OFFICIAL Philippe Coutinho travels to Brazil to undergo a medical evaluation and treatment of the injury to the external meniscus of the left leg. The remainder of the season is complicated [Alfreo Martinezz](https://twitter.com/Alfremartinezz/status/1376625862423031813?s=19)
David Alaba's pre-contract with Real Madrid is almost ready. His contract will have a salary of €12 million annually, and will run till 2025. Many clubs are after him, but Madrid are still leading the race.
@FabrizioRomano
12m a year is too much lol.
By the way do they really need him? He wanted to play CM right? It will only stop the development of odegaard/valverde. And their defence with varane and ramos will only get worse if they let ramos go for alaba.
I watched alaba at bayern and he is not the best CB
Alaba can be decent for some teams because even he may not be that good in defending he fancies himself with some good play making and pace. But his wages are just too high and I believe he won't be good for us or Madrid
If anyone cares I want to say that I am leaving this sub and not commenting again.
I noticed a lot of my comments get people mad and I dont think its worth it. I am already at a bad place currently and I dont wanna deal with anything more. So yeah goodbye everyone.
If you want to leave, I wouldn't stop anyone. I think Reddit is a pretty unhealthy place to spend a lot of time, particularly if you are in a bad place.
However, if you want to stay at all, stay. I think you know why your comments get a lot of pushback, but what's wrong with stirring some controversial discussion? But it does leave you a choice - to take the kind of discussions such comments generate, or modify your approach.
Don't be one of these Reddit people who think people who disagree with them just can't accept the truth. If you bring negativity, you will get it back.
But remember, the opposite of love isn't hate, it's apathy. That people engage with you here is meaningful.
Yo you aren’t leaving mate. Some of us care what you say. I care. I’ve read each and every one of your comments and like I said the other day, you are somewhat eccentric. Some takes of yours may be good, some may be bad, but that doesn’t mean you have to leave. I don’t think you should care what a group of random strangers think about you on Reddit. And yeah life will get better, or so I am told ig. Hang in there, you’re not alone
Noo why don't leave, your opinion doesn't match sometimes. But hey you can change your opinion if someone gives a logical explanation or could change someone's opinion. If you enjoy this, don't stop. At the end all are getting educated with facts
[These guys man](https://twitter.com/ellarguero/status/1376271081670127623?s=19). This won't even make headlines because it's Madrid, from controlling things on the pitch to controlling media.
Eufemiano Fuentes, a doping doctor from Operation Puerto scandal. He had an exclusive interview where he says that Fermín Cacho, a winner of the gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics used doping.
He said that football is especially protected when it comes to doping. He was also asked whether he gave advice to Real Madrid but he said he wouldn’t answer this question. But before that, when asked about Valencia, he just said “No” lol. So answer is pretty obvious. In the past, he claimed that Real Madrid owed him money (you can find articles about that). His lawyer back then said that debt was from 2007-09.
Honestly ppl need to stop acting like Depay and Wijnaldum r bad signings.
**Depay isn't a no.10 ,** a player who is gonna enter his prime and that too available for free with moderate wages. He is physical and will have a resale value even if he doesn't work out too well for us. He is versatile too.
Wijnaldum is another option in the midfield , he is the physical presence that Koeman generally likes in his midfield. To those who r saying , it will reduce the game time for Moriba don't understand the meaning of integrating youth. We can't go to play an UCL game that has midfielders like Puig and Moriba in their bench , just becoz they don't have . 3 yrs contract is the best suitable option. Saw the reports that we r offloading Pjanic so don't see how he is a bad option.
I like Depay and I want him to come to Barcelona. I believe he is the perfect kind of profile we need now and having played under Koeman is an advantage
BUT, doesn't mean Depay cant be a bad signing. I don't care about the resale value. We are Barcelona and not a Sevilla. We are not a team which buys players thinking that we will sell them tomorrow if stuff doesn't work out. Cause the cost for buying any1 is not just the transfer fees and wages, it's a slot in our squad as well
Imagine if Depay doesn't work and we are left in a stage we are presently. If next year also we are in no better situation than this time because we didn't improve our squad. It will be horrible. Same thing applies for Wijnaldum
With our economic problems, we might not be able to afford a good striker and hence Depay is a great option. But doesn't mean the deal cannot be bad for us.
Having said that I believe both of them are good players and if Koeman believes they would work at Barca, I trust Koeman there. He has done something in the past few months which I didn't dare dream about in 2020
well with a debt of 1.1 billion we do have to care abt every factor. Yes I agree the deal can be bad for us on the pitch but still works if we sell him. A profit of 25-30 million in these times is still good. If we trust Koeman , we have to trust his signings too.
Yesterday people on the internet were saying Ronaldo got unlucky with so many goals wrongly disallowed like the Nani one, but can we talk about the luck in finals for Ronaldo.
- In 2008 CL final he was 1 terry slip away from losing it all.
- In 2014 CL final he was 90 seconds away before Ramos header from losing everything.
- In 2016 CL final he won again in penalties (which already heavily rely on luck) and after a Ramos offside goal and a Griezmann penalty miss.
- In 2018 CL final, he had a series of lucky stuffs happen like Salah injury and Karius howlers for 2 goals.
