2 transfers have been confirmed in the past few days: Jeffren to Sporting Lisbon (3.5ME) and Oriol to Chelsea (5ME). Good luck to both of them

Hey guys. Sorry for not updating this thread. Been away for work the past whole week. Missed the Real game, because of the ridiculous Astro.

But in all honesty, our season has not even started yet. Yes we already have 1 official match, but our full first team has been assembled just before the match. Our last signing has just been completed. Joan Gamper Trophy is yet to be played. Heck, even our first team still haven't found the right time to organize proper photoshoot session Alexis still have his picture from first day at Camp Nou as his profile pic in official website.

So a draw against Madrid in Bernabeu shouldn't be so bad right?

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Added on August 17, 2011, 6:03 amArsenal is entitled further 10ME in bonus if Barca do well in the next 2 years. I'm not sure the details, but iinm that will be either we win 2 next Liga titles, or 1 UCL during this or next season....

....so if you want your money, than you better pray that we are gonna have 2 great seasons.

This post has been edited by matyrze: Aug 17 2011, 06:03 AM

It was a good game, we're leading, but I would like the players to put more pressure into their closing down. RM have been showing that, perhaps its like Pep said, they have better level of fitness than us currently. Hopefully everything turn out better in 2nd half.

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Added on August 18, 2011, 6:40 amLOL there are very lucky with their set pieces

This post has been edited by matyrze: Aug 18 2011, 06:40 AM

He was doing what he do best lah Always found the right time to provoke others.

And Marcelo finally get what he deserves. I still can't forget his stomp on Pedro. He did it again on Messi today, he got away again. Finally a red card for him.

So we won Congratz players!!

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Added on August 18, 2011, 7:03 am
Second that!!!

This post has been edited by matyrze: Aug 18 2011, 07:03 AM

The game was a good one as far as football is concerned. But through my Barca-tinted glasess, Pepe and Marcelo became a thug as the game wore on, and our players overreact as hell, and we have the same ending of El Clasico like we always have since Mourinho come.

Don't worry, Marca will come up with stories about it in 1 hour. Just wait for the news.

Oh, and Fabregas impressed enough in those 10 minutes he came on

This is after the game.............

Mourinho: "Don't have anything to say about Pipo Vilanova or what's the name of that guy...."

Mourinho: "Putting finger in eye Tito Vilanova? I don't know any Pito Vilanova..."

TW barcastuff

Farking douchebag he is, pardon mah french. Get emotional liao.

"Pito Vilanova" is a worldwide trending topic on Twitter [via @cici_quika] #fcblive #elclasico

D**n

The little bit of Cesc...

Oh moc moc moc

http://yfrog.com/h2ydqajj

Trophy presentation

Now that Mou has infamously called Tito 'Pito Vilanova', but what does Pito mean?



No need lip reading, the translation is pretty straightforward abusive. Now where's the media to cover this?

Expect this to be swept under the carpet. Similar to Busquets-Marcelo case, if Busquets really a racist, how about a host of black players he has played together? Has he insulted them too? Now Villa. If he really insulted Islam, will Abidal, Keita, and Afellay remain silent? And where is exactly the source?

Oh, people wanna talk about stories without source, then I also heard that Ozil got the red card because he stepped onto Cesc when he was still on the ground, not because of his reaction to Villa. But it has no source as far as I'm concerned, that's why I didn't post here. And some people here wanna talk about stories without source here?

Further note from barcastuff TW

note on villa-ozil: apart from players hitting each other, there are no reports in the spanish media about any remarks about religions

We don't know what really happened, and most probably we will never know. Ozil and Villa are not known for vicious behaviour. People are not sure the cause of Ozil's reaction, we also don't know what trigger Villa to lost his mind like that. Something must have happened in the brawl. We outsiders should not judge when we don't know the story.

For me the only guy who have demonstrated despicable behaviour is Mourinho. Others were just getting caught up in the heat of the moment.

Too bad its in Spanish. We couldn't fully understand it, but it looks like Villa has indeed overreacted, but Ozil was not as innocent as people claimed him to be. Words were being exchanged, so people can not say 'Ozil hadn't done anything'. I think the referee and his assistant, who were at the scene and the best people to judge, has done their job.

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Added on August 19, 2011, 11:31 amI've watched that video 5-6 times yesterday, but decided not to post it here. I think his pito statement is enough to show how terrible his behaviour.

This post has been edited by matyrze: Aug 19 2011, 11:31 AM

The La Liga round 1 this weekend is set to be canceled because of player strike. The canceled Jornada will be postponed to some date near Christmas, and probably will clash with our World Club Cup date. We are going to have super-packed calendar this season.

But Barca will have its own program this weekend; Joan Gamper Trophy against Napoli on 22 August.

What Jusstatic complained was the hypocritical nature of complains each time people talk about morale in this thread. Referring to your previous post, Villa should behave to be a role model, should Madrid players not do the same? Marcelo? Pepe? Players in EPL? Are they behaving decent enough to be role model towards younger generation? Why only Villa have to carry this responsibility of being 'nice'? Although he was treated harshly, was Ozil aggressive response a good example for children? Just see how hard Higuain and other RM staffs had to pull him away. Still hold morale high ground?

Now 'neutrals' no longer respect him, then fine, but IMO you guys are just attacking this one action, when in fact everybody who were involved in the scuffle were at fault. At least Iniesta thinks like that. Read his post match interview.

This post has been edited by matyrze: Aug 20 2011, 02:02 AM

I think you are being too personal But for me when you said:

it seems like you were implying that there are more morally decent footballer than Villa that you could look up too, and that you were trying to compare Villa's personality to other footballers. I think that's not something good to post, and I think you should not have posted it here. Of course it can infuriate Barca fans. Our first impression surely is like "WTH, another hater trolling".

Is that your source? You're Man Utd fan? How am I not surprised?



This post has been edited by matyrze: Aug 20 2011, 08:07 AM

Nope, I'm pretty sure Barca fans here realize Busquets' antics. The question is, is Busquets the only one play act? No player from other teams do it? You're a Man Utd fan are you? So Utd players don't dive? Because I'm pretty sure it'll only take up mere 3-4 seconds to look for a diving incident by a Utd player in Youtube. So why troll other people's thread? Like Jusstatic suggested, jealous much?

Nope, no live from Astro. The game will be played at 2.30AM 23rd Aug our time IINM. So have to stream then. I expect Cesc to start, if he is fit.

This post has been edited by matyrze: Aug 21 2011, 12:26 PM