Looks like JDs is getting the nod over Bartra at RB.
I prefer Bartra there.

What time do Muslims usually start going to the mosque on Raya day?
I go every year but somehow forgets.
The match is at 5 here in Queensland, Aus and it's supposed to end at 7am.
Hopefully praying only starts after that...

Thanks but apparently in this part of OZ, they started fasting a day later thus celebrate Eid a day later which
also means that Im fasting a day extra..

Messi and Fab really have a great connection don't they?

I really thought we were gonna lose the match when I saw our line-up.
3 defenders??? 2 of which were midfielders...
Thiago and Keita in midfield who are both not the ones you wanna play to protect the back 4 as they lose the ball more often than Xavi-Iniesta.
What on earth was Pep thinking?

Now I really believe we have time for every player.
You know how nice it was to see Xavi, Villa coming off the bench?
Compare that to the previous seasons when we had Bojan or Jeffren to come on in the match.
It never excited me haha

sad sad day.
he was the only reliable english source we have.

Shiiiit. Everytime there is a discussion, I'm busy at work or on holiday.

EPL fan boys,
after the "international break", look how easy it was for Man U and Man City to crush their opponents. And SAF as just complaining that too many of his stars need to play for their respective countries.

COmpare those results and matches to Madrid's and Barca's.
They both had trouble in the so called "inferior and less competitive league". Barca actually drew and Madrid had a lot of trouble but in the end won their match.

exactly and when the manchester teams crush other teams, it's swept under the carpet.

and por que por que???







ANd this is what the Special One had to say after the match;
Mourinho: "I congratulate Levante. They know how to provocate, simulate, and even waste time. They're ready!
My players are not suited to the dirty side of football, to the provocation, to the simulation."

He seriously has some issues.

The fans at the stadium made one banner;
We're ugly, poor and not very good.
Hilarious!!

you are right.
but last season it was a two horse race in the epl.

I just saw the league table on espn star.
both manchester teams had a goal difference of 12 while the 3rd team only had 2

Alves was kept on a leash by Pep hehe.

I seriously don't give a damn about the pinchichi/top scorer award.
At the end of the day, it's the team title that is more important.
Messi thanked his team mates again last night.
The kid is so humble unlike the "rich, good looking and good" player.
How many penalties did he get and score this season already?
And how about last year?

if im not mistaken, milan is in the 1st place.
not us even though we have more goals.

Are you assuming that he is a good header because he is taller?
How many times has he scored with his head?
I think messi scored more with his head.
Zlatan is pretty scared to head the ball.
Even if he has a free header, he would try out some ninja kick.
It got to a point where Pep got mad during a match.
I followed him since his Ajax days since I'm an Ajax fan too.

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Added on November 2, 2011, 2:10 pmHe did the same thing vs. Madrid remember?
Pique was really eager to get up front last night

This post has been edited by barca96: Nov 2 2011, 02:10 PM

I also didn't talk about us being successful.
I'm jsut talking about Zlatan and people's perception that he is good with headers because he is tall.
It's like saying, Messi is weak because he is small.

I'm a bit ol fashion guy and only got internet at home in July 2009.
One of the first things I did was to bombard the Barcelona email with emails why they shouldn't sign Ibra and instead go for Villa.
It was at the time when Laporta was reported to be in Milan or Moratti in Barcelona, one of those 2.
I just dislike Ibra for his inability to perform in big matches, his horrible attitude and his PIZZA maker turned agent.
Since I am an Ajax fan I knew his problems.

But for him to pick up a fight with Pep in the dressing room is really disrespectful, the worst act so far.
It actually made me sad for a couple of hours thinking about Pep.

And yesterday another news came out that Ibra boasted how he would beat Pep up in public and his agent said Ibra would keep his word.

Anyways, we have the last laugh.
He can keep his Ferrari while we are collecting trophies.

On an unrelated topic,
the Barca youth team in the Baby Champions League beat Man City 4-1.
Imagine if that squad included G. Deulefeu, S. Gomez, Espinosa who are all in Barca B now.

Villa had a row with messi remember?




Hehe no just kidding.
He had a slight discomfort since last week.
He looked good though when he came on, jsut need to sort out his shooting skills.

What a tough match. Our team just don't have a good relationship with the nature (volcano, rain).

I finally thought that we could win an away game which I think we had a chance cos we didn't play horribly even in those conditions. Imagine if it didn't pour like that.

I don't follow the Barca babies. No time for that. I did download or stream them last year though but no time for that now.
Espinosa, Rafinha and G. Deulofeu are supposed to be the biggest talents. Many said that Rafinha is better than his big brother Thiago, we shall see.
But from what I;ve seen during the pre-season games, only Deulofeu failed to impress me. He looks like a hit or miss guy.
But since then he had a standing ovation at an away match and was even being called up and actually played some minutes so I guess he must be doing things right.

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Added on November 7, 2011, 4:32 pmAt first I thought that you agreed with Ibra driving a Ferrari to the stadium
But that was really low of Ibra when everyone drove in company car.
It offended both Pep and his team mates.
Imagine you're supposed to wear a school uniform and one kid wears an original Gucci cap, YSL shirt, G. Armani pants and LV shoes to top it off.
How would you feel?
Ibra doesn't get the whole uniformity and equality thing.

This post has been edited by barca96: Nov 7 2011, 04:32 PM

Crap!! The match tonight won't be shown either live nor delayed telecast.
Was looking forward to see some youngsters on HD on TV.
Gotta spend a few hours downloading tomorrow.Sigh.

Yeah. We lost the CL and when he left we won it back.

Did you guys notice how England scored the goal?
Through a dive from Milner who was then rewarded the FK which was then converted into a goal.
Milner threw himself to the ground.

That is GOLD man!!!
It is so true!

exactly.
like pep said, he is the most direct midfielder we have.
direct and box crashing (something that xavi used to do).

Nope.
Messi is the false 9 and Cesc is the false 10.
I wonder who the false 1 is

1) I know right. Puyol should've just played at CB and sMasch at RB, he played there before., can't remember vs. who.
2) Pep saw how LLorente bullied Pique when we played Bilbao and made some adjustments I guess.

I am really not confident that Barca would retain the CL title and the league this season.
They just don't have the ability to pressure so intensively anymore and
they don't retain possession that good anymore.
It's almost December and the team still hasn't reached their peak.

It took me an hour to fall asleep again after the match.

sitting 6 points behind them will mean that mourinho can play for a draw and play ultra defensive when we play them at the bernabeu.

they don't need to win, a draw is good enough.
hopefully we will enter clasico with a 3 point difference only.
that will be a big factor.

3 points = madrid needs to win
6 points = madrid can play safe

So so so proud.....

Before the match I wanted Thiago & Dos Santos in midfield because they are best friends and they use to run the midfield in the youth teams.

And Rafinha to play false 9.

Haven't watched the match yet, its on Astro PVR.