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First it happened with Riquelme and now it's happening with Saviola, the Catalan club announced today that Saviola will go on loan to the French side for one year "as usual, it happned with Riquelme but he is still with Villa", they wanted him to get the EU passport to solve the problem but it seems their coach don't like him at all.

What a waste.
 
You think maybe some of you could cut the nationalist crap and look at the bigger picture? It's a good move for Saviola, and he and Barca have stated that he will come back to Spain after this season. The difference between Riquelme and Saviola is that Saviola IS good enough to play in Spain regularly and has shown a willingness to improve, instead of living off past achievements.

Seriously, do some of you LOOK for reasons to complain? Other than Riquelme, the only other Argentine player to have problems at Barcelona was Maradona, and there are TONS of reasons why that happened. But is there any point in talking about them? I know that the problems that were Maradona's fault will be ignored, and the problems that were Nunez' ( and thusly Barca, apparently) fault will be highlighted.

Hypocrisy and whining make a fine meal. :rolleyes:
 
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ViscaBarcaInter said:
You think maybe some of you could cut the nationalist crap and look at the bigger picture? It's a good move for Saviola, and he and Barca have stated that he will come back to Spain after this season. The difference between Riquelme and Saviola is that Saviola IS good enough to play in Spain regularly and has shown a willingness to improve, instead of living off past achievements.
No, we didn't talk or mentioned Riquelme's past achievements, Roman is great player as he shown that many times with the NT, Barca problem is with the Dutch, I cant believe palyer's like Giovanni or Anderson got the chance to play in Barca while Riquelme and even Saviola can't start a match!!!
 
Batigol9 said:
First it happened with Riquelme and now it's happening with Saviola, the Catalan club announced today that Saviola will go on loan to the French side for one year "as usual, it happned with Riquelme but he is still with Villa", they wanted him to get the EU passport to solve the problem but it seems their coach don't like him at all.

What a waste.
Rijkaard wanted him, Laporta is the one that didn't want Saviola. And there are reasons, you can like it or not. First,

Saviola has the papers on the table to get the EU passport... but he's in Athens and he won't come before La Liga start, so he's the one that didn't move a finger to solve this issue.

Second, he has chosen the NT over the club that pay his huge salary. You can think that this is normal, but we see Samuel enjoying vacations and then preparing the season with his club, while we have to pay him 3 months in the NT. That's an insult. How can he have even a chance when he didn't train with the team for months? Etoo and Larsson have the place, because they fought for it and they have illussion in playing in Barcelona and Saviola is warming the bench in Athens.

Third, he's not guilty of this, but the last season are financial problems. Saviola has a really big salary. While others like Puyol, Ronaldinho or Etoo have made an effort to make a contract according with the situation of the market, Saviola didn't want to touch his contract. Again, he's not guilty of having a super millionaire contract, but the club had to find a solution and the best one is to loan him, avoiding to pay a big part of his wages. We don't want to be a new Lazio or a new Fiorentina.

In any case, some clubs have tried to sign him and Barça refused to sell him. He counts for the club, but he didn't get the EU passport, his salary is not according the economical policies of the club and he would be the 3rd choice in attack. The best for both parts is a loan and he accepted. He'll come back next year and then we'll see.

If you try to see any kind of ghost or anti-Argentinian decission, you are free to do it. But both, Saviola and Riquelme, are loved and respected by the fans. Last season Saviola started to play when 90000 voices in the Camp Nou sang his name. Tell me one, just one match, where Saviola or Riquelme had been booed. None, you won't find them. Ask them what the attitude of the fans with them. You won't find any kind of bad words about us.

Don't menction Geovanni, Rochemback or Anderson, they are Brazilian, they didn't work and they left. Again, it's not a matter of nationality, but if you feel better thinking that in Barcelona everyone hate the Argentinians, you are completely wrong.

Maradona hates Barça and still I don't know why. He didn't give, unfortunately, his best version here, but the club is not guilty of this. He was unlucky, the injuries, the situation of the team didn't help him. Probably, Riquelme and Saviola had the same problem.

In any case, Saviola is a FC Barcelona player.
 
K4, you are rigth, barsa fans really like saviola, but either the coach or laporta, dont want him in the squad. and riquelme's situation was pretty similar.
but the problem is the way saviola and riquelme have been treated. since his first season in spain, saviola started scoring goals (17 just in la liga, if my memory serves me well), and he kept scoring even touhg almost any coach trust him.
Riquelmes situation was even worse.
the truth is that both, the barsa management and the fans, wanted to buy him, but they knew nothing about him except he was a great player.
the truth is that they expected Riquelme to become the new Rivaldo, and that is never gonna happen, since his way of playing is totally diferent. Roman is a playmaker in the real dimension of the word, and nothing more. he cannot play in the wings (like Van Gaal wanted) and he cannot play as a defensive midfielder (like Bielsa wants to play him), because he is just not that, he doesnt have the speed to be a winger nor the defensive skills to be a defensive mid.
 