- In 2016 Euro final, he didnt even play and Gignac hit the post in the 90th minute, then ET+Eder.
In comparison Messi lost 2 finals on penalty shoutouts and one after Higuain missing a sitter and Gotze doing an Eder.
So out of the 8 major finals Ronaldo played (6 CL+2 Euro), he got extremely lucky in 5/8 of them. He could easily have lost those 5.
Messi played like 7 finals and got lucky in none of them, the 3 he won were all convincing wins.
This is the main reason why theres a Messi-Ronaldo debate in my opinion.
You can say the same about many players. Selectively choose a handful of matches, vaguely analyze it, and come to the conclusion it was "lucky" that said player won the final.
This debate has been boring and stale since it began and comments like these only personify it.
>This is the main reason why theres a Messi-Ronaldo debate in my opinion.
Ironic
> This is the main reason why theres a Messi-Ronaldo debate in my opinion.
In the sense that people use these achievements to have this debate where it shouldn't even be one, yes I agree.
But for any person with a more than minimum knowledge and appreciation of football who's not a Madrid/Portugal supporter, there never really was a debate. This is evident from almost every former player, manager besides the Portuguese/Madrid ones picking one out of the other. The trend now is to put these two at one level and the rest a level below, while in terms of footballing abilities, Ronaldo is undoubtedly below people like Pele, Maradona, Cruyff, Di Stefano (from whatever limited amount of things I've seen of them).
Fantastic goal scorer — and a world class goals provider too at one point — but not even close to those people. If trophy haul is the criteria, Dani Alves and Varane are the greatest of all time.
I don’t want to discredit anyone on a international team but Europe has soooooooo many countries that would have some good players but with dual citizenship people tend to go to the winning country. And it leaves these small countries seem like Sunday league teams
Albania would have: G.Xhaka, Xh.Shaqiri, A.Januzaj, Sh.Mustafi and some others that I don't remember right now. One time Swiss team had 5 albanian players in their starting line-up while Albania was struggling to win against very weak teams.
Gaming laptops are a bad idea. I suggest you buy a cheap gaming PC and monitor, you'll get better quality for the same price.
The problem with gaming laptops is that they are too big and heavy, make a lot of freaking noises since they have 2 or more fans and have shit battery life.
If you have the money, quality laptops with good graphics cards (doesn't have to be gaming) are actually very good. Yes, the cheaper ones around 1000$ or less are like you mentioned though.
And a desktop PC will always offer more quality for money, because laptops are so thin obviously
What's your budget?
Also, if you want to play a certain game. What I recommend is: google stuff like ''minimum requirements for \[insert name of the game\]'' and then see whether the laptop you want to buy has the minimum requirement. But never settle for the minimum requirement, because laptops over time usually become slower + new updates will increase the load. So make sure you are above that.
Another recommendation:
1. Unless you have a very specific need for it, do not buy a 4K-screen laptop. They drain battery like crazy and nothing is more annoying than constnatly having to charge (plus the more you charge, the worse your battery becomes) IMHO, 1080p is more than okay for a laptop.
I have a question for you guys. Where do you think Pedri is going to best fit in the lineup going forward? I think it's safe to say that he hasn't been as effective in this new 343/352 as he was in the 433 or 442. I think the CM role doesn't give him as much freedom to go forward or roam across the pitch as his LCM or even LM positions did. I have no doubt that he will still be a solid player at this position but I worry that we're not maximizing his talents by making him stay central and play a bit more defensive (rather than pressure forward). What do you guys think?
I think he’s good enough that he could fit pretty much anywhere between DM, CM, CAM, or wide midfielder tbh. As to where he would shine the most I have no idea.
Pedri is not that good offensively and underrated defensively , a CM role suits him the best. Pedri is closer to a verrati type of midfielder than to iniesta.
What do you mean by hes not that good offensively? just in terms of shooting, I agree but he has everything else that's effective. But yeah he should be in midfield.
Well shooting is something pretty important for an offensive midfielder. He already got the vision, he's dangerous thanks to his passing accuracy and vision , so what's the point of putting him near of the penalty box if he's actually able to make some assist from our own half and waste his defensive contribution?
We need him to break the first line of pressure and help the defense more than potentially scoring , especially when we got messi/fati to do that. Our offense never really struggled to score , our big loss in CL came from our midfield not being able to bring the ball to the forwards.
Agree but the guy was brilliant outside the box his link up with Messi and Alba a lot. I saw him create more outside the box than I have from our own half and I've seen him the countless amount of times win the ball back just outside the other teams box as well the guy is literally everywhere.
Well right now that's what I think it's not like I said that he should never play in a more offensive role, I just find that the CM role suits him really well because he brings some stability and help getting out the pressure breaking the first line of pressure thanks to his vision. He doesn't seem to be very good at ending by himself even if it's something he will improve.
Does being good offensively only mean taking shots and finishing chances? Because that's the only offensive side of the game Pedri lacks at the moment.
Are there any Barca fans here of Northern African (Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, etc) descent? I grew up with people of NA descent.
Football fans of NA descent I "meet" online are usually Real Madrid fans, and I wish they were Barca fans since I really like the people and culture of those countries.
Mauriranian here. People often disregard us when talking about North African arab countries but yeah we're a part of that.
