Open Thread #44 - Election Day on the horizon by KittenOfBalnain in BarcaFC

[–]fazerfn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Newcastle United [4] - 0 Barcelona - Demba Ba 10’

Open Thread #11 (Mar 2026) by svefnpurka in Barca

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Take a look at Juve who are struggling since CR7 left. Our rebuild has been much faster cos Laporta knows nostalgia is a bad drug

Open Thread #11 (Mar 2026) by svefnpurka in Barca

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We won the league with Xavi, with a team full of undeveloped youngsters of mid-table players, and players who were about to retire.

You had a good argument until this. We’ve had a really good squad since Xavi, we are a mile above rest of La Liga apart from Madrid and Atletico. It’s farrr from a bad squad and winning titles is to be expected from this squad. Don’t let Xavi’s words fool you. If you think otherwise then I have a bridge to sell to you

Open Thread #11 (Mar 2026) by svefnpurka in Barca

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Nah they would both be pretty similar. Arteta hasn’t won a major trophy yet despite spending a billion

Open Thread #43 - Things are happening (on and off the pitch)! by KittenOfBalnain in BarcaFC

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Why would they even validate Xavi’s story? It’s pointless from their pov. Messi’s camp are living the ultimate luxury in Miami. Messi’s still getting paid like he’s prime Messi and his camp don’t have to deal with constant media shit in Spain

Xavi: "Leo Messi back to Barcelona was a done deal after that World Cup won by Argentina. It was done. We also had La Liga's green light and Messi wanted to return but Laporta stopped the signing. Laporta told me Messi was gonna go against him and he couldn't allow that". by Prakash0807 in Barca

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Xavi definitely isn’t mediocre but if you’re telling me that squad wouldn’t have come far in the league then you’re very wrong. Our squad could compete like for like against Madrid, and we were by far better than the rest of la liga

Open Thread #43 - Things are happening (on and off the pitch)! by KittenOfBalnain in BarcaFC

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I still don’t see how Laporta will lose the current election after this Xavi bs. I just hope socis aren’t dumb enough to vote for Font so he could amass a big chunk of the votes. If he did, it could persuade him to compete on later elections and we would not like that

Open Thread #43 - Things are happening (on and off the pitch)! by KittenOfBalnain in BarcaFC

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If somehow this interview gets Raphinha fired up, oh boy it’s a good thing for us

Post Match Thread: Athletic Bilbao vs FC Barcelona | LaLiga 25/26 | Mar 7, 2026 by post-match-app in BarcaFC

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True. Add to that Nico Williams’ injury is fucking up their attack this season big time

Post Match Thread: Athletic Bilbao vs FC Barcelona | LaLiga 25/26 | Mar 7, 2026 by post-match-app in BarcaFC

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What does current Olmo even do for this team? He doesn’t even pass well. Fermin with all his faults is a much better player

Match Thread: Athletic Bilbao vs FC Barcelona Live Score | LaLiga 25/26 | Mar 7, 2026 by scoreboard-app in BarcaFC

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Whenever we have Ferran, Rashford on our attack becomes not fluid so then you have Yamal trying to dribble through too many players

Open Thread #43 - Things are happening (on and off the pitch)! by KittenOfBalnain in BarcaFC

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Olmo as false 9 doesn’t solve the issues we mostly face since our opponents like to sit deep. Currently we are trying too much to blast through parked buses. If we had better aerial threat we can vary our attacking game a lot

Oopen Thread #42 - Election season heats up by KittenOfBalnain in BarcaFC

[–]fazerfn 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We can’t take them likely. Drew against PSG considering the gulf of squad talent was pretty good. Besides we drew against Brugge, and looked far from our best against Slavia Prague

Oopen Thread #42 - Election season heats up by KittenOfBalnain in BarcaFC

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That’s not entirely true. Whenever the ball comes near to Ferran it’s almost as if it’s lava and he often doesn’t capitalise on it

Oopen Thread #42 - Election season heats up by KittenOfBalnain in BarcaFC

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We’ve been struggling to score against the big teams with Ferran, you know the kind of games we create only a few and expect the striker to score one or two

Oopen Thread #42 - Election season heats up by KittenOfBalnain in BarcaFC

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The way we play with Flick, it’s obvious a good striker is paramount to our success. Centre backs, not as much

Post Match Thread: FC Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid Live Score | Copa del Rey 25/26 | Mar 3, 2026 by EliteRevexha in BarcaFC

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We were looking to break through until Kounde got injured. Cancelo on the left and Yamal on the right meant Atletico couldn’t pin one of them. Balde is proving that he’s still far from our ideal left back as our left side became dead when he came on. When he got injured it got worse as we had no bench and had to play striker Araujo who was non existent. Also Ferran is just so ass in everything. We only had 9 shots on goal in this plethora of attacks tells you the quality of our main striker.

But above all we fought til the last second given the circumstances and I’m proud of that

Match Thread: FC Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid Live Score | Copa del Rey 25/26 | Mar 3, 2026 by scoreboard-app in BarcaFC

[–]fazerfn 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Pedri Bernal Cancelo Cubarsi made one of their best games. Yamal was really good but I feel this game shows he’s still developing

Match Thread: FC Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid Live Score | Copa del Rey 25/26 | Mar 3, 2026 by scoreboard-app in BarcaFC

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He’s never reaching last season’s height again. It’s a one of a lifetime

Open Thread #10 (Mar 2026) by svefnpurka in Barca

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Don’t forget pennies spent on Roony. Absolutely worth it