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Just laugh. It's better that way. Stuff about Barça, pop music, culture; football nerd, writer for Barcelona Football Blog, The Athletic. Pedant, grouch.
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How did the Age of Affirmation happen, where we seem to have lost ability to reason, see both sides of an issue and have a reasoned debate?
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That podium is like a cautiomary tale.
🤯 𝙉𝙀𝙒 𝙍𝙀𝘾𝙊𝙍𝘿! Lamine Yamal is the youngest player in FC Barcelona history to reach 50 official games! Congratulations, Lamine!
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From front: lead singer, guitarist, bassist, drummer.
We only rate dogs. This is clearly an indie rock band on their debut tour. Please send dogs only... might check which cities they’re stopping in though. 13/10 for all
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Idiot. You don't even make that pass to prime Busquets, never mind Eric Garcia.
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Of what value is this when he collapses at the slightest touch from a defender?
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The problem with the Kroos challenge is lack.of care for a fellow professional. And he is smiling, like it's all a game after injuring a player by being reckless. Just terrible.
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Christensen is one of the most quietly excellent players I have ever seen.
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Crucial matches ruined: 3
João Cancelo - 2023/24 Season 🔵🔴
Appearances: 32
Goals: 2
Assists: 4
Pass Completion: 85%
Touches per Game: 73.2
Successful Dribbles: 1.9 (61%)
Clean Sheets: 10
Interceptions per Game: 0.9
Tackles per Game: 2.0
Balls Recovered per Game: 5.2
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For 30m. Huh. For one of the best mids in Liga. Meanwhile Barça is dicking around chasing Olmo for north of 60.
🚨🔴⚪️ Arsenal are closing in on Mikel Merino deal as verbal agreement is now getting closer!
Agreement in place on personal terms as Merino wants the move.
Verbal discussions with Real Sociedad for package in excess of €30m, talks on to get the deal done.
@MatteMoretto
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Adama Traore on the ball is like a young couple in a horror film, about to have sex in the woods. You know it's gonna end badly, the only suspense is how.
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He should have fun watching matches with Dani Olmo.
(🌕) All parties are optimistic in concluding Federico Chiesa to Barcelona.
@SkySport
#Transfers
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Ter Stegen is the person who remembers everyone's birthday, and keeps a tasteful gift in the car in case he's invited somewhere.
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Raphinha playing like a player playing LW who is pissed about the buzz about the club needing an LW.
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FC Barcelona fixed none of the things wrong with that first team, just brought in a new manager. Not sure what people are expecting from this season. And nothing can happen because every player who is a problem wants to stay. So ...
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This team is screaming for Fermin Lopez. Return Raphinha to the left, shoot Ferran Torres into space.
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You know what is nice? Being in the 70+ minute mark and being relaxed watching Barça.
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You don't realize how high the technical level is of Liga sides until you see them against sides from other leagues.
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Messi appreciates playing with quick, technical players who move well and advance the ball. Like Pedri. And AHEM. Like Puig.
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Neymar is going to leave Brazil because he's tired of being in Coutinho's shadow.
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Balde has improved during the break away. Smarter on the ball, fewer weird runs without having any idea what he will do at the end of them. Nice to see.
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How TF is anyone seriously considering putting Neymar in this team? Spend that money on a right back, preferably two. Take the Dembele cash and nab both Liga targets. Stop fucking about.
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And here I was thinking that I couldn't possibly detest Espanyol more.
Clubs do petty stuff. Don't forget Barça turning on the sprinklers as Mourinho and Inter celebrated at Camp Nou. But this is beyond the pale.
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For those who aren't clear: Vinicius is an absolute, flaming dick on the pitch. And taunting a proud club is part of that dickitude. So spit at him. Throw a pig's head. There are lots of ways to express that displeasure. Racists choose racism.
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Ronaldinho. Neymar was entertaining, but there was always an edge to it. And I clarify entertaining as showmanship. Messi is entertaining AF, but he is problem solving rather than putting on a show. Ronaldinho megged because "Wheee!" Messi megs because that is the solution.
