Because sequels are always welcome, I give you: The second annual FCBFSPT! The rules are simple, we each post our predictions on the topics below. Then, one of the mods locks the thread right before the season starts. After Barça wins it all, we unlock the thread at the end of the season, and we decide who was closest. Winner gets positive repped by all the other participants on his/her original post. Congratulations to the winner of the first edition, jcvf90!. Barça Best signing: Most disappointing signing: Best promoted player(cantera): Most improved player: Barca Pichichi: Player of the season: OLE of the season: La Liga Best signing: Biggest bust: Breakthrough player: Young player to look for: Pichichi: Zamora: First coach to be sacked: UCL teams(in order): UEFA teams Relegated teams: Remember, the thread won't be locked until the start of the season. I just wanted to post it now, I case anyone has to/wants to post his picks early. For our newer members: The OLE of the season is the prize for least impressive player of the season. It's a prize named in honor of former Barca defender Oleguer Presas.
Barça Best signing: Ibra Most disappointing signing: i guess henrique coming back ...he hasnt impressed me the few times he played Best promoted player(cantera): jeffren Most improved player: gabi Barca Pichichi: ibra Player of the season: messi OLE of the season: Gudjohnsen La Liga Best signing:Ibra Biggest bust: el gran ******** Breakthrough player: granero Young player to look for: perroti Pichichi: ibra Zamora: VV First coach to be sacked: UCL teams(in order):barca, madrid, atm, valencia UEFA teams sevilla, villareal, malaga, real zaragoza Relegated teams: gijon, valladolid, xerex
Barça Best signing: Ibrahimovic Most disappointing signing: Keirrison? (I think Maxwell and Henrique will do well) Best promoted player(cantera): I'll go out on a limb and say Oriol Romeu will impress during the few minutes he receives... if he indeed receives any. Most improved player: Bojan Barca Pichichi: Zlatan Player of the season: Xavi OLE of the season: By process of elimination, Gudjohnsen (hope not, though) La Liga Best signing: Shunsuke Nakamura (Espanyol) Biggest bust: Kaká (LPB) Breakthrough player: Not sure he counts, but I'll say Sergio Asenjo (Atletico) with the Champions League spotlight now upon him. Young player to look for: Iván Marcano (Villarreal) if he counts. Pichichi: Zlatan Zamora: Casillas First coach to be sacked: José Luis Mendilibar (Valladolid) UCL teams(in order): Barcelona, LPB, Atletico, Valencia UEFA teams: Sevilla, Villarreal Relegated teams: Málaga, Tenerife, Xeres I have a question for everyone. Most everyone here agrees that La Liga is the priority going into any season. But if you had the power to choose, which would you like to see happen the most this season if you could grant Barcelona to win one trophy and one trophy only? -- Defeat Real Madrid by at least five goals in the Copa del Rey final. -- Win La Liga while going unbeaten during the league campaign. -- Lift the Champions League trophy at the Bernabeu (LPB is NOT the opponent in the final).
I'm going to wait until preseason is over before making my predictions. But I'm on the Jeffren bandwagon for best promoted cantera player. It's a tough call between the last two. Repeating as CL winners and destroying LPB's dream of winning #10 at home would be amazing... but winning La Liga undefeated would mean TWO matches where LPB couldn't beat us head-to-head, so I'll go for that one.
it's not on the list, but i have a gut feeling that Maxwell will get more games than Abidal; and that Abidal will request for a transfer before season's end.
Barça Best signing: Maxwell. I think he'll make a real quality back-up Most disappointing signing: Ibra. Frankly, considering his fee and the man he's replacing, living up to expectations will be hard. Best promoted player(cantera):I'm not sure this'll be the season where any of them will get a real chance to shine. Most improved player: Bojan, just by courtesy of the fact that he'll get more playing time this year, and hence more chances to shine Barca Pichichi: Messi Player of the season: Iniesta OLE of the season: Guddy La Liga Best signing: I hate to say this, but right now I have to give it to Alonso Biggest bust: Kaka. He hasn't been the same since his return from injury and they're in for a rude awakening Breakthrough player: Young player to look for: Pichichi: Messi Zamora: Casillas First coach to be sacked: Pellegrini UCL teams(in order): Barça - Atletico Madrid - LPB - Valencia UEFA teams: Villareal - Deportivo Relegated teams: Numancia - Getafe - Recreativo
The knockout rounds of the CL are always the most thrilling games for me and repeating as champions would secure the reputation of this generation of players as one of the best club sides of all time. Edit: will post the predictions later, because I'm not sure we're done with signings.
