September 27, 2016 / Kxevin / Analysis

Water and spheres of influence, a Messi-less Barça

It’s odd that Messi was injured right around the same time last season, in late…

September 25, 2016 / Kxevin / Analysis

Sporting Gijon 0, Barça 5, aka “Different machine, same result”

So much brilliance and so much doubt, embodied in a single moment during the 0-5…

September 20, 2016 / Isaiah / La Liga

The season is only a few matches old, yet there’s the unmistakable air of May…

September 19, 2016 / Kxevin / Analysis

It’s the pressure. The unrelenting pressure. At some point over 90 minutes, at any number…

September 10, 2016 / Kxevin / Analysis

“We thought we might be comfortable. We thought wrong.” — Denis Suarez There will be…

August 28, 2016 / Kxevin / Analysis

Of all the new coaches building projects in football right now, from Guardiola to Mourinho…

August 26, 2016 / Kxevin / Analysis

Art Blakey. Wayne Shorter. Lee Morgan. Barney Wilen. Bud Powell. Jimmy Merritt. Walter Davis. These…

August 23, 2016 / Isaiah / La Liga

The train picked up speed as we left the suburbs and went into the undulating…

August 22, 2016 / Kxevin / Analysis

Sergi Roberto. It was always Sergi Roberto. “Sergi Roberto was the best player of the…

August 20, 2016 / Kxevin / Analysis

“First one’s free, sucka.” says the drug dealer who mutters, “You’ll be back,” under their…

July 15, 2016 / Kxevin / La Liga

New season, new fixture list. Cue the conspiracy theories. Here are some noteworthy (or cringeworthy)…

May 22, 2016 / Kxevin / Analysis

Heart. There are times when football comes down to which team has the greatest quantity.…