FC Barcelona 2008/2009: Kick-off (Season thread Vol. 1)

I haven't watched him there but he can't possibly be worst than Henry.

Eto'o will always have his spot. I imagine that if Aguero goes to Barca it would be to cover that left side. The problem would be for Bojan. It would push him even furthur down the pecking order.

 

On a happy note: Alves is turning swiftly into the player we know. He's terrifying!

 

How many points did those White whores have after El Clasico last year? That record needs to be broken?

 

That Villareal's GD looks insanely low tells you everything you need to know about how dominant Barcelona's been playing.

Looking at the rest of the top leagues (didn't feel like looking through all of Europe), a GD about equal to the number of games played pretty much guarantees you a position near the top of the table. Villareal's GD is a little low for its position but I wouldn't call it insane that they're second with "just" +8.

Barcelona's domination is beyond insane; we're averaging 2.5 goals per game more than our opponents. F'n dominant indeed. The only other team in a top league that's even close to us in terms of GD/game is Chelsea.

 

Its the mentality pep has established to not settle, to have a killer instinct, the drive to be the best. Henry is a prime example of one, who needs to win something big to validate his career, as great as his scoring was in arsenal, he never got them a UCL. I think he is like a ray allen to us. On the other hand we have messi, who is starting who wants to show he is the best, and that he can carry a team on his back and give them many joys. So a thirsty team is wat we have, and Pep is taking full advantage of it.

 

I found an interesting article on Goal.com comparing and contrasting Barca's and LPB's seasons so far...

Spanish Debate: Two Matches That Define A Season

 

All I know that boy Lavezzi is a freakin beast.

I would talk about him in the same breath with Messi, but i would probably get my head cut off.

 

I've already sharpened my axe

 

You would of course be completely wrong. This coming from someone who's seen a lot of Lavezzi since he was at San Lorenzo. Seriously are you watching Messi at all? He's on another level right now. Stop trying to underrate him.

In anycase Lavezzi is not what Barca needs and if they plan on bringing him they might as well go for Aguero or Tevez instead, both who are better players overall. Lavezzi has also shown attitude problems.

 

Yea your right, but he is only 23. But barca dont need him. But please Elaborate, on why you feel Tevez or aguero are better overall players.

 

Here we go...

 

Here we go what ?

 

Im not disagreeing, I just want to be informed.

 

Lavezzi has always been compared to Tevez and Tevez has always been a better version of Lavezzi. He's stronger, he works harder, he scores more goals, and he's a clutch player that tends to come up big when it matters most. There are few things in which I consider Lavezzi better than Tevez, speed is one of those things and maybe passing but not by that much.

Aguero is better than both Tevez and Lavezzi right now. He has every single quality you could want in a forward. Heading ability, finishing with both feet, dribbling, link up play, passing, ext.... he's also constantly scored against the top teams in the league. Besides all that he's only 20 and has constantly been compared to Romario so he must be doing something right. I don't think I need to talk about Aguero's quality, I would imagine we all saw the Atletico-Barcelona match last season. I personally think that was one of the best if not the best individual performance in La Liga last season.

And if we're talking about these forwards we can also bring Mauro Zarate into the mix since he's another young Argentine forward who's doing well in Europe and has qualities similar to Aguero. Technically he might even be better than all these players and he could potentially be cheaper than all of them.

But I don't think Barca really needs any of these players (all quite expensive), especially when Bojan is already here and he has a lot of potential.

 

Thanks . Dr. Know

 

Hmm... not sure where to put this, but it is "somewhat" Barça related, and it did happen this season...
hehe

Translation from:
http://translation2.paralink.com/

Stopped six persons who were dealing with ' hashish azulgrana '

The National Police there are intevenido 426 kilos of hashish in Cerdanyola of the Vales (Barcelona) with the curiosity that departs from the load it had the anagram of the Barca recorded with the motto ' Vica the Boat ' (with included mistake).

In the police raid they have stopped six persons, five Moroccans and a Spanish, to whom there are imputed also crimes of illicit traffic of vehicles, documentary falsity and receptación, according to every case.

 

anyone living in, or with a knowledge ofBarcelona, please give me a shout. I'm planning on going next year, stayed at the Sofia hotel last time, looking for somewhere decent and more cost-effective this time. any recommendations will be appreciated

 

yeesh!! Laporta is really stretching this whole "Mes que un club" thing.

"we're also a drug cartel with piss poor proof reading skills!"