The Barcelona Thread

[shayan20]

didnt watch the game but Ibra is doing a great job.
he is answering all his haters.

[milad]

didnt watch the game but Ibra is doing a great job.
he is answering all his haters.

up to now he was nothing special. but finally this game he had a good conversion ratio and this was the first goal he scored which wasnt lucky.

[shayan20]

all of raul's goals he scored in his entire life are lucky goals all of them tap ins
it doesnt matter as long as you score.
henry clearly cant do what Ibra does. Etoo could, but etoo didnt have special magic and the brain ibra has.

[milad]

all of raul's goals he scored in his entire life are lucky goals all of them tap ins
it doesnt matter as long as you score.
henry clearly cant do what Ibra does. Etoo could, but etoo didnt have special magic and the brain ibra has.

raul only recently has been scoring a lot of tap ins. he is old now. this is his last season probably. raul always scored nice goals... headers (i dont think anyone scored as many headers as raul), chips, shots, etc.. plus, raul>ibra. ibra is a flop in big games where as raul is champions league and el classico top scorer of all time.

[shayan20]

raul only recently has been scoring a lot of tap ins. he is old now. this is his last season probably. raul always scored nice goals... headers (i dont think anyone scored as many headers as raul), chips, shots, etc.. plus, raul>ibra. ibra is a flop in big games where as raul is champions league and el classico top scorer of all time.

dont worry in a couple of years time Messi will overtake rual as el classico top scorer
isnt van nilsteroy top scorer in CL??

[shayan20]

[PersianMadrid7]

keep the arguments football related, once you make things personal it degenerates your profile, simply because we all (most of us) have lives and bigger problems to attend to.

[PersianMadrid7]

I think Ibrahimovic has a really interesting personal story. He seriously considered quitting football and working at a warehouse on the shores of a boat factory before his coach in a small town in Sweden told him to continue playing. Now this bosnian/croation born Swede, is playing for one of the best teams in the world as a star player alongside the best player arguably to be in history.

The most talented players in football all have interesting/sad stories, from Ronaldo kicking balls in the sand to Karimi kicking tiny plastic balls on the streets. I think a lot of people forget these stories and just concentrate on criticizing any inch of mistake these players make, but these players always come back to prove the critics wrong because they know how it feels like growing up on the streets.

[PersianMadrid7]

When Madrid 2 years in a row owned Barca and Barca players showed respect by standing in line appreciating us (pretty funny), I have to show the same respect to Barca's run with this video I think you guys will like.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ectEN...embedded#t=522

[shayan20]

I think Ibrahimovic has a really interesting personal story. He seriously considered quitting football and working at a warehouse on the shores of a boat factory before his coach in a small town in Sweden told him to continue playing. Now this bosnian/croation born Swede, is playing for one of the best teams in the world as a star player alongside the best player arguably to be in history.

The most talented players in football all have interesting/sad stories, from Ronaldo kicking balls in the sand to Karimi kicking tiny plastic balls on the streets. I think a lot of people forget these stories and just concentrate on criticizing any inch of mistake these players make, but these players always come back to prove the critics wrong because they know how it feels like growing up on the streets.

Thats true and its amazing what football has done.
The other day I was watching CL magazine show and they interviewed Wolfsburg's two centre forwards, Dzeko and Grafite. Grafite said how he used to collect rubbish from streets of Brazil and sell them for very little money to make a living.

[The Joker]

Valdano is such a joke. Just look at this (from goal.com)

Lionel Messi Will Win The Ballon d'Or, But Cristiano Ronaldo Deserves It - Jorge Valdano
Real Madrid's director general thinks that the Barca ace will scoop the prestigious award because of his early-year success. However, he has stated that Ronaldo is a better candidate for the gong.

Jorge Valdano believes that Lionel Messi of Barcelona will win the coveted Ballon d'Or ahead of Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, though he doesn't believe that should be the case.

Messi helped guide Barca to a unique treble last season and was a member of a front line who scored over 100 goals, along with Thierry Henry and Samuel Eto'o.

"Each in his way is a star from a higher dimension," Valdano was quoted as saying by AS.

"Messi because he runs with the ball attached to the foot, is very effective in one-on-one's and shoots well with his left leg.

"Cristiano because he is fast, with great control of the ball at speed, tremendous power, tremendous continuity during the game, because he is currently the best striker in the world.

"Ronaldo would deserve it, but I've always thought the Ballon d'Or is awarded for what one did until July. Messi won it all."

[milad]

I think Ibrahimovic has a really interesting personal story. He seriously considered quitting football and working at a warehouse on the shores of a boat factory before his coach in a small town in Sweden told him to continue playing. Now this bosnian/croation born Swede, is playing for one of the best teams in the world as a star player alongside the best player arguably to be in history.

The most talented players in football all have interesting/sad stories, from Ronaldo kicking balls in the sand to Karimi kicking tiny plastic balls on the streets. I think a lot of people forget these stories and just concentrate on criticizing any inch of mistake these players make, but these players always come back to prove the critics wrong because they know how it feels like growing up on the streets.

is that why he is so c0cky and cant finish chances or score in big games? lol. and its not that much "criticizing..." just putting the people who say "ibra is god and 20 times better than eto o" in their place.

[shayan20]

is that why he is so c0cky and cant finish chances or score in big games? lol. and its not that much "criticizing..." just putting the people who say "ibra is god and 20 times better than eto o" in their place.

Ibra is clearly much better than etoo.
every striker will miss chances, etoo misses a lot of chances.
actualyl Ibra is putting you in your place by scoring 5 goals and 2 assists in 5 games, a new record in barca

[milad]

Ibra is clearly much better than etoo.
every striker will miss chances, etoo misses a lot of chances.
actualyl Ibra is putting you in your place by scoring 5 goals and 2 assists in 5 games, a new record in barca

are you forgetting how many eto o scored last season? lol. its not hard to score when messi is up there with you. so far he did nothing more than eto o did last year. except he cost barca almost 100 euros.

[chuck bass]

raul only recently has been scoring a lot of tap ins. he is old now. this is his last season probably. raul always scored nice goals... headers (i dont think anyone scored as many headers as raul), chips, shots, etc.. plus, raul>ibra. ibra is a flop in big games where as raul is champions league and el classico top scorer of all time.

what a joke