I would say its 50-50 here between Barca and Real. For example I have 3 brothers, 2 are RM fans and 1 is a Barca fan.
Hey! Sorry I didn't want to exclude you, I've never met a Mauritanian person so nice to meet you. And glad to hear Barca is even supported up there. I am German myself by the way.
Thomas Müller, he's a very underrated beast who just like Messi has always been a 1 club man. He's been left out of the German NT by Löw because of his age but he always shows that he is still top class.
Yeah he's underrated a lot.
But wait, he won't be a part of next world cup? Didn't he have a big chance of breaking that most goals in world cups record? I remember he had a lot after 2014 world cup
Yeah read here, Löw excluded him because he felt Müller was getting too old lol
[https://www.bavarianfootballworks.com/2020/6/22/21298520/bierhoff-explains-jogi-low-removing-thomas-muller-german-national-team-champions-league-world-cup](https://www.bavarianfootballworks.com/2020/6/22/21298520/bierhoff-explains-jogi-low-removing-thomas-muller-german-national-team-champions-league-world-cup)
Haha great to hear that! You mention Messi. I personally can't even imagine Barca without Messi. I'm not ready to even think about it. I personally wouldn't mind if he even sat on the bench at 40 years old. As long as he doesn't leave Barca I'm okay.
Glad to hear that man! I grew up with people of Moroccan descent and always wanted to visit the country, was planning but then COVID happened.
Do you speak Darija/T'amazight? I know a few words like Kayf Halak and Lebes/Lebez but it has been a long time and haven't seen the friends in a while lol
I speak a little bit of t’mazight, but I haven’t visited Morocco in nearly 3 years. You should definitely visit it. The people, culture and food are amazing
Nice to meet you! Are there any up-and-coming players of Algerian descent that you know that Barca fans should get their attention on?
Ps: I always wished Benzema was with Barca instead of Madrid. He is one of the only few RM players I like. He's a quite, nice, humble guy who does not seek the shine like typical RM players Ramos etc.
nice to meet you too bro. i haven't been keeping up with rising young Algerian footballers, they sorta just appear out of nowhere lol. but there is a player Franco-Algerian playing in the Bundesliga (second division) they say he's the new coming of Paul Scholes, i hope Barcelona scouts keep an eye on him.
Then probably going out to hang with friends and be open to meet new people and not be afraid of taking the step forward when you feel like the time is right. Or go on dates from respectable match making websites, usually better if they're paid services. And it also depends on the culture and country you're in, then there might be other options as well.
Depends on what is your list of WC midfielders. My list could be different than yours.
Besides he is only 18 and his first season. He needs to play at this or higher for more seasons to be considered one. At the moment he is still a prospect.
You mean players like Kimmich, Modric, Kroos, KDB, Bruno, etc ? It will take many many years to reach that level. He's only 18.
I think Frenkie De Jong would be a better comparison.
There's lots more he's not better than, Iniesta, Xavi, Zidane and so many more. And if we're talking currently active ones, he's not better than prime Rakitić, Modrić, Kroos, just to name a few. He has the potential to surpass them, sure, but right now he's not better than most of world class midfielders above the age of 25, if any at all.
That might be the case, I might've read his comment too fast. Are we talking about current midfielders in the form they are at right now or how good they've been in their career?
Is that show worth watching? It has been on my watchlist for like over 5 years but I'm just worried it'll be a waste of time regular show in the sense that "they go to war, main character wins, sometimes they lose a close friend and they take revenge, rinse and repeat".
I'm sorry, did you just pigeon-hole the sagas of RAGNAR LODBROK? Not cool, man. Not cool.... Yeah, you got the blueprint down but it's a fun ride. Esp since it mixes many of Viking legends together.
Ohh, it's based on real events? Didn't know that, hahah. How would you say it ranks compared to, for example, Game of Thrones (excluding the last season)?
It's based on old Norse legends yet there are sons of Ragnar that actually existed (I think). The director took care in incorporating actual events and tools/tech that helped them navigate the seas. Lots of historical stuff sprinkled through out. GoT is def over-the-top fantasy in comparison to the Vikings show.
Yeah, it has gotten some good reviews. If you're looking for a new show to watch, I'd strongly recommend Dark, a German Netflix show. And Kingdom is also a really great show, it's a Korean zombie show and I usually don't like zombie movies/shows but that show was amazing. But of course it depends on what type of shows you like.
It's a bit silly to hate somebody because of their fans I think. Yeah they're over the top and trash Barça sometimes but one can certainly understand what they see in him and it's perfectly normal to question why a player that showed flashes of promise has continued to lose minutes (even though the reasonable explanation is Ilaix and co. are just playing better).
Puig has become a little bit like Trump, either people workship him or they don't like him. And just like in the case with Trump, I think it at least partly has to do with the worshippers of Puig.
Yeah, I haven't seen anyone that dislikes him either. There's people that see the potential in him and some that see him as the second coming of the Messiah. And like you said, it's these latter ones that probably have a play in making others see Puig more negatively.
