bykebyke:

SMH...We have the best in the World in our team and you want to us to be like the Argentine team that doesn't recognize it?

I don't know what you mean by hardly plays with others.

All I saw between Neymar and Messi today is their Chemistry getting stronger.

You are very smart...

Its so noticeable...

This is their problem and unfortunately Messi's ill-luck...

Mcleo007:




Page error or so. Not opening

It doesn't work with phones...

PC or Laptop...

philfearon:
The guy arguing against Sergi Roberto,You forgot one thing: The coach Factor ..
Rafinha got more playing time last season than Roberto cuz of his past relationship with Lucho.
Thiago was too good,yet even the desired amount of play time he sought,he never got.
I remember 2009/2010 season when Guardiola started benching a striker in the calibre of Ibrahimovic for Bojan.
Do you even know how long it took Iniesta and Xavi to get starting roles at Barca?
Guily was one of our top stars at a time,but he was sold to accommodate Messi.
In the case of Toure and Busquets,was Toure sold cuz he was not good enough?
And what of Pedro and Dennis Suarez?
Even Song that played his best season in an Arsenal shirt before we snapped him up,was less preferred and his career was almost certainly tainted and ruined cuz of this move; Was he also bad?
Never forget the coach Factor bro..
The fact That Sergio Roberto is excelling in this RB role is because he is just that good.....He didn't learn it afresh...It was in him!.....and I have rarely seen him play bad in midfield too!

Nice one.

barackohandso:


This one wey you close mouth

No mind am. Na your man wey him see there ni.

darkenedrebel:



you're comparing neymar with hazard? even hazard would slap you for making that comparison

darkenedrebel:


hazard that makes every attack lethargic - he plays the way a secondary school student would in a principal cup competition.

dmcdad:
No mind am. Na your man wey him see there ni.

Lol
BTW you no dey sleep?

darkenedrebel:


you are an intractable lunatic!

Ibime is grounded & more analytical in footballing issues than you can ever be..
you should be analyzing ludo or ayo, as i can see footballing matters are too mentally-tasking for you..


you said you were not comparing them? so why did you put their names in the same sentence?.. isn't that an obscure way of telling us that your hazard is better?
you must think we are illiterates here....

Epic!

barackohandso:


Lol

BTW you no dey sleep?

I just wake ni. Bin no dey around yesterday so na now I enter thread.

darkenedrebel:


exactly- he is not even better than suarez...

don't blame chelsea fans though. all their players are mediocre, & hazard is like the only good player in the entire squad - so they worship him like hypnotized automatons...

in a village of blind people, the one-eyed man becomes the king
in this case, hazard is the one-eyed man of the chelsea team..

Guy you don finish these guys.

Austeenx:
Barackohandso, your boy, Bartra, is back with a bang.
1 goal, 1 assist.

The guy is hot!

sebod:

If Barackohandso get you ehn
Please, apart from the goal, how was his overall performance defensively? And, how did Gumbau fare when he came in for Busquets?

Gumbau couldnt cover up for Busi.

RAKITIC:
In 2015 entire real madrid 86goals zero trophies.... Messi suarez neymar 86goals 4trophies...... JUST SAYING

Your stat is way off! Madrid 89 goals. MSN 98 before yesterday's game. Now MSN 101 goals in 2015.

Mehn, MSN don turn course be that oooooo. MSN 101

coded01:


That's not true...


Dcmdad n co, knows I don't play with Neymar...

bykebyke:

SMH...We have the best in the World in our team and you want to us to be like the Argentine team that doesn't recognize it?

I don't know what you mean by hardly plays with others.

All I saw between Neymar and Messi today is their Chemistry getting stronger.

Those guys dey do like gays. Haba!

bykebyke:

Abeg jor...leave our star boy...The only thing on my mind is how do we bury a red hot Celta Vigo and silence Nolito.

Imagine someone saying Neymar sees himself as the next best player after Messi. If Messi aint there, who will take that mantle if not Neymar? People sha. Well, why am I even worried? Even the club knows he is and that is the more reason they are guarding him like the apple of its eyes.

Chelseafan1:


Its funny how your fellow cules on this thread see nothing wrong about how he plays, if Messi and the other team mates don't turn up and score goals, it would have been a different case, like I said the other day, his saving grace has always been the fact that, after messing up the whole day, he somehow gets his name on the score sheet and then everyone quickly forgets the things the didnt do right...that UCL night against Juve, he played nonsense, buh got a 96th minute goal and everyone started shouting Neymar up and down, I'm not saying he's a bad player overall, he's got quality, Robinho was a quality player too but hailing Neymar as the world's best player after Messi is mindboggling.
[s]
See ds yeye Debroslink that keeps coming to Chelsea thread to yarn rubbish is here making mouth too.
Jati jati.

