on the pitch. In the 86 world cup, if argentina's 1st goal was disallowed for handball and Argentina got knocked out. Maradona most probably wouldn't be in the conversation for GOAT...

Yeah, thats a fair point. I'd understand if he never won anything major. The reason why I asked is because he's been amazing at club level for 10+ years and won everything you can win. The world cup is played every 4 years, and a month's worth of football. If a player is lucky they will get 3/4...

I want to know something from users here. I know for casual football fans if argentina won that final against Germany, Messi would probably be universally regarded as the undisputed GOAT. But for fans that have been watching him year in year out and the level he has played for such a long...

Lost 2 finals on penalties, and one in extra time. No matter how good you are, you need some luck. Sometimes it just isn't meant to be. Even though we were the best team when we won our CL's, we had luck along the way. Spain, even though they dominated the final Vs holland, robben missed a one...

I'm not saying I'm against playing a different style, I just can't see Barca playing that way. Playing on the counter, with physical players and crossing the ball. We'll need to go after a completely different profile of players than we have for the past 10+ years

That's what happens when the whole country is expecting you to win the world cup single handedly. R9 suffered a fit and almost died before WC 98 final. He'll never be able to please Argentina fans unless he does what maradona did, which is almost impossible these days as football has evolved and...

What are you on about? It doesn't matter how talented he is, there is no way he stays as good as he was for that long without having a strong mentality. The retirement for Argentina is completely different, he gets crucified everytime they lose

I can't see Barca playing that way unless there are no trophies for a while. The playing style you have described is how LFC play. Barca are a club with their own philosophy of how football should be played. It's why xavi is most likely to be the next coach

Excellent post. Its a shame we are run by a bunch of clowns who don't understand football. We should have been gradually replacing the core instead of wasting 400m on 3 overrated players. Fergie was a master at this and is the reason why he was able to build 3 or 4 successful teams during his...

Of course he deserves some blame, but most people are going over the top. I guess it's what comes with being a player of Messi's status, that when the team wins, he will get most of the plaudits and when the team loses, he will get most of the criticism. All great players have gone through it...

True. Allegri would get the best out of the aging players, I'm pretty sure he was the last manager to win serie A with Milan when they were in a similar position to us. I don't want us to go down that route though, we need a different approach and need to start thinking long term

Mid table manager mentality

It's not ideal. Sometimes it's the best thing that can happen. It's obvious Barca aren't good enough anymore. Imagine if we won the league, bartomeu would act like all is well

🤣🤣🤣 You are too good bro. Taking a light hearted approach while the forum is in meltdown