Damn the Torpedoes, We Need 3 Points: Villarreal-Barça

28 January 2012

Liga Preview: Villarreal-Barcelona, Saturday 4pm ET, ESPN Deportes/ESPN3.com I was optimistic about their chances going in. They had retained all but Santi Cazorla and Joan Capdevila over the summer (and that perennial goal-monster Jozy Altidore, of course), meaning they had the majority of their team intact. They were missing a playmaker, yes, and a very hit-or-miss left [...]

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Posted in La Liga, Preview0 Comments

Just Enjoy Them

27 January 2012

After everything that’s happening, the giant throwing of toys out of the pram by that another team, the hypocrisy and false equivalencies and video leaks, I just decided to (temporarily) stop caring. Earlier today, I Tweeted: I just appreciate what we have now. It’s not going to last forever. So enjoy this man while you [...]

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Match Review Copa Del Rey: Barcelona 2 – 2 Madrid, 4 – 3 Aggregate: Simulation

26 January 2012

Imagine if you could validly measure every dimension of football, every variable relevant to shaping the dynamics and outcomes of a match.  If so, you could build a model of the game and simulate matches in a computer with accuracy. These kinds of computer simulators for football already exist in certain forms.  They are however [...]

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Posted in Barcelona157 Comments

Through to the Semis

25 January 2012

We’ll analyze everything later. But for now.

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Posted in Copa del Rey74 Comments

El Clasico Copa Style: Second Leg Liveblog

25 January 2012

Welcome to Celebrity Deathmatch… LET’S GET IT ON! Starting XI: Pinto, Alves, Pique, Puyol, Abidal, Xavi, Busquets, Iniesta, Messi, Cesc, Sanchez Bench: Valdes, Adriano, Mascherano, Dos Santos, Thiago, Pedro, Cuenca Bad Guys: Casillas, Arbeloa, Pepe, Ramos, Coentrao, Alonso, Lass, Ozil, Kaka, Ronaldo, Higuain   Boarding begins 15 minutes before the scheduled 4:00 PM EST takeoff time. [...]

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Posted in Copa del Rey, Liveblog62 Comments

Of Psychology and Windbags: El Clásico

25 January 2012

Copa Preview: Barcelona – Real Madrid, Wednesday 4pmET, GolTV Fame and fortune appear to have different effects on different people. Keith Richards describes Mick Jagger as turning from a likeable guy to a sort of uncontrollable showman once the fame went to his head. The same was true of guitarist Brian Jones, but that mostly [...]

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Posted in Copa del Rey, El Clasico, Preview53 Comments

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