FC Barcelona Thread

Good guess Gab!! Actually it's a perspective thing. In english stadiums, most of the times because of the architecture of the stands they have to put different lens to cameras to "widen" the field of vision, but at the same time the cameras are placed in a much lower height. In Camp nou, the cameras are usually between the 2nd and 3rd stands, 2/3 of the height of the stadium, and the stands are the least steep I've been in. So, cameras are placed farther, so you have a high camera with a lot of field of vision, which does the trick.

It has the maximum area allowed by the FIFA, as many of the "big clubs" stadium, and spectators. Besides, spectators are not as near as in Old Trafford or Anfield, that helps to feel the image less "crowded". For example, pitches that have an athletic track around do seem instantly bigger than others.
 
But i mean Barca has enough members and multiply the amount of Members with lets say 1000€ ... i mean wouldn't be that enough ... as an aid you could ask Barcelona the city or encourage spain to have a world championship in Spain so that they would get finanicial benefits
I mean there are enough people who want to see them playing ...
 
Do you know that the field of this stadium is bigger than...
Estádio António Coimbra da Mota (Estoril Praia)
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this one...
Estádio da Luz (Benfica)
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and this one...
Estádio do Dragão (FC Porto)
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or this one?
Estádo José de Alvalade (Sporting)
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There was a time when I was young that I had a seat right to the limit of the upper stands. You couldn't see the numbers on the shirts very well but the view of the pitch was amazing, I suppose it's tactical bitches paradise, as you can see it almost like the old 2d Champiosnhip manager view. ;)

I prefer my current situation, though, that is mid-height and quite centered. Now that I think of it, in the old Highbury I went many times to the last seats and I think they were lower than the mid-stands of the Camp nou... I adored Highbury, though.
 
I can imagine Nou Camp being like San Siro. These are football stadiums that are built with multiple layers. The view from the top tiers of San Siro are still pretty clear and you still get a good view of the pitch.
 
Just a rumour. The only plan that seemed to count was a Foster plan to redesign the whole stadium but mantaining the current structure. But it's just too expensive for the current situation. We don't have the need, actually.
 
Well, the hard match is tomorrow. At Pamplona, Osasuna is a difficult team to beat. And there's a lot of snow, so the pitch will be almost iced. A difficult condition for our style of play. Let's see if we can make a bigger effort than against MAdrid and win 3 vital points.
 
I've been thinking about this drekkard. This is a dangerous match because of all the euphoric reactions after the classico... i had visions of Barcelona loosing 3 or 4 matches in a row due to decompression...
 
Jesus, Gerd, don't panick! We can have a difficult match with Osasuna, and the last match before winter holidays is tough against Espanyol (away), but the rest of matches aren't that difficult and we're playing well.

We can have one slip, but doubt that we loose more than 1 or 2 matches in the whole season, honestly. La Liga has become that polarized I'm afraid.

PS: Try to have some visions of us lifting some trophies, please!
 
Well, the match vs Osasuna is in danger now due to the state of emergency the country is living in because of the illegal strike of aerail controllers. The situation is a mess and Barcelona will have to travel by bus 8 hours to reach a snowed area (almos 1/2 meter of snow in Pamplona right now).

The last time something like that happenede, we had to travel by bus to Milan tand suffer a bad referee to loose to Inter. This match gets more and more complicated... if it's played at all.

If I were the Spanish federation, I would cancel all matches instantly. There's no reason conceding advantage to local teams in so many matches...
 
What a joke. The spanish federation first said it was postponed, then 2 hours later says it has to be played. Barcelona arrived just in time for playing (only 5 minutes warming and then play). Madrid press again publishing lies and more lies (they just can't accept 5-0 of the other day, poor kids) as if Barcelona didn't want to play. Ashaming

At the end, Barcelonataught another football lesson, 0-3. Cheers to Guardiola, his words at the press conference are common sense, which is the less common of the senses in the press and federation. What a joke of a country is Spain, it makes me laugh.

PS: We even had a penalty!!!! First one in 25 matches in la Liga! They exist!
 
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So UNICEF will no longer be Barca's shirt sponsor - a Qatari company will be on the jersey next season after reportedly paying €150 million!!! After 112 years without a shirt sponsor.
 
Sandro Rosell is an idiot. Go to shit, you muppet, you're destroying the club. We DON'T want millions in exchange of putting a dirty logo in our shirt.

