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Very sad news, his health is the most important thing, football really is secondary compared to something as serious as this. It seems like a very aggressive form of cancer, it will be very difficult but hopefully he can beat it.
 
Best wishes to Tito...cancer Always returns...Always...my wife says that, i laughed with that (i had cancer when i was much younger), but i see example aftter example after example that she is right...in fact i only know one person where it hasn't returned yet...me...so i guess i know how i will die...
 
gerd said:
Best wishes to Tito...cancer Always returns...Always...my wife says that, i laughed with that (i had cancer when i was much younger), but i see example aftter example after example that she is right...in fact i only know one person where it hasn't returned yet...me...so i guess i know how i will die...
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Sorry to hear that . My mum passed away from cancer a few years ago so it's hard. Enjoy your life my friend and hope u have a long life ahead of u
 
That was kind jonney. To be honest, i'm quite fatalistic about all of that. I don't worry much about it.r
 
Football is important to us, but health is above the football. Courage Tito! This match you're going to win
 
bebo said:
Gerardo 'Tata' Martino keeping a tito/tata is important. He`s a brilliant coach,but more of an admire to tiki-taka that barca does.
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Looks like Im right very unusual for me to be spot on, but I must say 200/1 is not that bad.
 
How do you guys reckon Neymar's going to do? He's already impressing early on, and his linking up with the rest of the squad is great as well. Was our best player against Sevilla by some margin.
 
As you say Neymar was the best vs Sevilla. I was one of the people that wanted him to join us since 2012, because I really think this guy offers a lot of things we were missing: dribbling, ability to play in the winger AND cut inside, shoot and cross. And he has the "magic" trait as well as Ronaldinho, that will give the team an extra boost when playing at home and the spectators exclaim those "Oooooooooh".

And maybe, this last point is the most crucial, as it will help to quickly galvanize the team and make him an important piece (to me he was also critical against Valencia).

The only problem I see is that in certain moments, he opts for a pass to Messi when he could finish the play himself. He needs to find his space to be a bit more selfish in the last third. No doubts he can do it.

A stellar signing of a player that I wish could spend here lots of years with Messi, they will create something unique when they get to know each other more.

PS: The problem is our midfield. Xavi should never be a starter, he's playing pathetically and in terms of defense, he's a hole in the team. The same applies to Iniesta. We've been waiting for him more than a year now, he's unfit and underperforming and I really think Cesc should be the starter and Sergi Roberto deserves a lot more time in the team. Also, Busquets is injured and should undergo surgery if he wants to be 100% again. To me Busquets-Xavi-Iniesta are the ones that unbalance the team right now. They add a lot of possession but made us very vulnerable at the back, also because we play with 2 offensive sidebacks.

We need to find again a balance between possession, chances, risk and safety, and if it involves making some changes in the middle, Tata should try it.
 
HI guys,

i think barca plays great football under tata, they won 4 games in the liga against very tough opponents, no comparison to madrids matches. the problem in my opinion is pique, he is so damn slow and easy to drobble i cant believe it. he should get benched and bartra should be played to gain experience and confidence. he is a lot faster than pk and if he played more he could leave pk behind with ease. neymar is doing very good, he makes us unpredictable, with messi and fab, we have the best attacking group in the world. Busquets is io our 2nd best player after messi, i dont get it how he can be critisized, his vision is second to none, and he never has a really bad game, too bad he did that stupid thing against inter, imo he is the most underrated player on the planet.

starting eleven for important games should be:

--------------------vv-----------------------
dani-----------puyol(if fit)----------masche------------alba/adriano
----------------------busi---------------------------------
-------------------iniesta------------------------------------
---------------------------fab-----------------------------
alexis------------------------leo-----------------------njr
 
Busquets 100% fit is all that and more, you're right. The problem is he is suffering a pubalgy since January and instead of undergoing surgery tihs summer he chose to go to the Confederations Cup. He is playing VERY limited in terms of stamina and physical condition. In his current state, he's only a shadow of himself and clearly underperforming.
 
kollegah said:
HI guys,

i think barca plays great football under tata, they won 4 games in the liga against very tough opponents, no comparison to madrids matches. the problem in my opinion is pique, he is so damn slow and easy to drobble i cant believe it. he should get benched and bartra should be played to gain experience and confidence. he is a lot faster than pk and if he played more he could leave pk behind with ease.
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No one knows how good Barta would be. Pure speculation. Pique is better at the moment. That is why he starts. Makes complete sense. Every "what if" scenario is bullshit.
 
Pique has been rubbish for a couple of seasons now. I'm sure I read somewhere that Pep was going to offload him before he decided to take a break.

Barca's overlooking of their defensive problems will no doubt affect in the latter stages of Europe again.
 
I've just been reading a biography of Pep by guillem Balague. Pep and Piqee have a very special bond it seems. No way Pep would have transferred him if i can believe this book.
 
Neymar is the best signing since Ronaldinho, and it serms we also hace plan B this season! Good for Tata by now. If only we had signed a decent CB and a defensive sideback... But we're cutting debt and Neymar costed a fortune. It pays off, though, the guy is an absolute star and his duo with Messi can turn historical.

Now the key is to recover Iniesta and Busquets that are missing for months.
 
