Articles tagged with "lineups"
The curtain rises....what will we see? Barca v Numancia, Sunday at noon CT, GolTV
By Kevin | August 30th, 2008Numancia is the first lamb to the slaughter. This season is an odd one. Many Blaugrana are saying that the league wants to guarantee another ...
Only one piece left, a.k.a. "Helloooo, Number 9!"
By Kevin | July 19th, 2008Whither thou goest, Samu? It's almost as if, which is why I chose this picture, he seems to be saying "I'm going over there, away ...
Welcome, Alex Hleb, a.k.a A Little Taste of Belarus
By Kevin | July 17th, 2008Welcome, Aleksandr Hleb, another piece of the puzzle that is being put together by Pep Guardiola and the technical staff. His path went through Stuttgart, ...
Riiiing! Time for a new beginning, sort of. Pre-season opus.
By Kevin | July 13th, 2008Pre-season begins tomorrow, with as many unanswered questions as there are stars in the sky. No, I don't have any answers, but I do have ...
It's official: Dani Alves is in the house
By Kevin | July 2nd, 2008Yessss! Cue my Darth Vader voice as I am saying, "The plans are almost complete." Daniel Alves da Silva is official, and this shot is ...
Real Murcia 3-Barca 5, a.k.a. "What's up with the glass?"
By Kevin | May 18th, 2008So. Is the glass half-full, or half-empty? Depends. The half-fullers will say "See, the lads just needed to relax and be a bit more direct, so ...
Barca 2-Mallorca 3, a.k.a. "Too much ugliness all around"
By Kevin | May 11th, 2008Must look good in blue and red, great first touch mandatory. Must be a team player and a fast learner. Patience and ability to learn ...
Barca vs Mallorca, or "Here's to happier times," Sunday, 3 p.m. ET, (5pm on GolTV)
By Kevin | May 10th, 2008Okay. Time to play out the string, to find out what kind of fans we have at the Camp Nou. We're bound for third place, ...
Barcelona - Valencia: Sunday 1pm
By Isaiah | May 3rd, 2008There's a Spanish word that I love both because of its meaning and the actual sound when you spit it out: venganza. Revenge, payback. You ...
Man U 1-Barca 0, a.k.a. "No silver for you!"
By Kevin | April 29th, 2008I'm going to be brief with this one because it's late and my legs are tired from a long, cold ride home to watch a ...
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 ...
Barca v Deportivo La Coruna, or "She's warming up...." Saturday, 1 p.m. CT, GolTV
By Kevin | April 25th, 2008Well, her song isn't done, but you have to wonder. We're in third place, one point behind Villarreal and eleven behind the Evil Empire, with ...
Gnus you all can use, including Brazilians and Frenchmen
By Kevin | April 25th, 2008Guess who's coming to dinner at Old Trafford? Yes, lads and ladettes, it's already been announced: Thierry Henry will be getting the start at Old Trafford ...
Barca 0-Espanyol 0, a.k.a. "Making Kameni look good"
By Kevin | April 19th, 2008Let's just give him a pedicure, a nap and a bottle while we're at it. Repeat after me: If you shoot the damned ball where the ...
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 ...
Recreativo 2, Barca 2, a.k.a. "Kxevin is speechless"
By Kevin | April 12th, 2008Good news. Messi is BACK! All the pace and energy are there. But I'm staggered. Wordless. There are times when you don't know what to say. ...
Champions League preview: Barcelona v Schalke 04 (12:45 p.m. CT Wed., ESPNDeportes, 2 p.m. CT Thursday, ESPN Classic)
By Kevin | April 8th, 2008It's GO TIME, baby! Some are saying that Schalke is going to roll over and die at the mere sight of the blaugrana, and the ...
Champions League preview: Schalke vs Barcelona, Tuesday 4 p.m. CT, ESPN Classic
By Kevin | March 31st, 2008I know, we don't get the high-def ESPN2 feed. Ripoff! It's April Fool's Day on this matchday, everyone, but since we've already played our cruel trick ...
Barca 4, Valladolid 1, a.k.a. the "Flatter to Deceive" edition, a.k.a. "And then there were four"
By Isaiah | March 23rd, 2008Four points, baby! Four. Freakin'. Points. Kevin in the house again for Isaiah, wanting to wait until after the Evil Empire/Valencia match to post this ...
Preview: Barca v Valladolid, or "It's go time, yo!" (12 p.m. ET, GolTV)
By Isaiah | March 21st, 2008Spare some love for me, up here amid the winter wonderland that is Highland Park, Illinois. 11 inches of snow, kids, on the second day ...
Barca-Valencia preview (Thursday, 3:30 p.m. ET, GolTV), a.k.a. "Remember the Getafe," a.k.a. "Ronnie needs a smack"
By Isaiah | March 19th, 2008Right. This is the first, for-real, no messing about, bring-the-silver ass game. We all remember what happened last year. All we had to do was ...
Lyon vs. Manchester United Lineups, Viewing Options
By Inara | February 20th, 2008All I'm going to say is, please don't screw up, Perrin. Also, Laurie will be liveblogging this game over at the main Offside page, so ...
Riep calls it quits plus starting XI at Maracaibo
By Lugo | January 13th, 2008Citing family reasons Rodrigo Riep has formally renounced his place at Junior but one wonders if the name of Giovanni Hernandez had too much to ...
Red Letter Day: Rangers vs. Lyon Lineups
By Inara | December 12th, 2007OMG I am scared shitless. ALLEZ LYONNAIS!!! Lyon: Vercoutre Clerc - Squillaci - Anderson - Grosso Juninho - Toulalan - Kallstrom Govou - Benzema - Ben Arfa Bench: Roux, Reveillere, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Lyon vs. Barcelona Starting Lineups
By Inara | November 27th, 200745 minutes until Lyon's Date with Destiny! Lyon: Vercoutre Reveillere - Squillaci - Anderson - Grosso Fabio Santos - Toulalan - Juninho Govou - Fred - Ben Arfa Barcelona: Valdes Zambrotta ...
Real Valladolid - Barcelona: Preview (5pm EST, GolTV)
By Isaiah | October 31st, 2007Jornada 10 opponent: Real Valladolid CF Location: Estadio José Zorilla, Valladolid, Castilla-Leon Time: Thursday, November 1, 10pm local time, 5pm EST in the US TV: GolTV, live, barring ...
Rangers - Barcelona: Champions League Matchday 3 Preview
By Isaiah | October 22nd, 2007Back to Scotland we go, this time with an actual game on tap rather than a round of exhibition matches. It's Ibrox and Rangers in ...
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