Comments on: Barca 0, Getafe 0, or “Satan is a Goalpost”

By: Ciaran

Ciaran — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:54:36 +0000

*loaning*

By: Ciaran

Ciaran — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:53:16 +0000

I am going to back-up Giovani again. Are we comparing him to Messi or are we just cashing in on the fact that he has a good agent? He needs a good coach and he could improve 100%. I would like to see a member of our youth system being given a chance. Forget his nationality, he’s a youth product like Valdes Puyol Xavi Iniesta Messi et al. Not all of them were in the first 11 at 18.
In another year if he hasn’t progressed we would still get the same money as a 19yr old. Makes more sense and allows some sentiment.
I may not be the only one who regrets selling Quaresma instead of oaning him for 2 seasons…

By: Isaiah

Isaiah — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:04:53 +0000

Do you guys like the new team selections at the top? I do!

By: Kxevin

Kxevin — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:59:10 +0000

Oh, it isn’t all tourists, JC. And I’m mostly referencing the quiet. Yesterday’s match was awfully, awfully quiet.

I’m thinking on a post about form and expectations, so stay tuned.

By: JC

JC — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:21:52 +0000

Kevin,
the waving of white hankies is not something a tourist would do. tourists mite comprise 20% of the entire crowd and if they don’t know what’s going on, i doubt they wud bother jeering…

check out the barca website
http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/noticies/futbol/temporada07-08/04/n080407102153.html

anyway, for barca to succeed in the future, we need a good replacement for Ronaldinho. He’s the reason we have done well in the past, his poor form and barca’s poor form are co-related.

By: john

john — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:19:47 +0000

Hey guys – Jeremy at the Mallorca Offside put up a post about the parity and the strength of La Liga, and a debate hath begun. I’d love it if a couple dignitaries from the Barca page would represent. And also… AUPA GETA!!!

By: Isaiah

Isaiah — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:11:16 +0000

Colin, I understand completely about the pizza/beer money thing. I welcome you to my side of the equation for tonight. Rock Chalk Jayhawk! KU!

No way in hell Ronaldinho goes to ManCity. I don’t think he’ll go to England period because it’s not his style. I think he goes to Milan if he goes anywhere. No one else can afford him, really.

By: Kxevin

Kxevin — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:49:08 +0000

Sven was given plenty of cash to splash about. I just can’t see Ronaldinho going to Man Citeh, though. No Champions League, probably not even contending for top of the table.

They’d love to get him though. And hey, did anyone see that news item about what losing Beckham cost the Evil Empire, revenue-wise, from shirt sales? Holy crap! That’s probably what we’re going to be looking at once R10 flies the coop.

By: Colin

Colin — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:43:16 +0000

Good luck tonight, Isaiah, I’ll be rooting for Kansas (because Memphis cost me a month of pizza/beer money by beating UCLA, and I hold grudges when there’s pizza and beer on the line).

On the expectations front, I feel expectations on this board are pretty reasonable. Most cules seem reasonable to me: they want the team to play hard and play the style they like. Maybe I’m reading into it, but I thought yesterday’s booing was as much about the frustration from stretches of lackadaisical play the past few weeks as it about the Getafe match alone. I understand the players feel like they worked hard yesterday, but giving away points earlier meant they didn’t have a margin of error yesterday when they needed it.

And in other news: Ronnie to Man City? In sky blue? That would be really strange, and probably a sign that the Premiership has too much money if mid-table teams can outbid top Serie A squads.

By: Kxevin

Kxevin — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:05:53 +0000

JC, the problem with Camp Nou matches is complex. It’s an immense place, that seats north of 90,000 butts. Because of its immensity, and the fact that it’s one of the must-see things in Barcelona, you tend to get a LOT of tourists at matches, who are just there to see a match in the stadium, and that Ronaldinho guy.

Every time I’ve been there, way too many people have been sitting there, sort of wondering what the heck is going on. This makes Camp Nou matches feel very different from the frenzy that can be the great English League stadiums, or the smaller La Liga ones.

Big matches are different. El Clasico is crazy, and the tourist factor is almost nonexistent. But league matches, particularly against the likes of Getafe, are another matter altogether.