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17 May 2012
There are a lot of ways to read a statement. There are certainly more than twice that many ways to read two statements. In Wednesday’s El Mundo, Salvador Sostres wrote a very interesting article. It included a quote of Pep Guardiola telling Sandro Rosell, to paraphrase, “Screw me over and I’ll air your dirty laundry [...]
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14 May 2012
Agony and Ecstasy: polarized ends of the pendulum, between which swings that fickle thing called “hope”. That powerful glimmer of what could be – or maybe not – as it flirtingly sashays from one emotion to the other. Hope is, according to the old adage, always the last thing to pop its clogs, and it [...]
Posted in Barcelona, La Liga, Review, State of the Liga169 Comments
13 May 2012
So. Everyone recalls the ongoing season contest, kicked off in this post here. Well. We scored 115 goals in La Liga this season, a number that nobody accurately predicted. Four readers (in chronological order of entry) guessed 113 goals: pr17, lea_terzi, G60 and Messiah10. None of those readers got the Clasic goal total right, guessing, [...]
Posted in Barcelona60 Comments
12 May 2012
Barcelona play their final match of the Liga season. More than the result the match is noteworthy for being Pep’s last La Liga match as manager. Enjoy the way this brilliant side play. It’s been a treasure to be able to see them grow under Pep.
Posted in Barcelona181 Comments
11 May 2012
The last game of the season. The last Liga game for Pep before he leaves for a life of not being bear-hugged by Pinto, or being tossed in the air each time the team wins another damn trophy. What the heck are we going to do over summer? Feed Cuenca? Thank goodness for the Euros. [...]
Posted in Goodbyes, La Liga69 Comments
08 May 2012
A quick one, on migration, from casual viewer, to fan, to lover, to cule. I can imagine some long-time FCB fans, making this speech that Yoda made as he dismissed a young Luke Skywalker: Ready are you? What know you of ready? For eight hundred years have I trained Cules. My own counsel will I [...]
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