April 18, 2018 / Kxevin / Analysis

Celta 2, Barça 2, aka, “YOLO, fam”

There are two kinds of switches: toggle and rheostat. We know which one Ernesto Valverde…

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April 14, 2018 / Kxevin / Analysis

Barça 2, Valencia 1, aka “Solace vs consolation”

Many years ago, a legendary television critic who worked at one of city’s big newspapers,…

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April 1, 2018 / Kxevin / Analysis

Sevilla 2, Barca 2, aka “What just happened?!”

It took a minute. An entire match of football in which a pair of antagonists…

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March 19, 2018 / Kxevin / Analysis

Barça 2, Athletic 0, aka “I’ll huff, and I’ll puff, and … “

Questions, questions, so many questions when the answers are simple. What do we see? At…

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March 4, 2018 / Kxevin / Analysis

Barça 1, Atleti 0, aka “Atleti got Atleti’d”

It had to be this way. There was too much at stake for it to…

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March 1, 2018 / Kxevin / Analysis

Las Palmas 1, Barça 1, aka “Hay, Liga?”

Awful. Legitimately, truly awful. Barça came into Las Palmas, a crucial away match, and got…

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February 28, 2018 / Kxevin / Analysis

Barça 6, Girona 1, aka “That chopping block is pretty on you”

Football has a problem with the way it perceives events. Girona came to the Camp…

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February 18, 2018 / Kxevin / Analysis

Eibar 0, Barça 2, aka “Illusion and calm”

Appreciating this Barça team is to appreciate a certain kind of luxury, an ease that…

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February 11, 2018 / Kxevin / Analysis

Barça 0, Getafe 0, aka “Work in progress”

Football is all about hopes and dreams. The game captivates us because it represents possibility.…

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January 29, 2018 / Kxevin / Analysis

Barça 2, Alaves 1, aka “Mutants mess everything up”

Mutants mess everything up. The great science fiction writer Isaac Asimov wrote a “Foundation” trilogy,…

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January 21, 2018 / Kxevin / Analysis

Betis 0, Barça 5, aka “Businesslike savagery”

In thinking about this Barça team and why it works so well, dogs came to…

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January 14, 2018 / Kxevin / Analysis

La Real 2, Barça 4, aka “Curses. Foiled.”

If you say that you know what to do, how to deal with or how…

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