Barcelona

[mancity dan]

Barcelona and form leading to 18/02/14.

Just to keep everyone up to date with how they are doing. They are currently 1-1 at HT against Valencia. They do seem to be stuttering of late in La Liga.

Thoughts

2nd half 2-2 now.

 

[dekabreak]

Losing 2-3

Their defense is awful

 

[mancity dan]

We need to go all out against them when we play them.

 

[davymcfc]

If we play to the full extend of our capability then we have an excellent chance of progression. It would appear they are going through a transitional phase at the moment although they still have plenty of quality.

 

[CitizenTID]

Is Messi playing?

 

[mancity dan]

They are certainly not the Barca of old. I think Messi will get his head turned by us.

 

[I'm no cynic but...]

They are certainly not the Barca of old. I think Messi will get his head turned by us.

If Zabba gets a hard tackle in, that might just happen!

 

[mancity dan]

They are certainly not the Barca of old. I think Messi will get his head turned by us.

If Zabba gets a hard tackle in, that might just happen!

Good mates them two as well as Kun.

 

[nikoman]

Barcelona lost 2-3 againts Valencia in Camp Nou, it is their first lost at home this season. Today their defense was just awful.

 

[supercrystal7]

Xavi was always the key and in some ways the best player at Barca. With his decline comes Barca's decline. If Spain rely on him they may go out in the group much like Italy in 2010.

Messi has arguably been the best player in the world over the last 5 years, but imagine if Aguero did not get injured, played every minute even when you were 4-0 up in the FA cup and the other players focus was to set him up for goals. He would get 50 a season.