Spanish Football 2011-2012

Barca look jaded, 1-0 up and Granada just had a player sent off for a 2nd yellow but they've been pretty mediocre by their lofty standards. Must have gotten bored winning so effortlessly all the time.
 
Somnambulist said:
Barca look jaded, 1-0 up and Granada just had a player sent off for a 2nd yellow but they've been pretty mediocre by their lofty standards. Must have gotten bored winning so effortlessly all the time.
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Didn't score a goal from open play either, they looked a bit knackered rather than bored from what I saw.
 
Barca were dreadful last night. Good freekick from Xavi but that was about it.

More and more teams just parking the bus against Barca. No one is having a go at them.


ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh xaaaaaaaaaaaaviiii eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

:D
 
I think this is the first season if we'll see if Guardiola is any good. The thing that has got Fergie through many seasons is adapting, changing formations, getting rid of good players and bringing in new players, and changing play/having a different plan against certain teams.

Guardiola came in and had an established team, formation, type of play, but pretty much any team doing the same thing every single season gets a bit stale.

Barca have been through their playmakers while at the top, Ronaldinho, then bump him and bring in someone else, etc, etc. Barca are playing now, and had a decent spell was it not long after xmas last season, where they just looked out of idea's, like these guys almost played together in the same way too much, got too used to one real attacking move and aren't used to changing it around.

Will Barca continue to seem lacklustre this season or can Guardiola change them about a bit.

I think thats one of the reasons they looked so effortless and fresh with Fabregas playing, they gave him a fairly free role, gets everywhere and players are adapting to the way he plays, and doing so well.

While the Sevilla keeper was excellent and made no mistakes, very few of those shots were actually insanely hard to save. Most of them were fairly close and the penalty and a few others that "good" height for a keeper to dive and get to fairly comftably. Had half of those shots been in the corner, they'd have thrashed them.
 
I think Guardiola has already proven his flexibility, y'know changing the system multiple times per game (especially recently), playing a team with no fit defenders for about 2 months and winning the CL and league in the process .. All the while Barca play the best football many of us have ever seen. Yeah, think he'll be ok.
 
Yeah, Guardiola's had them playing in various shapes already, how have you missed that DM?

I'd say the only question mark over him remains his ability to spot and sign good talent, and that's more because he hasn't had to do it. Most of the hard work is done for him in regards to signing, and the youth system is all handled by other people too.
 
Weebull said:
I'd say the only question mark over him remains his ability to spot and sign good talent, and that's more because he hasn't had to do it. Most of the hard work is done for him in regards to signing, and the youth system is all handled by other people too.
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Good point but the way Barca is ran I really doubt he gets that much say in who they sign.

Tonights games.

Barcelona V Mallorca La Liga 19:00 Sky Sports 4 / HD4
Real Sociedad V Real Madrid La Liga 21:00 Sky Sports 4 / HD4

and elsewhere.

Inter Milan V Juventus Serie A 19:45 ESPN / ESPN HD
 
Abidal at CB. No Pique,Puyol,Fab,Iniesta or Xavi.

Teams: Barcelona: Valdés, Alves, Mascherano, Abidal, Adriano, Keita, Sergio, Thiago, Villa, Messi, Cuenc
 
Anyone watching the Inter/Juve game? Holy crap. Its been amazing. You don't see this often in Seria A but its been breath taking football. wow.

1-2 to Juve. Almost HT.
 
5-0 For Barca...absolutely spanked Mallorca....hattrick for Messi and Alves just smashed another in....
 
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