Barca pre-season 2016/2017

[Nucky]

No use of explaning how better La Liga is.. BPL fans will never get it, no matter how spanish teams dominate Europe.. They'll still claim PL is the best.. But at least we have something to laugh about..

 

[Barcilliant]

It's amazing how delusional they are.

They were saying how fantastic Leicester wereand some were actually going to bet money on their team winning the cl

 

[barcafan161]

Musa could be a quality player in the PL imo

 

[AnfieldEd]

We'll provide you with a tougher test on Saturday although you'll still comfortably beat us. I predict 3-1.

 

[MessiDinho10]

We'll provide you with a tougher test on Saturday although you'll still comfortably beat us. I predict 3-1.

I'm not so sure about that. Liverpool with Klopp is different from other English teams, and most of our starters have just rejoined training. Even then the starting XI can't be fielded, since Neymar (and Rafinha) are playing at the Olympics.

 

[Trickykid]

I'm not so sure about that. Liverpool with Klopp is different from other English teams, and most of our starters have just rejoined training. Even then the starting XI can't be fielded, since Neymar (and Rafinha) are playing at the Olympics.

How so? Apart from their EL campaign, they looked pretty much as bad as ever whenever I watched them last season.

 

[Jenks]

People are seriously drawing conclusions based on a pre-season friendly? Will they modify their opinions when Leicester finish 7th or 8th this season?

 

[instinct]

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No Alena? Nice to see Marlon and Mujica though.

 

[Barcaman]

Moment of the match: Messi slips in Leicester box, fans laugh. 30 seconds later he delivers a killer assist for Munir goal.

 

[te amo barca]

Moment of the match: Messi slips in Leicester box, fans laugh. 30 seconds later he delivers a killer assist for Munir goal.

Verdict: don't make Messi angry. A psyched up, mad Messi is the deadliest Messi.

 

[Vlom]

Looking forward to the Liverpool game, should be a good one

 

[Luftstalag14]

I don't if it is just me or that we seem to focus our pre-seasons strictly or mostly on training and playing the pre-season games whereas many other elite European clubs spent a great deal of their time during these pre-season tours on commercial/business activities to expand their teams' fanbase, propping up their image and striking business deals.

For example, KHR/Wacker touted that Bayern's fan clubs in the US had grown from a mere 9 to 102 in 3 years and they have made three long-term deals with three American companies during this summer's tour alone, on top of 10m plus they are making from the tour. In contrast, even when we were on a prolonged overseas tour (compared to what we had this summer where we pretty much were based in Barcelona and St. George's Park in England), for example I remember our itinerary of our tour in the US last summer, we spent very little time outside training and playing. I am a bit conflicted, while I appreciate the emphasis the club places on training/grooming our form to get ready for the new season and I absolutely agree this is the most important thing to do as footballing is our bread-butter business after all; but I couldn't help thinking whether we have some missed opportunities commercially to expand our influence and bring in more deals and revenues, especially in newer markets like the US and Asia.

Your thoughts?

 

[KingMessi]

Fans will come when you are successful on the pitch.

 

[Flavia]

I don't if it is just me or that we seem to focus our pre-seasons strictly or mostly on training and playing the pre-season games whereas many other elite European clubs spent a great deal of their time during these pre-season tours on commercial/business activities to expand their teams' fanbase, propping up their image and striking business deals.

For example, KHR/Wacker touted that Bayern's fan clubs in the US had grown from a mere 9 to 102 in 3 years and they have made three long-term deals with three American companies during this summer's tour alone, on top of 10m plus they are making from the tour. In contrast, even when we were on a prolonged overseas tour (compared to what we had this summer where we pretty much were based in Barcelona and St. George's Park in England), for example I remember our itinerary of our tour in the US last summer, we spent very little time outside training and playing. I am a bit conflicted, while I appreciate the emphasis the club places on training/grooming our form to get ready for the new season and I absolutely agree this is the most important thing to do as footballing is our bread-butter business after all; but I couldn't help thinking whether we have some missed opportunities commercially to expand our influence and bring in more deals and revenues, especially in newer markets like the US and Asia.

Your thoughts?

They did that last summer. Traveled to the US and didn't have a proper pre-season, players got tired. This summer there were summer tournaments too, so I prefer what was done this time. Keep it local and prepare the players for the long season ahead.

 

[Luftstalag14]

Fans will come when you are successful on the pitch.

True but I still think making a concerted effort to attract fans and more importantly commercial deals from potential sponsors and partners to broaden our revenue streams is very important for the well-being and long-term development of our club.