Him too , though he's more of an ups and downs kind of player. He's had a lot of good moments, but in contrast also a lot of shitty ones, especially when he was at Real Madrid. On A.C Milan he's been a bit more constant, but not enough for all the hype he had behind him.

The best of Ramos Penalty kick

I dont think Neymar would be as good as some people expect at Barca, I would take Falcao over him.

Neymar is a feather, like Robinho, in copa america he played against better defenders and didnt do much. He is amazingly talented but he would need more than that.

Still, I think Barca has to buy, Afellay, tello, cuenca and thiago wont do in big matches, Pedro has been bad and Villa is getting old.

Messi cant do everything and Alexis isnt a great goalscorer, so falcao would be good for them, he isnt bad playing at all so I dont think he would break Barcas game.

Also, they have to buy in the back

Guardiola quits at the end of this season, his assistant Vilanova will take over... bit surprissing that Vilanova is taking over.. wonder how Barca will do next year

Barça has a serious debt problem. Vilanova is a very cheap substitute of Guardiola.

Although I'm happy Chelsea weht through it really was a freak result. Barca hit the woodwork four times over the two legs and despite Chelsea's "Magnificent" defensive performance it was really only the last 30 minutes of the second leg that they weren't creating chance after chance.

People's memories are so short when it comes to football. All this talk about needing a plan B (see: Ibrahimovic) and Guardiola not being a great manager with his mere 13 out of 17 possible trophies and still being in another final next month is just short-sighted nonsense. Not to mention the usual Shite about them being posers/divers/boring/whatever. They've hit a minor dip in form for the first time in three years, that's all. The most noteworthy thing is that it took so long to happen

Whoever comes next will be the new star manager. Seriously every average manager would look great when they have a team like Barca. Guardiola has proven next to nothing. I'm not saying he is bad, but he didn't really show much skill Barca.

Not surprised about Guardiola's departure! The fact that he only signed 12 month contract extensions was very telling. Don't know much about this new guy, but like Guardiola, he's inherited a team full of world class players and winners.

Vilanova es cheap and will probably be a good substitute for Guardiola being his assistance for all this years and besides he worked in the younger teams.

I would have liked Bielsa more, but Vilanova could be a Pep 2 if Barca is lucky.

Barcelona won't suffer much with Guardiola's departure, if any. Villanova is probably the best alternative at the moment, since not only is he already accostumed to the club and the players, he also follows a very similar playstyle mentality as the one Guardiola uses.

The biggest challenge will be for Pep. Can he prove that he'll be able to do the same in a new team with players that haven't played together since the youth teams and with a playstyle and mentality that's completely different? I guess we'll see and probably that was one of the biggest reasons he left Barça.