Barcelona just live and breathe a football culture. After a tour round the nou camp you go through a museum. With all the success they've had it could be all about them and how great they are, but its not it just shows a passion for football and the best players in the world.
To be honest, having watched Barcelona stuff a team 4-0 in a league game this season I wouldn't want us to be like them.Yes it must be nice being able to thrash teams like Bayer Leverkusen and seeing Messi play is a delight but Barcelona are so successful that their fans pay a silly amount of money to watch them and sit there throughout expecting to be entertained. It's everything that's bad about modern football. The atmosphere is crap and it all feels a little bit fake.I'd much rather football in general go back to a game where, largely, everyone has just as much chance as everyone else. Yes, there will be better clubs than others but the current gulf between the best and the rest, as emphasised by Barca last night is a horrible situation for the game to be in.
They are not the problem as much as the teams who try and buy every component of their squad.
Quote from: Monty on March 08, 2012, 01:01:55 PMThey are not the problem as much as the teams who try and buy every component of their squad.Au contraire.I think you are being tricked by the general misconception that Barca "do things properly". It wasn't that long ago that the Barca president was complaining that the big clubs aren't earning enough revenue and that they should have more Champions League games and play them on a weekend:http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/wire-news/fifauefa-should-pay-playerstournaments-says-barca-head_618296.html
Quote from: Ad@m on March 08, 2012, 01:09:29 PMQuote from: Monty on March 08, 2012, 01:01:55 PMThey are not the problem as much as the teams who try and buy every component of their squad.Au contraire.I think you are being tricked by the general misconception that Barca "do things properly". It wasn't that long ago that the Barca president was complaining that the big clubs aren't earning enough revenue and that they should have more Champions League games and play them on a weekend:http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/wire-news/fifauefa-should-pay-playerstournaments-says-barca-head_618296.htmlDon't conveniently fail to to quote the bit where I said "Barca aren't always saints". This isn't an issue of good vs. evil, despite what the Catalan press want to portray, but it is a case of shades of grey, where one club is doing things better than many others. Lack of perfection does not imply total moral failure.
It'd be much easier to just move to Catalonia and watch actual Barcelona.You also get to live by the sea in a city full of lovely architecture, fantastic restaurants and lovely women.I know we all like to think we have Villa in our blood, but honestly, I reckon I'd be over us in about three weeks.