Koeman, pal, the only reason why Saviola is out of Barca is this: he is a Gaspart boy that Laporta had to find a way, read external-non football reasons, to make a full LAPORTA'S project win next season, in the way he send a message of clear management and low cost..which is nonsense, anyway anyone can do what it please, and I do not rate, and never would, no matter how many goals he makes, as a 9, el pibe adapt to that position to not be bench, and even using again him as a sub, and more than probably ending AGAIN a place, 20 goals aren't a poor goal average to throw like nothing, and worse in three consecutive seasons, and with all the trobles he has to make first team.
About Riquelme say anything you want, is useless to try to make you understand my view of his problems in Barca.

PD: wasn't Pujol the one that appeared in front page offering himself when he was pressure to low his salary, which BTW is correct, or everyone here still buying the t-shirt issue...players can continue prefering their child colours, or even began loving the ones where they are respected by fans, but is THEIR WORK!!, and the only reason some one of us allowed our boss to cut our salary is because we haven't the power to stop him, and yes he wants to be with Argentina big deal, imagine Guardiola in Boca and not going with spanish NT because Boca pay his salary...come on, el pibe sabe con que bueyes ara y como estan barajadas las cartas, no seas ingenuo por favor.

Back on Saviola, I have an issue with him, he always shut my mouth but is truth that sometghing in him shouts that something is missing, and the truth is that is irrational, cause he always delivers, but, I know one aspect of his game that is anoyng: the lasrge quantity of ocassions the ball rebounds at him...is incredible but tha break my nerves, in his name I can also say that few players are capable of his prom of nutmegs, he was way more smooth in River, but there was another story, that football style suit him perfectly, anyway being smart as few, he is not a box striker, but Barca's style and receinving with his back to the rival's net, doesn't fit his positioning in the flanks making diagonals like in River.
 
Mago said:
And what about Sorin?
So what?It's not like we let Maldini go,one of the million players on loan or short contracts that pass from big clubs and don't make it

Sorin?FFS!What are you 15?

As for Saviola,i got nothing to say especialy with people who always want to have an opinion when they don't even bother watching matches and follow a club.Saviola doesn't really care about Barcelona and he proved it many times this summer(EU situation,contract situation,Olympics,Copa America)

We won't miss him,he won't miss us,i wish we can sell him on a great price next season

He'll NEVER be as good as you guys think he is or can be
 
Let's end it here, spAd! Saviola has many fans that are disapointed that he never was consider first team and always end playing and making goals, the Sorin quote was only to add another argie, nothing more, I can add that Saviola is much better than you think too, he has his flaws but every player has them, BTW I watched tons of games from you, please don't presume things, again is just fans of Saviola piss off because of him being loan just that.
To the rest this thread will end in nothing positive, better stop it here, I have many debates, discussions with Barca fans and I respect lots of them but few times agree, in the middle always appeared kind f fights not need it.
Every club in the world had a bad behaviour with many foreigners, how about Cuevas in River, and Pereda in Boca, and tons of players, in SA Argentina primarly is in terms of transfers like a little "europe", so shit happens here too, this not gives reason to spAd, I do not agree with, even i don't recall even agreeing once and sincerely I do not like the way he express, he is not Koeman another who I almost never agree, but I rate him high, anyway SpAd, isn't a mouron either but sure hotblooded and I can see people falling at him now, he don't deserve that, and we don't deserve also harsh opinion on our prefered players, is a long time since I realize that discussion about argies with Barca fans always ends bad, I'm playing a role noone gave me, I'm not your dad, but I think is for the best. So nohard feelings for everyone and let's move on...
 
