The end of the series messi and friends

This the idea that comes to many peoples heads when they think or see barcelona
and for me i think the manager has been in that mindset as well


and its destructiveness came forth yesterday for all to see

and that barcelona is not a team it is a scheme a method a puzzle

and the puzzle has now been figured out

and messi has been the distracting silverware

with pundits falling over themselves for him or to talk about him
that fans and coaches alike have lapped it up

and the second leg of the barcelona v bayern tie will be intriguing



even in the build up bayern is personified by an array of players but barcelona is always personified by messi

for yesterday was asked

what is a bullet without a gun
and with psg it was what is a gun without a bullet

with psg we saw the psyche of barcelona was fragile because they had ceased to become a team
and where merely a formula

i was even deceived but i was made aware then and yesterday
for when messi was not playing i thought they would play villa in that role or change their plans
they did not they simply put fabregas there

and then threw messi on half fit
and they managed to get through
and the answer was snatched away from them to be presented the same song sheet

from now on i will say some very controversial things

first thing they are not a team but a formula
there was no plan b there was no tactics
and the fact was they have seemed lost
and it has been found out their deities were not deities but merely equations

the fact is why would you put^^^^^
him on when you are losing four nil and not earlier
why was an unfit messi relied upon for the whole 90 minutes

and i was watching the game

and i had seen bayern take of gomez
and change up their formation

and i looked at barcelona and was like you cannot change anything can you
and i do not know if it was arrogance or more so trying to keep the illusion alive
or that have succumbed to their own illusion
that they did not take messi of for villa by half time

and what we have seen from milan beating them
and the fact that they could not beat psg is that this is the end of a series
either from a quality point , tactical point or all together

for if they proceed with this equation with the answer leaked to the world this will not be the last time this happens

and if they change tactics in favour of messi some of the friends will be abandoned

and lastly if they change tactics
we may see then end of the messi domination of the individual footballer awards and accolades

for with the messi and friends set up
the team plays for messi
they had one shot on target against bayern
and even against psg before he came on they had no shots on target

the team does not have a plan b and does not know how to seriously play without messi
it has no traps or flase players or hidden gems to throw at opponents
it does not even have the guts to genuinely play without him


messi^^
the spear tip

but the team is seen as the ^^^^^
take of the spear tip and you have a stick

and take away the stick you have an oddly shaped knife with a loss of range

at the moment messi plays every game

and his goals are a extremely high percentage of the teams goals

bring in new players
and it will no longer be messi and the rest
like when they had eto and henry on the wings

change the formation with new players
and messi just becomes a squad player

like with rooney and united

in closing during the bayern v barca game
how many people did you really think was a threat attacking wise as to put the ball in the net

barca

messi
iniesta
and maybe sanchez in that game

bayern
gomez
robben
muller
ribery
schweinsteiger
lahm
alaba

and this is what barca will have to evolve into

for at the moment messi is bigger than the club
they cannot drop him
or bench him
or play without him
or bring in a rival for his place
in a sense held to ransom

and so have settled in this weird role of an equation
but they are at a crossroads
of become a team or still work on this equation


p.s

with many people thinking but he is the worlds best player
what did they do to ronaldinho for messi
and just like in chess no matter how good he is still just a player
and no matter the name queen or bishop they are still just pawns but with fancy moves
(fresh movie quote)


the same can be said of tottenham and bale
and was said of arsenal and henry

evolve be extinct