A father at 10…? That’s stretching a point beyond breaking.
I don’t have any denial on Barca but plenty on here are talking bollox about them and clearly know nothing of their history:
The entire intonation of Sids statement is wrong for me. It implies that only due to Messi were Barcelona hooovering up titles which again is totally false. They have had periods of sustained success many times before but they never had a period with a group who were also the backbone of Spain’s only ever international world dominance - minus Messi and based around Xavi - Iniesta & Busquets - not to mention Puyol and Pique.
The fact is even with Messi in recent years and minus Xavi/Iniesta they have been below many other Barca teams in terms of trophy output - resorting to ever more desperate means to rediscover that dynamic creative magic.
It is over simplistic to label their super success period as “the Messi years”… They are the years after Rikjaard built a monster side with incredible youth development brilliantly combined with world class talent like Ronaldinho. There is so much more than simply labelling them the Messi years.
To my eye - this entire thread is nothing more than a cheap shot at one of the worlds great clubs and a football rival, mainly worded by those who are jealous ( understandable ) of Barca OR those who can’t accept our own seemingly swift derailment as the team so well on the tracks that it took 97 points and won a CL in 2019.
It’s as if by gloating over Barca’s current woes we somehow make our own slide more palatable.
We have won 2 titles - get a fecking grip. 2 titles with the best manager in the world in place for years and we are gloating or lamenting over Barca’s seeming demise.
For those who don’t know what the fuck they are talking about - this is a decent read about the embryonic stages of one of the greatest club sides ever assembled.
https://www.elartedf.com/rijkaard-barcelona-unsung-hero/
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