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15 February 2012
So. Something happened yesterday, and your view of what exactly transpired depends on your worldview: –Barca kicked the crap out of its round of 16 opponent in Champions League play while also grabbing 3 away goals, to effectively kill off the tie. –A ruffled, shaky Barca barely scraped by a weakened opponent, and it was [...]
Posted in Champions League, Thoughts33 Comments
14 February 2012
Xavi has been left out with calf problems, but Busquets is given the green light. Pique is left out entirely, whether that is due to his recent poor form, the car accident he was involved in two days ago, or because he has really bad gas – I don’t know. It looks like a 4-3-3 [...]
Posted in Champions League, Liveblog142 Comments
14 February 2012
I thought we were beyond this, but I guess not. So here goes, another rant about the men with Wu-Tang symbols on their arms… They may not be your friends, but they are also not your enemies. At best, they are a neutral force that disappears into the recesses of your mind to the point [...]
Posted in Thoughts18 Comments
13 February 2012
CL Preview: Bayer Leverkusen – Barcelona, Tuesday 2:45pm ET It’s the doldrums of Hlebruary and we’re off to face Hleverkusen. Okay, so he never played for them, but Hlebgart isn’t available, so I made a substitution. Put on Tello for Pedro, so to speak. Made a mad dash for the end line and hooked in [...]
Posted in Champions League, Preview81 Comments
11 February 2012
Pressure is a nasty, brutal thing that manifests itself in various ways. Rolling into an away match 7 points down in the Liga standings, the querrulous might suggest that a cold, windy Pamplona is precisely the wrong place for a team whose away form has been, at best, funky. But there it was. For me, [...]
Posted in La Liga, Thoughts151 Comments
11 February 2012
Too sick to think of anything clever. Starting XI: Valdes; Alves, Piqué, Puyol, Abidal; Thiago, Mascherano, Sergi Roberto; Alexis, Messi and Pedro Bench: Adriano, Cesc, Xavi, Iniesta, Tello and Cuenca Going for a direct game today. Just look at the pitch we’re playing on today. Let’s go. Osasuna v Barca
Posted in La Liga, Liveblog95 Comments