Almost true, more or less...
All I care about is to see enjoyable, creative and nice football. That's how I started watching and following Barca, because this team was the only one playing THAT kind of the game.
Of course once one steps into the caldron, and you get to know the team you sort of become a fan. But that's right it may fade when only mediocre players add up the team, even if it wins all the time.
I'm not a fan of any individual player, neither Neymar or anyone else, perhaps Messi as the only exception, because he is a talent that you can hardly ever see.
But I'm old enough to foretell that many of you will be proud in 15-20 years when mentioning to the youngsters that you had regularly been watching the MSN... By that time nobody will actually remember which year the team won the Liga, this or that cup, but the MSN will be still legendary. Not only due to the titles they collected but the way, form, creativity and before all the ARTISTIC qualities they represent...
I'm genuinely shocked and, quite honestly, a bit disturbed to hear someone who has such strong opinions about the majority of our squad say such things. Despite what anyone on your side may say, this is a very huge revelation from you and almost puts you in Mandrake territory, as far as I'm concerned.
In 15-20 years the world won't be talking about MSN, they'll be talking about an entire ERA of dominance from FC Barcelona, one that included Eto'o, Henry, Pedro, Bojan, Xavi, Iniesta, Puyol, Pique, Valdes, Alves, Busquets, Messi, Deco, Keita, Ronaldinho, Villa and many more, with MSN, as they are now, only having a SINGLE YEAR of the dominance they were supposed to carry. You can find compilations of their dominance of that first year. Videos nearly an hour long of nothing but great passes, perfect linkup, and beautiful goals. But now? Now MSN is a cancer to the team, and I don't make that statement lightly. Even IF the entire world could only remember our less impressive treble season because we had the "legendary" (lol) MSN, I, as a Barca fan from the moment I turned on a professional football match know the way having three unbenchable superstars has negatively impacted the team. We're missing out on SO MUCH because we're unwilling to slap Neymar and tell him to improve, because we're unwilling to bench Suarez when he isn't scoring, when we're unwilling to use anyone in our front line that isn't one of MSN because they're "Legendary" and we can't win without them, even when we lose. Just look at the signings we've been able to make to improve our attack since signing Suarez. All we could get was... Paco. A player so outlandishly average that going into February he hasn't scored a single goal, and isn't looking like he'll get more opportunities to try in the coming months because we needed an actual sub, and not a player who will maybe one day impress us.
I don't even know what keeps you here if you're only a fan of the beautiful football of MSN, because that particular trio hasn't been playing well together for over a year now. Neymar plays like trash more often than not (I don't want to get in a discussion of if he's good or if he sucks or any of that blah blah blah, but the simple fact is he's nowhere near the unbenchable superstar he's chalked up to be) nowadays and Suarez is just kind of... there. In order for us to improve one of them is going to have to leave. Whether it's Suarez, who seems to be declining exponentially as he ages, or Neymar, who completely forgot how to score a goal, it doesn't matter to me, but we've been successful before them, and we can be successful after they've gone, and when we win another treble, or two, or three with ANY player who ends up replacing them (And no, we don't need the MSN to win trophies or avoid becoming mediocre) in the coming years and decades, MSN won't be the topic of conversation, BARCELONA will be, and instead of talking about Lucho, or Pep, or Tata Martino, we will talk about the Barca of the 2000 era, the one that went through ups and downs quite frequently, but still managed to be the god damned best.
If you can't understand that or simply don't care, you're free to do as you please. Lord knows we have plenty of non-fans on this forum already.
