FC Barcelona Thread 2006/2007

punty wrote:its a real madrid invasion

No manners.

TheCrazy58 wrote:

punty wrote:its a real madrid invasion

No manners.

ok

MightyBarca wrote:BTW 3 years el blanco or is it gonna be four

Its 2 years not 3

kasnani wrote:btw, LSR, UNICEF does not count as a "sponsor" because the definition of a sponsor from Oxford dictionary is: "a person or organization that pays for or contributes to the costs of a sporting or artistic event or a radio or television programme in return for advertising"

And as you've pointed out we are the ones paying (more like making a donation) to UNICEF, so they are NOT a sponsor. Thanks, and stick to your TV3 argument

If you are happy about having Unicef plastered on your shirt and not receive any money for it then good for you.
As you pointed out you aint getting paid from Unicef so it cant be a sponsor but you are getting paid by TV3 so i am right

Yes, we're happy about it because we've made a move that will give us amazing global PR without diverting from our club's philosophy.

As for TV3, Cule has said already that nobody minds having it, it's not "truly" a shirt sponsor in the way that everyone else uses that term, but if you want to bend the conventional meaning for your gain the fine

kasnani wrote:Yes, we're happy about it because we've made a move that will give us amazing global PR without diverting from our club's philosophy.

Finally a cule who realizes its all a PR stunt

Of course Kasnani is a decent cule, but that Cule604 is just a ...........

I'm off to the pub to watch the European Champions in action and have a "tertulia" on how shit Madrid are and how much we hate them

VISCA EL BARÇA!

I hope someone bottles you whilst your there

Any website for the live coverage?
I will get Atletico - Valencia tonight on one of the local TV's, but not Barca.
So any website would be helpful.

TITO wants to see Soldado score ... lol Barça match is on ppv here mate. Patetico match is on tv " La Sexta "

How played Thuram tonight ?
Do you think Rijkaard will let him more time to play during next games ?

Thuram and Zambo were solid

What an easy game. Osasuna were absolutely dreadful, not a football team at all. But we still had to score and we did that quite well. The defence was secure, midfield ticked along nicely, and Etoo and Ronaldinho looked back to their best (with some help from the Osasuna defence and keeper of course!).

Player ratings:

Valdes = 5. Didn't have to make any saves, but I give him a 5 because of his dreadful goal kicks.

Zambrotta = 7. Quiet first half, didn't really get into the game, but improved in the 2nd as he started to push up a bit more.

Thuram = 9. World class performance, won every hearder and stepped forward every time he was required to. Never caused me to worry about his lack of pace.

Marquez = 7. Much quieter than Thuram, sat a bit deeper than him too which surprised me a bit considering Thuram is the less mobile of the two. But anyway, good to see him cutting out the mistakes.

Sylvinho = 7. Again, not much to do. Got forward well as he always does.

Edmilson = 6. Nice to see him back. Could have done better in the first half IMO, esp. when linking up play between midfield and defence, because I felt Thuram had the ball far too much.

Xavi = 6. Regular Xavi performance. Moved the ball well, couple of dangerous passes, good movement, and he played for 90 mins so I think fitness doubts are now gone.

Deco = 7. Very good performance and good to see him rested for the midweek CL game. Some great touches as always. One thing I noticed today, he has such great balance and flexibility in his upper body. It's a pity he chooses to dive so often.

Messi = 6. In and out of the game. Made some good runs and was extremely unlucky to hit the post.

Etoo = 9. Man of the match. Two well taken goals, ran hard all game long (presumably motivated by his chance for a hat-trick), even when the other playrs relaxed.

Ronaldinho = 8. Did his thing, constant danger. Seemed very motivated to play well, and also surprised me by keeping it simple rather than trying all his tricks even when we were 3-0 up. And I also noticed him tracking back at least 3 or 4 times!!!!! Is this the start of a new Ronaldinho?

Giuly = 4. Not the greatest performance, missed all his chances and poor when delivering the final ball.

Iniesta = 7. What a class player, would be the first name on the teamsheet in most clubs. Good to see the midfield working well with him and Xavi there.

Oleguer = n/a

2 games 3 goals eto'o
2 games 2 goals Messi
1 game 1 goal Guddy
1 game 1 assist Dinho

every thing is going according to plan just need Guily to get in on the action.

after the Prformance Thuram gave against Italy he had to start. WC centre back

Kasnani, you don't think Ronaldinho ran out of gas somewhat in 2H?

