Fine by me then

LOLOL You are getting back Callejon? For what now? Water boy? Just concentrate on playing Canales please.

I'll eagerly wait the day when Real continue their brilliant 'youth policy' when they send away Sarabia to Getafe or something. Or maybe to Espanyol since Getafe has been given some Dubai gold mine?

Nvm, I sudah biasa dengan dia dah

It looks OK to me, I don't know why, the design reminded me of Yaya But can't Qatar Foundation change their logo design to be fit on the shirt to more attractive wording? Is that logo or a sentence?

Yes, it seems that they are actually letting the burden off them, and I don't think I'd like that 'youth policy'. I also have same opinion with the trend of constantly loaning out youngsters to smaller clubs. The believe of 'let the youngster gains experience from somewhere else' isn't favorable enough to me, not even when playing FM

I believe if Barca one day choose to adopt that belief, that will be the end of La Masia's miraculous production line.

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Added on May 16, 2011, 8:15 pmUNICEF has done it again!! Busquets will play in the final!!!!!! Por que!?

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Miccy have already posted that here.

Unicef is at the back.

Well this is the first season our B team compete in Segunda. When the likes of Xavi and Iniesta played with the B team, it was competing in Segunda B (3rd division). They were not loaned out to Segunda or smaller Liga clubs to 'gain experience'.

However I agree having our B team playing in Segunda is indeed a huge advantage for us. Its one of the reason why Pep didn't promote any of them to play significant part with the first team, even when we had injury crisis. Pep preferred them to concentrate on a full season in Segunda.

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Added on May 17, 2011, 8:09 pmYeah, gone are the days when Barca shirt was plainly 'Blaugrana'. We should get used to it I guess;)

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Well fair enough, loans can be good, but how good is the result? How competitive the atmosphere at these lower/weaker clubs? Pedro didn't need minutes playing at Celta Vigo or Osasuna, but his minutes playing with the likes of Xavi and Messi was very crucial. IMO it's because experience of competing alongside world class players is much more significant than playing with lower quality sides. Atmosphere within teams competing for titles is always more competitive compared to teams fighting for league survival. Talented kids need this superior atmosphere. Barca have provided this to some of its youngsters. I admit a number of La Masia grads made their names at other clubs, and some even failed to make it as professional footballer, but I think Barca have justified their commitment by the number of canteranos in the senior team. Unlike for most of top flight teams nowadays, they even loan their most quality youngsters out.

No Qatar Foundation? I want Qatar Foundation.

He said he used to live in Amsterdam. Probably he's bumped into Cruyff one or two times there I guess

Its definitely because of the Qatar logo design. It should be more violent, probably by including 1 or 2 AK47s, since there are some noises connecting the Foundation with terrorist operation in Middle East Should be another reason UEFA be more intimidated by Barca

Erm, what do you mean by calling him up? Like 'hey Johan lets have some drink at my house' or something?

Now I'm busy with course. So kinda on a hectic schedule lately. Hopefully when I get the certs, and after gathering some years of experience in M'sia, I'll look for opportunity to work in Spain. REAL coverage for you guys from Barcelona/Spain. Muahahaha, that's like my ultimate dream

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Oh speaking of the Special One, I think you guys have already read the news. He has again asked his best friend, an Icelandic shaman to force a volcano on the island to erupt. And apparently he has sacrificed Ramos in the process, since he was the most sinful among Madrid players.

Hopefully not another bus ride this time lah...

Thx Still too early to say. Its just a dream, but no plan on living there yet. Too early for that I guess Slow take step by step

While driving today both to and from office I heard news about volcanic activities in Europe. Seems like it's worsen eh? For sure the team will travel to London tomorrow the latest. But what about our 20k fans?

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Added on May 24, 2011, 5:58 pmFolks at fcbarcelona.my tengok kat mana aa? Mesti dorang ada plan punya. During Rome Final they went to NZ Wangsa Maju.

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SAF got tips from Mourinho? We also have our own tipster

I just watched the latest Revista de La Liga. And when asked who's gonna win tonight, Graham Hunter said "I think we've been thought to trust this Barcelona side"

My starting line up:

Valdes, Alves, Pique, Puyol, Abidal, Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta, MVP. Sorry Masch, but you'll only play if Pep deem Abidal not fit enough. Its not that you're inferior compared to others, but for such a high profile match, Pique NEED Puyol right beside him, just to make sure his head stays on the pitch for the whole 90 minutes.

For Man Utd, I think if Fletcher can make it, they'll fancy their chance. I think he will try to limit Xavi's effectiveness all game. If he doesn't play? We'll see another dreadful catennacio style of play by another great team, with some players arranged double-decked on Messi's head.

Pep, where do you go from here now? Please, please continue

I've been thinking of a good post to celebrate this. But honestly, I can't. Just can't find the words. Everything's so perfect. I guess I need to sleep now.....

But still need to chant a bit lah..

