No problem guys.
I'm just posting the best compilations I find in team threads cause my video one seems to be dead lately.

I doubt Henry would join Barça to rotate. He would want a starting place week in week out, considering his ego.

And his skill.

aggressive reply:

at Arsenal, no one comes close to Henry; at Barca, Henry will be #2 behind Ronaldinho; and if he plays well, he'll be on par with Eto'o, who is a huge fan favourite ... if all he wants is to have his ass licked and not challenge for every trophy every season as Barca do, then he can stay in London ...

however, if he's willing to shelve some of that pride, then he can come on over to the best team in Europe ... because, as you have noted, the man has skill ...


arrogant answer:

let Barca beat the Ars in the UCL final, and he'll be catching a flight into El Prat in no time ...


pragmatic view:

let him first decide to come, then we'll see where he plays ...

just learned that ronaldinho is injured. he will be out against sevilla. i just hope he'll be back for milan.

just learned that ronaldinho is injured. he will be out against sevilla. i just hope he'll be back for milan.

ye, its nothing big ... light bruising ... he should be fine for the Milan game (touch wood)

aggressive reply:

at Arsenal, no one comes close to Henry; at Barca, Henry will be #2 behind Ronaldinho; and if he plays well, he'll be on par with Eto'o, who is a huge fan favourite ... if all he wants is to have his ass licked and not challenge for every trophy every season as Barca do, then he can stay in London ...

however, if he's willing to shelve some of that pride, then he can come on over to the best team in Europe ... because, as you have noted, the man has skill ...


arrogant answer:

let Barca beat the Ars in the UCL final, and he'll be catching a flight into El Prat in no time ...


pragmatic view:

let him first decide to come, then we'll see where he plays ...

I said i pretty much doubt he would join to rotate, as he can acquire a first team position in any squad in the world, that's a fact. And when you're skillful as that, and we add some arrogance, well, you know. That's my opinion.

I said i pretty much doubt he would join to rotate, as he can acquire a first team position in any squad in the world, that's a fact. And when you're skillful as that, and we add some arrogance, well, you know. That's my opinion.I think Eto'o is the only player who Rijkaard has not included in rotations. He has not had any rest this season. Some people think that it's because he would get mad at Rijkaard if he doesn't play.

If Henry comes, none of them would have a rotation role, but, in one month, maybe they would have to play 5 games instead of 6. That or Rijkaard changes the tactic to 4-2-4, something I wouldn't like. 4-3-3 is perfect, we can play all kind of games with that tactic.


Maybe we're talking too much, we don't know if Henry will come. If signing Henry means that we don't have money for a CB, then I hope Henry stays at Arsenal. Honestly, a world class defender would make me happier than Henry. I'm fully satisfied with Ronaldinho-Eto'o-Messi.


Let's come back to real life.. any news about Kaka-Nesta injuries?

was just having some fun with my reply to you man :) ... i totally agree that he would land a starting spot, without a shadow of a doubt ...

Ricardo Carvalho has been performing even better than Terry...

I don't know what has gone to Mourinho's mind to sell him, really... he's losing a key player there, in my opinion... but, the man knows what he's doing.... i think...

If Barça can afford to buy Carvalho, i think it would be one of their best signings for next season... (Y)

ye, its nothing big ... light bruising ... he should be fine for the Milan game (touch wood)


Would that be Norwegian wood, sir?

Ricardo Carvalho has been performing even better than Terry...

I don't know what has gone to Mourinho's mind to sell him, really... he's losing a key player there, in my opinion... but, the man knows what he's doing.... i think...

If Barça can afford to buy Carvalho, i think it would be one of their best signings for next season... (Y)

What? Hahahaha

Carvalho has been Chelsea's weak link a lot of the time.

I said this when I first laid eyes on 'em for the first time at the Euros and I'll say it again..........


Materazzi > Carvalho.


You want a quality defender in the off-season for Barca? Contact Inter about Materazzi. Hell, he'll even moonlight for your basketball team, and volleyball team aswell, if you've got one.

The nigga is a triple threat athlete, man. No joke.

I said this when I first laid eyes on 'em for the first time at the Euros and I'll say it again..........


Materazzi > Carvalho.


You want a quality defender in the off-season for Barca? Contact Inter about Materazzi. Hell, he'll even moonlight for your basketball team, and volleyball team aswell, if you've got one.

The nigga is a triple threat athlete, man. No joke.We could even start a new kick-boxing team..

What? Hahahaha

Carvalho has been Chelsea's weak link a lot of the time.

