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Celtic are so much better than Barcelona it hurts

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What I don't get is the Spanish economy has been bad for years yet teams like real Madrid are still forking out 10s of millions on players.

The SPl is basically Celtic and pub teams so Celtic can play more youngsters in games as they are too easy games yet they hype them up as if they are hard. Playing Barcelona one week then Ross county the next.

The La Liga is hard to analyse as there are really good players but mixed with really bad defenders. So the amount of chances the teams can create makes them look better than they are.

There are probably at most 6 decent teams and the rest are average and below. The Barcelona philosophy is one that a number of teams have said to have adopted but at the end of the day all it is short side way passers and make the other team get tired.Messi, Inesta and Busquets are the only good players. The goalkeeper is terrible the full backs never stay back. Piqué gets in the team of the world but only ever plays half a season and has little to do. I think one thing if it was possible that is good to take from Spanish football is the fact that Real Madrid and Barcelona have a second team playing in the league below so their young players e.g. Jese get regular action and media spotlight so there progress is worldwide whereas English u21/u18 games are midweek behind close doors.

In terms of English football.There's a number of issues with it but a number of positives

1.The amount of foreign players being bought.(Teams like Swansea and Villa have already bought 4 this summer).

2.The constant doubling/tripling of a English players worth which overhypes them.

3.The lack of young English footballers playing regularly for a top 8 prem side.

4.Too many Foreign managers who change the style of the club to their nationality.

5.The Switching of styles the National team plays from possession to long ball.

Positives

Below are a list of English players who are really talented but wont be playing first team football for ages therefore stalling and not improving. We have talented youth players but they are kept in the u18s.People have witnessed Nat Chalobha at Watford

and for 17 he looks really good and if it wasn't for Zola asking to take him he would have stayed in u18 football playing as centre back instead of finding he's a better holding midfielder.

Ruben Loftus Cheek- Chelsea(Really Good)

Loyd Jones-Liverpool

Jordan Ibe-Liverpool

Chuba Akpom-Arsenal

Murphy twins-Norwich

James Ward prowse-Southampton-(Few sub appearances if that)

Ross Barkley-Everton-(Real talent)-2 wasted loan spells

Many more players who wont be getting first team action until they are 19/20 and are shipped out on loan and if they get a bad experience they will be wasted even more.

Sorry for the long writing but a lot to say feel free to add as ive got a lot on this debate.