Articles tagged with "deco"
Murcia - Barcelona: The End of the End, Saturday 4pm (GolTV)
By Isaiah | May 16th, 2008Well, it's the last preview of the 2007/08 season and it can't come fast enough for most of us. We all want to get on with the changes, with the new era that will be beginning at the final whistle. But this is could be our last chance to see several ...
Manchester United - Barcelona: Champions League, Tuesday 2:45pmEST
By Isaiah | April 28th, 2008Update: Check out the liveblog on the main page This. Is. It. There's no tomorrow, no next match. We're in it to win or we're out on the street. The whole season, all the good and all the bad, have led up to this moment, this game, these 90 minu ...
Manchester United Vs Barcelona Preview. There Will Be Goals.
By Rob | April 28th, 2008The first leg threatened to be more entertaining that it ever was, but as I said in the preview to the last game, the second leg was always, always gonna be the biggie. Excited? You damn well should be. Some of the best players in the world will not ...
A look at what could be a fascinating summer of transfers
By Rob | April 18th, 2008After Sir Alex Ferguson announced today that he intends to 'Stock up' on players over the summer, it struck me this summer could be a real classic one for big transfers. And in my excitement I decided to bring you this insight into the possible moves ...
Barcelona - Espanyol: Saturday 2pmEST (GolTV)
By Isaiah | April 18th, 2008So it's another derby, another day, right? Weeellll, it's more like we haven't gotten the full measure of revenge for Tamudo scoring that title-destroying goal against us last year, so not only do we need to continue their losing streak (4 straight a ...
The Ultimate QF Second Leg Preview
By Rob | April 7th, 2008So its nearly upon us. The excitement as 4 more teams dreams of reaching Moscow are cut short and they go home to ponder Rome next season. 4 teams will advance to be one step closer to be being crowned kings of Europe. Will there be any upsets? Maybe ...
Barcelona - Getafe: Sunday 3pmEST
By Isaiah | April 4th, 2008[Updated Version] Just an FYI for all the readers: The Offside is listed as the 35th most powerful blog in the entire universe by The Guardian. Check it out. How cool is this!? We've also received just over 9,500 visitors last month (half of them ar ...
The Return of the Absentees
By Isaiah | April 2nd, 2008The big news coming out of La Masia today seems to be the return of Deco and Ronaldinho to full training. Kevin has already expressed his opinion on the matter in the comments of the previous post, but I'd like to take a moment to discuss this situat ...
Preview: Barcelona - Real Zaragoza; Saturday 4pm EST
By Isaiah | February 14th, 2008So I know it's a day early, but the preview for the first of many must-win games is here and I'm leaving town tonight on a mini-vacaton to the west coast. San Francisco and its lack of slushysnowycrap will be a welcome relief to both my immune system an
Barcelona - Sevilla: Copa del Rey 2nd leg
By Isaiah | January 15th, 2008It's 1-1 and we've got to make a statement. It's more of a statement game than Murcia because, despite the 4-0 scoreline, it was Murcia and this is the UEFA Cup defending champ. This is the game where Frank can make up for all he seems to have lost over t
Sevilla - Barcelona: Copa del Rey preview + randomness
By Isaiah | January 8th, 2008It's January and a soccer blogger of even my stature would be remiss if he or she didn't cover a couple of the rumblings in the press about who is going where and when. There are a handful of keepers to keep an eye on, really, as Barcelona look for both a
Valencia - Barcelona: Preview (Saturday, 4pm EST)
By Isaiah | December 15th, 2007Saturday's matchup at the Mestalla is not just between two heavyweight contenders in the La Liga title chase, but also between The Offside crew. Cesar over at the Valencia Offside has vowed that his team will come roaring back, echoing Cañizares' thought
Barcelona 2 - 1 Deportivo La Coruña: Review (Don't Ignore the Overlap Edition)
By Isaiah | December 11th, 2007I know it's late and I know it's coming on the final Champions League matchday, but I promised a review and a review is what you'll get. At least it's better than some meandering post about whether or not Ronaldinho's latest on-field conversation with R
Barcelona - Deportivo La Coruña: Preview (Sunday, 3pm EST)
By Isaiah | December 8th, 2007Sometimes it seems like taking a week off from games is an eternity, especially in the middle of these seasons where the team is also playing in the Champions League, the domestic cup, and most of the squad is on their various international squads. This i
Flu season!
By Isaiah | December 7th, 2007Deco, who just returned from injury (and incidentally was officially given the medical all clear today), is sick with the flu and is a "serious doubt" for this weekend's game against Depor. Toure is also being laid low by the same virus and may not be abl
Deco returns to full training!