I'd prefer the unbeaten La Liga season to another CL victory. Heck, I'd prefer just winning la liga again to another CL. The only thing that I might prefer is winning the CL by beating LPB in their own stadium. Send them a message that after spending an absurd fortune, they're still only second best.
Barça Best signing: Maxwell Most disappointing signing: Ibra Best promoted player(cantera): Pedrito Most improved player: Bojan Barca Pichichi: Henry Player of the season: Xavi OLE of the season: Hmmm.. no Hleb this year...got to be Guddy I guess. La Liga Best signing: Nakamura Biggest bust: Kaka Breakthrough player: Granero Young player to look for: Rossi Pichichi: Benzema Zamora: Valdes First coach to be sacked: Unai Emery UCL teams(in order): Barcelona, LPB, Sevilla, Valencia UEFA teams: Atletico, Villarreal Relegated teams: Almería, Valladolid, Xeres Lift the Champions League trophy at the Bernabeu
Barça Best signing: Maxwell Most disappointing signing: Eto'o + 45m Best promoted player(cantera): Pedrito Most improved player: let's hope it will be Bojan Barca Pichichi: Messi Player of the season: Messi OLE of the season: Gudjohnsen or, relative to transfer fee Eto'o + 45m La Liga Best signing: Alonso may well turn out to be a very shrewd signing. Biggest bust: I hope to God it's Ronaldo Breakthrough player: Granero Young player to look for:I think Pique will emerge as the best defender in the division this season Pichichi: Forlan Zamora: Valdes First coach to be sacked: Pellegrini (with a bit of luck) UCL teams(in order): Barcelona, LPB, Sevilla, Atletico UEFA teams: Villarreal, Valencia Relegated teams: Almería, Valladolid, Xeres Lift the Champions League trophy at the Bernabeu: Hopefully, Barca will defeat Real in the Final.
Barca will win the title again, Madrid dont have the defense to compete. Arbeloa is seriously overrated, they should have gotten Chiellini but they didnt
Hi Barcalove, welcome to the board! It would be cool if you could post a prediction in every one of the categories, so you can enter the contest.
Hey guys! I thought I'd give it a shot... Barca: Best signing: Ibrahimovic. Most disappointing signing: Henrique? Best promoted player(cantera): Pedrito Most improved player: Bojan Krkic Barca Pichichi: Messi Player of the season: Iniesta OLE of the season: ??? La Liga Best signing: Ibra! Biggest bust: Kaka Breakthrough player: Giuseppe Rossi Young player to look for: Pedrito Pichichi: David Villa Zamora: Diego Lopez (Villarreal) First coach to be sacked: Manu Jimenez (Sevilla) UCL teams(in order): Barca, Villarreal, LPB, Sevilla UEFA teams: Valencia, Atletico Relegated teams: Osasuna, Xerez, Tenerife And I'd take the CL title again. No one's won it back to back since the competition switched to the CL format. And it would be sweet to win the final in Madrid.
