Comments on: How to deserve to lose

By: Ciaran

Ciaran — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:37:18 +0000

The Pinto thing seems to be just about tied up according to a number of websites. Much better than Jorquera and it should be permanent cos he’s only 32, older than Jorquera but should still have 3/4years giving Oier plenty of time to mature.
I’d still sign a temporary defensive midfielder for 6 months too just to get by while Yaya is gone cos we cant rely on Edmilson ever being fit enough to play 2 games in a row

By: jake

jake — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:26:00 +0000

beautiful thanks. Just downloaded it and I’ll see how it goes in the morning.

By: Isaiah

Isaiah — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 05:17:28 +0000

Jake, the best I’ve found is tvunetworks.com. Just download it (link on the homepage), install it, and find GolTV. You can tag it as a favorite for easy access in the future rather than having to organize by the “sports” tag and then finding it. That’s the easiest, most reliable way I’ve found to watch the games; it’s in English to boot.

Otherwise there’s live-footy.org, which tends to link to several streams. If you’re a Firefox user, you’ll have to either use the IE tab function or just use IE because for some reason, none of the programs work in Firefox. If someone knows how to get them to work, by all means, let us know. At least one download is required to get the live-footy stuff going, one of which is actually the TVU player I suggested earlier, so you might as well try that first. SopCast seems to be fairly reliable, but isn’t as good, I don’t think.

Hope this helps. If others have more suggestions, let’s hear them. Barca Radio has free streams, but it’s just radio, of course, though they do have an English feed. In fact, it might be exclusively in English. It’s accessible via the official site.

For those of you checking in for a preview of the Copa game, I’ll be getting something vague and small up (lineups, a couple of thoughts), as my previous preview should suffice.

By: jake

jake — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 03:13:14 +0000

Do you guys know a site that srteams all Barca games for free? I’ve been looking for one for a while, but when I wake up at 4am to watch them, something goes wrong.

Kevin, I read the article earlier. It was one of the few things on goal.com that I had respect for. That was exactly what I was thinking.

By: Isaiah

Isaiah — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:26:48 +0000

I just realized the game is at 3pm tomorrow instead of 4. Oh crap. How am I going to swing leaving work that early…hmm…if I stay very quiet all day, they’ll have no idea I’m there in the first place, much less gone…Yes, it’s foolproof!

By: Kevin Williams

Kevin Williams — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:46:20 +0000

Excellent analysis from Goal.com is here:

http://goal.com/en-US/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=546181

Essentially, it’s what we’ve all been saying, that Rijkaard got it right, and what the hell took him so long to play Eto’o and Henry at the same time?

It was definitely “just Murcia,” Bobby, but that club’s recent run of form, and 9th in the table position….look at how the Evil Empire struggled for a long time against bottom-dwelling Levante, who were one more pass away from probably holding or even winning that match.

The Copa tie against Sevilla on Tuesday will tell a lot, even though they’re at home.

By: Bobby G

Bobby G — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:12:10 +0000

It was Murcia, so I’m not going to get carried away. But hopefully Henry got a confidence boost that he can carry into games against bigger clubs.

By: Varughese Rajan

Varughese Rajan — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:20:32 +0000

All of Barca’s problem start with Rijkaard’s assumption that a pure Centre Back can do Right Backs role. He may don the defensive role to perfection, but Barcelona style needs their Full Backs to rush to the front to give speed to the attack. As far as the sevilla draw was concerned, I will say it was the best practical thing to do. barcelona’s confident were down by Madrid’s defeat and a draw is as good as a win(provided u win at home).Every time u can’t play beautifully, sometimes u have to scrap through(that shows character – remember federer winning last wimbledon).

Wrote something about 2nd leg of sevilla match, Have a look

http://vkr-fcbarcelona.blogspot.com/2008/01/sweet-headaches.html

By: Kevin Williams

Kevin Williams — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:57:46 +0000

So, a tree falls on Ronaldinho’s house in two ways: the actual sense, thanks to some unruly Catalan weather, and in the figurative sense, as the team showed they’re just fine without him.

Any wonder that he suddenly (A miracle! Praise be!) returned to training after consulting an outside expert for his tendinitis?

I know, I know….we was legitimately injured. Rijkaard said so, and I shouldn’t doubt him. So forget everything I just typed.

By: jake

jake — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 04:46:15 +0000

Nolan, I forgot to mention Valdes. That save was a beauty, and it’s those kind of saves that makes me take back my comments that we need a new gk. A few more of them and I will have full confidence in VV.

I think the best benefit of Eto’o-Henry-Messi is that they are all willing to take on players. They are goal hungry for the full 90 minutes, which is what you need in your strikers. Messi also tracks back, which is great to see. When Messi is back, and we have all 3, I doubt Frankie will have any other alternative than to play HEM. When they are all on form, no team in the world could stop them.

With Henry finally finding his feet, Eto’o and Messi are gone. Just our luck.