I watch many chelsea games, and really me and the commentators don't have the same opinion... :)

I'll juss assume that you're from that group of chelsea fans (or gloryhunters maybe), that were saying Ricardo Carvalho was the guilty part for that goal by Ronaldinho, in the Stamford Bridge game (first leg against barca), where Dinho totally owned Terry... but some twats were trying to make a villain out of Ricardo Carvalho, and never mentioned his efforts against Barca, in the both legs... they were just focused on praising Terry's efforts.... but really... Ricardo Carvalho played better and more calmly than Terry.... but you'll never agree wit me, right?! :rolleyes:

We could even start a new kick-boxing team..



hurhurhur..........good stuff, bro, good stuff.


I wish I had thought of that.

Would that be Norwegian wood, sir?

preferably he'll only touch his own Brazilian wood, and no one else's ... (indeed, pun intended :nape: )

^^hurhurhurhur............OH MY! Very funny, bro


****! Again, I wish I had thought of that Brazilian wood line.......I had the Beatles in the background as I made that post thus the reference, but yours is a lot funnier.

Ledley King > Carvalho.

Athletic deserved to win when Villa scored a great goal and destroyed Athletic. 0-3, Villa x3, so Barça can't win the league this week :)

Materazzi > Carvalho.

Ledley King > Carvalho.

What's with these silly comparations?!

Materazzi better than Carvalho? Since when? And why? :confused:
Ledley King is a good defender... but to say he's better than Carvalho, will raise many adverse opinions... :rolleyes:

We could even start a new kick-boxing team..

hahaha :fool:


Back to the Henry thing, I could not see Ronaldinho/Eto'o/Messi happy with a rotation where they wouldnt be first choice...

Just a biased point here-

For English clubs, the grass is rarely greener on the other side for players who made their name in England.

Look at Stam, Overmars, Petit, Anelka, Vieira etc.

So if you get Henry he'll probably flop. Just think about it, tell your club that HE WILL FAIL! HE WILL NEVER SCORE!

The game against Sevilla could be suspended due to the heavy rain and hailstorm. :ewan:


We'll know certainly in 15 minutes but it seems they can't play.

my god, looks like a waterfunpark...
definetly a no go - way to dangerous for the players and supporters

Well then you will win the Title next Week.

Jesus, the rain :|

the ball was swimming not rolling, appart from that "opposite mainstand" side of the pitch it would be "limit" but there it's a lake.

Well at least Barca and Sevilla can rest its players for Europe. :)

Athletic deserved to win when Villa scored a great goal and destroyed Athletic. 0-3, Villa x3, so Barça can't win the league this week :)

ah Mother Nature must be a Barca fan ... she saw that with that Valencia win, we couldn't win the league this weekend; so she sends down some ice pellets and waterlogs the Pizjuan, giving our boys a good rest ahead of the Milan match! (Y)

ah Mother Nature must be a Barca fan ... she saw that with that Valencia win, we couldn't win the league this weekend; so she sends down some ice pellets and waterlogs the Pizjuan, giving our boys a good rest ahead of the Milan match! (Y)I was doubting between God, Mother Nature and G14. They all have the power to do it ;)


They still could play.. ref will decide again in 5 minutes.

Just a biased point here-

For English clubs, the grass is rarely greener on the other side for players who made their name in England.

Look at Stam, Overmars, Petit, Anelka, Vieira etc.

So if you get Henry he'll probably flop. Just think about it, tell your club that HE WILL FAIL! HE WILL NEVER SCORE!

haha! Stam and Vieira a flop after leaving England?! haha!

and mind-wash tactics? nice try mate! :funny:

EDITED: I was wrong, the game has been suspended.

They'll play.. but I don't know when..

------------V.Valdés-----------
Belletti--Rodri-Motta--Sylvinho
------------Edmilson-----------
---------Gabri---Deco----------
---Giuly------------Ezquerro---
-------------Eto'o-------------

not tonight? surely? :o

not today..

cancelled :(

I edited my post. It's been suspended. The ref tried again.. but it was impossible.

I don't know when they'll play this game.

like I said, good onya Mother Nature (/ G14?!) (Y)

they've should played water-polo instead :fool:

oh, rest assured that there were a bunch of people out on the ground trying all sorts of stuff!

FC Messina Peloro 1-3 AC Milan

Milan came from behind to earn an important 3-1 away win at Messina on Saturday. Goals from Marek Jankulovski, Gennaro Gattuso and Alberto Gilardino cancelled out Giuseppe Sculli's opener in a hard-fought game that saw Messina finish with just eight of their players left on the field. Sculli, Antonio Noverino and Salvatore Aronica were all shown red cards while Clarence Seedorf was also dismissed for the visitors after a dispute with Aronica in the last minute.