Barcelona: Best signing: Ibra Most disappointing signing: Maxwell Best promoted player(cantera): Pedrito Most improved player: Krkic Barca Pichichi: Messi Player of the season: Messi OLE of the season: Maxwell Liga: Best signing: Ibra Biggest bust: CR9 (there, I said it!!) Breakthrough player: Robben Young player to look for: Krkic Pichichi: Forlan Zamora: Valdes First coach to be sacked: Pellegrini (I hope) UCL teams(in order): Barca, Villarreal, Sevilla, RM UEFA teams: Atletico, Valencia Relegated teams: Gijón, Getafe, Xerez
Barça Best signing: Zlatan Most disappointing signing: Henrique (or the fact that we haven't signed enough players) Best promoted player(cantera): Pedrito Most improved player: Bojan Barca Pichichi: Zlatan Player of the season: Messi OLE of the season: Henrique if Eidur leaves La Liga Best signing: Nilmar at Villarreal Biggest bust: Kaka for that absurd price Breakthrough player: Granero Young player to look for: Bojan (he'd better be, or we're screwed) Pichichi: David Villa Zamora: VV First coach to be sacked: Emery UCL teams(in order): Barca, LPB, Villarreal, Sevilla UEFA teams: Atletico, Valencia Relegated teams: Xerez, Getafe, Valladolid
Started back when Oleguer was playing for us. We all liked him a lot, except as a player... OLE is a reference to him, and his way of playing defense. "breakthrough" doesn't mean he'll literally break. Goalie with best goals-per-game average. Like the Pichichi, it's named after a former player
First i want to congratulate myself, for being so awesome and predicting! As the champ my first prediction is we will win it all again! Barça Best signing: Zlatan Most disappointing signing: Keirrison (he wont play a game this season!) Best promoted player(cantera): Jeffren Most improved player: Bojan Barca Pichichi: Messi Player of the season: Messi OLE of the season: Eidur La Liga Best signing: Asenjo Biggest bust: Benzema Breakthrough player: Nilmar Young player to look for: Bojan Pichichi: Forlan Zamora: VV First coach to be sacked: Abel Resino UCL teams(in order): Barca, LPB, Valencia, Sevilla UEFA teams: Villareal, Atleti Relegated teams: Xerez, Sporting, Tenerife
Barça Best signing: Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Most disappointing signing: Henrique. Best promoted player(cantera): Marc Muniesa. Pedro already played a few games last season. Most improved player: Pedro. Barca Pichichi: Lionel Messi. Player of the season: Andreas Iniesta. OLE of the season: Eidur Gudjohnsen. La Liga Best signing: Didier Zokora. Biggest bust: Karim Benzema. Breakthrough player: Juan Mata. Young player to look for: Sergio Asenjo. Pichichi: Diego Forlan. Zamora: Andres Palop. First coach to be sacked: Jose Angel Ziganda. UCL teams(in order): Barcelona. RM. Sevilla. Valencia. UEFA teams: Atletico Madrid. Villarreal. Relegated teams: Sporting Gijon. Tenerife. Xerez.
Barça Best signing: Ibrahimovic Most disappointing signing: Maxwell Best promoted player(cantera): Pedro Most improved player: Busquets Barca Pichichi: Ibra Player of the season: Messi OLE of the season: Gudjohnsen La Liga Best signing: Ibra Biggest bust: Kaka ( i just don't think RM's is his style of game) Breakthrough player: Granero Young player to look for: Asenjo Pichichi: Villa Zamora: Asenjo First coach to be sacked: Ernesto Valverde UCL teams(in order): Barcelona, RM, Valencia, Sevilla UEFA teams: Villareal, Atletico Madrid Relegated teams: Xeres , Sprting , Tenerife
I am not a barca supporter but may i ask something in this forum? Why LPB is used for madrid? I mean whats the full form of it.And what's Zamora?
Los Putos Blancos is the adopted nickname we use in this forum. The phrase should probably be listed in the Urban dictionary website. (********) Laporta's Personal Bitch could probably work as well. At the end of each La Liga season the Madrid-based sports daily MARCA awards three trophies to players for various achievements: -- The Pichichi Trophy is the most famous and is awarded to the player who ends the season having scored the most goals in La Liga. It is named in honor of the former Athletic Bilbao striker Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, who went by the nickname "Pichichi". -- In 2006 the Zarra Trophy was introduced. It is basically the same as the Pichichi except that it is awarded to the Spanish national who scores the most goals (ie, no foreign player can win the Zarra trophy). It is named in honor of the former Athletic Bilbao striker Telmo Zarraonaindía. -- The Zamora Trophy was first established in 1958 and is awarded to the goalkeeper who has the lowest ratio of 'goals conceded-per-matches played'. A goalkeeper must have played at least 60 minutes in at least 28 La Liga fixtures in order to be eligible for the award, which is named in honor of the legendary Spanish goalkeeper Ricardo Zamora.
It's interesting that people tend to list Zlatan either as the best signing or the biggest bust. Those who think he'll be the best signing, at what point would you consider his season a success?