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Just like they did last year, and against Chelsea... Still waiting to see them SCORE against a decent team. What the hell?! They did it 6 bloody times on Saturday! Real Madrid need a whole new defence and strikeforce to be anywhere near decent, probably a couple of midfielders aswell. And the 100 goals they scored in the league? 9 against Atletico, a team whom Liverpool managed just one (and a dodgy one too). It's fun employing flimsy logic to support your claims, innit?

Just like they did last year, and against Chelsea... Still waiting to see them SCORE against a decent team. 3 matches that they thoroughly controlled and conceded only 1 goal, and you decide that they haven't scored against a decent team? Obviously my credibility is at stake tomorrow

This is all building up to one of my best days as a football fan: Barcelona thumping Man Utd in the CL final. Here's really, really hoping.

He was shit and laughed at a few years ago but there's a reason that Fergie includes him in the starting eleven over players like Scholes and Anderson. And it's not because he feels like the other players need a rest.

Ronaldo showing up in big games? Damn, it's starting to become a regular occurrence. 1-0 at Porto, 2 at the Emirates... CL final last season. Someone kill me, please.

Getting pwned here.

Diaby is nothing like Vieira. He cannot and should not be moulded into another Vieira.

One before halftime, you cunts.

Even the mere suggestion of him playing for England fucked him.

The Cunt.

So, in a dream world, Arsenal will score 1 before halftime, one in the first 15 of the second half and then the momentum will really be on their side. Come on you shit fucks, you can do it.

The first one was slightly dodgy keeping. You watch him dive and he doesn't dive at the ball, he dives towards the left of the ball, presumably to protect Park from sliding it into the corner, but it was too easy for Park to just loft the ball over him.

Poor keeping, in my opinion.

Anyone trying to wtach it on itv.com and just getting a black screen?

Time to support Everton.

Barton's an idiot. So he's done for the season. Fucking moron.

What tit uses that kind of radio today? Get a new phone.

So the refs are screwing us over too. Great.

Just blow for full-time, please.

This commentator is pissing me off.

Pathetic defending.

Positive start. Now I have hope.

This year is a total one-off and from what I see, it's caused by Barca's awesomeness. The fact that they have 3 players around, at or more than 20 goals speaks for itself. You look at the other players on the list and you know that it's not just that La Liga has shit defences. Villa ain't no slouch. He's shown it in two international competitions that he's one of the best strikers in the well. Forlan, I admit, wouldn't score that much in the Premiership but I'm attributing that to the different style of play. In England we always have random fucks like A Johnson getting 20 goals. Look at the past seasons and you have 2-4 players scoring twenty per season. You have VRoy on the list, you have Raul there, Ronaldinho, Kanoute. All quality players. That's something that you would expect from the Premiership as well. And I think you're saying it's laughable because it really is that easy for this Barca team. And come on, Real have been in awesome form for the past 3 months and been scoring goals for fun. Just because they got whooped by Liverpool once doesn't mean they're shit. Liverpool also beat Man Utd by the same scoreline away from home. Does that mean Man Utd are shit too? Obviously not.

For all their fantasy football though, the performance against Chelsea wasn't that different to the 2 against Man Utd last year; and I'd say in broad terms that comparison is valid. If Chelsea are defensively on their game, Barca will find it difficult to carve out clear-cut chances. Again - I hope that isn't the case. Man Utd actually had a few chances (with the penalty being one) whilst Barca's best chance was an Eto'o shot that wasn't close. This year, they had a lot of chances and I think on another day, it's 2-0 or 3-0 pretty easily. You had Eto'o's 1v1, the Bojan miss, the possibly penalty. This wasn't Chelsea totally shutting Barca out. This was Barca missing a few chances coupled with lots of last-ditch tackles. Nothing like the semi last year where Man Utd's defense truly shut down Barca. I admit I'm making some of these judgements with a bias because I truly, truly want to see Barca win. They're just incredibly fun to watch and I'd hate it if their style of play proved to be unsuccessful at the highest level. That's the main reason why I am and will be supporting Barca against any other team in football. I think their trio up front is also much better than they were last year. Messi's put himself up on a level that hasn't been seen since maybe Zidane 6 or 7 years ago, Eto'o's much sharper and he looks like he's enjoying himself and for once, Henry's fit which means he's awesome. Last year you had Eto'o still undecided on his future, Messi suffering niggling injuries and Henry adapting to a new league and recovering from injuries as well. This year they've got a perfect storm up front and that's probably why all three of them have been so prolific in the league. I think if they play Man Utd in the final, Man Utd will be on the defensive because they won't be able to get the ball off Barca and aren't capable of passing the ball around Barca, but their defense is good so they'll have a shot. It's probably 60/40 imo in favour of Barca if they and Man Utd end up playing in the final. On the other hand, I think if Arsenal get in we'll see a much better football game. I think Arsenal can pass it around pretty good as well so they'll create chances and maybe score, but Barca will win that match easily.

I think a lot of people are underestimating how good this Barca team is. Last year's team was pleasing to watch but they lacked that cutting edge. They were a more developed version of Arsenal but still pretty fragile. This year's team, on the other hand, is one of the best football teams in the past decade. Kid you not. They're an exception to what you're used to in football. This team really is that fucking good.