The Barcelona Thread

[Rahmani]

-----Eto'o-------Henry---------
Ronaldinho-------Deco---------Messi
-------Xavi/Iniesta---Yaya-------
----Chivu------Puyol-------Zambrotta
---------------Valdes--------------

[Milad-69]

The problem is that Xavi and Iniesta are both INCREDIBLE!
and its a waste if each match.. one has to sit out!

[futbol>>>IRAN]

congrats to barca fans for the signing of henry, the footballing world will be eagerly anticipating how these stars will work together in one team.

I hope they can put it together because it would be a shame if one of the stars (Messi, Eto'0, Ronaldinho or Henry) gets left out.

[chuck bass]

-----Eto'o-------Henry---------
Ronaldinho-------Deco---------Messi
-------Xavi/Iniesta---Yaya-------
----Chivu------Puyol-------Zambrotta
---------------Valdes--------------

yaya is not good enough to bench xavi/iniesta..he should be the one who's benched :P

and im not sure if zambrotta would work in 3 back defense, but i like the idea

[BacheLot]

i think henry's arrival should pave way for Eto's departure to elsewhere...!!
or at least i hope...!! now you guys will have the Real madrid disease..!
too many stars and not enough spots on the pitch..!

[PersianMadrid7]

I think you guys might be a little over your heads for the Barca offense. I doubt Rijkaard is going to take off 1 defender.

Whatever happens in the line up, he has to keep 4 defenders and at least 1 defensive mid to cover the attackers.

[danyjr]

We don't want Henry for god sake!

What a waste of money. We could sign two good young defenders instead of the old grandpa.

[persiangodfather]

We don't want Henry for god sake!
What a waste of money. We could sign two good young players instead of the old grandpa.

first realistic barca fan

[Rahmani]

We don't need him THAT MUCH, but no matter what, its better having him then Eidur or Ezquerro. No matter what, he will do it much better then those two. Not that I hate Eidur and Santi, but Santi isn't good anymore and Eidur needs time, but until he gets used to the spanish style - it will take another year or two. Therefore, its good we finally bought a WORLD CLASS striker, cause Henry would fit any team and any league.

[Sumerian]

We don't want Henry for god sake!

What a waste of money. We could sign two good young defenders instead of the old grandpa.

Thuram said we'll see Frank play Henry & Eto'o up front and have Ronnie & Messi support them on the wings. Barca will soon (hopefully) pull off the signings of Toure (DM), Chivu (CB), and Abidal (RB) and we are SET. We'll also be throwing out the junk rotting on the bench, and bring in Bojan Krkic, Dos Santos, and Marc Crosas to the 1st team. They'll mature alongside the world's best and in turn become the world's best themselves. See, Henry is just old enough so as to retire just when Bojan and Dos Santos are mature enough to get into the starting lineup. This team is killer on paper, if things go our way this team has the potential to dominate the coming seasons.

That's why I believe the Henry signing is good.

[Milad-69]

Just imagine the Dinho Eto'o pairing in 2005-2006 becomes a Henry-Mess / Dino-Eto'o pairing
OMGGGGGGG!@

[Ridi-Q-Lus]

I dont think I could come up with a more talented club offensively in the last 10-15 years: Dinho, eto'o, messi, deco, henry; thas wat I call Ridi-Q-Lus

[danyjr]

Thuram said we'll see Frank play Henry & Eto'o up front and have Ronnie & Messi support them on the wings. Barca will soon (hopefully) pull off the signings of Toure (DM), Chivu (CB), and Abidal (RB) and we are SET. We'll also be throwing out the junk rotting on the bench, and bring in Bojan Krkic, Dos Santos, and Marc Crosas to the 1st team. They'll mature alongside the world's best and in turn become the world's best themselves. See, Henry is just old enough so as to retire just when Bojan and Dos Santos are mature enough to get into the starting lineup. This team is killer on paper, if things go our way this team has the potential to dominate the coming seasons.

That's why I believe the Henry signing is good.

The reason why we lost all the trophies last season wasn't because we couldn't score enough goals, in fact, we scored a lot. The real reason why we failed was the defence, yet we are losing Chivu to Inter and we haven't signed Abidal yet, leaving Toure our only improvement for defence so far.

I don't want to see Barca going the exact same path Real was going a few years ago: Signing great strikers, leaving the team with 5 top-class strikers but only using 2 at a time, selling them for cheaper than we've bought them after a season or two.

Although I'm pretty sure Rijkaard and Laporta know what they're doing, I'm just worried about the defence but let's hope we'll sign a few talented and (preferably) young defenders before the new season starts.

PS: Barca 07-08 kit

[Milad-69]

Visca EL BARCA!

[Daei_The_King]

Hello! I wasn't here when Liveprool squashed Barca.... Call me childish, but what i wanted to do more than anything when liverpool won (apart from scream and dance, which i DID do) was say the following to Blood_Money:

HA!!!

Thats all. I'll be going now