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La Liga 2019-20

Discussion in 'World Football' started by StPauli1916, Jul 1, 2019.

Discuss La Liga 2019-20 in the World Football area at TalkCeltic.net.

  1. Peej Gold Member Gold Member

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    Similar thing happened with Torres at Chelsea, great player (griezmann is better) but completely wrong system for them

    Both Torres and griezmann need to play in a two up top (or at least as a high pressing number ten to a one up top).
    Wide left is not his position.

    Wouldn't wish Barcelona to change their style too much, but makes little sense to be having such a high profile striker in griezmann if you don't play the style he plays in.

    Thought we/Barcelona learned this years ago, but every so often they still try to sign this style of striker that doesn't suit.

    Griezmann more than welcome to come on loan if he wants to Celtic, get his career back on track

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  2. PaulM1888 Moderator Moderator Gold Member

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    Griezmann is just one of a long ever growing lists of players that Barca have signed that are never going to be Barca players.

    Guys like DeJong and Arthur are ready made for the system and style of play and are young enough to adapt and develop. Guys like Griezmann, Vidal, Braithwaite and Dembele aren’t.
     
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    Arthur is quality man, I hope he doesn't go to Juve, read a fee was agreed. I think if he stays with Barca he would end up being brilliant for them for years to come.
     
  4. Henrik 07 Gold Member Gold Member

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    Appears to be agreed by all involved. From a sporting perspective, yet another corporate clownish move from the board as they only see this as an accounting shell game to satisfy FFP.

    At worst, I would've been happy with Thiago coming back but appears the wink wink deal has to have Pjanic coming the other way
     
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    It does my nut in. That board have no clue how to run a proper team. It seems that they wont be happy until the team is filled with old, overpaid and past it players.
     
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    They are corporate clowns with zero aptitude for the sporting side of matters and it would also appear quite clear that contracts with coaches include clauses that permit their interference in team selection or minutes. I would not have believed Setien would agree to such terms but it would be easy to conclude that based on choices he has made in recent matches

    These clowns see Barca as a revenue generator, it is less & less a football club
     
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    Imagine being 15 and making your top division debut. is it a rule Here you can’t make your debut before the age of 16?
     
  9. stew37

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    Var rules out goal in Seville game, was at a good tempo before that but it's just totally flattened it.
     
  10. Luis1967 Gold Member Gold Member

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    Guy just missed a absolute sitter in the 95th minute to beat Barca. Must be kicking himself.
     
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    Only caught the last 10 but the free-kick that made it 2 each was never ever a free-kick. Pique pulled out and the boy was hoping he was gonna wipe him out then dived down by his feet..
     
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    Hoping Barca are * the bed. Mon Real.
     
  13. Peej Gold Member Gold Member

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    We need a dislike button

    Nothing much changes after today(Saturday).
    Barca needed Madrid to drop points before a ball was kicked this weekend anyway, we now just need it to actually be a defeat rather than the option of a draw.

    No more slip ups though.

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  14. Gyp Rosetti Gold Member

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    Madrid are winning La Liga this year, Barca are a shambles since the return and Madrid are getting results.
     
  15. Luis1967 Gold Member Gold Member

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    Like the Madrid kit tonight. Mint green :50:
     
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    @Marty McFly you see this mob are wearing our third kit? :fear:
     
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  17. Marty McFly Whoa, this is heavy

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    Cheeky *, wait til I tweet footy headlines about this
     
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  18. PaulM1888 Moderator Moderator Gold Member

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    Benzema is absolutely flying just now, his assist was pure and utter filth.

    Madrid are ominously hitting form, I just hope to * they lose a game but it doesn’t look likely and even if they did Barca are a shambles.
     
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  19. Officer Doofy Come to me, human man Gold Member

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    Barca have been a mess for years, but they've mostly gotten away with it domestically. In the past 5 seasons, you're lucky if 1 in every 5 or 6 signings they make turns out to be a success. Was looking at some of them the other day. In 2017/18, they spent over £335 million on Coutinho, Dembele, Paulinho, Semedo, Deulofeu, Mina and Marlon.

    Just sums them up.
     
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    Selling Arthur is a massive mistake, Barca need to stop buying unnecessary big money players like Griezmann and Coutinho and sort the defense out to begin with.
     
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