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evil_allan · Mar 26, 2012

manyfaces said: ↑

I agree with the 1-second rule. But I can't agree with the list of failures.

Henry took a while to settle but was huge for us after that first year. Not a failure.
Villa has been fine and I don't think any of us call him a failure.
Ibra settled fast. Really fast. And then he checked out mentally in the second half of the season.
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zlatan was a massive failure and has no one to blame but himself.

but i agree that neither villa nor henry can be called failures, although i do think it's fair to say that they have both struggled in our system.

manyfaces · Mar 26, 2012

evil_allan said: ↑

zlatan was a massive failure and has no one to blame but himself.
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I don't disagree with this. My point though is that he didn't fail because of the 1-second rule. The first half of his season was fantastic and there was no real inability to keep up with the team. He settled faster than either Henry or Villa did.

That he turned off in the second half of the season is a completely different issue.

Imperador3 · Mar 29, 2012

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tg2fvhbqcU&list=UUjA0QSfHn8M7_6uUweuGsOg&index=1&feature=plcp"]Crackòvia: Místers [ENGLISH SUBTITLES] - YouTube[/ame]

Turn the subtitles on if they aren't already on, and enjoy

Imperador3 · Mar 29, 2012

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WABZQ8z1KfA"]Nike y el estilo Barça - YouTube[/ame]

inswinger · Apr 1, 2012

I just posted this in the Messi thread, but I think it also belongs here:

Great 45-minute documentary on the career of our man, the Little Genius:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v08hvGWJlnk"]|| Lionel Messi || World's Greatest Player || ITV4 Documentary || - YouTube[/ame]

inswinger · Apr 1, 2012

Imperador3 said: ↑

Nike y el estilo Barça - YouTube
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That video is why I fail to understand how Nike could approve this atrocity as next year's kit:

YankBastard · Apr 1, 2012

gmonn · Apr 2, 2012

Because of a new work schedule, I'm starting to have to miss some games. Can anyone tell me a good place where I can download them the same evening as the game?

jcvf90 · Apr 2, 2012

I've had a similar quandary with work and football. I find ********.com great for top matches. Barca games are always there by the evening (US EST)

Don Nurilio · Apr 3, 2012

Am i the only one diggin next years home kit?, its like a fresh breath of air, different..

os_mutante · Apr 3, 2012

Don Nurilio said: ↑

Am i the only one diggin next years home kit?, its like a fresh breath of air, different..
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For me it's like all the new, weird kits of the last few years; I probably won't really have a solid opinion until I see it in person. Like that salmon colored one, I actually like that one a lot now.

Don Nurilio · Apr 3, 2012

os_mutante said: ↑

For me it's like all the new, weird kits of the last few years; I probably won't really have a solid opinion until I see it in person. Like that salmon colored one, I actually like that one a lot now.
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I really dreaded the salmon one.. I miss yellow/black away kit we had, and the blue away from 04/05 that one was a beauty..

manyfaces · Apr 3, 2012

Ugly away kits are sort of a Barça tradition.

I really hate it when they mess with the blaugrana stripes though.

inswinger · Apr 3, 2012

manyfaces said: ↑

Ugly away kits are sort of a Barça tradition.

I really hate it when they mess with the blaugrana stripes though.
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People are waxing nostalgic about quirky away kits. All fine and good, but you just don't mess with the home kit.

This new design, if real, is even worse than the Kappa 94/95 shirt that contained <gasp!> bits of white on it. (first jersey I bought btw, ignorant of this taboo)

Gilmango · Apr 4, 2012

I will post this on the game thread too but see the end re speculation about Pep's replacement; good Real Madrid praise too - Osasuna result was great and Benzema's escaping Mou's doghouse has been dogged and deserved:

http://espn.go.com/sports/soccer/st...lona-looks-make-european-history-graham-hunte

USCule · Apr 4, 2012

inswinger said: ↑

That video is why I fail to understand how Nike could approve this atrocity as next year's kit:

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any kit that makes this year's kit look infinitely better is a bad idea.

Trillz · Apr 4, 2012

USCule said: ↑

any kit that makes this year's kit look infinitely better is a bad idea.
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Eh...I don't mind it, though I've always preferred Barca's kit to have red shorts. Think that would definitely help this one out.

Gilmango · Apr 5, 2012

Barca poem / rap:
http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/04/03/fc-barcelona-how-to-tiki-taka/

Gilbertsson · Apr 5, 2012

Nice video about fan decorations.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn3Mkhz7xEQ&feature=player_embedded"]Barca fans perfom: "LEO ets unic isos grande!" for Messi.mpg - YouTube[/ame]

Gilbertsson · Apr 5, 2012

USCule said: ↑

any kit that makes this year's kit look infinitely better is a bad idea.
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Nike uses recycled plastic bottles for uniforms. Around 15 plastic bottles you need for the uniform.

Imperador3 · Apr 6, 2012

I just saw this video on MD and that's the truth about those games against Chelsea. But yet everyone talk about 5(!!!) penalties. Same thing now with the Milan games. 2 clear penalties that wasn't awarded to Barça in the first leg and then there was one questionable penalty in Barça's favor in the 2nd leg and that's what everyone wants to talk about.

The propaganda and the campaign against Barça these last years is unbelievable.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrPsFPlWyAU&list=UUNQHmjnLuvkRwEM_juYXxAg&index=26&feature=plcp"]La verdad sobre el Chelsea-Barça.avi - YouTube[/ame]

Rana catesbeiana · Apr 6, 2012

^That's because we have been so successful. People take shots of all kinds to the one who sits on the top. Let's win nothing in the next five but keep playing the same way and getting the same sort of calls for and against us, and no one talks about them.

Imperador3 · Apr 6, 2012

This video about La Masia is also worth watching.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xywh5abBpxU&list=UUpfj9-0EM8LqIzlXP0q4yMA&index=1&feature=plcp"]La Masia - now and then - YouTube[/ame]

inswinger · Apr 6, 2012

Imperador3 said: ↑

The propaganda and the campaign against Barça these last years is unbelievable.

La verdad sobre el Chelsea-Barça.avi - YouTube
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Strange that that video doesn't show the first half "handball" on Ballack when Messi took him on the dribble from the wing. That moment established that Ovrebo was simply not going to call any hand-to-ball incidents, and there would be two more in the game (Pique and Eto'o). I maintain that Ovrebo was actually quite consistent in his interpretation of the handball rule. He totally blew the Abidal "foul" that led to his ejection, though.

There's a huge contradiction to all the conspiracy theories out there. Why, if refs are trying to help Barça, would Ovrebo have sent off Abidal, especially on such a weak call? And if going down to 10 men is considered condemnation to lose (as LPB and Arsenal have complained in the last year), how could Barça then be allowed to win on the Iniesta goal?

There are just a lot of folks with an inflated sense of entitlement that doesn't allow them to see their team's inferiority on the pitch. Like someone (Bocafan?) said post-Milan, when you produce less shots even than goals allowed, you don't really have much of an excuse.

MavadoDribblez · Apr 6, 2012

Falls under the heading of "Barcelona related":

Source: Sid Lowe from the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2012/apr/05/pep-guardiola-barcelona-chelsea

Source: Daniel Taylor from the Guardain: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2012/apr/05/chelsea-barcelona-champions-league