The funny thing is that Barca expect others to play against them exactly the way they play so that they can win 6-0 every time. And if a team stops them from playing their Tiki-Taka like Mourinho did by closing them down in the midfield, they accuse them of playing "Anti football", what a crock of SH**.
I don't know why the world media and naive football fans go gaga over the one million passes game that Barca play, it is not the only way to play football and is certainly not the "ONLY" way to play "ATTRACTIVE" football.
I also agree that if you take out Messi from the Barca lineup, they look like a very ordinary team as it was evident from their match against Osasuna last week. Guardiola has been very fortunate that none of his main players (Messi, Iniesta, Xavi, Busquets, Pique) have had a long term injury.
During the world cup although i was supporting Spain but the way they played it got extremely boring at times, Del Bosque never played this way with Real Madrid. I loved the way Germany played and was secretly wishing they would win.