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We've seen games where Messi was dispossessed of the ball, and it led to Barcelona conceding a goal, but Messi won't be crucified because he replies even in a better way. Neymar looses possession of the ball too, but he replies them with goals even if it is in the 96th minute.

Neymar has hardly played 20 mins in that match, yet you branded him a fool. Ter Stegen has cost us 2 goals in 2 games already, you have no say in that. It's Neymar Neymar Neymar.

I yarn rubbish in Chelsea thread? No wonder I received up to a 100 likes from your fellow Chelsea fans right there.

Ter stegen and. Pinto who una hate pass?

Krasid:
I agree with you.We need our spanish teams to perform well in the UCL.6 penalty miss in last 12 taken in all comp. and 4 missed in last 10 taken in the league is poor.Messi should step aside for boy wonder Neymar who is clearly better at set pieces.

if messi penalty is poor, then ronaldo freekicks is "poorest"

2goals in 77 attempts.

Don't u feel, he should also step aside for james?

Seems like no one is keeping an eye here on our on loan players.
http://www.bleacherreport.com/articles/2569683-barcelona-starlet-halilovic-produces-sublime-assist-while-on-loan-at-sporting


I like dis guy...He is just like messi wen he was 17

Yahoo1:
Seems like no one is keeping an eye here on our on loan players.
http://www.bleacherreport.com/articles/2569683-barcelona-starlet-halilovic-produces-sublime-assist-while-on-loan-at-sporting
I like dis guy...He is just like messi wen he was 17

I'm with you on that one. If Hallilovic continues to improve on his game and keeps his acts together, he's probably going to be the next best thing coming for Barca.

It will be a change of baton. From Ronaldinho - Messi - Neymar - Hallilovic - maybe Thiago Messi (just joking)

Marc Bartra lauds Luis
Enrique

Luis Enrique's squad will get right back to work on
Monday morning to begin preparing for their next
next, which comes on Wednesday at Celta. Kick-off is
at 8.00pm CET.

Defender Marc Bartra, the first scorer of the night
was one of the players who spoke to the media after
FC Barcelona's 4-1 victory against Levante. Bartra's
goal, which opened the scoring, was not in the script.
"What I like is to steal balls and do everything related
to defense, but if I score a goal obviously that's also
good. However, the most important thing is to help
the team." He gave much of the credit to the assist
from Messi: "Leo put the ball right on my chest.
Passes like that make it easier. Scoring when the
team needs you, that's the best."
But Bartra also wanted to praise his coach, Luis
Enrique. "If you work hard, you get opportunities."
"I just think about training, improving and giving the
team everything I have."

Marc-André ter Stegen
"We could have scored more goals, but the end result
is very good. On their goal I got confused. I have to
concentrate more."
"On Wednesday we have a tough game. Maintaining
this level of play is very tough because we have
games every three days and we have to be very
focused."
"The atmosphere at the stadium is very good. So far
so good, we're winning everything at home and I
hope it continues like this until the end of the
season."

Gerard Gumbau
"Camp Nou is impressive. I was on the bench against
Málaga and today I'm very happy with my debut in
the First Division."
"It seems impossible that in one year I've debuted
with the first team. Most importantly, you have to
take it in and keep your feet on the ground."
"Sergi Busquets is a reference for me. Whenever
I'm on the bench or at home I watch hime so I know
what to do when I'm out there."
"In the first half Levante were back on defence, but
in the second half we were able to put the game
away. The team has shown that, despite the injuries,
it knows how to play."
"I don't have any goals, just to keep working hard. My
spot is with [Barça B] and I just want to take
advantage of my opportunities in the first team."


Dani Alves
"We deservedly got the win but we knew that we had
to work hard because of their approach."
"Everything revolves around Messi: the quality of the
team and himself, he's perfect. Messi is our flag
bearer and we want him to be as happy as possible."
"The system has not changed much regarding our
style of play, except a few positions. The intent is the
same: to have possession of the ball and get to the
goal as frequently as possible. We adapted very well
and when the first goal came space started to open
up."
"We always think about how well we're going to play,
we are always positive. We know we have to play our
best if we want to continue winning."
"I have to study Nolito because he's electric. He's
intense and a big challenge, and in the end we play to
go against the best. I know how difficult that is and I
hope to be up to the challenge if the coach plays
me."

Awesome01:


I'm with you on that one. If Hallilovic continues to improve on his game and keeps his acts together, he's probably going to be the next best thing coming for Barca.

