FC Barcelona Thread [2009/10]

[kp41]

Pep did lots of great things but the most important one was creation of winning spirit among all of his players. Just look at Barca's youngster, they have lots of motivation, confidence and passion because they believe in Pep's believe.

 

[Arnau]

no, barça has a piramid school, all youth teams play with the same 4-3-3 and philosophy so when they has to play for the firts team do it how they learn.

alves 2 and busquets 16 are confirmed.

 

[kp41]

no, barça has a piramid school, all youth teams play with the same 4-3-3 and philosophy so when they has to play for the firts team do it how they learn.
alves 2 and busquets 16 are confirmed.

I didn't know that, that's great and unique. So that's the reason why Barca produces lots of creative midfielders and no wing.

 

[ladylover]

I didn't know that, that's great and unique. So that's the reason why Barca produces lots of creative midfielders and no wing.

Ajax has been applying that system for years, that also applies for all the other professional clubs here in Holland. The 4-3-3 formation is part of the dutch football philosophy

 

[Dytza]

he was referring at the fact that all our teams play the same system so they won't have to adapt and won't have dificulties when they'll be promoted to the first team.

4-3-3 is a classic system for Dutch teams and coaches.

 

[Arnau]

I didn't know that, that's great and unique. So that's the reason why Barca produces lots of creative midfielders and no wing.

no, ajax school have to same sistem, rinus michels and cruyff introduce it in barcelona.

 

[kp41]

Ajax has been applying that system for years, that also applies for all the other professional clubs here in Holland. The 4-3-3 formation is part of the dutch football philosophy

Its a shame that Ajax is not as great as it was a decade ago.

 

[ladylover]

Its a shame that Ajax is not as great as it was a decade ago.

Yeah that's true. Like in the EPL, the smaller clubs get stronger and unfortunatly Ajax couldn't handle the situation in the last five seasons. FC Twente, AZ, Heerenveen, Groningen and NAC all became stronger. I have a feeling that Martin Jol will bring them back to the top. They are still developing good players, but the most of them aren't quite good enough for the absolute topclubs. They don't turn out to be something special. Sneijder has been one of the last very good players. Between 60 and 70 procent of the first team are from the youth system. Last season during one of the matches Ajax was playing with like 9 youth players out of the 11.

 

[Mandieta6]

'Shifty*eretz owned' Haha!

The dutch league isn't lucrative enough. All the good players will leave sooner or later.

 

[Arnau]

Its a shame that Ajax is not as great as it was a decade ago.

bosman law.

they cant keep the players for a long while, imagine an ajax with sneijder, vdv, huntelaar,babel,maduro, veermalen, heitinga, emanuelson etc...

 

[kp41]

their 1995 team was the best team of last decade.

By the way, Did Real have any major catalan player in the past or not?

 

[Sevillista]

Yeah that's true. Like in the EPL, the smaller clubs get stronger and unfortunatly Ajax couldn't handle the situation in the last five seasons. FC Twente, AZ, Heerenveen, Groningen and NAC all became stronger. I have a feeling that Martin Jol will bring them back to the top. They are still developing good players, but the most of them aren't quite good enough for the absolute topclubs. They don't turn out to be something special. Sneijder has been one of the last very good players. Between 60 and 70 procent of the first team are from the youth system. Last season during one of the matches Ajax was playing with like 9 youth players out of the 11.

What?? If any team challenged the big four, or if any English team had any success in the UEFA, you might have a case.

 

[ladylover]

What?? If any team challenged the big four, or if any English team had any success in the UEFA, you might have a case.

I am not talking about Europe wise. Domestically teams get stronger. They are becoming harder to beat. They also have the means to attract good players. For example Aston Villa did a very good job, they were unfortunate not to keep hold of the fourth spot. In the past Tottenham was close to ending in the top four. Everton did end up in the top four, only for Liverpool being lucky to play in the UCL, because of winning the CL. And now City are attracting top players....

 

[Jaboldinho]

their 1995 team was the best team of last decade.

By the way, Did Real have any major catalan player in the past or not?

Jari Litmanen.

 

[ARIAGA II]

^
Meh, these two where the real champions

EDIT: Henry,Kanu & Sylvester all have UCL therefore Arsenal counts as a UCL Champion

 

[Sevillista]

I am not talking about Europe wise. Domestically teams get stronger. They are becoming harder to beat. They also have the means to attract good players. For example Aston Villa did a very good job, they were unfortunate not to keep hold of the fourth spot. In the past Tottenham was close to ending in the top four. Everton did end up in the top four, only for Liverpool being lucky to play in the UCL, because of winning the CL. And now City are attracting top players....

I don't think they're becoming harder to beat. No team has been within 8 points of the top four in the past three seasons. Every league has teams improving, like Villa, just like every league has teams getting worse (Newcastle, Middlesbrough, Portsmouth, etc). You are right about the Eredivisie; many teams have stepped it up and are legitimate title contenders, but the same can't be said for the EPL.

 

[Arnau]

celades is not catalan, is from andorra.

 

[Dytza]

No worries. It's not so hard after an accidental collision with Pinto.

 

[thelordspawn]

Hopefully Messi broke his foot.

 

[kp41]

Hopefully Messi broke his foot.

watch your dirty mouth.