To be fair, both Barcelona and Madrid have goaded themselves and each other (and other big teams such as PSG and arguebly Juventus), to pay silly money for players, and players have been all too happy to take the money and sit down in the rear of the coach, expecting everything on a silver platter without working for it ... with the most trirumphant example probably being Bale. Is this Worse than Germany-Brazil? Question is if Barcelona (specially with the board) would even be able to pick up one of the top names such as Pep, or if they all look at it, see a mess that they have no interest cleaning up, and staying put, to the point where they'd have to look at the lower shelves, possible of club icons with a lower sexy-rating ... Laudrup?
Anyways, I never expected this Bayern team to be so good. Hansi Flick is gonna make them second treble winners now wtf
No words. This is beyond repair. Full revamp is needed. The worst humiliation I can recall. Setien should have some self respect and resign. Bartomeu needs to go. A new coach needs to be brought in as soon as possible and start the rebuild.
Yeah ...but I wonder how much he Coutinho and dembele transfers will weight on transfer budget. At the moment we can't get jack shit for them.
"It's been too many years of sadness and shame, but tonight has only one name: humiliation. We no longer prolong the agony nor waste any more precious time. Bartomeu resigns, elections as soon as possible and together, we rebuild the Club and return the hope to Barça !!" Ja son massa anys de tristesa i vergonya, però això d’aquesta nit només té un nom: humiliació. No allarguem més l’agonia ni perdem més un temps preciós. Bartomeu dimissió, eleccions com més aviat millor i entre tots, reconstruïm el Club i tornem la il•lusió al Barça!!— Víctor Font (@victor_font) August 14, 2020
Even with the humiliating CL exits this board had La Liga and CdR to "fall back" on to stay in power. This is different. At least this SHOULd be different if the socios have any shame. A lot in football comes down to good fortune and chance and is out of any single person's hands, but the way this board has spent money on bad bets is inexcusable.
As I said, the board might be helping to destroy this club. 0-3 , 0-4 , 0-7, 2-8, they' keep trying to set a new record.
Messi should either leave us or let us rebuild (assuming he was the one vouching for these old slugs to get minutes). I don't want to see anyone except Messi, Puig, Fati, De Jong, and MAtS on this team next year. Honestly... If Messi is not down to rebuild, he can leave.
I said it last year, I am OK with Messi leaving if we get money for him. Any rebuild would have to be around him ... and honestly speaking, to build around a player that is playing as a 10 gets to be tougher and tougher as he ages and is not a good idea. We tried to fill patches to get that extra CL but it hasn't worked. Last year was the year. There is too much that needs to be changed now and I don't see it working if Messi stays. The rebuild will probably be a long process. There are no quick fixes at this point.
Agreed about no quick fixes. The fanbase should expect a 4-5 year period of mediocrity in Europe and possibly a dry spell domestically too.