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Tom73
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I'm so glad there's no prospect of a Stoke Barca match in the foreseeable future.
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Well I didn't say that they wouldn't get into their half. What I would say is Barcelona keep the ball far, far better than Arsenal, so that comparison is fairly redundant. Arsenal are much more of a counter attacking side than Barca.
Barca would, undoubtedly, play sides like Stoke off the park 99 times out of 100. They would probably have 75%+ possession, so while Stoke would get into Barca's half, it would be occasional. Perhaps they'd score a goal, but that's about it.
Imagine that Barca midfield and forward line up against the cloggers Stoke have.
Yes, I know you didn't. I think Barca would win, even at Stoke. They would cause Stoke far more problems than the other way round.
But it would be interesting to see.
Not so much a different style, as a different sport.
I love it when some side like Bolton play them. They dance around like fannies playing tippy-tappy then Bolton win a lucky corner and BOOOOOOOOM it's a rough and tumble goal from a set piece, and Wenger starts crying.
Meanwhile, Donetsky Shakhtyor (sp) are ticking along nicely under the radar, mind you Roma were awful last night.
Don't be so pathetically pedantic. Espanyol are Spain's 'Stoke' and got hammered 5-1 off them. Look at Barca's average possession this season and tell me how Stoke would go about beating them.
Stoke would never get the ball![]()
Inter where like stoke of the champions league last season what happend there. Barca are a fantastic football side the best in the world on there day but they have weakness and inter and mourinhio found it and beat them. They can be beat and dont like the more in your face roughness that inter brought to the table last season. Inter wouldnt know what hit them away to stoke ffs so i dont know how barca would react. f***ing hell even us sunderland afc called them hoofball wwe wrestlers ffs and we have had some shit teams in modern times.![]()
Barcelona are consistently poor (results wise) in Europe under Pep. They dominated the game for around 2/3, as shown by the number of passes completed and superiority of possession.
Are the rest of the sides that bad? Or are they just so much better than the rest? I certainly don't think La Liga is the best in the world as it suffers in the way England does from having one or two excellent sides and a paucity of quality beneath.
After last night P31 W17 D11 L3
One win and one semi final in two seasons so far.
What a pile of shite they are.
I'd say most of the teams in La Liga have one or two very good players. Some teams have a few good players too, but all of the teams below the top two carry a few really crap ones. This season look at Athletic Bilbao for a La Liga equivalent of Sunderland. Sometimes great but sometimes gettin beat of ordinary teams (especially away)
Apologies. I missed AWAY from home. Makes my post look ridiculousI'm in defence of Barca. They haven't won an away leg under Pep in the knockout stages though
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Interesting. Who would you say was better then, between Athletic and the lads? Or are they about equal?
Right, I see, it does a bit. :-D
The only tie they lost, though, was to Inter last year - to an offside goal. Not a bad record.
It's a difficult question. The players from Athletic I would love to have at Sunderland are Javi Martinez,Iraola and Muniain. Maybe Llorente, but I'll wait till end of season to make my mind up about that one. Athletic's defence is shockingly bad (Iraola apart) and their midfield full of inconsistant players. And they start with Toquero.
I reckon we'd win at home and they'd win at their place but we'd be more likely to sneak an away point/win, so we just shade it.
Wow, Mourinho's TREBLE winning Inter lowered to the level of Stoke.![]()
totally agree. i find the criticism strange.Why do people need an excuse to enjoy watching a superb footballing side?