CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Big teams seem to be dropping points more often over the past few seasons. Perhaps UEFA were on to something after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Wow, well done Celtic! Clubs all over Europe getting copies of the game to understand how they did it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Will be an incredible evening for Celtic as I'm pretty sure tonight they were celebrating their 125th birthday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Barca had 84% possesion according to opta stats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Talkshite trying their damnedest to get Rod Steward on the blower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 no surprise the barca arent really that good bandwagon has started up again despite the great start the squad looks so thin at the moment, need another striker and a CB and villanova doesnt seem to rotate as much as pep (i might be imagining that but villa and cesc hardly start, i havent seen cuenca or thiago all season) also hopefully someone might even notice how the worlds most underrated player has been missing from both of their "poor" performances vs celtic (for a shockingly bad red card too) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Route one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Woeful defending for that 2nd goal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 xavi could bring that down and have no one within 5m of him... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 The midfielder should have stuck his head on it. Once he let the ball bounce then there wasnt much Barcelona could do to stop the goal in my opinion. That said, they haven't swept all before them over the past three or four years by playing the percentages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Vilanova out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 I think the fans will forgive him. Barcelona have made their best start to a league season in the clubs history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Massive win for Celtic. Parkhead was shaking with noise, I'm jealous.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-s2vrmMsHo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Barcelona were massively the better team, celtic were shown up but unfortunately you dont win games by marking a performance and they got the goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 How do you mean? Celtic were always going to concede possession to Barcelona, the game went as they hoped it would. The BBC made me smile last night when they suggested that the result might be Celtic's greatest ever in Europe, before quickly remembering that it definitely wasn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Not sure what Xavi was doing, not like him tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 I think the fans will forgive him. Barcelona have made their best start to a league season in the clubs history. am sure if their is a BarcaTalk they be calling for his head now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 said for ages Barca defence is appalling. Collins and Dunne would probably even make them stronger at the back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Not sure what Xavi was doing, not like him tbh. I think it was simply an error. They happen from time to time, even to the very best players. I dont accept the "Barcelona defence is appalling" argument either. It always comes out when they lose, and they have had their first choice central defenders (Puyol & Pique) missing with injury of late but the simple fact is they concede very few goals, far fewer than most of the other similarly sized clubs. Yes, they defend as a team and the midfield keeping possession has as much to do with their goals against column being very meagre, but they can keep possession so easily because they have footballers at the back and not ogres like Collins and Dunne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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