Milan's win could yet prove crucial to the title race as Juventus succumbed to their sixth Serie A draw and are only three points clear of the Rossoneri. However, Alessandro Nesta, Kaká and Massimo Ambrosini, Kaká's replacement on Saturday, all picked up knocks and could need treatment ahead of the trip to Barcelona. Coach Carlo Ancelotti was already without Filippo Inzaghi and Alessandro Costacurta (flu), while club captain Paolo Maldini stayed at home to recover from a minor muscular problem. Playmaker Andrea Pirlo, meanwhile, missed the match through suspension while concerns about Cafu's ankle subsequently proved unfounded.

Ancelotti deployed his strongest available lineup, with the exception of Rui Costa, who replaced Pirlo and was pleased with the result, although not the injury developments. "The race for the Serie A title is not over yet," said Ancelotti. "We still have three games to finish top. Our target is to win them all and to do everything we can. At the moment, I cannot talk about the conditition of the players that picked up injuries but Kaká was hit hard. We will attack against Barcelona as we did during the first-leg game."



any update on the players? i certainly won't be shedding tears if kaka or any of those other players don't play on wednesday. let's see what squad finally travels...

Nervy night

Milan will be in action at Camp Nou the following day against a Barcelona team shorn of Oleguer Presas, who is the only other player from the four semi-finalists to be banned for Matchday 12. The defender was yellow-carded in Barça's 1-0 victory at the San Siro which has set them up perfectly for Wednesday's conclusion. Rafael Márquez, Carles Puyol and Mark van Bommel are all in for a nervy night, though, as one wrong move could sideline them for the 17 May showpiece in Paris, should the Spanish champions make it.



Who do you think will replace Oleguer? I REALLY REALLY HOPE that neither puyol nor marquez pick up a booking, or else we will be really screwed. especially if puyol gets booked. assuming we go through, of course.... :fool:

Xifio, you and I are top 2 in the UEFA Champions league fantasy football SG group! :rockman: :rockman:

Who do you think will replace Oleguer? I REALLY REALLY HOPE that neither puyol nor marquez pick up a booking, or else we will be really screwed. especially if puyol gets booked. assuming we go through, of course.... :fool:

Surely Belleti will replace Oleguer. If the macth against Milan goes well, i mean, 2-0 for Barça in the first part, or 60 minutes, they will be replace sure by Rodri and Gabri or something like that. Both, Puyol and Márquez are so much important on this scheme for to dont go to the final due to another yellow card.

By the way, nice pool on Sevilla...my god...
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Now is difficult to schule this macth in the next weeks, due the Champions League and Uefa compromises....within today and tomorrow we got the date for the macth.

Take care

neovico
The Mind

Xifio, you and I are top 2 in the UEFA Champions league fantasy football SG group! :rockman: :rockman:

o ye! Barca are just the best everywhere ... team, supporters, supporters with fantasy teams ... :p

but I don't think I can hold onto top spot though; I didn't know you couldn't make transfers for the second leg :(



as for the match ...

I agree that with Puyol and Marquez treading a fine line, Rijkaard will probably take the first chance he gets of taking both of them off ... I'm just worried that if we weaken ourselves that little bit, Milan might pull that last-minute trick in our own backyard ... early goals for us will help, but I hope that we just don't rest on the lead and let Milan dictate ...

Van Bommel, Puyol and Márquez. Scary. They must be careful. If only Márquez had not committed that stupid mistake in the first leg.

This sucks, suspensions for yellow cards should disappear for the finals.

Milan have some players close to suspension too: Gattuso, Nesta, Maldini and Inzaghi.

****.........Wolf making a rare but truth-filled appearance.


You and Enigma, you don't come around here no mo'

Haha, I've just been lurking... just don't feel like posting all that much because half the time some old fart (won't name any names) will come and start something... it's tiring, bro.

I should start posting more. Everyone hates us nowadays. :nape:

Van Bommel, Puyol and Márquez. Scary. They must be careful. If only Márquez had not committed that stupid mistake in the first leg.

This sucks, suspensions for yellow cards should disappear for the finals.

Milan have some players close to suspension too: Gattuso, Nesta, Maldini and Inzaghi.

I don't think it would be a tragedy if Van Bommel gets suspended for the final. Motta, Edmilson, Iniesta, Deco, and hopefully Xavi will all be there and can make up a 3 man midfield.

Losing Maruqez would be bad, but we can throw someone else in there and hopefully manage. If Puyol gets suspended, I'm going to cry. If both of them get suspended, I'm going to jump off a cliff!

I agree, in the interest of everyone involved, why don't they just get rid of these stupid suspensions for the final. The scenario we find ourselves in is proof enough that the rule should go.

