if Barcelona played Stoke City on a cold november evening

[seagullondon]

I think they could potentially do a job to stop them with their unfootballing tactics and their small pitch and good organisation.

anyone agree or am I just a bit of a mug and deserving of a

 

[Safe.]

Barca would still trounce them.

 

[pork pie]

Quite possibly. However, it is not good for Premiership football is it? The sooner they get relegated the better.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

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The answer is at the end of this clip.

 

[fire&skill]

Second time this morning I've heard that Stoke City are to blame for Utd's loss.

We're just weird in this country, aren't we . . .

 

[El Presidente]

Stoke are a decent side, play with two wingers and a centre forward. They spanked us in the FA Cup, got to the final and all they get on here is sneers from people who are cutting and pasting from Stoke's critics.

 

[Brian Fantana]

Barca would still batter them. They have played Champions League matches in Ukraine against a physical Shaktar team and still done ok.

 

[Seagull27]

They would batter Stoke, different class of players. But if there was a Champions League equivalent, with a Rory Delap style throw-in taker then it might cause them problems.

 

[El Turi]

Chelsea managed to outmuscle them a couple of years ago and were only denied by a shocking refereeing performance but I think Barca are a better team now (as shown by their dismantling of Real Madrid when they tried to kick them off the park).

 

[GT49er]

 

[Icy Gull]

Weird I hadn't seen this thread but I just posted much the same thoughts on the Gus trying to get us to play like Barcelona thread.

 

[GoldWithFalmer]

If Barcelona played Brighton and Hove Albion on a cold November evening-then i think we would have done extremely well

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

They would batter Stoke, different class of players. But if there was a Champions League equivalent, with a Rory Delap style throw-in taker then it might cause them problems.

They might well batter Stoke but they wouldn't get to 68% possession cos the ball would be in the air half the time.

 

[Joebananas]

Quite possibly. However, it is not good for Premiership football is it? The sooner they get relegated the better.

Yes it's all our fault, all the woes in the world are directly linked to the fact that Rory Delap can throw a ball a long way and that the exciting wing play of Etherington and Pennant only takes place in our 18 yard box before the biggest hoof ever upto the opposition goal. Man U losing last night was a direct result of them having to adapt their skills over a season to counter the threat of the bully boys Shawcross and Huth. 3 seasons now of easy mid table security for the Rugby Team. The top six all hate playing us, A 5 - 0 drubbing of Bolton in an FA Cup semi final with all goals from exciting open play sadly, oh my god what can the press report on now for all their loyal and sheep like readers who believe in everything they print about our anti christ footballing tactics.

Yes we should be relegated as soon as possible, how dare we grace the finest league in the world and rub shoulders with the best teams in the world ( See also Champions League final for confirmation of this superiority of Englaish teams! ) We should have tried to take a leaf out of the way Blackpool played in their first ever season in the Premier league and had all the plaudits heaping praise on us before heading back down to obscurity and a 2 paragraph report in the Sunday papers for the foreseable, with a pat on the back for not upsetting the apple cart!

For the record Barcelona are unplayable currently and they would have easily whooped Stoke on a wet windy wednesday in November 99 times out of 100 and sorry to say but even Barcelona Hove Albion would have been torn and extra backside last night!

Long may our fearsome reputation continue as it's worth 60 million a year to us!

Regards

JoeB

 

[Smythe]

They might well batter Stoke but they wouldn't get to 68% possession cos the ball would be in the air half the time.

But before Stoke could get the ball in the air they would have to get it from Barca......thats the hard bit.

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

Oh God, not the cold tuesday night cliche regurgitating again.

 

[APACHE]

Get a grip,do you think it doesn,t get cold in Spain and teams haven,t tried these tactics.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

i actually quite like stoke, they play to their strengths........why try and play like barca and get destroyed because you don't have the players to do it, when you can play the way you know and record VERY respectable league positions?

and anyway, their game isn't JUST about long throws etc. their wingers have been very good this year

 

[seagullondon]

Get a grip,do you think it doesn,t get cold in Spain and teams haven,t tried these tactics.

i have watched a lot of spanish football and no team has really targeted them with long throw ins and massive strong players like stoke have. Going forward i feel stoke could cause them problems but obviously defensively they could not cope

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I've actually seen Barcelona play Dundee United. In the 'Fairs Cup'. Bloomin' years ago. I was a wee boy. Don't remember what the score was tho suppose I could research it or dig out the programme I've still got somewhere. All I remember thinking at the time was the Barcelona kit was FLAIR - and this despite Dundee United playing in orange