Category: Thoughts

December 19, 2019 / Kxevin / Analysis

Barça 0, Real Madrid 0, aka “Playing out the string”

Everybody has luggage. What motivates us to get new luggage, when we have luggage? Something…

December 15, 2019 / Kxevin / Analysis

What watching the decline of a great football team has forced us to do is…

December 9, 2019 / Kxevin / Analysis

The Mallorca XI was: Ter Stegen, Sergi Roberto, Pique, Lenglet, Junior Firpo, Busquets, Rakitic, De…

December 8, 2019 / Kxevin / Analysis

When a basketball scorer is in a slump, sometimes free throws can shake them out,…

December 1, 2019 / Kxevin / Analysis

This was a weird match, because it featured a pair of teams who are still…

November 28, 2019 / Kxevin / Analysis

Football is lived match to match, and this has never been more true than with…

November 23, 2019 / Kxevin / Analysis

If the Barça players are not playing to get Valverde sacked, then things are even…

November 21, 2019 / Kxevin / Analysis

What makes international break for Barça supporters a torment are the inevitable questions and overreactions…

November 15, 2019 / Kxevin / Analysis

There are few things in football more delightful these days than watching Riqui Puig play…

November 13, 2019 / Kxevin / Thoughts

David Villa announced his retirement from football, effective at the end of the season, when…

November 10, 2019 / Kxevin / Analysis

Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should is an adage that applies to so…

November 9, 2019 / Kxevin / Analysis

Most football matches turn on moments, and the Camp Nou visit by a recovering Celta,…