We are more than happy with our UNICEF agreement (paying UNICEF for having the logo in the shirt is just great). The UNICEF move was smart and a genius work by the former directives. UNICEF shows the kind of moral values we want to be associated to.

Now, what that bloody Qatar logo means? It's obviously dirty money coming from a country that has its population slaved while the "courtisans" spend everything. IT'S NOT the kind of moral values we want in our club.

I hate this people. And all that for what, 30 M€ per year? It's not worth it! Simply spend less in signings and raise players from the youth team and that's it. After all, our bufget is 450 M€ per year, so this is about 8% of the yearly budget.

It's a sad day. A bit of our romanticism and way of being has been slaughtered today.
 
Good reaction drekkard.
If Barcelona would do this, the club will be perceived different (more negative) by some people (a minority) with a political conscience (rather left) like me... this is sad news.
 
Yeah, you lot know I not a Barça fan but I've admired and respected your club because of those institutional attitudes regarding the Unicef campaign, the sports philosophy and so on that I must say today is a sad day for the people like me who compliments these kind of values.

Well, I have to say: bloody capitalism!
 
It was only a matter of time, Barca is a business like every other club and has debts that need paying. Of course Rosell exaggerated the situation at the start of the season to soften the blow and now it's obvious he had this lined up all along.

To be honest I'm glad in a way as I'm tired of hearing how wonderful Barcelona are/were for negating the option of having a shirt sponsor and having the slogan of a charity instead. This is a club who along with Real Madrid screw every other Spanish team with the TV money and who Nike paid 150m euro for a 5 year kit deal. Then there's the deals with Audi, Turkish Airlines and more who have all paid to have their name associated with Barcelona. They are not sponsor free by any stretch.

Of course all clubs do this but only Barca get painted as some sort of Mother Teresa of the football world which is galling to say the least when you consider the above. The cynic in me says the Unicef thing is just a marketing scheme to help push the 'more than a club' mantra and attract more fans/sponsors etc to this way of thinking. It's not as if Barca are the only club who gives to charity anyway.

Regardless, Unicef will still receive their 1m euro's and the logo will still feature on the shirt so all is not lost.
 
Well the kids are doing fine....... :COOL:

That said in the long run it is necessary in order to maintain the competitiveness of La Liga that the clubs come to a collective bargaining agreement over TV revenues.

Otherwise it will be a two horse race every year into perpetuity.
 
drekkard said:
Now, what that bloody Qatar logo means? It's obviously dirty money coming from a country that has its population slaved while the "courtisans" spend everything. IT'S NOT the kind of moral values we want in our club.
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I've heard that Qatar Foundation is a governamental organization that promotes education and social development. In that way it is "compatible with the social philosophy of Barça."

Money talks. :TTTH:
 
gerd said:
Good reaction drekkard.
If Barcelona would do this, the club will be perceived different (more negative) by some people (a minority) with a political conscience (rather left) like me... this is sad news.
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DUDE YOU LIVE IN A BUBBLE.. No one cares about being liked or dislike and at the end of the day. Things will get done!
 
beboq said:
DUDE YOU LIVE IN A BUBBLE.. No one cares about being liked or dislike and at the end of the day. Things will get done!
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Did i ever said the opposite? Did i ever said that being liked or disliked is important?

What i want to say and what is sooo important on internet forums: you are right.
 
No you never said those things I was pointing out. That ppl are going to get very disappointed . A perfect ran business /club will take some decision that will shock the average fan. We at this point shouldn`t be shock. And that was my dig at you really , because you`re well inform how clubs do business and the unfair treatment that goes in your country n other clubs.
 
Well beboq, i'm gonna contradict myself.
For some clubs/companies it is important not to disappoint some of their customers.
There are companies that are very succesfull but that are "different" (the Body shop and Oxfam come to my mind). Some of their customers are customers because they adhere to the philosophy behind the success (or believed to be behind the concept). Sp for Oxfam is was a disaster when a couple of weeks ago journalists revealed that Fair Trade Coffee did not treat the coffee farmers in the third world as fair as everybody thought (whether this is true or not is basically irrelevant).
Barcelona are known for a couple of things: Catalan - good football - youth development and being a litle bit alternative (with Real Madrid being the opposite). Changing sponsors is a blow to their image of being alternative.
Arsenal would make a colossal mistake if their next manager would be the rather defensive minded Mourinho...that would be destroying their unique selling point (a mistake Real Madrid did make by the way, but Perez is an asshole).
 
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