La Liga 2011-12

[Darkon]

"Boring"

I wish we could play such boring football

yeah it's just ridiculous thing to claim

It's almost impossible to think of a team that wouldn't give half their hand to play football like that

[Reece]

Didn't a certain former poster use to claim he found them boring?

[Imy]

They are far from boring, but their total dominance is becoming boring.

[Reece]

They are far from boring, but their total dominance is becoming boring.

But then look at it this way. Had they not been so dominant, then the Mancs may have won the Champions League another two times

[RichC]

a Manc mate of mine moaned about them being boring "same team winning all the time" I think he might have mentioned as well.

Quite amusing when the boot is on the other foot

[Reece]

Aye, and until we are ready to reclaim our rightful place as the Kings of Europe, we need Barca to keep it up to stop the likes of the Mancs and Chelsea winning it.

[Shaggy]

They are far from boring, but their total dominance is becoming boring.

Aye that's a totally different argument.

But then look at it this way. Had they not been so dominant, then the Mancs may have won the Champions League another two times

And that's how you shoot that argument down.

a Manc mate of mine moaned about them being boring "same team winning all the time" I think he might have mentioned as well.

Quite amusing when the boot is on the other foot

Laughable really. A bitter Manc mate of mine calls their football 'tippy tappy bull****". Imagine their crowing if United played like they do

[Imy]

But then look at it this way. Had they not been so dominant, then the Mancs may have won the Champions League another two times

That is one of the main advantages.

But like the Mancs, it's frustrating watching teams playing them and accepting defeat before the game has even started.

[Shaggy]

I don't think they do - I don't see teams resting players when they go to Barca. They just can't get the ball - different matter to teams who go to OT, rest half of their team, and when they have the ball are terrified to even try and go forward.

Said it before, it doesn't matter who the opposition are or what they do - you can't get the ball. There's no way to stop them - they have the best three players in the world supported by a stellar cast, they play dizzying football that no opposition can do anything about.

[Arn]

Barcelona have a big advantage compared to Real because they are like a nation and not only a club.

When you play for Barcelona then you really don't play for a Spanish club. You play for a club from Catalonia. A lot of Real players probably play for Real because they are a big club and because of the big money.

The players will fight for club and Catalonia. They will fight to make the people of Catalonia proud. They will fight for them against the rest of Spain.

Even foreign players will after a short time do that even that they didn't really care when they signed for the club.

Clicky

[saj]

I doubt that Real will ever overtake Barcelona as long as they don't get in a manager that is genuine Real Madrid supporter. A man that bleeds for the club.

[Shaggy]

I always think Barca and us are quite similar. They don't see themselves as Spanish, we don't see ourselves as English. Fiercely parochial.

Again, another Manc mate of mine reckons Barca and United are "uncannily similar as football clubs"

[Alex]

That argument stacks up when there good Arn. But when there **** does that mean the players dont care?

Players with passion fight for any club. **** me, Id fight for Chelsea if they paid me £100,000 a week. Id literally commit crimes for them

[RichC]

I always think Barca and us are quite similar. They don't see themselves as Spanish, we don't see ourselves as English. Fiercely parochial.

Again, another Manc mate of mine reckons Barca and United are "uncannily similar as football clubs"

ha ha ha they're about as polar opposite as you can get Roy Keane's "prawn sandwiches" comment about the fans rings true at United the same cannot be said for Barca hugely passionate fans who appreciate what they've got at the moment and have a real Basque country mentality and unity I've never thought of United to be anything like that!

[destinydude]

I always think Barca and us are quite similar. They don't see themselves as Spanish, we don't see ourselves as English. Fiercely parochial.

Again, another Manc mate of mine reckons Barca and United are "uncannily similar as football clubs"

That made me spill my drink