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16 August 2011
Note: The first part of this was written by Isaiah, but due to unforeseen circumstances (read: excessive drunkenness and cop punching), Luke is having to finish it up In the run up to the Superclassicopa’s first leg, I predicted a 3-1 loss for Barcelona. I don’t know that I was particularly wrong in predicting that [...]
Posted in Preview, SuperCopa111 Comments
16 August 2011
Robustness is an important quality for nearly every type of system. Robustness is the ability of a system to withstand stress and pressures while still functioning as it needs to. One of the reasons why the internet works so well is that it’s extremely robust. You can knock out hundreds of thousands of servers and [...]
Posted in Review, SuperCopa, Tactics96 Comments
15 August 2011
Posted in Team News, Transfers26 Comments
14 August 2011
Well, the deal that I didn’t think was going to happen, has happened. And we have lots coming up for you, including Linda waxing eloquent on why this deal rocks, and Euler’s tactical dissertation on what Fabregas will mean for us. I have something simpler planned, a glancing blow at all of this. It’s also [...]
Posted in Team News, Transfers226 Comments
14 August 2011
It is official, Francesc Fabregas, 24-year-old midfielder, has formally been transferred from Arsenal back to the club he grew up with, ending one of the most acrimonious, long-winded, frustrating, and stupefying transfer sagas in recent history. FC Barcelona announced the transfer just after halftime of the Supercopa first leg today, possibly in an attempt to [...]
Posted in Barcelona, Transfers122 Comments
14 August 2011
The Super Copa is alway an in-between kind of tie. It’s a trophy – but it’s also pre-season. It matches the two winners – La Liga vs. Copa Del Rey – but neither side is playing in the form or fitness that saw it through to the original victory that placed in the the Super [...]
Posted in Barcelona49 Comments