In August 2024, I was sure that Barça was a decent team. You couldn’t convince me otherwise because the squad list included players like Pedri, Robert Lewandowski, and Ronald Araujo. These are players that would walk into most starting 11s on the planet, after all. Given recent domestic success—a league title in 2022-23, runners up… Continue reading Winning Titles and Having Fun Doing It: Barça 2024-25
Author: Isaiah Cambron
The Club Has Failed
There is a match this weekend, against Villarreal, but it hardly seems important in the face of a lot more vital things going on in Spanish football. Yes, it is a test for the men’s team against an opponent that will (theoretically) come out to play instead of sit back and kick the crap out… Continue reading The Club Has Failed
It Is As It Ever Was: FC Barcelona 2023-24 Season Preview (Part 2)
In Part 1, I mostly wrote about who has left us, so that leaves me with who has joined us and what any of this means. To dive right in, well, we’ll start with someone who is expected to dive in (and win the ball): Oriol Romeu is 31 years old. This, in and of… Continue reading It Is As It Ever Was: FC Barcelona 2023-24 Season Preview (Part 2)
It Is As It Ever Was: FC Barcelona 2023-24 Season Preview
This is Part 1 of a Season Preview. The beginning of every season is a chance to reaffirm our hopes, to convince ourselves that this year is the year, and that we are not, in fact, fools for believing yet again. Lucy will not pull the football away at the last moment this time. For… Continue reading It Is As It Ever Was: FC Barcelona 2023-24 Season Preview
Magic in Cadiz
I first encountered Jorge Gonzalez when I was in college, studying in Central America. It was 5 years after he retired and 13 years after he left Spain, which means it was a long time ago. If I had bothered to look it up on the then new Wikipedia, I wouldn’t have found an entry… Continue reading Magic in Cadiz
The Rebirth of Laportisme
Barcelona is a city of high art and higher aspirations. From the Dalí’s surrealism to the curved windows of Casa Batlló, there is an adherence to transcendent artistic expression, physical beauty, and a sense of timeless grandeur while in the towering spires of La Sagrada Familia, there remains the push to become ever more, reach… Continue reading The Rebirth of Laportisme
They’re Here To Win: Champions League Final preview of Barça – Lyon
It is rare that we get 2 legendary teams playing against each other in a one-off tournament match. We, as fans, are often denied these monumental matchups by the stresses and pressures of season-long campaigns. And yet, here we are: 2 dynasties, one an established global force and the other an up-and-coming superpower whose expanding… Continue reading They’re Here To Win: Champions League Final preview of Barça – Lyon
Kicks Up the Back(side): Getafe-Barça
I won’t lie to you: watching Getafe is not high on my priority list. It’s not high on anyone‘s list: their Estadio Coliseum Alfonso Pérez holds 17,000 people and they average right around 8,500 fans per match. I know it’s somewhat rich for a Barça fan to laugh at attendance numbers given all the empty… Continue reading Kicks Up the Back(side): Getafe-Barça
From Frankfurt with Love: Eintracht-Barça
Long before I moved there, all I knew about Frankfurt was that it was the home of the European Central Bank. It was Germany, so of course it was efficient and cutting edge, which obviously meant that I envisioned a sparkling, futuristic world of marble and glass, sprawling plazas, and people in business suits wearing… Continue reading From Frankfurt with Love: Eintracht-Barça
Banking on a Miracle: Galatasaray – Barça Preview
It’s here. It’s time. Thursday is the big day, the one we’ve been looking forward to for months. The culmination of all the hard work, all the hours in the gym, all the training, all the film sessions and tactical analysis. It is the day that truly begins the quest for the holiest of grails… Continue reading Banking on a Miracle: Galatasaray – Barça Preview