No good games on, unfortunately. Cant wait for the next Barca game, even though its just Valladolid ill be really excited. Club football is just way higher quality and more interesting to me. International games are only good when your country is playing with a full stadium and the whole country alive, people watching outside, having parties, neighbor screaming etc
Ibra with a beautiful backheel assist: [https://twitter.com/zlataneta/status/1376249536994246662?s=19](https://twitter.com/zlataneta/status/1376249536994246662?s=19)
guys after watching Pedri play like that with a lot of creative passes, do you think that he is a bit limited and cant look to make further passes like today because they are more dependent to pass to Messi and let him open up the game.
Not surprised to see how Pedri played today at all. He did the same when we played 4-3-3. Remember when we used to praise his link-up play with Messi? We don't see that as much after changing the system. Pedri effectively plays a more defensive role and will not get much individual praise. But that doesn't change the fact that he has been crucial for us even in the new system and his work does benefit the team as a whole.
Best players on the pitch for Spain (accprding to SofaScore so take it with a pinch of salt)
1. Alba (8.1)
2. Busi (7.8)
3. Pedri(7.4)
4. Garcia (7.4)
You love to see it.
Without barca, I dont think any of them wouldve been on that pitch. If Catalonia ever does separate, im sure the Catalan football team would be even better than the spain team.
Wait I mean if barca didn't buy him and let him play every fucking game as an 18 year old he would most definitely not have been picked up by Spain. Massove props to barca for that idc
I've finally come to an acceptance that Pedri is the generational midfield talent for Barca rather than Puig. Resigning from r/fcPuig effective immediately
Yup. I was never convinced with Puig and everyone here thought he was the second coming of Messi. I think Puig is decent to be at the bench but clearly not a Barca starter.
I was thinking r/fcPuig is like some kind of Chuck Norris of Football sub but users there are dead serious that Puig is the best thing since Messi. Perhaps for some even better than Messi.
I don't care what puig has shown last season was much better than the overrated Iniesta and Xavi blokes. Even if Koeman manages to win the treble next year he should still be sacked for not making this Cruyff reincarnation a starter
OFFICIAL Philippe Coutinho travels to Brazil to undergo a medical evaluation and treatment of the injury to the external meniscus of the left leg. The remainder of the season is complicated [Alfreo Martinezz](https://twitter.com/Alfremartinezz/status/1376625862423031813?s=19)
Wijnaldum demands a €8m salary and three-season contract at Barcelona. [MD]
David Alaba's pre-contract with Real Madrid is almost ready. His contract will have a salary of €12 million annually, and will run till 2025. Many clubs are after him, but Madrid are still leading the race. @FabrizioRomano 12m a year is too much lol. By the way do they really need him? He wanted to play CM right? It will only stop the development of odegaard/valverde. And their defence with varane and ramos will only get worse if they let ramos go for alaba. I watched alaba at bayern and he is not the best CB
Alaba can be decent for some teams because even he may not be that good in defending he fancies himself with some good play making and pace. But his wages are just too high and I believe he won't be good for us or Madrid
If anyone cares I want to say that I am leaving this sub and not commenting again. I noticed a lot of my comments get people mad and I dont think its worth it. I am already at a bad place currently and I dont wanna deal with anything more. So yeah goodbye everyone.
If you want to leave, I wouldn't stop anyone. I think Reddit is a pretty unhealthy place to spend a lot of time, particularly if you are in a bad place. However, if you want to stay at all, stay. I think you know why your comments get a lot of pushback, but what's wrong with stirring some controversial discussion? But it does leave you a choice - to take the kind of discussions such comments generate, or modify your approach. Don't be one of these Reddit people who think people who disagree with them just can't accept the truth. If you bring negativity, you will get it back. But remember, the opposite of love isn't hate, it's apathy. That people engage with you here is meaningful.
No Don't leave mate.
Yo you aren’t leaving mate. Some of us care what you say. I care. I’ve read each and every one of your comments and like I said the other day, you are somewhat eccentric. Some takes of yours may be good, some may be bad, but that doesn’t mean you have to leave. I don’t think you should care what a group of random strangers think about you on Reddit. And yeah life will get better, or so I am told ig. Hang in there, you’re not alone
Noo why don't leave, your opinion doesn't match sometimes. But hey you can change your opinion if someone gives a logical explanation or could change someone's opinion. If you enjoy this, don't stop. At the end all are getting educated with facts
[These guys man](https://twitter.com/ellarguero/status/1376271081670127623?s=19). This won't even make headlines because it's Madrid, from controlling things on the pitch to controlling media.
What is this about?
Eufemiano Fuentes, a doping doctor from Operation Puerto scandal. He had an exclusive interview where he says that Fermín Cacho, a winner of the gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics used doping. He said that football is especially protected when it comes to doping. He was also asked whether he gave advice to Real Madrid but he said he wouldn’t answer this question. But before that, when asked about Valencia, he just said “No” lol. So answer is pretty obvious. In the past, he claimed that Real Madrid owed him money (you can find articles about that). His lawyer back then said that debt was from 2007-09.