Fangio said:
Let's end it here, spAd! Saviola has many fans that are disapointed that he never was consider first team and always end playing and making goals, the Sorin quote was only to add another argie, nothing more, I can add that Saviola is much better than you think too, he has his flaws but every player has them, BTW I watched tons of games from you, please don't presume things, again is just fans of Saviola piss off because of him being loan just that.
To the rest this thread will end in nothing positive, better stop it here, I have many debates, discussions with Barca fans and I respect lots of them but few times agree, in the middle always appeared kind f fights not need it.
Every club in the world had a bad behaviour with many foreigners, how about Cuevas in River, and Pereda in Boca, and tons of players, in SA Argentina primarly is in terms of transfers like a little "europe", so shit happens here too, this not gives reason to spAd, I do not agree with, even i don't recall even agreeing once and sincerely I do not like the way he express, he is not Koeman another who I almost never agree, but I rate him high, anyway SpAd, isn't a mouron either but sure hotblooded and I can see people falling at him now, he don't deserve that, and we don't deserve also harsh opinion on our prefered players, is a long time since I realize that discussion about argies with Barca fans always ends bad, I'm playing a role noone gave me, I'm not your dad, but I think is for the best. So nohard feelings for everyone and let's move on...
But that's exactly the problem. It's YOU and other Argentines that come into OUR forum to blame US for Argentine failures. It's NOT ON. People will defend their clubs, since clubs are infinitely more important that single players. You guys are simply making too much out of the Saviola situation, just like most other Argentines. Sorin wasn't a failure at Barca by ANY means, and he was both loved by the fans and appreciated by the coach. It was an EU rule change that forced him out, NOTHING else. There is nothing to blame us on in that situation, yet people try to. Saviola isn't unwanted or crap like that, we want him back. Didn't Morientes go on a year old to Monaco to get more games? Didn't he go back to Madrid a better player? Doesn't the coach there now want him in the team? Didn't everybody benefit in the end?

What's the problem? If it's all our fault, someone explain why Brazilians never flood into our forum to complain when a Brazilian leaves? Geovanni was shifted when the EU rule changed, as was Rochemback. But no-one from the Brazil forum came in to cry about it. Why? What's the difference?

If someone can give REAL reasons regardless their attitude towards Barcelona, and give facts, then I and every other Barca fan will listen. But until then, no-one will respond kindly to blind insults and remarks.
 
Fangio-btw you are one of my top favourite posters in XT even if i don't agree with you in almost nothing concerning FC Barcelona-i'm getting really hotblooded when Barcelona are attacked for any reason i find not serious enough

We get so much criticism by most people for so many things,it's really hard to handle.Especially this Barcelona vs Argies thing is getting on my nerves,it's always a soap opera against our club.

What bothers me is that most people are extremely one sided in this issue.Nobody blames Riquelme or Maradona at all for not making it here,it's always Barcelona/VG's etc fault 100%.Like people were not crazy over Riquelme and he wasn't given No 10 of Rivaldo since the first second or Maradona was not treated as a king in Barcelona with people going nuts over him in practices or in the airport when he first went there from Argentina

Blame it on bad luck,circumstances and faults from both sides,it doesn't mean a thing to me and i don't see why an Argentinean player should be sceptical about coming to Barηa

As for Saviola,perhaps the unbelievable hype and the fact that he is our most expensive transfer ever put extremely pressure on his shoulders and IMO he will never live up to the hype around him after being world champion with Argentina.Rexack and VG never treated him very nice,he was unfairly benched many times but the fans always loved him

As a football player/striker i've never been a fan of his.IMO you got to be a real phenomenon to be a big success as a striker with such a body structure.It's better for him to play as a support striker but i don't see us playing with two upfront anytime in the near future and he doesn't deserve to be on the bench.Ofcourse it could prove to be a huge mistake given his age and we end up seeing him shining in another club but that's what i would do if i were in charge
,sell him for the best price possible

He has been a great servant to the club,IMO the most hardworking player in the squad for the past years but his attitude this summer really got me and it was a great surprise because i thought he was commited to Barcelona.He hasn't wore a Barηa practise jersey since May,the league has already started and you guys blame Barcelona for wanting to loan him to a competitive club and get rid of his huge contract that HE doesn't want to renegotiate?Please..
 
And just to spice it up a bit,if Saviola is "unappreciated" once in Barcelona,he is TEN times more unaprreaceated in his own country

Never an undoubtable starter for Argentina the last seasons,just in friendlies and i'd bet Crespo would play before him if he participated in Copa America,not being called up for the squad in Japan(i still remember how the catalan media were furious about that if you want to know) and a FREAKING SUB in the Olympics?

OK,Bielsa might not be a great fan of his but what are the media and people in Argentina thinking?Shouldn't this be a big issue if he's such highly rated and respected?
 
But that's exactly the problem. It's YOU and other Argentines that come into OUR forum to blame US for Argentine failures. It's NOT ON. People will defend their clubs, since clubs are infinitely more important that single players. You guys are simply making too much out of the Saviola situation, just like most other Argentines. Sorin wasn't a failure at Barca by ANY means, and he was both loved by the fans and appreciated by the coach. It was an EU rule change that forced him out, NOTHING else. There is nothing to blame us on in that situation, yet people try to. Saviola isn't unwanted or crap like that, we want him back. Didn't Morientes go on a year old to Monaco to get more games? Didn't he go back to Madrid a better player? Doesn't the coach there now want him in the team? Didn't everybody benefit in the end?

