At first I thought the Barca way of playing was good football. But the fact that they do the same shit again and again shows that they are tactically lacking. The football they play although technically brilliant it is slow ponderous and sorry to say downright dull.
Although I hate Chelsea and the plastic lime light they live in, I am reasonably happy that the oh so great and wonderful Barcelona got beat tonight. I just pray and hope that either Real or Bayern (Bayern pls be Bayern), thrash the shite club that Chavksi are in the final.
Compare this to the Atletic Bilbao games I've seen recently, they at least provide entertaining football. There is a mix u need in football, speed, aggression, technical ability, heart and Barca have some of that (technical ability, heart, and aggression) but not enough speed.
NO PLAN B. And its fucking boring!
I hate long ball football. Hoofing it forward for the strikers/wingers to chase down and try and score a goal, but sometimes directness has its place. Pissing around pass after pass after pass after pass, can be impeding the team as much as just hoofing it each time it gets possession. There needs to be balance. Barca don't have balance.
In addition to that although Cech last night possibly wasn't being quick about it, it was the Barca crowd that got him booked and I bet they get alot of bullshit decisions given there because of it. Most bigger teams DO get alot of decisions at home, but the way the media and uefa and so many people get caught up in the luv-in and the affect it has on the footballing world has become seriously biased toward Barca, and as referees are meant to be indefferent to either teams status this fucks me off something rotten.
If Liverpool played this way I probably would love it, but as they don't I am able to look at the style of play they have from a more objective position, and even though it has brought success to them recently in a way preferable to the Sam Allerdyce manual of shit football, I still cannot bring myself to enjoy and praise the luv-in of Barca football.
If any team could play like we played at Fulham away and against Man City at home last year consistently, THEN I wouldn't complain (bar the shit club down the motorway), or even the year Arsenal were unbeaten - fantastic. But the footy Barca serve up is not to my liking and I really don't care if people say 'Oh how dare you not enjoy the pass and move football that this brilliant club display every week?'. Its slow, dull and not enjoyable.
Rant over!