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14 years ago @ totalBarca - Sánchez to recover in... · 0 replies · +3 points

Indeed. I can't wait to see him firing on all cylinders on our wing. It would be great if he and Pedro could tie for third highest goal scorers of each season (behind Messi and Villa), for many, many historic seasons to come.
All the best from our frontline MVPs (Mess, Villa, Pedro and Sanchez)

14 years ago @ totalBarca - The Highlights: FC BAT... · 0 replies · +1 points

See TB post: http://www.totalbarca.com/2011/news/sanchez-to-re...

"... hopes to have Alexis recovered in time for the next World Cup qualifier date in November. This may be too optimistic, though, considering he would probably have just starting to play again for Barça..."

14 years ago @ totalBarca - The Ratings: FC BATE B... · 0 replies · +2 points

I pretty much agree. Ratings seem fairly over-inflated. Considering the quality of the opposition, our players weren't especially high achieving. Seemed to me they were (according to their highest standards) just fairly average against BATE. The energy level and intensity was quite muted; of course, it really didn't need to be anything but.

14 years ago @ totalBarca - The Barça jersey's tr... · 0 replies · +3 points

Poorly designed shirt - no doubt about it. Rather ridiculous that our players had to endure it through a dozen games before its problematic quality was taken seriously. We should have the best shirt in the world, regardless of its environmental impact. Regarding environmental problems, keep things in perspective... it ain't football players shirts which are causing climate change.

14 years ago @ totalBarca - Villa: "I try to alway... · 0 replies · +9 points

Villa seems to be a really nice guy. He doesn't look happy all the time, but he deserves to be. I hope he finds it (happiness) both on and off the pitch. I haven't heard him make excuses for his goal droughts, and you'd think he has a legitimate one in the fact he's playing a new position (winger) on a (last year) new team. But instead he just hung in there and contributed effort, effort, effort and crucial goals at crucial times. We can't really ask to too much more than that. :D

14 years ago @ totalBarca - Rosell, Bartomeu and Z... · 0 replies · +3 points

So much potential and the poor guy hasn't really had a sustained opportunity to develop/show it yet. I think the visit from the "brass" is a good thing. Likely they told Affellay that his future is secure with the club and that he can look forward to his opportunities next season. That would be a very relieving and inspiring thing to be told, and it show the heart of the brass is not simply obsessed with the bottom line. And that's a good thing!

14 years ago @ totalBarca - The Pictures: FC Barce... · 0 replies · +5 points

I'm sure many of us were hoping the same thing (Madrid lose, Ronaldo no score) and our hopes can true. Great weekend for Barca! B)

14 years ago @ totalBarca - The Ratings: FC Barcel... · 0 replies · +1 points

"Abidal - 6.5 ... until the last minute of added time, where he naively conceded a corner that resulted in ... tying goal."

This reminds me of our clearing. We seem to create (willingly take on?) situations in which one bad pass (or mistake of some sort) results in the opposition getting a scoring opportunity (or worse, a goal). Maybe its not the Barca way to give the ball a big kick into midfield, but sometimes that appears to me to be far preferable to risking an extra pass or dribble deep in our end. I recall Pique giving a big clearing kick a few games back and I sighed a big sigh of relief. It didn't make me feel less of Barca, or that we had suddenly reverted to English play style. It simply made sense. I much preferred the immediate feeling a safety that such a clearing kick brought. Whereas I'm getting way too stressed in how long it sometimes takes our defenders to get the ball our of our end. Why the risky play? Hasn't it cost us enough. Surely Abidal could kick the ball to touch (or midfield) a bit more often. Had he done so in this game there would have been no corner kick. It might be ugly, but I'd take effective and ugly over conceding a preventable goal anytime.

14 years ago @ totalBarca - Post-match Review: FC ... · 0 replies · +1 points

I feel similar to nagra.

14 years ago @ totalBarca - Happy 2nd Birthday, to... · 1 reply · +4 points

Cheers barcacanada. Glad to find there's more to Albertans that tar sands obsession ;) Seriously! respect from the boonies of eastern Ontario.

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