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10 November 2011
Early rounds of the Copa Del Rey can be strange affairs. The primary goal of course is to win. But in the opening to the Copa other priorities and opportunities also come into play. The chance to rest first team regulars or to feature youth team players present themselves. As such it is always a [...]
Posted in Barcelona102 Comments
09 November 2011
It’s the freakin’ Copa del freakin’ Rey, people! GET HYPED. And get your GolTV on. Follow my spastic nonsense on Twitter as I won’t be able to run a liveblog L’Hospitalet: Moragón, Peque, Lucas Viale, Manu Viale, Mousa, Llonch, Manel, Haro, Vela, Cirio, David Prats Bench: Corominas, Garcia, Hammouch, Zamora, Craviotto, Aday, Pitu, Guillen, Castaño Barça: [...]
Posted in Copa del Rey, Match comments post103 Comments
08 November 2011
Copa Preview: CE L’Hospitalet – FC Barcelona, Wednesday 4pm, GolTV(HD) There are two stories. One is of a 13-year old Christian martyr during the persecution of Christians in the reign of emperor Diocletian in the year 303. The other is of a talking badger that meets his destiny while fighting a fox for a boat. Let’s [...]
Posted in Copa del Rey, Preview82 Comments
08 November 2011
Hello … Me? It’s weird to refer to yourself in the third person, but how do you do it in the first? And now I’m doing it in the second? Strange. Anyhoo, since I am very famous for being rich and handsome as well as a great football player, my agent thinks it’s time for [...]
Posted in Barcelona3 Comments
07 November 2011
It was that kind of a match, one in which both teams came out hell bent for leather, in which the winner was right on the tip of someone’s boot, a match that even as it didn’t feel like a draw, was destined to be so by the Footy Gods. Guardiola: “I told Bielsa that [...]
Posted in Kevin Rating Synthesis, La Liga, Review71 Comments
06 November 2011
It’s a wonderful day for a liveblog. Bilbao is never a team to be taken lightly, so I expect this match to be a cracker. I know you don’t want to hear me prattle, so on to the lineups: Starting XI: Valdes Alves Pique Mascherano Abidal Xavi Busquets Fabregas Adriano Messi Iniesta Bench: Pinto, Puyol, [...]
Posted in La Liga, Liveblog102 Comments