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UEFA Champions League Draw – Friday
By: Isaiah |
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So tomorrow is a big day in European club football: it’s the Champions League third round qualifier draw. Win your two-legged affair and you’re in the group stage. It’s the first time in a while that Barça have had to enter this part of the competition, but we’re there and we’re doing it without Messi, [...]
Fiorentina – Barcelona; 2:45pm EST TODAY, Barça TV
By: Isaiah | 91 Comments
Barça take on Fiorentina in Firenze, Italy today at 2:45pm EST. This will be a much tougher test for the team than Hibs and Dundee were, but we get Xavi, Iniesta, and Puyol back from their vacations. The team might be without Messi and Eto’o, the former who is going to play in the Olympics [...]
Category: Team NewsDavid Silva and Andrei Arshavin: Just Another Big Question
By: Isaiah | 7 Comments
There has been debate recently about who (if anyone) Barcelona should buy for the vacant left wing spot, a position that should only be considered vacant if one does not believe Andres Iniesta is capable of filling in for a year or more. I personally subscribe to the idea that we have a very loaded [...]
Category: Team NewsSamuel Eto’o and the Value of Statistics
By: Isaiah | 47 Comments
[Updated version] The debate over Samu rages back and forth in both Barcelona and on this blog. I can’t say with any amount of certainty who is on what side in the Junta Directiva, but it seems fairly clear that there are several Samu detractors high up in the club and they are determined to [...]
Category: Team NewsDundee – Barcelona (Preseason)
By: Isaiah | 59 Comments
There’s little to say about the match, really, but here are a couple of streams where you can watch it:
Humsurfer (thanks, ballbeav)
Livefooty (thanks, Light)
There’s also always Radio Barca on the official site.
Please put your comments about the game (and whatever else) in this post.
The Great Messi Question
By: Isaiah | 107 Comments
Just as the final decision by the board will be made on whether or not to let Leo Messi join Argentina’s push for another Olympic victory, I thought I would weigh in this complicated business of club vs sorta country.
Let’s start with the overarching themes involved in this discussion:
1. The Olympics are a U-23 competition [...]
Category: Team NewsOnly one piece left, a.k.a. “Helloooo, Number 9!”
By: Kevin | 96 Comments
Whither thou goest, Samu? It’s almost as if, which is why I chose this picture, he seems to be saying “I’m going over there, away from here.”
This Eto’o situation is huge, and is weighing on the club and dividing the cules. So let’s look at what we know:
Eto’o has been told by the team that [...]
Welcome, Alex Hleb, a.k.a A Little Taste of Belarus
By: Kevin | 36 Comments
Welcome, Aleksandr Hleb, another piece of the puzzle that is being put together by Pep Guardiola and the technical staff.
His path went through Stuttgart, then Arsenal, where he learned a love for the beautiful game, which should make him fit in very well now that he is wearing the colors. Hleb is 27 years [...]
Farewell, R10, it’s been a good run (well, not fully)
By: Kevin | 52 Comments
It is official. The end of an era of sorts for FC Barcelona. Reads the beginning of the statement by the club:
AC Milan and Barcelona have reached an agreement in principle over the transfer of Ronaldinho to the Italian club. The Brazilian will take a medical examination on Wednesday in Milan. And let the record [...]
Riiiing! Time for a new beginning, sort of. Pre-season opus.
By: Kevin | 37 Comments
Pre-season begins tomorrow, with as many unanswered questions as there are stars in the sky. No, I don’t have any answers, but I do have a boatload of speculation, which can be just as much, if not more fun.
Here’s who is scheduled to appear with the squad, and when:
Monday: Valdes, Henry, Yaya, Marquez, Jorquera, Oleguer, [...]
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