What makes Barcelona so good?

[Squatter]

Their pressing is stunning. They spend as much time working on that in training as they do anything else. It's something they learn from the outset. If you're in training and you give the ball away to Xavi, you better fuckin work your bollocks off or you'll never have it back.

They press in 2's and 3's. It's not just headless chickens running at the ball like Darren Fletcher, there's an art to it.

 

[MCFC BOB]

Their pressing is stunning. They spend as much time working on that in training as they do anything else. It's something they learn from the outset. If you're in training and you give the ball away to Xavi, you better fuckin work your bollocks off or you'll never have it back.

They press in 2's and 3's. It's not just headless chickens running at the ball like Darren Fletcher, there's an art to it.

RAG RAG RAG RAG RAG RAG RAG RAG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

;)

 

[samharris]

Work Rate

This ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^. when they havent got the ball they surround and hassle the opposing player who does have it,this then gets them the ball back quickly.why else do they have so much possession..you never see them standing off the opposition allowing them to play, Arsenal are a good passing side yet were made to look standard due the fact they couldnt keep the ball..and this was due to the work rate from the Barca team.

so yes "ox blue" you are spot on.

 

[Skip Donoghue]

Most have covered what makes them so good in this thread, for me it is
1st world class players
2nd a work ethic that see's them try to win the ball back high up the pitch, and they hunt in packs
3rd there academy and philosophy, and what they look for in a player when bringing players into the academy so scouting too
4th there training methods, play in triangles, play quick 1&2 touch, they also do a drill where they lose the ball they are timed to see how quickly they can win it back (work ethic), also when they are in possession try to time how long each player has the ball less than 5seconds another example of playing quick

 

[glen quagmire]

Work Rate

bollocks

they have 3 out the 4 world best players.

and ALL their other players anyway are top world players in their roles.

Mancio, it's not bollocks. I watched a documentary with the late Sir Bobby Robson, and the Barca players who played under him, had said it was cruyff and then sir bobby who introduced the ____ second rule. I can't remember how many seconds it was now, but pep guardiola was in that team and has reintroduced, some of cruyff's and robson's tactics, which when combined with his own, is proving a winning combination.

 

[TFC]

I think their players ability to create space where there seemingly is none is a joy to watch.

Also, you cant underestimate the outlet they have in Dani Alves, the amount of times they found him in acres of space down the right on Wednesday was amazing, and what was even more amazing was that Wenger didnt try to do anything about it.

 

[samharris]

Their pressing is stunning. They spend as much time working on that in training as they do anything else. It's something they learn from the outset. If you're in training and you give the ball away to Xavi, you better fuckin work your bollocks off or you'll never have it back.

They press in 2's and 3's. It's not just headless chickens running at the ball like Darren Fletcher, there's an art to it.

RAG RAG RAG RAG RAG RAG RAG RAG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

;)

Thats not very nice BOB..hes a newbie-give him some time b4 throwing accusations around.


























;)

 

[Skip Donoghue]

I think their players ability to create space where there seemingly is none is a joy to watch.

Also, you cant underestimate the outlet they have in Dani Alves, the amount of times they found him in acres of space down the right on Wednesday was amazing, and what was even more amazing was that Wenger didnt try to do anything about it.

You are right about alves, but if you play barca you need to pack the centre of the pitch especially around the 18yard box and try not to allow them space, this means you will concede space on the flanks which then allows the fullbacks to have basically free reign up the flanks, this is why wenger could do nothing about the r
Raiding alves on tuesday

 

[Lucky13]

Work Rate

First words out of my mouth when i saw the thread title.

 

[Villan10]

Born into a system, play a brand of football that takes years to create and they have the best players in the world. Their work rate is just as impressive as their passing but it makes it so much easier when they do have the ball for 75 minutes of the game.