CAMPEOOOONES, CAMPEOOOONES, OLE OLE OLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

“It was such a special thing for him and Carles [Puyol] and [coach Pep Guardiola] to do,” Abidal told Spanish television. “It made me full of emotion to think about it and everything I have been through and I could not hold [tears] in.

“This kind of thing is why this is such a special club. We are like a family and everyone treats each other with love and respect.”

~Eric Abidal~

source

Absolutely nothing on Cesc yet so far. But do expect for Rosell and co. to make a move soon.

No offer from Milan for Ibra so far.

Sevilla has confirmed they've signed Caceres officially. The deal involves 3ME + 1.5ME in bonuses.

We are currently in negotiation for Jose Angel (Sporting) and Rossi. No amount of money is agreed on yet.

We are also linked with Alexis Sanchez, but I prefer Rossi

Well if you wish Cesc to come, right now negotiation is well under way, and Arsenal and Barca are only separated by 10ME. They asked 40ME, while Barca offers 30ME.

We are also trying hard on Sanchez, but all of a sudden our contacts with Villareal for Rossi has seemingly stopped. There must be some problems during negotiation. Too bad compared with Sanchez and Cesc, I prefer Rossi more

And I believe we don't need to buy CB. Adding youngsters from B team will be sufficient. Y'know, despite all these injury problems that hit our back line, have you guys ever wondered how could we have arguably the best ending of the season compared to most clubs? I think despite that we short on numbers, I think we are still well covered in defence, because Masch and Busquets can be more than enough to cover the back line.

Err I don't know how did you think like that, but as far as my reading goes, Barca is now facing three clubs so determined to make the most out of their players. None of them will back down for 20ME.

Well, how much can we guarantee that the new CB will be free of injury? Even if we are gonna have a bigger squad, how can we guarantee that we won't have even bigger injury crisis next season?

For me, Pep has shown to us that a big squad is not the answer to counter fatigue, nor injury crisis. What is more important is the mentality of the squad. Mascherano is the main evidence of this strong mentality. He has been a DM for his entire professional career, but Pep was forced to move him at CB. And I don't think it turned out as a bad move. He's been brilliant, and he is not pacey, nor was Puyol. Earlier, he also was forced to play Iniesta at LW when injury struck Henry late in the treble season. And that too was a good move. Remember how he assisted several Xavi's goals?

What we really need is any player from any position, as long as he has the capacity to learn new stuffs, even the tiniest stuffs, so that Pep can easily reposition the new player whenever he is forced to do so.

Maybe that's why Pep is obsessed with Cesc. Everybody know Cesc has played with Messi during his La Masia days, so the understanding upfront will be natural. But he is also capable to play deep, in case Pep need it.

Maybe Pep prefers to risk having smaller squad, with players often being repositioned, rather than a discontent and unhappy pacey CB due to lack of minutes, in case our back line no longer have injury crisis next season.

Regarding the situation if Busi and Masch are injured, Xavi will take Busi place, Keita and Iniesta play alongside him in midfield, and believe me, our style will never change. Puyol is injured too, Abidal will fit in. If Busi, Masch, Abidal, Puyol and Iniesta are all out injured, maybe the line-up will look like this;

VV
Alves, Pique, Keita, Adriano
Thiago, Xavi
Messi
Afellay, Villa, Pedro.

And we will still play our tiki-taka too. The keyword is: reposition, reposition, reposition.

This is how we survived all this years under Pep

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Added on June 11, 2011, 5:26 pmCatalan media.

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I think we do need newcomers, but not because to add more squad players. After all spending like 30-40ME for a squad member is a pretty ridiculous deal. What Barca need is players who can provide fresh ideas and tactics. Bojan, sadly, can't offer that. A very good player can offer that, hence why Sanchez and Rossi are in our agenda.

Of course, the most likely situation is we are going to buy only one of them. Doesn't mean we are low balling one of them by using the other. You know, no matter how RAC wanna put it, the fact is both clubs are determined to get at least 30ME, and if Barca can't pay, they have all the rights to keep their players. I can't see Barca have the negoing power in this situation.

Nope, I was not being negative. That's just how Pep works. This issue about our squad being too small has been floating around ever since Pep took charge of this team. We never have proper cover Alves, Xavi, let alone Messi. And yet, we have been winning nearly everything during Pep's period.

I do wonder though, do you remember Caceres? He has the pace, but it was obvious he couldn't perform anything near good while in offensive, and his pace didn't helped him much defensively either. Or do you want Barca to break the bank for a perfect CB? I think the money will be better used on a player who can help varying his tactical options.

Well I never heard reports about that throughout last season. He seemed concentrated on improving, and I think he's got chances as well. But if Liverpool offer significantly higher than 4ME we paid to PSV, then why not?

I don't think uzary blamed anybody, he just said Cules should appreciate him regardless of what other think. However it is true that it's very unfortunate that Busquets is remembered for his antics, because it is not only him, it is kinda universal problem in football. Maybe Busquets is poor at covering his antics, but still diving is not only for Busquets.

If you google up news regarding Ibra, you won't find official report about the transfer. Nothing in Barca website too. So technically Ibra is still a Barca player.