Luis Suárez

serghei

serghei

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Potroh said:
Ah... Pressure is so high, that mediocre players (like Roberto, Rakitic, Rafinha, even Mathieu) play for years, just until a luckily better signing doesn't hit the doors?
Patience is so low, that almost eternal patience is provided for the untouchable favorites, regardless their consequently questionable performances and folks at Barca start thinking about their served time, when sporadic whistles send the messages at Camp Nou. I see.

Tough conditions? Lot of money, high wages, long contracts, free cars, impeccable infrastructure, personal staff, charter planes, best hotels, families and wives allowed to be close, children on the pitch, great extra incomes from ads, wide popularity, etc. Are these really tough conditions? Are you sure?

"expectations that you win big title in each year", really? Do working-class fans go to the Camp Nou, and pay rather high amounts, to see games against the worst La Liga opponents, because they want the team win big titles? Are you certain? Wasn't the attandence even better when Barca even lost the league? Isn't it possible that 85.000 people go there to watch enjoyable football?

Do you really think the average local fan always dreams about CL wins, when the team is actually playing half-steam games against weak opponents?
Do you think people and fans are thinking about a CL final while the team plays a classico?

Fans have short memories and even less capabilities to plan ahead. Fans are A-typical "carpe diem" folks with tendencies to concentrate mostly on present games.

Exceptions are in forums and some press-articles, politicians, staff and board members.
BBZ can cite you Barca result and players from 40 years. Be certain that neither Barto, nor Messi can do t
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Rafinha, Mathieu were nothing more than back-ups. Never starters. Roberto and Rakitic are top players. They would start easily at most big teams out there outside top 5-6 sides.

Tough conditions in the sense that the media, the club and the fans demand great performances right away. Cars, charters, hotels have nothing to do with it. Footballers have this type of life everywhere, it goes with the job. What is different at Barcelona is that the pressure is bigger as expectations are higher. Imagine Barcelona not winning a league title in Spain since the early 90's, like Liverpool in England. Imagine Barcelona/Madrid having a manager like Ferguson or Wenger for decades. Impossible due to the pressure of winning every season almost. They would've never survived more than 1 trophy less season. You think that if Zidane goes trophy less this season he'll be around next year as well?

Also, some of the players which have had it easier lately are Barcelona legends who have reached this status by achieving glory playing for this club. These 'untouchable favorites' are some of the best and most coveted players in the history of this club.
 
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mesiesta

mesiesta

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Havesaks said:
Less than 50 Goals from being our second most scoring player in history and this forum has still done nothing but bitching how bad he is... Still think he has been a monstrously good player for us and it wasnt his fault that the club didn't provide a decent sub to give him breaks and he played with a knee injuries for long time. Despite that he hasn't stopped scoring ever minus champions leauge where the whole team has been off.
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Always was pissed of reading comments on this thread. Him, Aguero and Lewandowski have been the most consistent center forwards of the last decade and I rate Suarez one level above than the other 2. Yes, his first touch was always bad, but he had so many other strong skills that overshadowed that for years. When he will end up his career here, then people will start to appreciate how good he was.
 
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