[facdroit]

(Original post by Hatchet)
You sometimes make valid points, why must you then troll so often?

Because trolling is really really fun.
Also I want to get the most negs on this site before the end of the year. It's really not that easy, I mean even anti muslim threads bring on as much negs as they bring on pos reps :/

[internetguru]

New LB and they are sorted.

[Cable]

(Original post by facdroit)
Because trolling is really really fun.
Also I want to get the most negs on this site before the end of the year. It's really not that easy, I mean even anti muslim threads bring on as much negs as they bring on pos reps :/

I know that feel bro.

Although I enjoy having some serious discussions, sometimes I feel like trolling and it would be so funny to beat the record for the most number of negs. Sometimes in the past, I went through a phase of having serious debates and other times, I had a trolling phase just for a laugh. When I make a wind-up thread and I get loads of negs, it makes me rofl hard. So I know how you feel man.

But nowadays, I just do a combination. If I want a serious debate/conversation, then I will do so. If I wanna troll, then I do it for laugh (hence why I got banned recently). And I don't give a **** about getting banned.

[The Doggfather]

Well whatever they do, they won't have the "cross the ball into the box for the target man" option.

One of the main reasons why Ibrahimovic left Barcelona was because Messi didn't want to play on the wing ever again, he wanted the main central role. I doubt he would be willing to change position. Also Barca will not change formation, they've almost always used 4-3-3. Getting a new leftback and centreback won't make much of a difference, they'll always be very vulnerable on the counter attack because they play so high up the pitch. A change of tactics is needed, their recent tiki-taka success is coming to an end.

[Jordan_1]

(Original post by The Doggfather)
Well whatever they do, they won't have the "cross the ball into the box for the target man" option.

One of the main reasons why Ibrahimovic left Barcelona was because Messi didn't want to play on the wing ever again, he wanted the main central role. I doubt he would be willing to change position. Also Barca will not change formation, they've almost always used 4-3-3. Getting a new leftback and centreback won't make much of a difference, they'll always be very vulnerable on the counter attack because they play so high up the pitch. A change of tactics is needed, their recent tiki-taka success is coming to an end.

Yes it will, if they have younger, faster players.

Your second point is bull**** as well. All because they unluckily got beat off Chelsea?

The only reason they lost against Chelsea is not because tike taka is coming to an end but solely because of poor finishing.

The reason they did not win the league is because they've had many vital players injured and a lack of goal scorers.

[The Doggfather]

(Original post by Jordan_1)
Yes it will, if they have younger, faster players.

Your second point is bull**** as well. All because they unluckily got beat off Chelsea?

The only reason they lost against Chelsea is not because tike taka is coming to an end but solely because of poor finishing.

The reason they did not win the league is because they've had many vital players injured and a lack of goal scorers.

They didn't have THAT many players injured. Mascherano was ever present and almost always played with one of Pique or Puyol at the back. They had few injuries in central midfield. The only real injuries were to the wide positions and it didn't help that Guardiola often put Fabregas on the wing (who has zero pace) and preferred Cuenca/Tello over the proven Pedro on many occasions. Barcelona knew that having 3 recognisable wingers for 2 places in the team clearly weren't enough to last a season, they got away with it from 2009-2011 but injuries rightfully caught up with them last season.

Every team experiences injuries and should deal with it with their squad.

Arsenal were without all recognisable fullbacks for a whole month. They were playing Miquel at leftback and Djourou at rightback for a number of games. At this point Sagna, Gibbs, Santos, Jenkinson, Coquelin were all injured for awhile. In this case, you can say that it's not your fault as that many players should be enough to cover 2 places in the team. But Barcelona didn't have enough squad depth to sustain their success.

[Jordan_1]

(Original post by The Doggfather)
They didn't have THAT many players injured. Mascherano was ever present and almost always played with one of Pique or Puyol at the back. They had few injuries in central midfield. The only real injuries were to the wide positions and it didn't help that Guardiola often put Fabregas on the wing (who has zero pace) and preferred Cuenca/Tello over the proven Pedro on many occasions. Barcelona knew that having 3 recognisable wingers for 2 places in the team clearly weren't enough to last a season, they got away with it from 2009-2011 but injuries rightfully caught up with them last season.

Every team experiences injuries and should deal with it with their squad.

Arsenal were without all recognisable fullbacks for a whole month. They were playing Miquel at leftback and Djourou at rightback for a number of games. At this point Sagna, Gibbs, Santos, Jenkinson, Coquelin were all injured for awhile. In this case, you can say that it's not your fault as that many players should be enough to cover 2 places in the team. But Barcelona didn't have enough squad depth to sustain their success.

Pedro was out of form for most of the season, that is why he wasn't being played. Plus you're forgetting that they are missing David Villa, missed Abidal. Plus Xavi and Iniesta and others were injured at points during the season.

I agree that Barca has a problem with squad depth but their under performing this season had nothing to do with the tika-taka football they play.