QuoteWe started our 2001/02 season on the same day as Shels v Brondby.Originally Posted by Schumi
I think its just friendlies. Not 100% mind
Barca's reserve team play in the Spanish third tier. They've obviously a great tradition of producing players though.
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We started our 2001/02 season on the same day as Shels v Brondby.
Similar standard to UCD, Monaghan and Mervue?Spoken like someone who was at one of their games in January.
Decent First Division standard; no more.
The list of graduates is certainly impressive. Includes:
Lionel Messi
Ronnie Ekelund
Giovani dos Santos
Andres Iniesta
Albert Luque
Albert Ferrer
Bojan Krkic
Carles Puyol
Cesc Fabregas
Gerard Pique
Ivan de la Pena
Javi Moreno
Jose Reina
Josep Guardiola
Luis Garcia
]Mikel Arteta
Nayim
Sergio Garcia
Thomas Christiansen
Victor Valdes
Xavi
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When I was watching them, the first thing that I thought was that we wouldn't be out of place on the same pitch. At all. The second thing was that there was no-one within a mile of making the step up to the first team. There were about 400 at the game, so the city didn't particularly care either (although that's par for the course with B teams really).
That is an impressive list but to be fair we had a guy with us who was playing Third Division football in Spain last season and he was absolute dog doo. It is basically not much more than an amateur league.
Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.
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Forgot Arnua Rieria of Falkirk on that list.
But it would be interest to see Barcelona B play all the same. Could be one to tell the Grand kids.
I was at a Serie C game in Italy last season and thought it was League of Ireland First Division standard... then I was talking to a German fan at a League of Ireland Premier game who thought the standard was equivalent to the sixth tier in Germany. So I think we can agree that the German fifth tier is about the equivalent of Serie A.Spoken like someone who was at one of their games in January.
Decent First Division standard; no more.
True...we played Rovers on the same night Man U played Porto in 1st leg of champs league.
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I'm probably just bitter or something.
The game will be similar to a game against a Man Utd youths team or Derry's friendly against Celtic last year. I'm not putting Dundalk down because of it, I'm not laughing at you because you thought you were getting Barca and you got Atletic, I'm just putting that fact out there.
Why confess - much better fun when you try to be taken seriously?
True and yet they made us move our hoem games to Friday nights because they "would have been going against UEFA rules that a premier divison game cant clash with European nights"???? WHat the hell are they playing at?
Stu, You were told it was Barcelona Atlètic, you then asked which it was, and now your laughing beacuse it is Barcelona Atlètic!!!!!!
Should be interesting to see some of the potential stars of the future
Last edited by Ezeikial; 16/06/2009 at 9:41 PM.
Evidently the word "not" causes confusion in Dundalk. Also, the Dundalk website calls it a Barca XI, and again, "XI" is clearly a different word to "Atletic".
However, I will go and laugh at posts like this on your forum -
Always amazes me how there's hardly a single fan out there who can take any sort of non-positive comments about their team without resorting to the kind of childish nonsense you've been posting. Sure I've only seen the team play, and Longfordian has only seen players from the same division on trial at his club; what would we know?The Barca B team would give any team in the english top flight a run for their money
Foolishly perhaps, but I had not realised that you were making "non-positive" comments about Dundalk - I understood that you pontificated that FC Barcelona Atlètic are "rubbish" and of a similar standard to the graveyard division.
You are entitled to your opinion, dubious as it may be considering the consistent conveyor belt of talent to come though Barcelona Atlètic.
Eamon Dunphy clearly has a rival as an "expert" on Spanish football, but please dont get so offended when the silliness (sorry, non-sensibleness) of your previous posts are pointed out!
The silliness/non-sensibleness of my posts has been pointed out?!
I've seen them play, FFS. They were poor, and laboured to beat a semi-pro side (Benidorm). What are your credentials for refuting that? A few players who don't play for them any more? I hear Crewe are excellent; they once had Danny Murphy, Rob Jones, David Platt, Neil Lennon, Bruce Grobbelaar and Robbie Savage play for them, and they've a great reputation for developing youth players.
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