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Originally Posted by Bagor
Oh I'll carry on if you want.
My point is this.... and to recap. You made a ridiculous statement a few weeks back based on one game that you're now being called on. i.e. teams have figured Barcelona out.
You then try to defend this crazy statement by saying that Barca have been bad in the last "calendar" year, yet when pointed out that they have pretty much wiped the floor with everyone counter-argue with .... well .... la liga is crap and they're not winning by 8 goals any more. 
Uhhh hey Pagal, you know Barcelona isn't my team and I could care less about them.
If someone criticizes/opinionates in a nonsensical way then be prepared to back it up .... right? And have something more of value than they've been pretty poor the last year
By her logic and applying the same standards United and Bayern have been pretty poor the last year also despite running away with their respective leagues. |
Teams technically have figured Barca out, doesn't mean they still don't have the talent to blow teams out on occasion and aren't a top 5 team in the world. What Girly had said was relative to when Barca were at their peak with Guardiola a couple years ago.
Formula against Barcalona has been relatively the same since Inter shocked them a couple years back. Defend the final third, clog the mid with physical stoppers, don't chase the ball, and when you get possession counter attack with speed and precision.
Two Issues though: 1)It is hard to play that disciplined style for 90 minutes, even harder over 180 during a two leg tie. 2) Barca still has the game breakers to beat you with absolute pieces of magic that you just can't defend. cough: Messi : cough
Fact is in their last 4 big games (2 against Madrid, 2 against AC) they lost 3 and won 1, that just didn't happen a couple years ago and to say that Barca are as good now as in say the peak of their Guardiola years would be foolish.
They are still at least a top 5 team in the world, but not clearly head and shoulders the best team in the world that they were a couple years ago.
Remember when Inter beat them it was an absolute shocker, after running over Arsenal everybody had handed Barca the trophy, now I would not really be surprised to see them eliminated by one of the remaining teams (Madrid, Bayern, Juve,, maybe even PSG or Dortmund).