It will be a change of baton. From Ronaldinho - Messi - Neymar - Hallilovic - maybe Thiago Messi (just joking)

Hahahaha thiago messi indeed

Halilovic is a special talent though. I really like the progress he's making

Great win yesterday though scary first half. We must not relent as madrid seem to be really firing. I like the way the coach rotates the team to keep players fresh, it will really help with our thin squad. Pique should be back for the celta game

BarcaBlood:
Great win yesterday though scary first half. We must not relent as madrid seem to be really firing. I like the way the coach rotates the team to keep players fresh, it will really help with our thin squad. Pique should be back for the celta game

let them be firing.....they have not meet atletico, sevila......bibao will test them.....their game so far are against two new comer sporting and real betis and two relegation contenders


whats ur take on the penalty stuf?

pelvicky:
let them be firing.....they have not meet atletico, sevila......bibao will test them.....their game so far are against two new comer sporting and real betis and two relegation contenders


whats ur take on the penalty stuf?

Messi remains our penalty man. Luckily the only decisive penalty he ever missed was against Chelsea in 2012. He has always scored when it mattered and all was at stake. World cup finals, etc. Those clamouring for Neymar must realize that its easy to play 10 or 20 penalties and score all but the more the sample space increases the bigger the margin for error. Neymar advocates be careful.

pelvicky:
let them be firing.....they have not meet atletico, sevila......bibao will test them.....their game so far are against two new comer sporting and real betis and two relegation contenders


whats ur take on the penalty stuf?

It's worrying TBH but I think it will be a bad idea if Messi is taken off penalty duties. It will down his morale and spoil the sweet relationship between our magnificent MSN trio. Messi is mature enough to allow Neymar take some penalties, he did it last season when Neymar was going through a rough patch in front of goal

What's your take?

ddippset:
Messi remains our penalty man. Luckily the only decisive penalty he ever missed was against Chelsea in 2012. He has always scored when it mattered and all was at stake. World cup finals, etc. Those clamouring for Neymar must realize that its easy to play 10 or 20 penalties and score all but the more the sample space increases the bigger the margin for error. Neymar advocates be careful.

Lionel messi should stop taking penalties.


Here's a few reasons:

He's
statistically
worse than
Neymar Jr. and
Luis Suárez. In
fact, he's 1-
for-3 in five
games this
season, which
is very
worrisome.
Plus, even the
guy who's
accompanying
him in the
Mount
Rushmore of
football
stopped trying
from the spot
when he saw
he missed too
much. Yes, the
great Pelé
wasn't the
official penalty-
kick taker at
Santos, instead
choosing to
pass that along
to one of his
striking
partners, Pepe.
Every miss
throws some
unnecessary
criticism on
Leo, and his
77% accuracy
rate might
come back to
hunt him one
day. It's just
simpler to
avoid it.

ddippset:
Messi remains our penalty man. Luckily the only decisive penalty he ever missed was against Chelsea in 2012. He has always scored when it mattered and all was at stake. World cup finals, etc. Those clamouring for Neymar must realize that its easy to play 10 or 20 penalties and score all but the more the sample space increases the bigger the margin for error. Neymar advocates be careful.

I agree with this. Penalty kicks are games of luck and anyone can lose/score them. What matters is scoring them when it matters most. Even the Chelsea match had ill luck written all over it, they were destined to win that match so to speak. Neymar himself won't be comfortable taking PKs with Messi on the pitch (without permission at least)

Messi misses a penalty and all of a sudden it's something to start fussing about?...

pelvicky:
Lionel messi should stop taking penalties.


Here's a few reasons:

He's
statistically
worse than
Neymar Jr. and
Luis Suárez. In
fact, he's 1-
for-3 in five
games this
season, which
is very
worrisome.
Plus, even the
guy who's
accompanying
him in the
Mount
Rushmore of
football
stopped trying
from the spot
when he saw
he missed too
much. Yes, the
great Pelé
wasn't the
official penalty-
kick taker at
Santos, instead
choosing to
pass that along
to one of his
striking
partners, Pepe.
Every miss
throws some
unnecessary
criticism on
Leo, and his
77% accuracy
rate might
come back to
hunt him one
day. It's just
simpler to
avoid it.

what Statistics? Taking penalties and converting them is never a direct straight line graph. It starts straight and then begins to curve downwards. Mr A takes 2 penalties all his life and converts 2,that's a 100% rate. Mr B takes 20 penalties all his life and converts 10, that's a 50% rate. Mr C takes 100 penalties all his life and converts 45, that's a 45% rate. Now who's the best? Id go for the guy Mr C. That's the analogy that describes the situation. Having said all that, Messi could still give up his penalty duties but it should be left entirely to him to make this decision. He's missing them yes, but he's still 70 % responsible for our successes. Any attempt to take it off him forcefully would be counter productive. Cristiano Ronaldo has scored like 3 free kicks from the last 77 attempts I think, but what coach would dare to strip him? Messi has earned the right to make that decision solely by himself. If i was enrique, it would be Messi all the way.