Articles tagged with "samuel eto'o"
Atlético de Madrid - Barcelona; Saturday 2pmEST
By Isaiah | February 29th, 2008It's back to La Liga now, with the Copa semis taking a break for a couple of weeks. It's another trip to the Calderon to face Atletico Madrid, a team sitting in 4th place, 13 points back of Barcelona and 15 points back of big brother Real Madrid, who will
Copa: Barcelona 1 - 1 Valencia (Deification Edition)
By Isaiah | February 28th, 2008The game came down to the hands of a man Ray Hudson screamed was a "black jungle cat" and yet another late, late, late heroic strike from Xavi. If not for Timo Hildebrand's freakish ability to tell where the ball was going and his absurd luck, the game wo
Barcelona 5 - 1 Levante (Holy Balls Edition)
By Isaiah | February 26th, 2008Squashed between several big matches in the Champions League, Copa del Rey, and even La Liga itself, was a little visit from old Levante. Any thought that Barcelona would have a post-Celtic hangover was dashed early, then reignited for lack of anything be
How to deserve to lose
By Isaiah | January 10th, 2008Purely hypothetically let's say you're the manager of a famous club and your team is drawing 1-1 away during the first leg of a cup tie. Naturally you have several options open to you because, as has been previously stated, your club is famous and therefo
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 - Stuttgart: Comments welcome
By Isaiah | December 12th, 2007Heeeeey, it's the final group stage game and it means absolutamente nada in terms of standings. But it does provide Barcelona the chance to show off its young guns in European competition as well as help its recently-returned stars recover some form. It l
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
The Myth of Player X
By Isaiah | December 6th, 2007Let's say, for a moment, that you've never read a single article in Sport or Marca and that you've just seen a statistical list of achievements for Player X. This is what it says: Year 1: 15 goals in 33 games Year 2: 9 goals in 35 games Year 3: 17 go
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
Welcome back, Sam!
By Isaiah | December 4th, 2007This morning, Samuel Eto'o received medical clearance to play. Rejoice!
Espanyol - Barcelona: Derby Preview (Saturday, 4pm EST)
By Isaiah | November 30th, 2007Well, folks, it's Derby Day and it's going to be a hoot, I think. Espanyol are 4th in the table, 2 points behind Barcelona, who are third. Ruh-roh, as they say. This derby doesn't need much to ignite it, but fighting for a Champions League spot could de
Lyon - Barcelona: Champions League (Tuesday, 2:30pm EST)
By Isaiah | November 26th, 2007I don't have much time to write up this post, so I'm just going to link to Inara's post about the game and copy my thoughts from the comments there to here. The injured for Barcelona are: Henry, Deco, Gio Dos Santos, Oleguer, Eto'o, Edmilson, and maybe
A trophy! A trophy!
By Isaiah | October 25th, 2007I know I've been lax with the posting, but here's something to dispel the gloom and doom of losing and drawing in consecutive matches (a gross overreaction, of course, but whatever, I've discussed that enough in the past you probably already know my opini
Samuel Eto'o out for 2 months
By Isaiah | August 30th, 2007During the Gamper Cup last night, Samuel Eto'o came on as a second half sub and promptly tore a muscle in his right calf (which could be a tendon in his thigh). I was watching and the injury was without contact and didn't look like anything at all, except
Racing - Barcelona, a quick rundown
By Isaiah | August 24th, 2007Gametime: Sunday 1pm EST (live on GolTV, unless the threatened suspension of television rights for the game happens. Let's hope not! For an explanation of why this is happening, go read this: Spanish / Google Translator English) It's the first match of
Ronaldinho to become a Spanish citizen
By Isaiah | August 23rd, 2007Just a bit of good news for Barcelona fans: Ronaldinho will become a Spanish citizen on Monday, meaning that Gio Dos Santos will be able to officially join the first team and play in La Liga games regardless of whether or not he becomes a citizen. There a
Yokohama F. Marinos 0 - 1 FC Barcelona
By Isaiah | August 7th, 2007During the wee hours of the morning here in the US, FCB took on Yokohama F. Marinos in Japan, defeating them 0-1 through a 74th minute Giovani Dos Santos goal. According to the Spanish press, the match was filled with opportunities that Barcelona let go t
A Brief Study of Barcelona's Formations and Happy Anagrams: MIRTH, ZAP ME
By Isaiah | July 24th, 2007There's little else Barcelona fans seem to be discussing these days and with a couple of requests to do so myself, I've decided to weigh in on the weightiest of issues: the roster. It's fat, it's probably not all that happy, and it's supposedly working ha
Ronaldinho and Eto'o arrive in Barcelona
By Isaiah | July 20th, 2007Normally, this would be the perfect moment to make a crack about Brazil's supposedly terrible airline industry and how it caused Ronaldinho to be delayed so long he got a week's worth of scruff on his cheeks while sitting in airports, but somehow it just
You're The GM: Strikers
By Clint | July 6th, 2007Alright, I'm now comfortable in the fact that I'll never have as many comments as Chris G, but that isn't going to stop me from striving for the top of the mountain. While watching my "old" team dismantle The Nie Red Bulls of New Jersey, I started thinkin
An Anfield Banter not-so-special: It's Spectacular Speculation Saturday!
By Brian | June 23rd, 2007For one day and one day only I will speculate over the speculations of others! Wait... since the season ended I pretty much do that everyday. Well, why end a good thing plus I'm bored until the Euro U21 Championship and the Copa del Rey final. So let's
As the transfer talks slur...
By Brian | June 8th, 2007* Apparently, Eto'o isn't going anywhere. Zzzz... * Malouda is torn between Chelsea and Liverpool. Just imagine the puddle of slobber forming on my desk as I sleep through this post. * Daniele Padelli was returned to Sampdoria. Why is it now that w
Henry to Liverpool: Rubbish.
By Brian | June 7th, 2007Let's get something straight, Arsenal will never, ever sell Henry to another Premiership side, even if he demanded it. Reports that the likely-hood of this happening are appearing to escalate, which is just ridiculous. Hell, some betting sites have cut
Transfer non-News: Dani Alves, Samuel Eto'o, Florent Malouda & Thierry Henry
By Brian | June 6th, 2007* Apparently Dani Alves is going to Chelsea. Well, that would suck, but he isn't exactly proven in the EPL. * Eto'o is going to Milan. Don't care, I want Tevez. * Didier Drogba wants Chelsea to sign Malouda, but first they might have to beat Arsena
Latest transfer blah
By Brian | June 1st, 2007I'll admit my patience is wearing thin with us not adding any of the names that are going around, especially after Rafa expressed his disappointment in the board's lack of understanding about where the club stands. For certain players, like those in the
The Occasional Diatribe: Carra & Gerrard want Owen back plus enough transfer news to make your head explode
By Brian | May 29th, 2007* Stevie-G and Jamie Carragher have asked Rafa to bring Michael Owen back. Please tell me this is a joke. Owen wanted out and he got his wish. He wanted to play for a 'bigger club.' Why would we bring him back? On top of that, he's injury prone, has
Atlético 0 - 6 Barcelona: "a professional humiliation" with highlights
By Isaiah | May 21st, 2007Well. What a difference a week can make. All the naysayers who came out of the woodwork after Getafe and Real Betis can return to the aforementioned woodwork and stat. Not that this is a time to crow as Barça remain in second place after Real Madrid conc
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