What's the problem? If it's all our fault, someone explain why Brazilians never flood into our forum to complain when a Brazilian leaves? Geovanni was shifted when the EU rule changed, as was Rochemback. But no-one from the Brazil forum came in to cry about it. Why? What's the difference?

If someone can give REAL reasons regardless their attitude towards Barcelona, and give facts, then I and every other Barca fan will listen. But until then, no-one will respond kindly to blind insults and remarks.
But Visca in this case is the argentinian forum, anyway I told my opinion about Saviola's case, which BTW as spAd said more than correctly Bielsa many times used him badly...when he didn't use him, and el pibe can be pretty mad, but in thecase of Saviola you can't expect after three seasons of being alwyas under test, when he already made 16 goals in his first season, and gave his blood everytime, to be always "there", after all what is his big mistake to not want him to cut his salary?, he is a Gaspart NEGOCIADO, no doubt, but in the middle we have a real class player, about Geovanni and Rochemback is like argies complaining for mistreating to Piojo Lopez, we as them care the less for those type of players (though in the case of Geovanni he was just shy dude, who again was involve in a negociado), the thing is that as spAd said too many disapiontments because of Bielsa's stubborness with Roman and Saviola, and then you making everything Master Yoda of Bielsa, read Van Gaal, made to two of the one more love players from the last years in Argentina, and from the two major clubs.
About Morientes: don't you agree was PURE shit the treatment to such a real class player and hardworking player like him?, that is the issue, as Morientes, Saviola doesn't deserve to be treat it always like in a test, same for finally getting recognition one of my fav players in la Liga, who gave me so much pleasure with his duo with Ibagaza..:ETOO!, hopefully he would gain World Recognition in Barca, anyway again on why the reaction about el Pibe and Roman, is that also are beloved from China to Mexico, while Sorin being recognize and all is not exactly in that level, so people didn't make such big deal for him.

And just to spice it up a bit,if Saviola is "unappreciated" once in Barcelona,he is TEN times more unaprreaceated in his own country
Not by the people, BUT sure by Bielsa (he has lots of complains about that here, he just is gainoing respect more not of winning, because of the way, this gold medal was great not only for obtaining it , because we obatained in awesome form, great pleasure to watch this argie team), and I pointed MY nonsense with him too, the thing is that being such a big club like yours many times you get players beloved fom their respective countries, and many times are pretty bad used, in terms of cahnging their positions, in not playing at all, in being received "yo a este no lo pedi", the "mancha" after a bad experience in Barca (add Madrid too) is more than significative one that only Maradonas can get over it primarly, and just one or two Morientes...

It's better for him to play as a support striker
totally agree, he is that, that was his best role in River, is just we must not be naif all this media chasing him for extra foootball stuff is just to throw some dirt on him to make it easier his loan...this shit happens everywhere, same happens with Roman in Boca, but here argie fans care less for suppose finnancial issues and are more heart, than brain whenit comes to defend our fauvorite players against even successfull Dirigentes as Macri, (same happens with Bianchi), and there relies also a reason in a whole picture why you have a real STATE, and we are a bunch of disorganized "indians", all wanting to be CACIQUES.

To make you understand better, imagine this (Boca=BArca, Argentina a market like Europe), your Pep (one of my fav players EVER), come to River, and is the sub of Husain (read Gabri, Motta) because he doesn't mark enough, disn't Boca know what were they buying?...Bianchi in the media says Yo a este no lo quiero, etc..etc.. or imagine yoiu have a youngster with the achieves of saviola and here is receive no matter how many goals with constant tests, and bench for three seasons, and then wanting to cut his salary, etc..etc..; also let the argies put in soo many Latin American belove players that comes to Argentina to earn a spot and never get a real chance of show themselve...the final issue is that at least me, that every day I pass I'm more a players fan, than a club one, break my nerves with injustice towards any class player by the Dirigentes and Coaches from everywhere, so I talk only for me in this one, so lest all get calm and forget this issue, and as I always joke about, something is wrong since Milonguita Heredia with Barca and argies.

PD: Solari's treatment in MAdrid is even worse than Saviola and Roman together, he is always one of their best players in the best and worse seasons, and alwyas in transfers list, but as el indiecito isn't as belove as the two involve here, there is not much big deal with fans.
 
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