State of the Liga
FC Barcelona 4, Sevilla FC 0, a.k.a. “So this is what revenge tastes like…”
By: Ade C. |
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Having played three times against Sevilla in less than a fortnight, witty commentaries about our hispalense friends are at a premium… but who needs to talk about them when we can talk about Barça and the many, many things we did right last night?
The evening started out well, seeing that Real Madrid lost 1-0 to [...]
Tags: Barcelona, Eric Abidal, Highlights, Injuries, La Liga, Lionel Messi, Review, Sergi Busquets, Sevilla, State of the Liga, Team NewsXavi speaks out before the Clásico: “Real Madrid has a lot of nerve”
By: Ade C. | 5 Comments
Ha! You thought I’d let you have a quiet, relaxing morning before the Clásico? You were wrong!
This morning, Spanish newspaper El País published a long, engaging interview with our very own Xavi Hernández. Sit back and enjoy as Xavi speaks about awards, Busquets, the Spanish NT, how “Real Madrid has a lot of nerve” and [...]
Season recap pt. III: Most improved player, a.k.a. “Uh, oh…”
By: Kevin | 112 Comments
This one is going to be a good’un, because first we have to establish parameters, and lord knows how you do that. Should they have been with the side last season, so that we have something to go on? No, because a player can improve withIN a season to become something spectacular.
And how do [...]
The 2008/09 Season: In Pep We Trust
By: Isaiah | 29 Comments
Wow.
There’s not much you can say other than that word. It’s almost unfathomable what occurred. Nine players left and six players arrived (the 7th, Henrique, has yet to arrive, so to speak), the season began in qualifiers, found its first heart attack — an omen of things to come? — moved to defeat in Soria, [...]
State of the Liga: the First “Half”
By: Isaiah | 70 Comments
So here we are, at the winter break, waiting breathlessly, I’m sure, for the transfer window to open (so that Barça can buy no one and Real Madrid can purchase more injured players). Might as well review the first “half” of the season. Really it’s the first 42% since it’s not until January 18 that [...]
Category: State of the LigaState of the League: back to the grind
By: Isaiah | 55 Comments
It’s International Week again, so the kids are all out with their respective national sides, leaving us precious little to discuss. Just my luck, of course, that I return to civilization from the Industrial Purgatory that is Norwood, Massachusetts at the moment when club soccer takes a break. Because the hotel had ESPN Classic, I [...]
News you all can use, a.k.a. “Don’t always believe the media.”
By: Kevin | 43 Comments
Man, has this been a fun week or so. See what happens when it’s international time? Idle minds become the devil’s workshop and suddenly there are all kinds of press reports that might or might not be true. We’re going to present some of them, just because we’re all clamoring for something to do, right? [...]
State of the Liga Address
By: Isaiah | 22 Comments
We have what amounts to a minibreak in Barcelona’s schedule as we wait for Espanyol’s arrival at the Camp Nou on Saturday (moved up from Sunday, FYI, due to the demands of the upcoming Champions League semifinal with ManU), so I thought I’d do a full league breakdown of where things stand with 6 matches [...]
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