Barça players and the International Break: Spain, Argentina and the meaning of ‘friendly’

So, yesterday was the first day of friendlies, World Cup qualifiers and playoffs of this maligned international break, and those of our boys who had ...

Holy Blaugrana Batman!

It's back! That's right, the Barcelona blog has finally come out of hiding with a new look. From now on, the best blog on The ...

slow news day

It's been a slow news day (footywise) so I would like to take advantage of this brief rest to turn to a lockerroom issue that ...

Barcelona, I love you but...

In the interest of entertainment (as in not news/analysis) lets take a step back and look at our team/coaching staff/administration. Odds are, with that many ...

Caption This!

You all know how this works. I'd say let's keep suggestions within the bounds of good taste, but I know how you kids are! ...

Caption This! Pt. 3

I declare Larm the winner of Caption This! Pt. 2 with a timely pop culture reference to heavy drinking. Congratulations! So, now, do your thing below, ...

Caption This! Pt. II

Corinne was the winner of the last go-round (in my strictly informal, not at all scientific voting, based solely on quality of belly laugh). New ...

Barcelona in the USA: Will You Be There? [EDITED]

Dates edited to reflect local time rather than previously listed Spanish time So our beloved blaugrana is going to be in Los Estados Unidos de America ...

We got us some more Yaya

Pond Scum Seluk, agent of our man crush object, says that a deal has been done, and The Yaya will zoom down from Planet Man ...

L'Affaire Eto'o (the latest), a.k.a. "Please baby, please, baby baby baby please!"

What does this man want? Money? Fame? A ticket to Milan? To spit in the face of the club that has brought him so much ...

I want to believe....I do....I do

Dear Joan: These are the times that try cule souls. That other Spanish team just bought Kaka, for 67 million. In the same week, they bought ...

Vacation

Well, folks, it's summer and that means I am going on vacation. This time it's to Tanzania and the Ngorogoro Crater (pictured above). I've never ...

CHAMPIONS!

Did you know?

Iniesta scored this one goal. Don't know if you realized. I do these things because I can. (h/t: Hector) Also, don't forget the Villarreal preview, where, in ...

One Little Meme at a Time

So, before I get cracking on the Sevilla preview, I thought that we could discuss a few topics that concern the team generally, rather than ...

Thoughts on Other People's Thoughts: The Value of Winning Titles

I'm not necessarily one for parsing the words of commentators, most of whom say whatever comes to mind rather than what they really think. Certainly ...

Barça Matryoshka doll

Awesomeness from the land of Czechvar/Budwar: reader eklavya returns home with a set of Barcelona Matryoshka dolls. Here is what our little buddies look like, ...

Barça Matryoshka doll

Awesomeness from the land of Czechvar/Budwar: reader eklavya returns home with a set of Barcelona Matryoshka dolls. Here is what our little buddies look like, ...

Jokes are over, back to the grind

So perhaps yesterday's April Fools joke wasn't clever or anything other than cruel, but now we're back to the real deal stuff and I should ...

Jokes are over, back to the grind

So perhaps yesterday's April Fools joke wasn't clever or anything other than cruel, but now we're back to the real deal stuff and I should ...

On Vacation

So, it's Wednesday and some of you are probably jonesing pretty hard for your latest Barça Offside fix. Well, the heroin drugs are on their ...

How to LiveBlog the CL

So it appears from the comment and a couple of emails that the CoverItLive thing was a smashing success. And now the Barça Offside community ...

Mirror, mirror on the wall...

who is the ghostliest of them all? You tell me... He stands out in a crowd not because he's immensely talented (which he is), but because, ...

The House Pep Built [Updated]

(Thanks to Jason and Kevin -- it was actually Jason's idea, but Kevin continued it in good fashion) Welcome to Pep's Construction Company! Here we build ...

EPL Ramblings & Transfer Gossip

Today I'm just gonna have a quick look at some of the transfer gossip on the net that surfaces every day. Lots of it is ...

Alves Doesn't Care For Your Silly Rules [Updated]

Rules in soccer are beneath Dani Alves. He does not practice with a balls or by running. Gonzalo Higuain, you should stay on the other ...

Yaya: Bigger Than You

There are only a few things that are constants in the universe: gravity, the speed of light, fear of Yaya.

Victor Vazquez: Awesome Dancer

Even in the middle of games where he's trying to prove his worth, Victor Vazquez has time to walk like an Egyptian: Still, it's better than ...

Hi, my name is Carles, what's yours?

It's nice to meet you, Wesley. Please say hello to my friend, the Camp Nou grass.

Welcome to the circus, Juande

Trial by fire in 5 days.