Bookies have written off Barca

atypical_boro

atypical_boro

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5/2 to win tonight at a neutral venue, and 9/1 to win CL.

City, who aren't yet through, are only 2/1 to win the whole thing, BM (at same stage as Barca) only 3/1.

Why are Barca so unfancied? They have easily the best CL pedigree left in the tournament.
 
Bayern Munich are in stunning form, Barcelona are not.

I think Barcelona will be beaten comfortably tonight.
Wouldn't mind being wrong, it should be a good game.
 
Would love Barca to win as they are a team I closely follow as you probably all know but I can see them getting smashed tonight. Bayern are the real deal and just look better allover the pitch. Hope the Messi factor is enough for Barca to get the win but I doubt it. Looking forward to it though, has potential to be a corker
 
BoroBen92 said:
Bayern Munich are in stunning form, Barcelona are not.

I think Barcelona will be beaten comfortably tonight.
Wouldn't mind being wrong, it should be a good game.
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But they win the league every year. I know they beat Chelsea easily but I'm not sure that's an indication that they'll beat Messi's Barcelona.

What is it I'm missing about BM?
 
Watched pretty much all of their games this season and they are absolutely awful, last few seasons have been so poor and have been dragged through it by a few star players. Bayern will win easily tonight

Feel that their drop in a few years when Messi, Suarez, Busquets etc leave or retire will be similar to Man Utd post Ferguson
 
atypical_boro said:
5/2 to win tonight at a neutral venue, and 9/1 to win CL.

City, who aren't yet through, are only 2/1 to win the whole thing, BM (at same stage as Barca) only 3/1.

Why are Barca so unfancied? They have easily the best CL pedigree left in the tournament.
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It's not about pedigree, they look a shadow of what they were.
 
atypical_boro said:
But they win the league every year. I know they beat Chelsea easily but I'm not sure that's an indication that they'll beat Messi's Barcelona.

What is it I'm missing about BM?
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Bayern Munich have smashed pretty much every team they've played this season, in Germany and abroad.
Lewandowski is in incredible goal scoring form.

Barcelona have stumbled about domestically, lost the title and are heavily reliant on Messi to achieve everything for them.

I don't think it'll even be close.
But I'd love to see Messi pull it out the bag again.
 
Can see Barça getting turned over by 4 or 5 but I hope not. It's only a matter of time before they're exposed, if you haven't watched them lately it's a far cry from the typical Barça we're all used to, Spanish dominance in Europe is well and truly over, but saying that with Messi they always have a chance in a one off game like tonight.
 
Messi is there only hope. If they win it will be largely to do with him. The man is more important than ever at the moment. Hoping for an off night from Lewandowski but can’t remember the last time he had one of them. Awesome player
 
BoroBen92 said:
Bayern Munich have smashed pretty much every team they've played this season, in Germany and abroad.
Lewandowski is in incredible goal scoring form.

Barcelona have stumbled about domestically, lost the title and are heavily reliant on Messi to achieve everything for them.

I don't think it'll even be close.
But I'd love to see Messi pull it out the bag again.
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Their group was a piece of p1ss. Yeah they beat Chelsea but I just don't think that's comparable to Barca, even one that's a bit out of form.

I'll be backing Barca anyway at those odds.
 
Block21 said:
Messi is there only hope. If they win it will be largely to do with him. The man is more important than ever at the moment. Hoping for an off night from Lewandowski but can’t remember the last time he had one of them. Awesome player
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I think the Barça defence never does well against pacey wingers, Pique has no idea how to defend against them, goes to ground early rather than staying on his feet, wouldn't be surprised to see him give a penalty away.
 
Barca dropped 4 points only in the groups (unbeaten) and beat a better side in the last 16.

Yeah Lewandowski's very good. He's not as good as Messi.

I'm not saying Barca will defo win I just don't see why the huge discrepancy in the odds.
 
parnabyscrosses said:
One of the things that sums up how badly organized Barça have been is that the last time they signed a player who has become a regular starter was Rakitic in 2014.
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It is a great point, Semedo, Griezmann always in and out. Both never really suited the style yet.

If the Messi and Alba link up is on point they have a chance but I just don’t trust the defence
 
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