News: (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻: The 2020-2021 Season Thread

^ Another match has been added to the fixture list for December:

16 Dec (20h00 local time): Barca v Real Sociedad

This was made possible since our game-in-hand was against one of the other 3 teams that get a bye for the first two rounds of the Copa del Rey.

 

the best no.9 on the team:

 

According to rumors, Messi has told Laporta that he wants to stay at the club.

 

good news. lenglet and araujo were able to train today.
probably won't be ready for UCL on wednesday, but hopefully good to go for Cadiz this weekend.

 

Squad for tomorrow: Dest, Busquets, Aleñá, Griezmann, Pjanic, Braithwaite, Dembelé, Riqui Puig, Neto, Lenglet, Pedri, Trincao, Jordi Alba, Matheus Fernandes, De Jong, Junior Firpo, Iñaki Peña, Óscar Migueza, Konrad y Arnau Tenas.

RESTED: Messi, Coutinho & Ter Stegen
BACK: Lenglet!
Injured: Araujo, Umtiti (but he will soon play a friendly with Barca B), Roberto, Pique.

No signings in January till after election, and likely need a sale to fund anyways, but Todibo might be returned (not played with Benfica partly due to injury/fitness issue).

 

Timing is good since he is out injured, has been at home since Nov. 21st, and out about 8 weeks.

 

Maybe they should make the final of the 2020 Copa del Rey the semifinal of the 2021 supercup. Kill 2 birds with one stone.

 

Was thinking the same thing but guessing the Copa del Rey folks would need to agree and thus would want a cut of TV revenue and so it doesn't happen due to greed. In which case it's a random draw?

Four teams are Real Madrid, Barca as 1st and 2nd in La Liga. Athletic Bilbao and Real Sociedad as Copa finalists (and final was never played).

 

Well I was slagged off for suggesting we nab Thiago Silva before Chelsea got him - because he was sooooo old - yet he’s transformed their defence.

Sooooo how about in the January window getting Giroud on a one year contract or even a loan till the end of the season ??

He’s scored 4 goals last night away to Seville !

He’s been warned by Deschamps that he has to be playing more if he wants to be part of the French squad for the Euros .


Apparently West Ham have already shown interest ..

Remember he plays really well with Greizman and many say he brings out the very best of Greiz !!

 

No.

 

It’s getting rather tedious now tbf

You never come into this thread but because I’ve posted a suggestion/thought you just had to post a dismissive/ disrespectful comment for a laugh..

 

No.

 

Ok.

 

What on Earth are you prattling on about ..

I shared an idea ... that’s all .. it’s a fecking forum after all ..


I’ve no idea why a small minority of you seem hell bent on chasing out fellow Barca fans ... I could perhaps understand it if I was a Real Madrid fan trying to cause trouble.

It doesn’t look great when a few others jump on the bandwagon as well either ... typical playground bully mentality then the weaker ones join in ..

 

Imagine suggesting Giroud for a club like Barcelona and being surprised at the lack of enthusiasm about it.

Furthermore, no one ever said that Thiago Silva was a bad player, just that at his age it’s not the direction we want to be going in.

As far as him “transforming” the Chelsea defense. Meh. Like has already been mentioned, he has played 6/7 out of 10 games. One of those games he was terrible, even got subbed out for Giroud at the 73rd minute mark. It’s just still way too early to conclude anything.

Chelsea’s mini revolution shouldn’t be underestimated either. They have better players in almost every position now. That has also definitely contributed to less pressure on the defense.

If you look at Zouma, he also seems to have made strides this year. His defensive stats are better on average than Thiago Silva’s. Last year he had the average Christensen next to him, now that he has a better partner he can show his true qualities.

Do you see why I’d rather go with a simple “no”?

 

Don’t be too hard on yourself ..

 

We bought fecking Braithwaite so why would you diss Giroud ffs

As for Zouma everyone who’s watched the Chelsea games know it’s Thiago who’s made the difference... he’s also unsurprisingly helped the other younger CBs when they’ve partnered him .. the same thing happens with Liverpool’s VVD

He was only ever gonna be a short term answer for anyone who signed him .


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Chelsea are in talks with Thiago Silva’s representatives over extending his contract at Stamford Bridge, claims a report.

The 36-year-old has only been with the Blues for three months, but in that time he has helped transform a struggling defence.

Silva captained PSG to the Champions League final last season, but the French side did not renew his contract. Frank Lampard was quick to identify the Brazilian as a target. He snapped up the former AC Milan man on a 12-month deal, with another 12-month option.

But after six clean sheets in nine games Lampard wants to extend Silva’s time in London.