i don't even get how my beloved Barça could loose 0-1 to Granada which is #13 on the table, losing sucks but losing with only 1 effin goal that's nothing, and they couldn't even come back and get 1-1 atleast. ahhh mi corazon D: where is the motivation --_--

WillyWanker

France1915 Posts

April 13 2014 10:29 GMT

#14823

On April 13 2014 16:00 zeo wrote:
I'm curious about the politics of what you are talking about, how do you think it brought the club in a bad position. By hiring Tata? I thought this was just an inevitable decline just like Rijkaards team went downhill after Ronaldinho lost steam.

Not sure how much can be done with the 2 transfer window ban coming in. Barsa needs to be really careful now.

Guardiola's last season was the beginning of the decline, you could see it on his face, and he talked about it recently: the players weren't going to die for him anymore so he left. Which is normal for a team that won everything, right? But he wanted to make some changes, he didn't want to leave like that. He asked to sell players (Alvés, Cesc, Villa, Piqué, iirc) but the direction refused probably because they thought the players were more important than the coach, and that it could have been perceived as a very bad move by the supporters.

Anyway, since Rosell arrived in 2010 he made sure that almost no one from Laporta's staff remained in the club, including Guardiola, Cruijff, the basketball (or handball?) coach, a cantera coach (that was close to Cruijff)... That would have been "normal" if it was some political office but it's a sports club and these guys were doing a great job.

Concerning the team management, he decided that it was worth sacrificing 2 transfer windows to get Neymar (because he paid a big part of the transfer cost in advance) when the team had other needs (CB???). For what reason? Because Neymar is a huge marketing product that the supporters will instantly idolize (reminds you something? Real Madrid's style) and because Rosell could please his Nike friends at the same time.

In the meantime he made sure his friends in the medias took care of Cruijff's and Laporta's reputation (not that this last one never did anything wrong in his life :p).
He also wanted to get rid of Valdés when Laporta got elected president but Laporta/Rijkaard refused. That might explain why Valdés want to leave now, without even considering a new offer from Barça

Now he left because he had to, but Barcelona still have a "Rosellista" as a president. If they don't have a reelection in June, I think (and hope) a lot of socios will start protesting :o

Salteador Neo

Andorra5591 Posts

April 13 2014 10:33 GMT

#14824

Laporta wanted to open "Masias" in other countries (and did actually open one in Argentina) to prevent the recent kids issue with FIFA.

Of course the first thing Rosell did was to cancel the whole thing.

soujiro_

Uruguay5195 Posts

April 13 2014 11:59 GMT

#14825

cant wait for pool vs city to start

Mensol

14536 Posts

April 13 2014 12:01 GMT

#14826

30 minutes till the most important match of this PL season.

HYPEEEEEEEEE

Greg_J

China4409 Posts

April 13 2014 12:12 GMT

#14827

Pretty hyped for this game.

I can't believe West Brom dropped the points to Tottenham yesterday. I went out leaving them 3:0 up with a bit smile on my face and was more than a little bit disappointed when I read the final score. Although a fair bit of my smile came from watching a French stream and hearing the commentator repeatedly say 'Le baggies'. I don't know why I find that so amusing.

Twisted

Netherlands13554 Posts

April 13 2014 12:31 GMT

#14828

That sounds hilarious haha.

Yeah, pumped for this match. GOOO LIVERPOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

Oh and after this match, watching Ajax' championship game! Starts at 16:30u (CET) against ADO Den Haag. They'll be champion if

Ajax draw and Feyenoord lose (to PSV away, so it's a hard match)
Ajax win and Feyenoord loses points

Terminal

United Kingdom2109 Posts

April 13 2014 12:34 GMT

#14829

Rooting for Liverpool. They've been entertaining all season and would be cool to see Stevie G get what he deserves

haitike

Spain2727 Posts

April 13 2014 12:35 GMT

#14830

Go Go Liverpool !

Rebs

Pakistan10726 Posts

April 13 2014 12:36 GMT

#14831

On April 13 2014 21:31 Twisted wrote:
That sounds hilarious haha.

Yeah, pumped for this match. GOOO LIVERPOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

Oh and after this match, watching Ajax' championship game! Starts at 16:30u (CET) against ADO Den Haag. They'll be champion if

Ajax draw and Feyenoord lose (to PSV away, so it's a hard match)
Ajax win and Feyenoord loses points

Im really glad how liverpools become the protagonist this season. I dont really care if City win, but I really hope that smug cunt doesnt win anything.

Besides how can you not root for StevieG !

Twisted

Netherlands13554 Posts

April 13 2014 12:43 GMT

#14832

Hah yeah. Same sentiments here. If anyone deserves it it's Steven Gerrard and I'm a big Suarez fan as well (seeing as he came from Ajax!).

Greg_J

China4409 Posts

April 13 2014 12:43 GMT

#14833

Holly hell. It's Blitzkreig again.

fbs

United Kingdom2476 Posts

April 13 2014 12:43 GMT

#14834

Talk about a cool finish!

haitike

Spain2727 Posts

April 13 2014 12:44 GMT

#14835

Wow, Sterling

Ysellian

Netherlands9029 Posts

April 13 2014 12:44 GMT

#14836

Niiiiice :D

Twisted

Netherlands13554 Posts

April 13 2014 12:44 GMT

#14837

Oh damn it, shouldn't refresh this topic every 2 minutes. My stream is obviously behind the real action :[

They still haven't scored on my stream lol.