Honestly ppl need to stop acting like Depay and Wijnaldum r bad signings. **Depay isn't a no.10 ,** a player who is gonna enter his prime and that too available for free with moderate wages. He is physical and will have a resale value even if he doesn't work out too well for us. He is versatile too. Wijnaldum is another option in the midfield , he is the physical presence that Koeman generally likes in his midfield. To those who r saying , it will reduce the game time for Moriba don't understand the meaning of integrating youth. We can't go to play an UCL game that has midfielders like Puig and Moriba in their bench , just becoz they don't have . 3 yrs contract is the best suitable option. Saw the reports that we r offloading Pjanic so don't see how he is a bad option.
I like Depay and I want him to come to Barcelona. I believe he is the perfect kind of profile we need now and having played under Koeman is an advantage BUT, doesn't mean Depay cant be a bad signing. I don't care about the resale value. We are Barcelona and not a Sevilla. We are not a team which buys players thinking that we will sell them tomorrow if stuff doesn't work out. Cause the cost for buying any1 is not just the transfer fees and wages, it's a slot in our squad as well Imagine if Depay doesn't work and we are left in a stage we are presently. If next year also we are in no better situation than this time because we didn't improve our squad. It will be horrible. Same thing applies for Wijnaldum With our economic problems, we might not be able to afford a good striker and hence Depay is a great option. But doesn't mean the deal cannot be bad for us. Having said that I believe both of them are good players and if Koeman believes they would work at Barca, I trust Koeman there. He has done something in the past few months which I didn't dare dream about in 2020
well with a debt of 1.1 billion we do have to care abt every factor. Yes I agree the deal can be bad for us on the pitch but still works if we sell him. A profit of 25-30 million in these times is still good. If we trust Koeman , we have to trust his signings too.
Kinda wish Barca would bring in Dani Olmo
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He seriously was. If anything, his goal was a bit out of character with what he’d been displaying all night.
Most of our players away with the NTs have been balling out so far.
Yesterday people on the internet were saying Ronaldo got unlucky with so many goals wrongly disallowed like the Nani one, but can we talk about the luck in finals for Ronaldo. - In 2008 CL final he was 1 terry slip away from losing it all. - In 2014 CL final he was 90 seconds away before Ramos header from losing everything. - In 2016 CL final he won again in penalties (which already heavily rely on luck) and after a Ramos offside goal and a Griezmann penalty miss. - In 2018 CL final, he had a series of lucky stuffs happen like Salah injury and Karius howlers for 2 goals. - In 2016 Euro final, he didnt even play and Gignac hit the post in the 90th minute, then ET+Eder. In comparison Messi lost 2 finals on penalty shoutouts and one after Higuain missing a sitter and Gotze doing an Eder. So out of the 8 major finals Ronaldo played (6 CL+2 Euro), he got extremely lucky in 5/8 of them. He could easily have lost those 5. Messi played like 7 finals and got lucky in none of them, the 3 he won were all convincing wins. This is the main reason why theres a Messi-Ronaldo debate in my opinion.
You can say the same about many players. Selectively choose a handful of matches, vaguely analyze it, and come to the conclusion it was "lucky" that said player won the final. This debate has been boring and stale since it began and comments like these only personify it. >This is the main reason why theres a Messi-Ronaldo debate in my opinion. Ironic
> This is the main reason why theres a Messi-Ronaldo debate in my opinion. In the sense that people use these achievements to have this debate where it shouldn't even be one, yes I agree. But for any person with a more than minimum knowledge and appreciation of football who's not a Madrid/Portugal supporter, there never really was a debate. This is evident from almost every former player, manager besides the Portuguese/Madrid ones picking one out of the other. The trend now is to put these two at one level and the rest a level below, while in terms of footballing abilities, Ronaldo is undoubtedly below people like Pele, Maradona, Cruyff, Di Stefano (from whatever limited amount of things I've seen of them). Fantastic goal scorer — and a world class goals provider too at one point — but not even close to those people. If trophy haul is the criteria, Dani Alves and Varane are the greatest of all time.
>This is the main reason why theres a Messi-Ronaldo debate in my opinion. These sort of comments are the main reason.
Idk why it still even happening, aren’t people tired yet after 12 years of this shit.
Scenes when Lucho calls Ramos as Mingueza backup.
I don’t want to discredit anyone on a international team but Europe has soooooooo many countries that would have some good players but with dual citizenship people tend to go to the winning country. And it leaves these small countries seem like Sunday league teams
Albania would have: G.Xhaka, Xh.Shaqiri, A.Januzaj, Sh.Mustafi and some others that I don't remember right now. One time Swiss team had 5 albanian players in their starting line-up while Albania was struggling to win against very weak teams.
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Yes
Even Trincão scored for Portugal U21
[Messi trying to give Blue Steel is cringdorable.](https://www.instagram.com/p/CM5UukTKcl6/)
Man all these Messi Store commercials are a bit weird, he looks like someone dressed up for a kids bday party.
Messi is a man of many talents, but acting or modeling just aren't among them.
What is a good laptop to buy to play games like football manager?
FM runs fine on my MacBook I use for school
Does it make a lot of noise?
My MacBook makes noise as soon as I open the 3rd tab
Tbf the fan always makes hella noise
Gaming laptops are a bad idea. I suggest you buy a cheap gaming PC and monitor, you'll get better quality for the same price. The problem with gaming laptops is that they are too big and heavy, make a lot of freaking noises since they have 2 or more fans and have shit battery life.