Here’s one for you:
Who’s the most entertaining footballer you’ve ever watched?
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Pedri is such an exquisite footballer. If you have to have one slow player who can't really defend or run anything down, he's your player. Everybody else work for him. What a genius.
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Ivan Rakitic came to FC Barcelona for 18 million Euros from Sevilla, where he ran the team's attack, and became a star.
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Xavi is a romantic. It's the era he comes from. It's the era I come from as well. But the modern game in modern times is bereft of romance.
Xavi to TV3: "I am a little disappointed with Dembele. He has decided to go to PSG. There is nothing we can do. PSG have made an offer that is completely out of the market."
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@NealGardner_
A line-breaking through ball assist. Logical, geometric, even telepathic. Requires so many things for it to work, that when they work well, it's beauty.
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I don't give a shit what anyone says -- hate watching can be so gratifying.
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Gavi has been waiting to kick the shit out of somebody for almost 80 minutes.
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Impossible to overstate how unserious this makes the club look. Can anyone imagine Klopp saying, "Yeah, never mind," or Guardiola when he announced he was leaving, "I'm no so tired after all." A big football club run like a small-town Catalan butcher shop.
"The Club needed a change of course. Now I feel differently."
— Xavi
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The technical staff needs to be shot into space. I figured Deco would be bad. He has in fact been worse.
🚨🍒 Julián Araújo to Bournemouth, here we go! All documents are ready as reported yesterday, finally sealed.
Barcelona will receive €10m fixed fee, NO buy back and NO sell-on clause.
Araújo will travel later today as medical tests will be completed on Monday.
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Mourinho deserves the harshest punishment imaginable for instigating this. And I don't want to hear, "It's the supporters, not him." That's bullshit and anyone who suggests such a thing knows that it is.
Embarassing Roma fans abusing Anthony Taylor who is with family on his way at the airport.
Disgusting. You can see his daughter in tears and drinks being thrown at his wife too.
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BTW, the "yellow to both" when Vinicius attacked Gavi is the latest clear example of why Liga officiating is utter shit.
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@NealGardner_
For all the people snuffling about his moving to MLS, I kept thinking, "Just let that man enjoy his damn football."
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Araujo isn't crap. People should stop acting like he is. He is, however, prone to, under pressure in a high line, making reading errors that in an already chaotic system, exacerbate crises. Normally that sort of stuff is gradually coached out of a defender.
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Puig defends like one of those little dogs that grabs your pant leg and just keeos shaking until you just give it up.
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The most glorious part of this? Sergi Roberto. Masia kid, never left, left for dead, resurrected by Luis Enrique, made history for his club.
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Say what you will about Koeman, but his willingness to trust and work to develop young players is the best thing about him so far.
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If Barça even THINKS of a Neymar for Dembele, I'm flying to Barcelona like Denzel flew to Russia in the "Equalizer." To handle some business
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Messi wants this so bad. It's crazy the way he is playing and moving tonight.
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PSG: "What will you do? Fine us? We'll pay it. Transfer ban us? We already bought everybody."
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Femeni embodies the ideal of what Barça football is like when excecuted at the highest level. The first half of today's match was such an extraordinary 45 minutes of football. How are they still so hungry after winning everything last year?
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With Balde and Gavi, Barça walk this tie. QFs is better than anyone could have hoped. Individual errors, inadequate players and poor tactics, and that is that. For me, Xavi got this wrong. Control is the thing. If all yer gonna do is push it forward, why Pedri? Chasing balls.
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Ilaix Moriba's agency misread the room. Should have renewed now, let him solidify his spot in the team, let the club regain some fiscal health then shoot your shot.
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Christensen is invisible in a good way. You don't even notice him, but then you think, "Nothing is happening over th ... oh."
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Kounde was my MOTM for his poleaxing of Thierry with the exact type of foul Thierry laid on Casado.
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The team at present is playing worse than it did under Koeman, with a more talented roster. Go figure. You wonder if players lose just a little something under a manager they know isn't working. Psychology is a powerful thing.
