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25 January 2012
Copa Preview: Barcelona – Real Madrid, Wednesday 4pmET, GolTV Fame and fortune appear to have different effects on different people. Keith Richards describes Mick Jagger as turning from a likeable guy to a sort of uncontrollable showman once the fame went to his head. The same was true of guitarist Brian Jones, but that mostly [...]
Posted in Copa del Rey, El Clasico, Preview53 Comments
24 January 2012
Those of you with a brain might find it hard to believe, but back when the author was a simple SoMiss, she was quite the social butterfly. Flitting hither and yon, she waited in vain for someone to ask her to dance to the slow part of “Melt With You” … but she is over [...]
Posted in Barcelona25 Comments
Posted in Dictionary, Thoughts111 Comments
22 January 2012
Pep’s notes before the game must have been: Give Messi the ball. ???? GOLAZO Repeat 1-3 until sufficient scoreline is achieved. A simply remarkable game from the world’s best player. But the thing is, this is him being “back on form”. That’s the incredible part. By his standards, Leo Messi has been a bit lacklustre [...]
Posted in La Liga, Review71 Comments
22 January 2012
Getting right to it: Barca lineup: Valdes; Alves, Pique, Masche, Abidal; Busi, Iniesta, Thiago; Adriano, Messi and Alexis Bench: Pinto, Puyol, Jona, Xavi, Cesc, Cuenca, Pedro. In the stands: Sergi Roberto. Malaga v Barca
Posted in La Liga, Liveblog72 Comments
21 January 2012
Liga Preview: Málaga – Barcelona, Sunday 12noon ET, GolTV It’s the first week of the season, everyone! Time to celebrate! There’s a full 38 matches ahead of us and we’ve got quite the schedule lined up for the next–wait, what? Oh, it’s actually the midway point, we’re just calling it the first match of the season? [...]
Posted in La Liga, Preview13 Comments