You obviously missed the replay from behind when you can see his foot hitting Neymar in the kidney before slapping his arm. Doesn't need to be particularly hard for that one to hurt. It is not the first time Brown has kicked players like this so I'd say a really long ban would be fitting.
 
why scotty why???

if you're gonna kick neymar, make sure you kick the cunt in his fucking throat as hard as you can, this little kick was pathetic and might have cost celtic a point. it wasn't worth it.

play actors really need to fuck off, why UEFA dont do anything, claim to be all about fair play and that but never do anything about play actors...
 
cfdh_edmundo said:
Agree but absolutely to be expected from the player and the team.
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fd1972uk said:
Brown deserved to go, but by god that Neymar must be a kit-man's worst nightmare.


FD
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beachryan said:
Wait a minute - a Barcelona player play acting? Surely you can't be serious.
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Dazzlà said:
why scotty why???
if you're gonna kick neymar, make sure you kick the cunt in his fucking throat as hard as you can, this little kick was pathetic and might have cost celtic a point. it wasn't worth it.

play actors really need to fuck off, why UEFA dont do anything, claim to be all about fair play and that but never do anything about play actors...
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Not really surprised to witness such a shameful collection of Barcelona haters judging a play in which an infamous player kick another one in the kidneys. Some people just don't understand that replays are slow motion and things like this in realtime hurt. A lot. Maybe you've never been kicked in the back, a pitty.

Brown himself knew what he had done and didn't eve protest, that's what happens when you loose your mind. So saying Neymar play acted here is beyond reasonable.

What happened here was a lunatic player wiling to hurt another. And instead of condemning stupidity, you seem to be hyped by it. It's sad and ridiculous at the same time to witness the usual "anti-barcelona crusaders" here always with the same mantra, whatever happened, even defying reality when necessary.

Apparently, if you're a Barcelona player and you don't loose a limber you are play-acting. What some of you deserve really is to be kicked in the kidneys like in that play and while you're rolling with pain have someone macking fun of you. You're that kind of people.
 
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drekkard said:
Not really surprised to witness such a shameful collection of Barcelona haters judging a play in which an infamous player kick another one in the kidneys. Some people just don't understand that replays are slow motion and things like this in realtime hurt. A lot. Maybe you've never been kicked in the back, a pitty.

Brown himself knew what he had done and didn't eve protest, that's what happens when you loose your mind. So saying Neymar play acted here is beyond reasonable.

What happened here was a lunatic player wiling to hurt another. And instead of condemning stupidity, you seem to be hyped by it. It's sad and ridiculous at the same time to witness the usual "anti-barcelona crusaders" here always with the same mantra, whatever happened, even defying reality when necessary.

Apparently, if you're a Barcelona player and you don't loose a limber you are play-acting. What some of you deserve really is to be kicked in the kidneys like in that play and while you're rolling with pain have someone macking fun of you. You're that kind of people.
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An immature post by a deluded fan blinded by bias. Wishing other posters to be "kicked in the kidneys", you've excelled yourself this time.

Wouldn't you be better trying to attack the post rather than the poster? By all means challenge the assertion that Neymar has a track record of diving, or that Barca have a track record of diving (and good luck with countering either of those opinions), but to just want everyone you disgree with to be "kicked in the kidneys and mocked"... well that's hardly the way of rational debate, that's like a fight in the playground.
 
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Not sure why you branded me in that, I have no qualms with him getting sent off, but if your telling me Neymar doesn't hit the deck and try to scam the ref your having a joke, was he not pulled up by the ref in the 1st half for a blatant dive in the box? (should have been booked).

I also witnessed it at Emirates against Scotland with his shameful display.

Brown kicked him, defo red card, was it enough to have Neymar do what he did, I don't know, but regardless if it was a hard or soft touch the outcome would have been the same, no doubt.


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drekkard said:
Not really surprised to witness such a shameful collection of Barcelona haters judging a play in which an infamous player kick another one in the kidneys. Some people just don't understand that replays are slow motion and things like this in realtime hurt. A lot. Maybe you've never been kicked in the back, a pitty.

Brown himself knew what he had done and didn't eve protest, that's what happens when you loose your mind. So saying Neymar play acted here is beyond reasonable.

What happened here was a lunatic player wiling to hurt another. And instead of condemning stupidity, you seem to be hyped by it. It's sad and ridiculous at the same time to witness the usual "anti-barcelona crusaders" here always with the same mantra, whatever happened, even defying reality when necessary.

Apparently, if you're a Barcelona player and you don't loose a limber you are play-acting. What some of you deserve really is to be kicked in the kidneys like in that play and while you're rolling with pain have someone macking fun of you. You're that kind of people.
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This is not right. This reaction is too much drekkard.

Warned.
 
What most of you Barca haters seem to forget is that being incredibly good comes with a price. Opponent frustration results in dirty tricks being frequently used against them. This happens to great players in other teams as well, and quite frankly, being kicked in the ankles and getting kidney shots gets annoying after a while.

There are two options available to counter this.

- Returning the favor, use them dirty tricks right back at them. This would cause public ridicule and sanctions from the official boards and crucifixions would be demanded.

- Over act to make sure the ref sees that there is foul play going on. This also gets media attention because the media and goons in general focus on the acting itself without looking for any good reason for doing so. Over-acting is different from blatant acting, because over-acting needs an actual offense to take place to over-act on.

I personally don't really like Barcelona as I think they play anti-football so I'm not some blind fan trying to defend them. But I am not some short sighted hypocrite either, in modern football all teams got divers and over-actors. The better teams have more over-actors due to the reasons explained above; It is their only viable defense against physical abuse.
 
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