Why Barca? [Merged]

[BlueMooner123]

Re: why barca?

i cnt see us using many 1st team players. they mite b the odd 1 in the mix but i see 2nd string playing alot of the game.
whats the point in risking the health of players when we have a game 3 days later that means more

 

[NPBlue]

Re: why barca?

Let's have some fun in the sun!

Fun, sun, fun, sun.

No, i'm not going but let's see what the people who did go write, and I bet they all had a great time. Even the players!

 

[Layles]

Re: why barca?

should be a great game. think both managers will brief there players to avoid any major tackles, and play a very easy game that should be something to savour

well then - make sure TBH stays at home, or even better - sell him to the rags and get him training with them

 

[rohanthebest]

Re: why barca?

Who played this fixture last season against Barcelona??

 

[chesterguy]

Re: why barca?

Do people not realise that this is a FRIENDLY!!! therefore there would be many tackles flying in. It will be about both teams playing the beautiful game. I think it will be the 1st team playing in the 1st half with a lot of subs used thereafter.

Of course there is the risk of players getting injured but players get injured in the shower so there is always a risk but there wont be many flying tackles in this game.

It gives the players the opportunity to bond, play together again,builds players fitness and allows Man City one of the worlds most talked of clubs to be seen on a world stage playing one of the world biggest clubs.

We are building relationships with the best and that can only be a good thing for the long term future

 

[leewill31]

Re: why barca?

i cant believe some are turning there noses up at such a game.

 

[billybluehat]

Re: why barca?

Who played this fixture last season against Barcelona??

the season before they played inter and thumped them 5 nil , one of the best football days i've been to the scenes round the nou camp as the barca team bus arrived have to be seen to belived .They also played a full strength side Messi , Henry Ya ya Toure Eto,xavi and they weren't taking it easy. seeing the stadium fill up and go from day to night is fantastic.

 

[Aussie!]

Barcelona trip is daft

MEN

Paul Hince

August 18, 2009
DURING their time together at Eastlands Manchester City's chief executive Gary Cooke and manager Mark Hughes have, in my eyes, done very little wrong and a great deal right.

But the two men who run the club off and on the pitch have, I believe, taken a dangerous and pointless gamble in arranging a friendly against European champions Barcelona at the Nou Camp tomorrow evening.

All right. The very fact that a club like Barcelona wants to play any sort of match against the Blues is a huge compliment and further proof that the Eastlands' brand is growing.

I know why City will be in Barcelona on Wednesday. That's because their Premier League opponents Everton that night have a European commitment to fulfil.

What I don't know is why the Blues, or any other Premier League club for that matter would want to play a friendly now that the new season is underway.

Spanish giants

I am not privy to the details surrounding the game. Cookey and Sparky usually take me into their confidence on such matters but on this occasion they've left me in the dark.

My first thought was that the Spanish giants must have offered the Blues a king's ransom to travel to Spain. But that can't be true can it? These days City need extra cash like you or I need a third armpit.

So we are left with prestige - players of Manchester City actually appearing on the same stage as one of the richest and most successful clubs in the world.

All that might be true. But it's a dangerous gamble to take and one which could have disastrous consequences for City.

Let's face facts. You don't turn out your reserve players against Barcelona do you? That would be seen as an insult to the Spanish champions if Hughes went down that road.

So Sparky will have no choice but to use all his fit multi-million pound signings against Barca in a match which basically doesn't mean anything.

We know that prior to Saturday's pipe opener against Blackburn both Kolo, Toure and Carlos Tevez were doubtful starters because of injury.

Why this then in a meaningless friendly? Why risk Robinho, Gareth Barry, Emanuel Adebayor or Stephen Ireland? In fact, why risk any of the lads who gave the Blues a flying start to the new campaign at Ewood Park?

Yes, it will be a feather in City's cap to play against Barcelona. It will be an even bigger feather if Hughes' side beat the current Champions League cup holders.

But that will prove to be a huge price to pay for a spot of prestige if Hughes comes home on Thursday morning accompanied by half-a-dozen crocked players.

Worth it for sure if the match was a Champions League fixture. But for a meaningless friendly? Never in a million years.

 

[LCBblue]

Re: Barcelona trip is daft

We were due to play Everton anyway, so I disagree.

 

[vincent]

Re: Barcelona trip is daft

MEN

Paul Hince

August 18, 2009
DURING their time together at Eastlands Manchester City's chief executive Gary Cooke and manager Mark Hughes have, in my eyes, done very little wrong and a great deal right.

But the two men who run the club off and on the pitch have, I believe, taken a dangerous and pointless gamble in arranging a friendly against European champions Barcelona at the Nou Camp tomorrow evening.

All right. The very fact that a club like Barcelona wants to play any sort of match against the Blues is a huge compliment and further proof that the Eastlands' brand is growing.

I know why City will be in Barcelona on Wednesday. That's because their Premier League opponents Everton that night have a European commitment to fulfil.

What I don't know is why the Blues, or any other Premier League club for that matter would want to play a friendly now that the new season is underway.

Spanish giants

I am not privy to the details surrounding the game. Cookey and Sparky usually take me into their confidence on such matters but on this occasion they've left me in the dark.

My first thought was that the Spanish giants must have offered the Blues a king's ransom to travel to Spain. But that can't be true can it? These days City need extra cash like you or I need a third armpit.

So we are left with prestige - players of Manchester City actually appearing on the same stage as one of the richest and most successful clubs in the world.

All that might be true. But it's a dangerous gamble to take and one which could have disastrous consequences for City.

Let's face facts. You don't turn out your reserve players against Barcelona do you? That would be seen as an insult to the Spanish champions if Hughes went down that road.

So Sparky will have no choice but to use all his fit multi-million pound signings against Barca in a match which basically doesn't mean anything.

We know that prior to Saturday's pipe opener against Blackburn both Kolo, Toure and Carlos Tevez were doubtful starters because of injury.

Why this then in a meaningless friendly? Why risk Robinho, Gareth Barry, Emanuel Adebayor or Stephen Ireland? In fact, why risk any of the lads who gave the Blues a flying start to the new campaign at Ewood Park?

Yes, it will be a feather in City's cap to play against Barcelona. It will be an even bigger feather if Hughes' side beat the current Champions League cup holders.

But that will prove to be a huge price to pay for a spot of prestige if Hughes comes home on Thursday morning accompanied by half-a-dozen crocked players.

Worth it for sure if the match was a Champions League fixture. But for a meaningless friendly? Never in a million years.

Don't understand what the fuss is about... Top Italian and Spanish teams have been doing this for years (playing a friendly after their season has started) - never done them much harm. Good way of getting all the squad match fit and also playing against world class opposition can only be an experience.