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When they drew Napoli I said they were likely to advance. That they have done it without Pedri, Gavi or De Jong elevates the accomplishment.
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Today's fans have no history. The game's past is stuffed with players devoted to a club, Maldini, Gattuso, Totti, Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta, Aspas, Inaki Williams. Today's football has untold riches. Loyalty is also a precious commodity. Bravo, Zubimendi.
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Barça has such an exciting nucleus, especially if they can figure out how to get Pedri healthy. Him, Gavi, Lamine Yamal, Roque, Guiu, Fermin Lopez -- Araujo and Christensen are young, Balde can be redeemed. It really is thrilling to consider.
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I don't even know what to say about him any longer. That assist is deeply absurd. Any other player it's a lifetime highlight reel. Messi? It's just ... Monday.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh yes 🤤😍
Messi’s pass is beyond words and Papu Gomez’s finish… 🔥
Sit back and enjoy!
#BOLxARG
#CopaAmerica
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Everything about Gavi except for his propensity to draw cards is underrated. He is in my XI right after Ter Stegen and before anyone else.
Gavi's technical excellence is truly underappreciated.
Part of it is simply because he's so intense off the ball & has this bigger-than-life personality and part is because we're yet to see it fully utilised.
But he's the golden boy for a reason. 🌟
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How to take 50m and burn it on a pyre. It stuns me that people still stan for Laporta.
(🌕) JUST IN: Vítor Roque will have to find a new team, he’s on the exit ramp.
@tjuanmarti
#Transfers
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Alert to Joan Laporta and Xavi and anybody else who needs to hear it: Frenkie De Jong can't play in the hole and all y'all goddamn well know he can't. Don't even think it. If you have to stop the Messi plans to solve that dilemma, do it. Crucial.
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Says the man who overpaid for Torres, Lewandowski, Raphinha, brought in a pair of Joaokers, etc. You don't get to claim a happy accident as a strategy.
🔵🔴 Barça president Laporta: “As Barça fan, it’s not good news to see Mbappé to Real Madrid”.
“But to be honest, I prefer our strategy to trust a project with players produced and made in La Masia”.
“I respect our rivals but I keep our Philosophy”, via
@mundodeportivo
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Puig, Moriba, Mingueza, Araujo this season, and look for Collado, Jandro and probably Comas to get up next season. Nice to see players coming up from the ranks again.
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You get 15m for a player, essentially a paid loan. If he blows up, 30m is cheap for a good CB. If he tanks, you got 15m for nothing. Not a bad deal here, even as I think he should stay.
(🌕) JUST IN: Barcelona and Rennes getting close to an agreement for Mikayil Faye for a deal worth €10M fixed + €5M bonuses + €30M buy back option. Still waiting for an agreement with the player’s agents, though.
@Santi_J_FM
#Transfers
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Football doesn't give a fuck about racism because racism doesn't cost football money. Foolball cares about the *appearance* of giving a fuck about racism. Until racism costs money, football won't care.
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Said it before, will say it again: I admire that quality that Real Madrid has. I hope that Barça watches and learns what they can from that quality. It's impressive. 2-0 down at Anfield turns into a 2-5 beatdown.
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Xavi going off to shill for Qatar or Iniesta taking his magic show to Vissel Kobe is one thing. Messi choosing to retire at PSG is something else altogether. He deserved to be a one-club man.
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For FC Barcelona today's mission is clear: win or at worst, draw. The former means comfort. Even the latter is okay. Still a nine-point gap. A loss means six points and significant uncertainty. Every match becomes a psychological banana peel.
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What if Bartomeu doesn't REALLY want Messi to stay, but just needs money and is now like, "Holy shit, he might stay?! Now what?!"
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Imagine if crimes were all ajudicated that way. "I shot at him, but he ducked. Can I go now, your honor?"
Sergio Ramos: "For me, the red card was excessive. Messi did well and jumped out of the way but I didn't touch him."
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Bayern is overrated, and Barça with Messi is underrated. In a single match, anything can happen.
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So what, he's talking to himself in the mirror?
(🌕) Joan Laporta is currently in a meeting with his circle of trusted people at the club offices.
