Beren Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 On the back of the Messi thread, where does the current Barcelona side rank? From what you've seen, obviously. (At the time, or subsequent footage etc). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 They're shit Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidAK Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Best I've ever seen. Just ridiculously good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuv Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Hmm i dunno. Brazil '70 is obvioulsy first though. Liverpool in the late 70's early 80's has to be up there too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 People fapping over Barca just makes me hate them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmk Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Incredible team the work ethic, the skills, amazing. Best I have seen by a mile. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Best I've seen in my lifetime by some distance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 I guess, almost concomitantly, what is the level of club football competition around them right now? Worst bunch of Italian sides I can remember for a time, same with the English (IMO). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 I'd love to see then take on the fantastic Milan team at the turn of the 90's Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Still need to win the world cup before they can be classed as one of the greats Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 You can only rate 'greatness' at the end of a teams lifespan and there are a few years left in this Barcelona squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Still need to win the world cup before they can be classed as one of the greats Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Let's see how they do on a cold Wednesday night in Stoke! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 You can only rate 'greatness' at the end of a teams lifespan and there are a few years left in this Barcelona squad. A good point. It's worth noting how do we classify when a team starts and ends though? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmk Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Probably when Xavi and Puyol retire with this team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heneage Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 You can only rate 'greatness' at the end of a teams lifespan and there are a few years left in this Barcelona squad. A good point. It's worth noting how do we classify when a team starts and ends though? When the majority of it's players have either moved on or retired? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 You can only rate 'greatness' at the end of a teams lifespan and there are a few years left in this Barcelona squad. A good point. It's worth noting how do we classify when a team starts and ends though? When the majority of it's players have either moved on or retired? Yes, but they'll all retire at different times. There is crossover. Is this Barca team the same one that won in 09? Is it the same one that won in 06 because that team had Puyol, Xavi, Valdes + Messi and Iniesta sporadically. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Probably when Xavi and Puyol retire with this team. or Guardiola leaves. For instance I think of Sacchis Milan and Cappellos Milan as seperate even though they had many of the same personnel. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmk Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Probably when Xavi and Puyol retire with this team. or Guardiola leaves. For instance I think of Sacchis Milan and Cappellos Milan as seperate even though they had many of the same personnel. Yesh, sgreed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 I was too young to see Sacchi's Meelan, but the only two club teams I'd rank up there with the current Barca crop would be Capello's Meelan, and Cruijff's Barca. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Best I've seen in my lifetime by some distance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 I reckon this Barca team is in its third season. As soon as Ronaldinho, Zambrotta, Deco and Oleguer left a new iteration began. Best team I've ever seen. International teams are hard to compare due to the lack of games and I'm too young to compare them with past club sides. But they'll be very hard to topple. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Snrub Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Aye, Oleguer was the glue that held the 03-07 team together. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 By a mile the best side i've ever seen. I've actually seen more of Barca than any other side in England or Spain this season (not missed a single game as it happens) and they're simply football at it's most advanced and beautiful simultaneously. Perhaps the most impressive thing is the risky football they play pressing so high up the field whilst maintaining a fantastic defensive record. Xavi and Messi are perhaps the greatest players i've had the pleasure to watch regularly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Aye, Oleguer was the glue that held the 03-07 team together. Oleguer, Gerard and Gabri......what a fantastic team they were Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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