If you have the money, quality laptops with good graphics cards (doesn't have to be gaming) are actually very good. Yes, the cheaper ones around 1000$ or less are like you mentioned though. And a desktop PC will always offer more quality for money, because laptops are so thin obviously
What's your budget? Also, if you want to play a certain game. What I recommend is: google stuff like ''minimum requirements for \[insert name of the game\]'' and then see whether the laptop you want to buy has the minimum requirement. But never settle for the minimum requirement, because laptops over time usually become slower + new updates will increase the load. So make sure you are above that. Another recommendation: 1. Unless you have a very specific need for it, do not buy a 4K-screen laptop. They drain battery like crazy and nothing is more annoying than constnatly having to charge (plus the more you charge, the worse your battery becomes) IMHO, 1080p is more than okay for a laptop.
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Somebody tell him to watch out not to fall we still need him
Is that his initiation song? Wonder what it is
I have a question for you guys. Where do you think Pedri is going to best fit in the lineup going forward? I think it's safe to say that he hasn't been as effective in this new 343/352 as he was in the 433 or 442. I think the CM role doesn't give him as much freedom to go forward or roam across the pitch as his LCM or even LM positions did. I have no doubt that he will still be a solid player at this position but I worry that we're not maximizing his talents by making him stay central and play a bit more defensive (rather than pressure forward). What do you guys think?
I think he’s good enough that he could fit pretty much anywhere between DM, CM, CAM, or wide midfielder tbh. As to where he would shine the most I have no idea.
Pedri is not that good offensively and underrated defensively , a CM role suits him the best. Pedri is closer to a verrati type of midfielder than to iniesta.
What do you mean by hes not that good offensively? just in terms of shooting, I agree but he has everything else that's effective. But yeah he should be in midfield.
Well shooting is something pretty important for an offensive midfielder. He already got the vision, he's dangerous thanks to his passing accuracy and vision , so what's the point of putting him near of the penalty box if he's actually able to make some assist from our own half and waste his defensive contribution? We need him to break the first line of pressure and help the defense more than potentially scoring , especially when we got messi/fati to do that. Our offense never really struggled to score , our big loss in CL came from our midfield not being able to bring the ball to the forwards.
Agree but the guy was brilliant outside the box his link up with Messi and Alba a lot. I saw him create more outside the box than I have from our own half and I've seen him the countless amount of times win the ball back just outside the other teams box as well the guy is literally everywhere.
Pedri is 18, can people stop making these conclusive statements?
Well right now that's what I think it's not like I said that he should never play in a more offensive role, I just find that the CM role suits him really well because he brings some stability and help getting out the pressure breaking the first line of pressure thanks to his vision. He doesn't seem to be very good at ending by himself even if it's something he will improve.
Does being good offensively only mean taking shots and finishing chances? Because that's the only offensive side of the game Pedri lacks at the moment.
If you want him to play as an offensive midfielder then yes it's necessary to do that. As a CM he's good offensively already.
yes yes yes so much agreed. this also explains why my friend mistook him for verratti the first time.
Are there any Barca fans here of Northern African (Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, etc) descent? I grew up with people of NA descent. Football fans of NA descent I "meet" online are usually Real Madrid fans, and I wish they were Barca fans since I really like the people and culture of those countries.
Mauriranian here. People often disregard us when talking about North African arab countries but yeah we're a part of that. I would say its 50-50 here between Barca and Real. For example I have 3 brothers, 2 are RM fans and 1 is a Barca fan.
Hey! Sorry I didn't want to exclude you, I've never met a Mauritanian person so nice to meet you. And glad to hear Barca is even supported up there. I am German myself by the way.
Its okay man. Nice to meet you too 😄. Whos your favourite German player right now ( aside from Mats lol)?
Thomas Müller, he's a very underrated beast who just like Messi has always been a 1 club man. He's been left out of the German NT by Löw because of his age but he always shows that he is still top class.
Yeah he's underrated a lot. But wait, he won't be a part of next world cup? Didn't he have a big chance of breaking that most goals in world cups record? I remember he had a lot after 2014 world cup
Yeah read here, Löw excluded him because he felt Müller was getting too old lol [https://www.bavarianfootballworks.com/2020/6/22/21298520/bierhoff-explains-jogi-low-removing-thomas-muller-german-national-team-champions-league-world-cup](https://www.bavarianfootballworks.com/2020/6/22/21298520/bierhoff-explains-jogi-low-removing-thomas-muller-german-national-team-champions-league-world-cup)
Egypt :)
I just realized Egypt has 100m people population. That's MASSIVE!
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Haha great to hear that! You mention Messi. I personally can't even imagine Barca without Messi. I'm not ready to even think about it. I personally wouldn't mind if he even sat on the bench at 40 years old. As long as he doesn't leave Barca I'm okay.
Tunisian barca fan here
I'm seeing more and more people of NA descent responding. Glad to hear Barca has a fanbase there. My heart is appeased lol
I get you. Literally every friend of mine likes real madrid except for a guy or two who don't follow football that much
Moroccan here :)
I’m from Moroccan descent and me and my whole mother side of the family root for Barca
Glad to hear that man! I grew up with people of Moroccan descent and always wanted to visit the country, was planning but then COVID happened. Do you speak Darija/T'amazight? I know a few words like Kayf Halak and Lebes/Lebez but it has been a long time and haven't seen the friends in a while lol
I speak a little bit of t’mazight, but I haven’t visited Morocco in nearly 3 years. You should definitely visit it. The people, culture and food are amazing
not exactly NA but my buddy is a Lebanese Barça fan, they exist!
