barcanista:
With all due respect Sir, You are talking thrash.

usbcable:
[size=38pt]BOYS PLS CALM DOWN and DONT LET THESE ARGUMENTS GET OUT OF HAND[/size]

its just a game.

philfearon:

Hellooooooooooooooo?
Are you really serious with the above?
The same 2013 that We developed the World Cup excuse for his below par plays?
The same Messi that walks around the Pitch in an "I don't give a fu.c.k" attitude?
The same Messi that warranted someone to say Messi has lost passion for the game?
And why all this your tax case issue? Didn't Neymar have the same issue? Is Suarez not having the same "psychological ish" that you so hug into?
Wake up man..You can go on and keep bringing void defences for Messi.....Na Your wahala!!

AjanleKoko:


Abi oh.
Most fans are recent Barcelona fans who only joined the train when we started winning.
One wonders why they did not follow Pep to Bayern

For me, Messi is doing okay. He is playing a new role and playing it well. He's basically a number 10 these days, not a striker, and I noticed he is really working harder for the team than he used to do during Pep's era, when the other geniuses used to set up brilliant plays for him to finish. Now it seems he's the one that starts the play from the middle. Lucho and his team need to look at that.

The general team performance is has just been underwhelming this season, compared to the standards we have all been used to. That is, despite the initial clean sheets and results. The big games like PSG and Madrid basically turned the team inside out, and kind of exposed the team's underbelly.
It's hard to criticize Lucho, because you can't really fault work he has done so far. His system looks good, and is quite efficient, but one worries that he simply does not have the players that have the legs, or mentality, to play the high-intensity pressing and quick-to-finish system he seems to favor. You can see players trying to look for the through-ball in a packed box, not attacking set pieces intensely, and holding on to the ball for a tad bit longer than required (Senhor Busquets the most guilty party here).

The players remain the geniuses they are (Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, etc), but sometimes one worries that one cannot teach old dogs new tricks. Just look at the middle three in Madrid - Kroos, Modric, and James. Outstanding ball players, with the right blend of physical ability and trickery. And even the oldest of them is 29 (Modric).

Somehow the old problems still exist, which range from simple basic lack of concentration in defence and in front of goal, to a seeming unwillingness to raise their game in some difficult situations. Maybe in the past the boys were used to Spanish opposition lying down and letting them have their way, taking their token 3 or 4 goals, but that simply will not happen any more. And I don't know what Lucho can do about that, save benching Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Alves, and co. And we all know what will happen if he tries that.

Cules need to accept that an era is ending, and we need to support Lucho (forget Zubi for now) to forge a new one. Of course it will be very different from Pep, as both men have different ideas.
For the younger or more recent cules, you need to forget about trophies. No be so the thing dey happen. The club needs to move on from the current generation and it won't be easy. We have some great talent coming through (I immediately think Dennis Suarez, Halilovic, Munir, Sandro, Samper, Dongou, and even Deulofeu if he doesn't dump us in haste), and the result will not be immediate. Remember it was Van Gaal that brought through Xavi and Iniesta.

For most Cules, my advice to you you is simple:

[size=16pt]Keep Calm and Forget Trophies[/size]

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usbcable:

how do we I vote
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ddippset:
@ bolded, who are we? you're one of those that think messi was below par at the world cup? why am i not surprised? bringing neymar into this? has neymar or has suarez fared any better than messi? if so why are we in this situation? now i get it? you have placed barca's problems solely at the feet of messi? again, why am i not surprised? like i said you said, 'sell messi' since early 2013. you're definitely a madrid fan in disguise.

philfearon:

Get serious Man,you are passed this Childish street like based arguments....
I expected you to refute my post you just quoted,and this is what you can do? Bring on baseless argument about if Neymar and Suarez fared any better than Messi last season? Of course Suarez fared better than Messi last season...
I challenge you to bring on any post of mine that Asserts your ridiculous speeches up there,instead of this your old fashioned " now I think you hate Messi ish,you are a disguised Madrid fan bla bla bla bla bla,etc...
Finally,did Neymar not suffer virtually everything Messi suffered last season? Has he not moved on?
And Suarez's own problem,is Messi's own better than it?
If you don't have anything to say bro,With due respect sir,just lock up!!

ddippset:
enuff with this man. iam out.

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Dhellake:
Just sell Messi, na that time you go know Wetin dey sup, Or you think that Neymar boy is ready to start playing serious football?
I am actually surprised at how Messi and Enrique has suddenly became the scape goat, few weeks back(Pre Classico) both men were being eulogised on this thread.

homesteady:

Well I still believe things will get better latter on, after all Madrid started like this last season, for some of us especially me, I made fun of them that they were not rivals again, that atletico was now our rival
but we all know how it ended
So you guys should not lose faith yet!

homesteady:
whoop! thank God Cr7 did not score today!
That record must be broken by Messi! Aminnn!
even if he scores one tomorrow, he still has the chance to break it 1st next UCL week, because we are playing before madrid!
Penaldo Untorrrrr!!!

homesteady:
whoop! thank God Cr7 did not score today!
That record must be broken by Messi! Aminnn!
even if he scores one tomorrow, he still has the chance to break it 1st next UCL week, because we are playing before madrid!
Penaldo Untorrrrr!!!

barackohandso:


Abeg just forget all this record breaking ish jor. It's not like there's any special award attached to it. Few weeks ago everybody was hoping Messi breaks the all time la liga record, 3 weeks down it's the same old story (and we're in 4th)

The both of them will break it eventually. All this obsession over it is just getting boring

sebod:

You too dey there? U needed to see how I was screaming at the defenders never to give him any space as say na my team dey play ehn. I happy baje. Messi must score two goals tomorrow!

homesteady:


Yea I know they will both break it, but it's a matter of who'll be the 1st to break it!
or will you be happy if Cr7 breaks it 1st? especially at this perilous times when Cr7 is scoring anyhow! abeg let Messi also be the toast of the media for a while jare!

barackohandso:


Would you rather he breaks the record and we lose? If you were given options which would you choose

FC Barca first bro. Messi scoring should be bonus

homesteady:


do you think we'll lose the match? I don't think so! if I want messi to score, then surely I want barca to win!

I wonder why you are trying to play down the breaking of the 71 goals record! It is everywhere on the media, the whole football world is waiting for it, many sport writers are already preparing articles for the 1st breaker of the record! Many pictures have been made!

Sorry no matter how hard you try, you can't bring down the hype of breaking that record!

And it is actually the 1st to break it that matters the most! I can't stand seeing many ronaldo articles on goal.com, when it could have been Messi's articles!

sebod:

Same here bro! You can imagine how goal.com will blow it out of proportion if CR7 breaks it.