We were playing a VERY open football team that barely had 11 players to put on the field, and we should have been able to dictate pace and tempo for 90 minutes and execute excellent build up plays with darting runs into the box. But we didn’t… and I don’t know why. That’s what worries me.

Oh and it isn’t Ibra, it isn’t Messi, it isn’t ONE player. It just sucks we usually have to wait at least a full half most of the time to see one goal from the best team in the world (that’s right I said it – in the world!) We should have been up 3-0 at half, but there was so many missed chances, squandered passes, and runs that weren’t paid attention too by EVERYONE on the field. What worries me is last year it seemed we had that mojo, that special spark. I’m not saying last year we were a better team. We weren’t. But what I’m wondering is where did that spark go?

But whatever, VISCA BARCA! WE’RE GOING TO CRUSH TENERIFE!

2) I’ve made an important realization about soccer. One year you have the swagger, and the next year, though there’s only the smallest changes, though the most important parts remain, the swagger is gone, and you’re watching a totally different team.

(Sigh). Come on Barca, in leg two.

We lost, so what? It was CDR, and it was an experimenting lineup at best. Strangely I am not upset. Even if we go out of the cup next week, I still wouldn’t be, but I think this is the last loss we’ll see for sometime. chin up, its not the end of the world. and I like Thiago. Bojan is worrying though.

“The danger is that players become focused on their showreels at the expense of the game itself, or that young players learn how to flick the ball over their heads rather than learning about the shape of the game (and shape isn’t just a concern of defenders: I went to interview Samuel Eto’o once and found him watching what appeared to be a Middle Eastern league game on television. I asked what it was, to which he replied that he didn’t know, but that he would watch any football to study the pattern).”

I had watched the video and this tidbit reminded me of it again…

Nevertheless, Isaiah, January 6 is Three Kings Day… not today.

I was watching that, and i forgot the whole transfer bullshit, and just remembered everything Eto’o gave us. Goal after goal. He is a unique player.

I’m still taking Ibrahimovic over him every day of the week, but i will always remember Samu fondly. And Ronaldinho even more so…

Part 1*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXKW0EB302o&feature=related

Part 2: *http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElIkz9iRiZ4&feature=related

In Part 2 at ~8:20, that guy must be the Catalan Kxevin. I’m certain Kxevin has typed that exact statement at some point or another during the Eto’o Transfer Saga.