By Isaiah | December 5th, 2007Directly on the heels of Eto'o being given medical clearance, we have a host of returning players. Deco trained with the rest of the squad yesterday, but left training early. Today he remained in training until the very end! Hallelujah we have Deco back
Villareal 3 - 1 Barcelona: Review and Highlights (Finding silver linings edition)
By Isaiah | October 22nd, 2007On Saturday afternoon I was completely prepared to watch Barcelona dismantle Villareal and dispell any thoughts about how out of form Barcelona is on away days, but then unthinkable happened: transmission of the game was cut, Villareal won, and Deco left
I Will Be Out of the Office From Monday - Thursday of Next Week
By Greg | October 12th, 2007Yup, that's what my voicemail at work is going to say when I program it later on today. Since I have to travel to Colo-fucking-rado Springs (I'm sure it's lovely and all, but I JUST signed a lease on my spiffy new downtown apartment and I want to move in
Barcelona 3 - 0 Atletico de Madrid: Review and Highlights (Holy crap, we're good edition)
By Isaiah | October 8th, 2007I have to admit right here and now that I was not expecting this sort of scoreline. It wasn't even particularly flattering, but I did not believe Barca would thrash Atletico so thoroughly. Certainly Atletico had their chances, both before and after Abbiat
Barcelona - Atletico de Madrid: Preview (Sunday 11am EST, GolTV)
By Isaiah | October 5th, 2007Whoever it is that schedules La Liga matches sure knows how to make me happy. They must have me in mind, I mean, they must since they've rearranged everything I want to see on TV this weekend so that I can not only enjoy the morning and early afternoon on
Barcelona 4 - 1 Zaragoza: Review
By Isaiah | September 27th, 2007I left work early today to go home and watch the Barca-Zaragoza game and I'm definitely glad I did. The game was well and truly killed off by Marquez's first half extra time goal to make it 4-1. The other goals were by Messi (2) and Iniesta (Zaragoza's wa
What does World Class mean? | Which Premiership Players are World Classs?
By ed | September 10th, 2007There’s a lot of talk about the need to sign “world class” players but how do you define the term? Is world class just another way to describe a player – like “good” or “great”? Or is it a literal term to mean players that are good enough
Barcelona - Inter Milan (The Gamper Trophy) preview
By Isaiah | August 28th, 2007The details: FC Barcelona vs Internazionale Milano; Wednesday 4pmEST at the Estadio Camp Nou. So, it's another year, another semi-to-completely-meaningless trophy up for grabs. Sure, this is "an extraordinary event" if you listen to Barca's official si
Racing de Santander 0 - 0 Barcelona: Highlights and commentary
By Isaiah | August 27th, 2007Naturally I didn't get to watch this game as it wasn't broadcast here in los estados unidos, but I did get to read some hot off-the-presses commentary in both the English and Spanish media and that was fantastic. I was planning on going to Nevada Smith's
Man City will NOT beat Arsenal
By Patrick | August 25th, 2007I'm sorry to say it, but Manchester City's run of perfection is going to come to an abrupt end. I know City must have a lot of confidence, I know Arsenal has it's fair share of injuries and I know anything can happen on any given day in football - but
Monday Odds and Ends As We Count Down the Minutes
By Martha | August 20th, 2007•In what is surely the biggest joke of the day, Roma's Simone Perrotta is being suspended for this weekend's season-opening match against Palermo. Why, you ask? Well, because he was sent off for saying something mean to the linesman in yesterday's Super
The weekend is coming (and Schuster sucks!)
By Isaiah | August 20th, 2007There really isn't that much news coming out of the Camp Nou these days, as the team warms up for its disbanding at the behest of a bunch of FAs who are going to suck most of the major teams dry in the lead up to the La Liga opener. 12 Barcelonistas are g
Back together again
By Isaiah | August 14th, 2007Now we're back together, uh. Misunderstanding, didn't understand. It doesn't matter, now we're back together again. A-la la la la la. Couldn't split up Kato and Nash. (that's true) Couldn't split up Tango and Cash. That's also true! This is our son
Anderson a Threat to English Unemployment? Apparently Not.
By Greg | June 29th, 2007Why was this whole debacle even an issue? I understand the potential for protecting English jobs by keeping a bottleneck on immigration through issuing work permits and work visas, but it's frigging football, are you serious? Maybe I really don't truly
Oh for the love of God, don't buy Lampard
By Isaiah | June 28th, 2007According to the newspaper, El Pais, Barcelona are in discussions with Chelsea about prying Frank Lampard from them. £15million is the price El Pais quotes, or an exchange for Deco (who they might sell to InterMilan in order to finance the deal). What!
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