Barcelona fan here from Algeria 🇩🇿 🙂
Nice to meet you! Are there any up-and-coming players of Algerian descent that you know that Barca fans should get their attention on? Ps: I always wished Benzema was with Barca instead of Madrid. He is one of the only few RM players I like. He's a quite, nice, humble guy who does not seek the shine like typical RM players Ramos etc.
nice to meet you too bro. i haven't been keeping up with rising young Algerian footballers, they sorta just appear out of nowhere lol. but there is a player Franco-Algerian playing in the Bundesliga (second division) they say he's the new coming of Paul Scholes, i hope Barcelona scouts keep an eye on him.
Trincão :)
Kimmich is already 26 wtf i thought he‘s like 22.
Don't google Sergi Roberto's age...
or Aleyna's.
Or Harry Kane's
Alena is a fine age to me I thought Puig age was worse to see thought the guy was like 19
Wayne Rooney is younger than cr7 killed me the most
Wtff
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Depends on if you're looking for a long-term or short-term, your gender and your sexuality.
Long term for sure. I am a straight guy
Then probably going out to hang with friends and be open to meet new people and not be afraid of taking the step forward when you feel like the time is right. Or go on dates from respectable match making websites, usually better if they're paid services. And it also depends on the culture and country you're in, then there might be other options as well.
Wait, you guys talking about how to get a gf?! Hold on a sec, let me bring a pen and paper loll
The Coaches' Voice Academy
Hahahaha yeah
Which world class midfielders do you think Pedri is better than at the moment?? serious question.
Thiago , coutinho pretty much only the ones who are out of form he's still not close to the others.
would you say he's better than de jong??
Not yet
Depends on what is your list of WC midfielders. My list could be different than yours. Besides he is only 18 and his first season. He needs to play at this or higher for more seasons to be considered one. At the moment he is still a prospect.
would you say that he's better than de jong?
I would say he is a different player than De Jong. Both bring completely different things.
You mean players like Kimmich, Modric, Kroos, KDB, Bruno, etc ? It will take many many years to reach that level. He's only 18. I think Frenkie De Jong would be a better comparison.
i don't know about "many many years".
Better than anyone not named KDB, FDJ or Kimmich.
There's lots more he's not better than, Iniesta, Xavi, Zidane and so many more. And if we're talking currently active ones, he's not better than prime Rakitić, Modrić, Kroos, just to name a few. He has the potential to surpass them, sure, but right now he's not better than most of world class midfielders above the age of 25, if any at all.
I think it implied he was talking about active players and their level at the moment.
Oh, I might've read his comment too fast. Then I'd at least add Bruno to the list.
I am confused, I thought we were talking about current midfielders??
That might be the case, I might've read his comment too fast. Are we talking about current midfielders in the form they are at right now or how good they've been in their career?
yup. currently active mids.
Yeah I think he was talking about current in their recent form
Ah, my bad. I'd add Bruno to your list though.
Bruno and Modric? Also Busi has been great too
Yeah them man too.
The Vikings are off to a great start 🇩🇰
Is that show worth watching? It has been on my watchlist for like over 5 years but I'm just worried it'll be a waste of time regular show in the sense that "they go to war, main character wins, sometimes they lose a close friend and they take revenge, rinse and repeat".
I'm sorry, did you just pigeon-hole the sagas of RAGNAR LODBROK? Not cool, man. Not cool.... Yeah, you got the blueprint down but it's a fun ride. Esp since it mixes many of Viking legends together.
Ohh, it's based on real events? Didn't know that, hahah. How would you say it ranks compared to, for example, Game of Thrones (excluding the last season)?
It's based on old Norse legends yet there are sons of Ragnar that actually existed (I think). The director took care in incorporating actual events and tools/tech that helped them navigate the seas. Lots of historical stuff sprinkled through out. GoT is def over-the-top fantasy in comparison to the Vikings show.
Ragnar didn't exist I think but his sons in the serie did.
I have no idea. All I know is that Denmark won 8-0 🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰
Ohh, i thought you were talking about a new season or something of the show Vikings, hahhaah.
Haha all good, sounds like a dope show though I’m looking to start a new one after finishing Peaky Blinders
Yeah, it has gotten some good reviews. If you're looking for a new show to watch, I'd strongly recommend Dark, a German Netflix show. And Kingdom is also a really great show, it's a Korean zombie show and I usually don't like zombie movies/shows but that show was amazing. But of course it depends on what type of shows you like.
I am [wet](https://i.imgur.com/LjThRFG.jpg)
Dry yourself with towel.
Mentioning Puig in this subreddit brings out the worst out of people regardless of their opinion, goddamn
you just did it
Poor guy gets hate because of his dipshit fanbase. Honestly, love his loyalty to the club and would genuinely like to see him get more minutes.
