The Barcelona Thread

[Ali]

cool:
Liverpool= Barcelona.

Liverpool>Barcelona

[shayan20]

Henry ro cheshm zadam to post bala.
He will miss the game and will be out for 2 weeks according to Goal.com due to knee injury
He'll miss this game, Villarrial game and The Copa Final!

I believe Iniesta can do a good job though.
If We are to win the whole thing then we must be able to beat Chelsea even with few players out.

[Arzhang]

Henry ro cheshm zadam to post bala.
He will miss the game and will be out for 2 weeks according to Goal.com due to knee injury
He'll miss this game, Villarrial game and The Copa Final!

I believe Iniesta can do a good job though.
If We are to win the whole thing then we must be able to beat Chelsea even with few players out.

Goal.com is very unreliable, I only saw on Sport.es that Henry might be a doubt for the Chelsea game but that it still wasn't confirmed so I am thinking he will be able to tough it out.

[radin119]

Liverpool>Barcelona

JOKE OF THE ****ING YEAR!

[shayan20]

Goal.com is very unreliable, I only saw on Sport.es that Henry might be a doubt for the Chelsea game but that it still wasn't confirmed so I am thinking he will be able to tough it out.

lol they just published another news that Barca denied this

[Arzhang]

So I know I'm getting a little ahead of myself here in bringing this up, but I've been thinking about this next transfer window. we supposedly had a verbal agreement with Ribery but with all this hype coming from Man United and Real Madrid I doubt we will end up with him. for me this isn't much of an issue because I don't think we need him.

for me this is the pecking order for what our priorities should be:
1. a new leftback: Abidal hasn't really worked out as well as everyone expected. he works really hard, and is known to be the most serious and intense player in trainings, but I don't think he fits Barca's style. he is very indecisve with the ball, contributes nothing to the attack, and as Robben showed (granted Robben is pretty sick) isn't a great 1v1 defender. His replacement Sylvinho is still able to contribute and help Barca out, but he's 34 years old and doesn't have the stamina anymore.

2. a new goalkeeper: Valdes is still young and has improved since his start at Barca but he is not panning out to be a world class goalkeeper. We have all seen his blunders and inability to come out for crosses. I don't think Valdes will be replaced unfortunately, but there were rumours of the Almeria goalkeeper possibly making a move to Barca, and if any of you have seen him he looks to be quite special. Barca this season have been pretty solid defensively, imagine a Barcelona with a goalie as good as Casillas or Van der Sar....

3. a versatile forward: I don't think our priorities should be on forwards but its Barca and we are always looking to attack, and fans love to see more attacking players so its seems realistic. Eto'o could be on his way out, but even if he isn't I think he has been really underperforming this season. I know that sounds weird since he is currently Pichichi but I feel like half of those goals really came from Messi's genius and Henry's ingenuity. A lot of people at Barca are looking to replace Henry but I personally think he has been amazing this season. He has shown up big time when we need him and always works 110%. I think either a Tevez or a Benzema would be appropriate for Barca. Tevez is a La Liga player and I think would fit in well with Barca. He's technical, he works hard, he is able to fill in for anyone of Barca's forwarding positions, and he already speaks spanish. Benzema is young, eplosive, technical, composed, and promises to be a world class player. He is also capable of playing central or out left.

4. another midfielder: I don't think we really need one but its possible that we will lose a few midfielders this season. There have been rumors of Yaya leaving (which would be a tragedy), Gudi could be on his way out, even Keita would be leaving, not to mention Iniesta is very injury prone. I would love to see Cesc Fabregas back at Barca although I doubt it.

1&2 I think should be priorities. It would be nice to see number 3 happen but not completely necessary. 4 will depend on this coming transfer season.

I've always been a believer in the theory of if its not broken, why fix it... although no team is perfect and Barca still have a long road ahead to win some trophies. wow I wrote way too much.

[PersianMadrid7]

Chelsea - Barca is going to be a close game... only because Chelsea stopped Barca from scoring at home.

Now all Barca needs to do is find use for their away goal advantage.

[JMU]

I gotta good feeling about this one boys! Im feeling a close, but victorious game for Barca!

[chuck bass]

Valdes; Dani Alves, Toure Yaya, Pique, Abidal; Busquets, Xavi, Keita; Messi, Eto'o, Iniesta

seems like henry didn't make it, and pep chose to move toure to defense instead of letting cacares or sylvinho play

[JMU]

what a cracker from essien. ahh its still very early

[1Heesham1]

link any1??

[Mr Pouya]

http://www.justin.tv/futbolarg_com_

[EKBATAN]

anyone got a link??

justin.tv is not working...i hate their streaming

[Mr Pouya]

alves misses next game.

[1Heesham1]

and it was a wonder goal that beat barca last season aswell!