@CatalunyaRadio
#FCB
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@NealGardner_
Marc-Andre Ter Stegen. Only Ronald Araujo is within shouting distance. Everybody else is waving from the distant shoreline.
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FC Barcelona is no longer a serious club. Any board that can watch not only the season, but the last week and say, "We need to continue this" needs a censure motion. It is all about Laporta's ego.
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We see it time and again, player after player. We talk about bad luck, etc. Meanwhile, Dembele has been fit as a fiddle in Paris. Coincidence? Some have been talking about the club physios for years, but at what point does a broader discussion begin?
Last night, Pedri confessed to his teammates he felt the same injury, at the same place of his right leg, he’s had three times now this season.
His injury sparks long-term worries. He and Barcelona have been here before
@TheAthleticFC
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Barça Twitter will never be poorer, more heartless and inhumane than it will be in the coming hours, than it is right now. It's sad.
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Nobody should get carried away by this. Elche was the epitome of dire today. Barça didn't look all that great, but they didn't need to. The 0-4 could have been twice that. Nice to see Fati and Torres get back in the goals. Let's hope it sparks something.
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Anybody excited about the rumor regarding Neymar coming to Barcelona I suspect hasn't watched Neymar play recently.
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I hope this isn't as joyful as he will be ever again. Barça, please don't hurt this pure young man.
Frenkie De Jong getting a champions farewell from the Ajax supporters. This is beautiful!
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My ass. 1.0 was a shitshow, bailed out by geniuses on the pitch. 2.0 is a bigger shitshow, but with no geniuses to bail them out. Laporta and his board are failing the club and lying to supporters about it. Bartomeu is past. Laporta is present. And it's bad.
Seen a lot of hate for Laporta recently on the TL, some even comparing him to Bartomeu.
One must check the data and remember from what mess did he save the club. There might be cases when things don't go right, but it happens. Time to back our club and ignore the noise! 💙❤
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This sucks. There will be people who take pleasure in this. I'm not one of them. I had hope, and I ain't gonna lie. This hurts.
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Messi's performance is why the BdO is nonsense. As long as he is playing the game, he will be the best. All the rest is politics.
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You can't red Sergi Roberto for that but leave Bale on the pitch for his foul on Umtiti.
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If you think Messi needs to win a World Cup to be considered the best to ever play the game, you can't be helped, so why try?
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Does the world really trust Gavi behind the wheel of a motor vehicle?
🎥| Barcelona players congratulated Gavi on receiving his driving license. 😆
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I watch this team and don't understand how anyone thinks Xavi needs anything except a bus ticket out of town.
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I would not have predicted that Barça would be at six points after two matches, playing quite good football and looking like a team with a plan, with young players stepping up to play better than their tender ages. There will be vexing days, but this is fun.
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@NealGardner_
The team and the manager learning, and beginning to institute a repeatable manner of playing that can sustain the side. And finishing matches. The second half breakdown is consistent and worrying.
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@Iseebrownpeople
As a journalist of color who is also an editor that writes headlines, some perspective: he was the slowest qualifier, so "surprise" is accurate. And "teen" is a valid choice when looking for a descriptor. If someone is an unknown, their name in a headline doesn't work.
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Raphinha's main purpose now is to keep Lamine Yanal from playing too many minutes for his tender age.
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Pity Memphis Depay wasn't as adept at being useful as he is at talking shit about a club that jettisoned him for sound reasons.
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Oh. Call me weird, but I am excited about this Barça season. Lots of talent and if Koeman is brave, the team can do good things.
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Why TF does Barça have such dire luck with Masia talents, the pivote and injuries? Oriol Busquets, Samper and now Bernal. Every one of them looked to the manner born, particularly Busquets.
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BREAKING: An exclusive look at the SuperLeague planning meeting.
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A captain who is fully planning to fuck the club over should never be a captain.
🚨 BREAKING: Ter Stegen, Ronald Araujo, Frenkie de Jong, Raphinha, Pedri are the new captains.
@lluis7bou
@JijantesFC
#FCB
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