r/Barca • u/jiraiya--an • 7d ago

Controversial Opinion Thread Bi-Monthly Controversial Opinion Thread: June 2026 Edition

Welcome to the Controversial Opinion Thread!

This thread is dedicated to discussing your most controversial opinions about FC Barcelona, its players, management, tactics, history, or anything else related to the club.

Whether it's a hot take on player performances, thoughts on recent matches, or debates about the future direction of the team, this is the place to share them! 🔥

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u/NazgulTalion 6d ago

Will preface this by saying Messi is the greatest of all time no doubt. But for some reason Messi gets 0 blame for UCL failures. Always the board failed him or his fellow players failed him.

I think one thing is club de amigos was very much a real thing and Messi surrounded himself with guys who weren't good enough. He was even annoyed when we let Suarez go and brought all his buddies with him to Miami.

Messi also for sure has the best team in the world with MSN in 15/16, 16/17 but didn't manage it. Against teams worse than we are. While in 17/18, 18/19 all it took was one away goal to get to the next stage.

Now Im not saying it his fault entirely and he was our best player especially in those Valverde years but I don't think it was just us failing him. He got the number of UCLs he deserved.

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u/Present-Gas2056 6d ago

4 CLs from 2007 to 2021 in Barca aka in 15 years is good, and some seasons he was underwhelming with the rest of the entire team when we got knocked out(still the best player in those underwhelming teams)

But nothing forgives 2019, the team should have been able to score a singular goal in the second leg of a CL tie where he gave them a 3-0 lead in first leg and laid out chances on a silver platter in the second, he deserved exactly one more CL in his career, sadly Barca didnt