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The 2008/09 Season: In Pep We Trust
By: Isaiah |
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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, [...]
Preview: Barça – Numancia; Saturday 4pmEST, GolTV
By: Isaiah | 37 Comments
Venganza. That’s the word for this match. Revenge, vengeance, getting even, retribution, or whatever else you want to call it (thanks, Thesaurus.com!), that’s what we’re after in this one. The only team in league play — indeed the only Spanish team at all — to beat us this year is, of all teams, Numancia. If [...]
The Great Midseason Post
By: Isaiah | 48 Comments
We just finished the magical 19th game, which means that all and sundry begin to do the whole “midseason” thing. I’m not going to exempt myself from this simply because there are things to report of a positive nature and I’m not above whooping and hollering about how great the team I’m following is currently [...]
Comparison: Barça-Chelsea-Inter
By: Isaiah | 11 Comments
Thanks to a comment by reader ballbeav, I’ve decided to compare the big leagues and their current leaders. There’s always debate about which league is better, but this is not one of those posts. I’m thinking of it more as a “where things stand” than a true comparison. It’s impossible to know if Barça would [...]
Soccer Prospectus, Pt 1
By: Isaiah | 67 Comments
I just got my copy of College Basketball Prospectus, meaning that during the evenings I’m glued to both the TV and the page as I try to digest how well my Kansas Jayhawks are going to do this year. The news is somewhat grim from a KU perspective, but we’re going to rock (chalk) the [...]
Category: StatisticsWhere We Stand: 100 Games Down
By: Isaiah | 18 Comments
Before we get started, here’s a little bit of site news: the Barça Offside page improved its record number of visits in a single month during October to 16,866, up approximately 1,000 visits. Kevin and I would like to thank you, our readers, for making this site both possible and a friendly place. Without you [...]
Squad Rotations: Are We Thinking Clearly?
By: Isaiah | 20 Comments
Recently there was a spate of comments asking for Bojan’s inclusion in the rotation system that is going on at Barça. Is this a well-founded argument, or is there a level of bias going on? I’ve asked for player inclusion before, so I’m certainly not exempt, and I too would like to see More Bojan.
Let’s [...]
State 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 [...]
Barcelona – Levante: Sunday 1pm EST
By: Isaiah | 27 Comments
The fortune teller in me is saying the end of this weekend will be just like it began: 5 points back of Real Madrid, but a few inches closer in terms of goal differential. Not that that matters, as we learned last year. RM plays Getafe at home while we play Levante at the Camp [...]
Barcelona: a statistical analysis of the defense
By: Isaiah | 9 Comments
The question of Barcelona’s defensive capabilities has been brought up before, in comments, and I’d like to take a moment or 10 to delve into the murky depths of statistical comparisons. Is Barcelona’s defense better than it was last year? That is, in a way, asking whether the additions of Abidal, Milito, and Toure have [...]
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