Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was just thinking, this soccer forum doesn't have enough drama. We need to revive the Barca thread!

funny how this thread seems to cycle with the drama. Every. Single. Time. Must be a full moon again. That explains all of this craziness

Someone posted information about Barca participating in ODSL. Please explain how this is controversial, Pro Barca propaganda and otherwise drama?

If that singular post of simple information is being attacked as “more Barca drama” then you are overly invested.

+1. That just shows that there are ever vigilant Barça haters.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was just thinking, this soccer forum doesn't have enough drama. We need to revive the Barca thread!

funny how this thread seems to cycle with the drama. Every. Single. Time. Must be a full moon again. That explains all of this craziness

Someone posted information about Barca participating in ODSL. Please explain how this is controversial, Pro Barca propaganda and otherwise drama?

If that singular post of simple information is being attacked as “more Barca drama” then you are overly invested.

OP is in good company within this thread then, being overly invested.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was just thinking, this soccer forum doesn't have enough drama. We need to revive the Barca thread!

funny how this thread seems to cycle with the drama. Every. Single. Time. Must be a full moon again. That explains all of this craziness

Someone posted information about Barca participating in ODSL. Please explain how this is controversial, Pro Barca propaganda and otherwise drama?

If that singular post of simple information is being attacked as “more Barca drama” then you are overly invested.

You’re the ones continuing the drama

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was just thinking, this soccer forum doesn't have enough drama. We need to revive the Barca thread!

funny how this thread seems to cycle with the drama. Every. Single. Time. Must be a full moon again. That explains all of this craziness

Someone posted that Barca is in ODSL. Oooooh the drama!!!!

STFU

Anonymous wrote:I was just thinking, this soccer forum doesn't have enough drama. We need to revive the Barca thread!

funny how this thread seems to cycle with the drama. Every. Single. Time. Must be a full moon again. That explains all of this craziness

I was just thinking, this soccer forum doesn't have enough drama. We need to revive the Barca thread!

Anonymous wrote:Barca Academy has joined ODSL and half of their teams will play in ODSL. They must have listened to RSD, who previously suggested that ODSL would be a good fit.

The other half remain in EDP.

Barca Academy has joined ODSL and half of their teams will play in ODSL. They must have listened to RSD, who previously suggested that ODSL would be a good fit.

Thanks!

Anonymous wrote:For a Barca parent:

Website says 3 practices a week plus game. When does this schedule run? Through the entire year, or are there breaks in the summer and winter?

Also, what does the club do when the weather is bad?

Runs mid-August-end of -June. 4 week winter break from mid-December-mid-January. Summer break from July-mid-August.

There is rarely a cancelled practice. Evergreen clears the fields quickly. Snow removed promptly. Last year, there were almost no practices cancelled--barring lightning. The kids practice in the cold, rain, etc. If the wind chill is excessive or for extreme temps--they will re-arrange morning Internal games later in the day. There were a few cancelled practices for cold/snow this January when it was single digits/teens.

Our home club cancels much more frequently---even though they also practice on turf--at a HS field.

For a Barca parent:

Website says 3 practices a week plus game. When does this schedule run? Through the entire year, or are there breaks in the summer and winter?

Also, what does the club do when the weather is bad?

The roster sizes definitely got bigger in the older age groups. I agree that it is not great from development prospective as the same number of minutes would have to be shared among more players. Perhaps they are counting on players missing games because of high school soccer.

Yes on the older teams Barca asked everyone if they plan to play High school in the spring, the bigger rosters are to make sure teams can field full teams in league games, tournaments, showcases. The older teams play more games.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It might actually be bad for the current players, as bigger rosters will give them less opportunities to play while exhausted, which is key to their development.

You make a very good point that a lot of clubs today ignore. More and more clubs are putting together large teams, sometimes well into the 20s. It's awful.

That said, I don't know that they turned it into one team with a big roster. It looks they generally will try to create more teams, depending on the age group.

The roster sizes definitely got bigger in the older age groups. I agree that it is not great from development prospective as the same number of minutes would have to be shared among more players. Perhaps they are counting on players missing games because of high school soccer.

Anonymous wrote:It might actually be bad for the current players, as bigger rosters will give them less opportunities to play while exhausted, which is key to their development.

You make a very good point that a lot of clubs today ignore. More and more clubs are putting together large teams, sometimes well into the 20s. It's awful.

That said, I don't know that they turned it into one team with a big roster. It looks they generally will try to create more teams, depending on the age group.