Articles tagged with "thoughts"
Barça players and the International Break: this time we swear in French
By Ade C. | November 19th, 2009So this is it, boys and girls, the end of international break. Let’s hear that sigh of relief and the raucous celebrations because (with the ...
Review: Barcelona's lethargy, Mallorca's misfortune, and how Ibrahimovic is "Il Magnifico"
By Joan | November 8th, 2009A solitary flag, claret and blue, stands where two lines meet. When it comes to Barcelona, a few keywords are in constant rotation: possession, eminence, ...
Copa del Rey Preview: Cultural Leonesa vs FC Barcelona
By Ade C. | October 28th, 2009Today is the day in which we embark in yet another competition. F.C. Barcelona enters the Copa del Rey race with a thrilling match against ...
The Two Faces of Messi: Argentina vs Barcelona
By Ade C. | October 14th, 2009The criticism of Leo Messi’s form with the Argentina NT, particularly when compared to what he does for Barcelona, has been so unrelenting lately that ...
Preseason: Chivas - Barça, Saturday 11pmEST, FSC and TeleFutura
By Isaiah | August 7th, 2009We're back to non-HD, sadly, meaning we're going to have squint a bit (even on the bigass TVs) to see if it's Pique, Muniesa, or ...
Seattle Sounders 0, Barca 4, a.k.a. "Let's talk about The Kid."
By Kevin | August 7th, 2009Here we have the man of the hour, The Kid. He could have had a hat trick before the end of the first half against ...
Barca 2, L.A. Galaxy 1, a.k.a. "Paaaaayyydroooo!"
By Kevin | August 2nd, 2009Pedro! is ready. Even if the rest of the squad isn't. Buried on the official site in a recent post, along with birthday wishes for ...
Sir Bobby Robson: 1933-2009, "Thank you and rest in peace."
By Kevin | July 31st, 2009So, here's the thing about Sir Bobby Robson, the man who, when people call Alex Ferguson "Sir," make me think "Here's a big, fat dose ...
Comparing Caceres and Hleb
By Isaiah | July 30th, 2009During discussions about the various transfers we have left to make (or not make), reader Cojonudo pointed out that often times there is a lot ...
Caption This! a.k.a. "Yes, we listen to folks."
By Kevin | July 30th, 2009So, we got a couple of requests for a bit of fun, similar to the "caption this" mirth that they have over at the Bilbao ...
Are More Reinforcements Necessary?
By Isaiah | July 28th, 2009Just think a little, it's not so hard! Now that Ibrahimovic has been signed, presented, and bum-rushed and Samu is officially an Inter player, the daily ...
Welcome Zlatan Ibrahimovic, a.k.a. "Okay, NOW what?"
By Kevin | July 28th, 2009First things first: We will never know the real numbers behind this deal. Period. Full stop. Yes, he will make a boatload of money. Yes, ...
Al-Ahly 1, Barca 4, a.k.a. "Careful with that axe, Eugene!"
By Kevin | July 26th, 2009I don't know about you guys, but this match caused me almost as much anxiety as the Champions League final. Why? Because one key injury ...
Helenio Herrera, a.k.a. "Know your Barca history"
By Kevin | July 23rd, 2009Helenio Herrera. Coached Barca from 1958-1960. Why is he important? Because the parallels with Pep Guardiola are uncanny. He came in, and took charge of ...
Con el socio todo, sin el socio nada*, a.k.a. "Som un."
By Kevin | July 22nd, 2009*With the fans, everything, without the fans, nothing. When Nike rolled out its "Som un" (Catalan spelling) commercial before the Champions League final match, I remember ...
(Re)thinking Saturday's Thoughts
By Isaiah | July 20th, 2009On Saturday I wrote a semi-lengthy missive about a different perspective to the whole Eto'o-Ibra-Villa deal. There were a couple of responses since then that ...
Pep Speaks, a.k.a. "Eto'o, you gotta go!" (edit)
By Kevin | July 20th, 2009It's the season! Pep Guardiola is back, and the world has blown up, thanks to his press conference. Here's everything, so live it up! This ...
Thoughts for a lazy Saturday
By Isaiah | July 18th, 2009I know that Kevin just wrote a post for today, but I've got a few things that I've been thinking about that I'd like to ...
Big Deals, donuts and other craziness
By Kevin | July 18th, 2009Random bits n' nits: Watched Fox Soccer Report last night, and as part of the cable footy program's report on the Barca/Inter deal, they quoted a ...
Too much "news," too little time
By Kevin | July 16th, 2009A quick-and-dirty rundown: --A loan deal for Hleb, the Disgruntled Belorussian, going to Inter Milan might be the other shoe falling in the Maxwell deal. The ...
Could it be? Might it be?
By Kevin | July 11th, 2009Sport is reporting that the Monday meeting with Villa and Llorente et al, will almost certainly unlock the doors for Villa to make his move ...
Hey, whoa, real footy, a.k.a. Confederations Cup gets decided today
By Kevin | June 27th, 2009So, a funny thing happened on the way to the Spain Invitational. La Furia Roja lost to a scrappy United States side, courtesy of a ...
We got us some more Yaya
By Kevin | June 25th, 2009Pond Scum Seluk, agent of our man crush object, says that a deal has been done, and The Yaya will zoom down from Planet Man ...
Barca's defense is actually excellent, a.k.a. "What we all know, far more eloquently stated."
By Kevin | June 23rd, 2009Hey, who knew that these two were a pair of our essential defenders? Except for us, that is. Aside from the pieces that Sid Lowe does, ...
L'Affaire Eto'o (the latest), a.k.a. "Please baby, please, baby baby baby please!"
By Kevin | June 21st, 2009What does this man want? Money? Fame? A ticket to Milan? To spit in the face of the club that has brought him so much ...
First annual Barca Offside war games, a.k.a. "My beauty sleep!"
By Kevin | June 18th, 2009We all know the idea of a war game, which is to simulate and work out a potential situation, based on an army in miniature, ...
Everybody...."Ommm, ommm." Now breathe deep. Deeeeper....
By Kevin | June 11th, 2009Okay. Better now? Good. On the other side of Spain, there's this club that is spending money like running water. In Catalunya, there's this club that ...
I want to believe....I do....I do
By Kevin | June 11th, 2009Dear 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 ...
L'Affaire Eto'o, a.k.a. "Transfer wheat from the chaff"
By Kevin | June 10th, 2009And so it begins. We've recapped the season, and Isaiah doled out a most excellent State of the Liga post. It's Silly Season time, when ...
Season recap pt. IV, Most Valuable Player, a.k.a. "And you thought I was crazy before!"
By Kevin | June 7th, 2009Aw, man! When you look at awards and personal accolades for a team that almost ran out of trophies (we left the Copa Catalunya on ...
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