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you guys are forgetting the unrest he caused in the dressing room ... the snide remarks at Pep and Frank ... the complacency that set in on Samuel during the tail end of Frank's last season and the beginning of Pep's first season ... the way he disappeared down the stretch of 2009 (his CL Final...

you pulled the cork off of the rum bottle, Ed. great post.

Apparently Rooney can buy his contract out next summer for the bargain price of just £5million. I'd LOL if he went to Citeh.

please keep the Cesc talk for the Crazies thread. this is the BOSS' thread. please tell me this is a rhetorical question.

Xavi = BOSS

ok ... that's my post from the FCB v Valencia thread. I'm really really excited at what I saw in the 2nd half from FCB. The layers of players who double as offensive fulcrum/pressure release outlets just got another layer. Pep added that 2nd layer in the midfield. using one midfielder in front...

not just the fact that we won, but that Pep may have finally busted the Inter-style defensive high-line/man-to-man coverage on Xavi/Iniesta/Leo. I'm super excited!!

great news for Thiago. I really want him and JDS to succeed here at FCB, and this call up is great news. he'll learn a lot from the guys on the NT.

{off topic} Pep has made decisions based on principles, rather than mollycoddling spoiled superstars. I respect the man for that. but to say that the team's lack of scoring is his fault is absurd. the team created chances, and did not convert. again, if this were a repeat of the 2008 ManUtd semi...

set pieces are about timing and execution. if you have both, you don't need a Llorente or a Drogba to score from there. any one can score. and with all of the weapons we have, using them creatively in the box will result in legit chances.

Pique, Puyol, Busquets, Abidal can occupy the opposition's defence while Iniesta/Leo/Villa/Pedro make late runs in to the box. Obviously we don't have players who can head efficiently, so you compensate by having players make late runs to distract the defense ... or even just play it short and...

as far as I am concerned, Pep does not need to change anything in terms of attack. the "Park the Bus" routine works against us for two reasons: 1. We try to pass the ball so that someone can walk it in to the net via 'the perfect goal' 2. We are toothless via the set piece Both can be...

Cristiano? are you kidding me? he couldn't hit the side of a barn on Saturday. He's a volume scorer. He takes so many free kicks that they are bound to hit the target/go in. Not nearly as impressive as Ronaldinho was for us. He was scoring clutch goes goals for us via dead ball situations. and...

finally got to sit down and watch a game live on Saturday, although I had to babysit my godson and his parents dropped him off during the 2nd half so I missed from the 1st goal onwards. the first half was quite interesting with Busquets pushing closer to the back four to provide an outlet and be...

apologies for not posting much in this thread. I haven't seen one FCB game live this year and with wedding planning (not mine, my friend, but I'm the best man) and looking for a new job (I need to get out of this damned place) and fixing stuff around the house (winter is coming) I had no time to...

I was just coming here to post that. cheers to Messi's Gumby-like ankles!!

I think if that goal is allowed vs Inter we're looking at a completely different player. confidence is everything to a striker and Leo's success puts even more pressure on Bojan. This is his year though. He'll have way more minutes, way more opportunity. it's up to him to take it. either way...

Heracles is not a Greek god. he's the bastard offspring of a Greek God. anyway ... FCB v Heracles = Mulligan.

LMAO!! Meta you're the man ... but you don't really smack of arrogance. you can be flippant. but not arrogant. maybe I have "Meta-Tinted Glasses" on ... maybe "Midfield Personified" works for me. but I love Xavi. love that man. Dude is on another planet. We're just spectators watching him on...

I can't go that far. I love Xavi. First FCB Jersey I bought with a name on the back was Xavi's ... but I cannot go that far to say that he is football personified. I feel like saying that would smack of arrogance.