And I think I know why Rijkaard rested Puyol - it's probably to give him a break from the disaster in midweek against N. Ireland, where Puyol himself didn't play too well. On the other hand although Marquez was a bit poor against Celta, he had been at the club all week and was presumably also more fit than Puyol.

Thuram needs to perform like this in a couple more tougher games, and then I think we may start seeing the killer combination of Puyol-Thuram at the back with Marquez as DM.

TheCrazy58 wrote:Kasnani, you don't think Ronaldinho ran out of gas somewhat in 2H?

Probably so, didn't notice it in particular. But it's understandable since he hasn't trained much.

A very good performane tonight from the European Champions, if it was another team the fans would be having orgasms and posting a lot of shit.

The players did the job in the first half and in the second they still tried to get a goal or two (Guily's miss, Messi one on one, Eto'o had 2 chances as well).

The performance tonight wasn't our peak, not by far, we can play MUCH better than tonight so just imagine.

Hopefully the silly people who were talking rubbish about Barça will shut up now.

We still haven't seen Barça to their full potential...

VISCA EL BARÇA!!

so, Cule, you're not gonna have an orgasm tonight? :haha:

good performance, and it shows also Osasuna is not the team it once was.

All in all, let's see whether RM's record 15 straight victories from 45 years ago is going to be endangered this season!

I only have orgasms with football when we play like we did against Madrid in the Bernabeu. Fans of other clubs like Madrid,Arsenal etc.. would be having multiple ones if they played like we did tonight.

I'm really happy about the performance but if we were playing at our 100% today it would've been something like 7-0.

What I'm really hoping for is that the Zambrotta-Messi connections improves to the level of the Sylvinho-Ronnie connection. If those two can work on that we will have lethal wings. Also I was really happy with Eto'o today, he put in so much effort today, fought for every ball, pressured the Osasuna defence a lot and in the end got 2 goals and an assist.

If we keep improving and reach our maximum level then I can see another round of applause from the madridistas in the cuernabeu.

Right, I'm off to celebrate. If any of you barcelonesos are out tonight I'm in Catwalk. Just ask for a Barça fan and you'll see me.

Yeah cule's right about the 100% thing, we basically went into 0.5th gear after the 2nd minute goal. The next two came from Etoo's persistence and defensive errors. If we kept pressuring then Germany-San Marino's 13-0 would have been in danger

just saw the goals

Coooooooool finish my messi.

great 2nd goal my Eto'o

Messi 2nd would have been a great goal

how was the captain today

Captain was on the bench

kasnani wrote:Yeah cule's right about the 100% thing, we basically went into 0.5th gear after the 2nd minute goal. The next two came from Etoo's persistence and defensive errors. If we kept pressuring then Germany-San Marino's 13-0 would have been in danger

At least someone gets what I mean. Kasnani speaks the truth lads, we were into the 0.5th gear but we still destoyed Osasuna (a team I like).

Eto'o as we say in castellano "puso un par de huevos" (my spanish is good LSR) and he got 2 goals and an assist, MOTM imho. I'm so happy beause the madnriles will be pissed off that they let such a good player go their enemies.

I said this to my brother before the commentators of the game said it: If Messi and Zambrotta can reach the level of "connection" that Sylvinho and Ronnie have then our wings could be lethal, better than any other club could imagine.

This season us cules (normally negative cunts) can be more postive than ever. We should win the double again and if we don't it's not because the other team(s) was/were better than us, it's 'cos we fucked up.

VISCA EL BARÇA COLLONS!!!

so, Cule, what do you think our objectives this year should be in the league?

record straight victories
record total points
maximum points difference with 2nd team (Valencia)
Zamora
Pichichi

Everything you listed and also winning 3 of the 4 trophies were playing for (Lliga,Champions,Mundialito de clubs), the mandriles can have the Copa (Micky Mouse trophy but it will make the mandriles happy).

Glad somebody replied, what are you doing up so early?

even though we went to bed at 2 a.m. my son was totally oblivious to that. He was up at 7 :yawn:

and you?

I came back from the club an hour or a bit more ago but I can't sleep so I'm spamming the messageboard. You going to the Levski game?

pd.You are based in Barcelona right?

cule604 wrote:I came back from the club an hour or a bit more ago but I can't sleep so I'm spamming the messageboard. You going to the Levski game?

pd.You are based in Barcelona right?

used to be. Now I'm based in an undisclosed location in Catalonia.

You seem to have started well, better than us at least.



Do you think Zambo is going to fit into the system? For some reason I'm not so sure that he'll be as good for you as he was at Juve - he'll have a lot more defensive responsibility than he had there