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
Month: August 2023
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)
Getafe 0, Barça 0, aka ‘You get what’s coming to you’
So. A guy tells you as you are walking home from work, “Tomorrow I’m going to kick you in the nuts.” If, while walking home from work the next day you don’t protect ya nuts, any attendant fallout is on you. When Xavi and his charges rolled into Getafe on Sunday, they knew exactly what… Continue reading Getafe 0, Barça 0, aka ‘You get what’s coming to you’
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
Adeu, Ousmane Dembele … again (aka ‘Unrequited’)
To begin with the part that is going to piss people off: Too many of y’all are acting like fools, hyperbolic nitwits, over Ousmane Dembele. So much nonsense has been spouted about a player who deserves precious little of the bile and rage thrown his way, but come his way it has, from the first… Continue reading Adeu, Ousmane Dembele … again (aka ‘Unrequited’)