Barca draws Man City

[JamDav1982]

Messi will show this english side what football is. If Ronaldo was able to destroy City, I don't see why Messi can't do so.

When has Ronaldo ever destroyed them?

 

[NeyMesSis]

1. Lahm
2. Alves
3. Piszczek
4. Lichtsteiner
5. .... rest (Zabaleta, Raffael, usw)

fixed

 

[serghei]

Jeepers, I would even say Zabaleta is better than him!

Don't think so. Played a CL final at 21 years old. He's the best in PL for me, better than Sagna, Ivanovic or Zabaleta.

 

[beautifulgame]

Jeepers, I would even say Zabaleta is better than him!

lol this

rafael no where near that list. sorry.

 

[JamDav1982]

Don't think so. Played a CL final at 21 years old. He's the best in PL for me, better than Sagna, Ivanovic or Zabaleta.

Wow, ok agree to disagree on that one then.

 

[ceefoo]

I've watched him more than you lad.

Yeah please do.

If I must indulge you in childish games:

1. Tackling
2. Fouling
3. Positioning
4. Reading Danger
5. Marking
6. Chasing back
7. Heading
8. Crossing
9. Strength
10. Captaining

There you go LAD!

 

[serghei]

Wow, ok agree to disagree on that one then.

post your top 5.

 

[JamDav1982]

If I must indulge you in childish games:

1. Tackling
2. Fouling
3. Positioning
4. Reading Danger
5. Marking
6. Chasing back
7. Heading
8. Crossing
9. Strength
10. Captaining

There you go LAD!

Haha, number 2 has to be the best one.

 

[ceefoo]

Haha, number 2 has to be the best one.

I thought you'd like that

 

[Paganinisrvnge]

Alves is a very good defender when he wants to be. That's the thing... when he wants to be.

 

[te amo barca]

Zabaleta was owned by Ribery in both matches, to be fair. I don't see any reasons Neymar can't do the same.

 

[ZenI]

If I must indulge you in childish games:

1. Tackling
2. Fouling
3. Positioning
4. Reading Danger
5. Marking
6. Chasing back
7. Heading
8. Crossing
9. Strength
10. Captaining

There you go LAD!

Haha, number 2 has to be the best one.

@ #2

Tackling, maybe - even though Alves is an OK tackler
Positioning - not really
Reading danger? Are just making things up to have more points?
Just like chasing back, what?
Heading? Often a fullback needs that quality, Alves swag evens that one out.
Crossing? No
Strenght? Yeah OK, but it's not really a football quality - almost all teams we face are 'stronger' yet we dominate them.
Captaining?

 

[ceefoo]

dawg, i been watching Zabaleta since the the middle of the last decade when he was playing at Espanyol and you probably didn't even know he existed.

Why are you watching Espanyol games if you're a Barca fan?

 

[CityFanInPeace]

If we seem confident, it's because why the f*** not. We were just given the biggest club in the world with the best player in the world. No one will blame us if we lose, they'll just chalk it up to Messi and co. Seeing Messi at the Etihad is a treat that no City fan could have dreamed of when we were in the 3rd tier of English football.

I hope everyone is fit and we have two historic nights with lots of goals.

 

[ceefoo]

@ #2

Tackling, maybe - even though Alves is an OK tackler
Positioning - not really
Reading danger? Are just making things up to have more points?
Just like chasing back, what?
Heading? Often a fullback needs that quality, Alves swag evens that one out.
Crossing? No
Strenght? Yeah OK, but it's not really a football quality - almost all teams we face are 'stronger' yet we dominate them.
Captaining?

WOW! Just WOW! If you don't know what "Reading Danger" means and don't think it's an important part of defending.

Chasing back, as in tracking back when your team is getting hit on the counter-attack.

You must be the only person on this forum then that thinks Dani is a good crosser of the ball then.