Barcelona - more than just a club... a model blah blah blah

Originally Posted by Grimson

You've forgotten your history. :shakehead:

apparently. explain

Originally Posted by naes_sean

apparently. explain

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MAN U!

Cesc Fábregas has been 'kidnapped' by Arsenal, says Catalan mayor

The situation that Cesc Fábregas finds himself in at Arsenal is akin to a "kidnapping" and the London club should allow him to return to Barcelona, the mayor of his home town was quoted as saying on Friday.

Fábregas, 24, has made no secret of his wish to return one day to the club he left as a 16-year-old in 2003 but has stopped short of publicly demanding a transfer.

"We want him to come right away, he is experiencing a kidnapping," Estanislau Fors i Garcia, the mayor of the Catalan town Arenys de Mar where Fábregas grew up, was quoted as saying in the Barcelona-based daily newspaper Sport.

"If the English are so honourable they should behave properly," he added. "He [the Arsenal coach Arsène Wenger] has to stop clowning around because it's disorienting for all of us."

Barcelona failed in their attempt re-sign Fábregas in the summer of 2010, and look increasingly likely to do so again this year, having already had two bids rejected by Arsenal.

Originally Posted by naes_sean

apparently. explain

Pretty well documented that 'Man U' was a commonly used term by United fans a few decades ago.

I £#%&!ing hate FC Barcelona.

Originally Posted by Neo

I £#%&!ing hate FC Barcelona.

This.

Originally Posted by Neo

I £#%&!ing hate FC Barcelona.

Why? Because they beat us in the final? Surely you as a fan of MUFC could appreciate the fact we got battered and aspire to that level?

To be bitter is supporting the verm or Citeh...

Originally Posted by Mr_Ed

Why? Because they beat us in the final? Surely you as a fan of MUFC could appreciate the fact we got battered and aspire to that level?

To be bitter is supporting the verm or Citeh...

Why does it have to do with that? Can you simply not just hate a team? I hate Crystal Palace and TBH I don't really know why.

Personally I've always been a Madrid man myself.

'Hate' barcelona.

how can you hate a team that we've played about 6 times in the last 15 years and who play in a different country?

You sound like those fans who support a league one team and say they 'hate' man utd, for no other reason than swivel eyed jealousy and bitterness.

Originally Posted by Stone Monkey

Why does it have to do with that? Can you simply not just hate a team? I hate Crystal Palace and TBH I don't really know why.

Personally I've always been a Madrid man myself.

and you've been a Madrid man because?

Personally i dislike them intensely because of Beckum, RVN and Ronaldo...

I prefer Barca to Madrid and always have (except for maybe around 96-99)

Dislike Messi though, cant put my finger on it, something about him bugs me in the same way I dont like Andy Murray. I think its when he tries to act fired up or charismatic and it just doesnt suit him. Or something along those lines

Originally Posted by Mr_Ed

and you've been a Madrid man because?

Personally i dislike them intensely because of Beckum, RVN and Ronaldo...

The same reason why I prefer AC over Inter and sprouts to carrots. I just do that's all.

Can we be friends now

i dont like the Spaniards full-stop.

hate quite a few things.

great post neo.

Originally Posted by I_Am_Paul_Parker

On top of which, they have the biggest set of plastic fans since Arsenal. Worse, in fact. Sing when you're winning etc (but just the one song).

If they hadn't won anything we'd mock them with the same kind of spirit we normally reserve for the liars.

Has to be a Wum, has to..........

They're fans travel well and in huge numbers...

And mock them....If they HADNT won anything... They have though....the £#%&!ing lot.

I don't hate them. I hate United playing them. Hate the yearly humiliation. In fact, the us tour game will upset me no matter what happens.

Originally Posted by Bunker Buster

Has to be a Wum, has to..........

They're fans travel well and in huge numbers...

And mock them....If they HADNT won anything... They have though....the £#%&!ing lot.

Point being, they're somehow untouchable because they've won trophies.

Great fans? are you on the wum here bunks... one song, plastic as £#%&!. they've traveled 'well' (ie finals) for about 5 years IIRC. They can't even fill their own ground

Hopefully the hammer us into buying a midfielder then in the US...

Agreed to an extent, Neo.

Always preferred them to Real because of the politics innit, but this 'pass, pass now hit the deck - chase the ref' routine coupled with Busquets and to an extent Alves is not nice. Piquet has turned out a right tit too.

incredibly, and rather disconcertingly, I agree with sparky

there are @#%&!ish things about all clubs, our included, but there's a lot to admire and learn from about barca.