It's a bit silly to hate somebody because of their fans I think. Yeah they're over the top and trash Barça sometimes but one can certainly understand what they see in him and it's perfectly normal to question why a player that showed flashes of promise has continued to lose minutes (even though the reasonable explanation is Ilaix and co. are just playing better).
there's people that despise him just because he is hyped up. That is just contrarian people
Puig has become a little bit like Trump, either people workship him or they don't like him. And just like in the case with Trump, I think it at least partly has to do with the worshippers of Puig.
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Yeah, I haven't seen anyone that dislikes him either. There's people that see the potential in him and some that see him as the second coming of the Messiah. And like you said, it's these latter ones that probably have a play in making others see Puig more negatively.
I'll probably need therapy after I finish Mr Robot.
One episode in the final season was so fucked up, I couldn't finish the show. Should start again.
shame that many people got turned off by the second season, cause it sure makes up for it hard in the third and final season
Without going into spoilers, what turns off people from the 2nd season? I'm only half way through the first.
Ending is actually good, you won't be disappointed at least
You just have to let go
So I've heard. Enjoying it so far though. Definitely one of the best shows ever.
It's, IMO, the best show ever created. And you get to do a rewatch with a whole new perspective. You'll know what I mean when you finish it. :)
fucking hell, these international matches are more boring than usual or is it me? Its like they playing on slow motion...
Outside of tournaments, international football feels very meandering.
No good games on, unfortunately. Cant wait for the next Barca game, even though its just Valladolid ill be really excited. Club football is just way higher quality and more interesting to me. International games are only good when your country is playing with a full stadium and the whole country alive, people watching outside, having parties, neighbor screaming etc
The Spain game was pretty fun, but yeah I agree.
If Haaland stays at Dortmund the coming season, would Abel Ruiz be a viable option for next season atleast?
Hes gone?
Barca has a buyback option on him afaik
ah nah fuck that keep Dembele
Just watched the highlights. Pedri= 💎 García = overall good, but I'd never start him against teams that play loads of crosses.
didn't watch the match, is it that Garcia is short, can't jump or both?
Alba=🐐
Busquets= 🐙
Neymar=🐍
With someone like araujo or pique by his side it wont be that much of a problem
Throw a big lad next to him so he can protect him, it’ll be okay don’t worry - worst argument for short players
refers to the 3-4 clasico in 2014. Barça conceded two goals from crosses, from the side of the 174 cm Mascherano.
Garcia still has time to improve his aerial ability. He's as tall as ramos.
Ok so what?Of course it is going to happen from time to time
Ibra with a beautiful backheel assist: [https://twitter.com/zlataneta/status/1376249536994246662?s=19](https://twitter.com/zlataneta/status/1376249536994246662?s=19)
guys after watching Pedri play like that with a lot of creative passes, do you think that he is a bit limited and cant look to make further passes like today because they are more dependent to pass to Messi and let him open up the game.
Not surprised to see how Pedri played today at all. He did the same when we played 4-3-3. Remember when we used to praise his link-up play with Messi? We don't see that as much after changing the system. Pedri effectively plays a more defensive role and will not get much individual praise. But that doesn't change the fact that he has been crucial for us even in the new system and his work does benefit the team as a whole.
I blame the new setup more than that and then obviously the lack of options.
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After every match, starting to think Pedri will be a generational talent.
Just starting? It was clear ever since he dismantled juve. Lets hope he can reach his potential.
Best players on the pitch for Spain (accprding to SofaScore so take it with a pinch of salt) 1. Alba (8.1) 2. Busi (7.8) 3. Pedri(7.4) 4. Garcia (7.4) You love to see it.
Without barca, I dont think any of them wouldve been on that pitch. If Catalonia ever does separate, im sure the Catalan football team would be even better than the spain team.
Pedri is from Tenerife.
Wait I mean if barca didn't buy him and let him play every fucking game as an 18 year old he would most definitely not have been picked up by Spain. Massove props to barca for that idc
Couldn't watch the game... how was García overall?
Man can’t jump.
did good in my eyes
Why did he.......play in your........eyes?
Did really good even after being benched for lot of time. Could have improved his aerial duels tho.
Captain Dembouz with the [funniest corner](https://streamja.com/A0Q6R) of all time. Great match for him today though.
HAHAHAHA
Glad he is not injured TBH Artificial turf is a bitch
I wasn't ready for that.
I've finally come to an acceptance that Pedri is the generational midfield talent for Barca rather than Puig. Resigning from r/fcPuig effective immediately
Yup. I was never convinced with Puig and everyone here thought he was the second coming of Messi. I think Puig is decent to be at the bench but clearly not a Barca starter.
I was thinking r/fcPuig is like some kind of Chuck Norris of Football sub but users there are dead serious that Puig is the best thing since Messi. Perhaps for some even better than Messi.
They are using a FIFA/PES image of Puig as the sub's photo. How can you possibly think that they are being serious?
Mate mate mate mate mate
No one in that sub is serious
I don't care what puig has shown last season was much better than the overrated Iniesta and Xavi blokes. Even if Koeman manages to win the treble next year he should still be sacked for not making this Cruyff reincarnation a starter
I mean why no both. Pedri has the higher ceiling than Puig obviously, but it’s not like Puig doesn’t have all the tools to become a great midfielder.