I posted this earlier on the Villareal-Ars thread, but I'm sure it'll get lost ... and I felt it would be a lot more pertinent / meaningful in our thread ...

http://media.tiscali.co.uk/images/galleries/sport/football/foc/large/20060425_22_57409497al010_uefa_champion.jpg

panxoman, I understand that coming onto the field is absolutely idiotic ... but that's a genuine smirk on Henry's face ... oh, there'll be a lot riding on that final if we make it ...

If we make it to the final, we would play to win the CL AND Thierry Henry (H)

haha that guy was class that gave Thierry the Barca Shirt.

Good Luck tonight and then hopefully in the Final :)

If we make it to the final, we would play to win the CL AND Thierry Henry (H)

you know it! :hump:


haha that guy was class that gave Thierry the Barca Shirt.

Good Luck tonight and then hopefully in the Final :)

thank you! Despite our 'de luxe' squad that oozes class, I'm sure we'll need some luck along the way, as we go all the way!



I'm off to prepare for exams, so I'll "see" you guys (my fellow socios) after the game ... VISCA EL BARÇA!

We're Going To The Finallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!!!!

WE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and what's more, I'm going to be in Paris for the final as part of my summer in Europe!!!!

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

Best thing is Puyol and Marquez didn't get a yellow card....

yep. true. very important

I hope Messi will be back. The attack is stronger with him

ye we came through unscathed in more ways than one ... no additional injury worries thus far, and our injury casualties are on the return!

imagine Xavi back in that midfield! we'd be spoilt for choice for once, after a long time ...

I'm so happy, I've been jumping up and down for the last few hours!!!

Is it possible for us to win the league this weekend? I don't think so, but that would be awesome if we could do that too. I really hope we win it at home, and I hope that Xavi gets to play soon. It will be AMAZING seeing him play again.


Oh my word, how amazing is Iniesta. He has been our best midfielder for ages now. He wins the ball so effortlessly, has amazing vision, and never gets tired. What a quality youngster. I see no reason he shouldn't be in the Spanish squad for the World Cup, he's much better than some of the other midfielders that get picked. Having him run the Midfield along with Xavi might be just what Spain needs to kickstart their international campaign (along with getting rid of Raul, of course).


BARCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

I feel like we've won the Constructers Championship of Fantasy Football! :borat:

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/4331/untitled7do.png (http://imageshack.us)

What a final this could be.

Both clubs deserve to win, both have been starved from Euro success for so long.

Good luck.

I feel like we've won the Constructers Championship of Fantasy Football! :borat:

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/4331/untitled7do.png (http://imageshack.us)



hahaha, good times good times. bring on Cadiz!!

Oh my word, how amazing is Iniesta. He has been our best midfielder for ages now. He wins the ball so effortlessly, has amazing vision, and never gets tired. What a quality youngster. I see no reason he shouldn't be in the Spanish squad for the World Cup, he's much better than some of the other midfielders that get picked. Having him run the Midfield along with Xavi might be just what Spain needs to kickstart their international campaign (along with getting rid of Raul, of course).


BARCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!Iniesta was amazing again. I can't believe how much he's grown in the last few months.

Now we have to win la Liga as soon as possible.

Let's hope we don't suffer any more injuries.

Iniesta was amazing again. I can't believe how much he's grown in the last few months.


when xavi is back to full fitness, do you think that iniesta and xavi will start together in midfield? i definately think that Iniesta should stay on, and xavi should replace edmilson. I can't remember what our starting lineup was at the start of the season when we went on that amazing run where each game was 3-0, 4-0, but we should try to get back to that again.

what was that lineup?

Right now, not to play Iniesta would be a crime. I can't wait to see Xavi again though. I don't know if Rijkaard would play without a pure DM, I would try. Let's see how's Xavi, then we'll see. I reckon Iniesta and Xavi will share minutes until Xavi is 100% fit. It's great that Rijkaard has so many different options.

When will Xavi start playing again? as in a game i mean

When will Xavi start playing again? as in a game i mean

reportedly as early as this weekend ... but we'll see ...

just realized that we didn't post any pics after our victory ...

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more in the group huddle ...

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Valdes celebrates getting to the final ... Ronnie congratulates him on keeping four consecutive clean sheets ...

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another view of the group huddle ... look at the jubilation on Sammy's face!

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you know it ... WE'RE GOING TO PARIS!!

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and down Memory Lane ... will the Champions League trophy be adorned in the colours of blaugrana again ... ?

http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Photo/competitions/UCL/417223_BIGLANDSCAPE.jpg



OH MAN, NOSTALGIA ADRENALIN RUSH!! (for those who watched this game like I did, you know what I'm talking 'bout!)

can't wait for May 17th!! VISCA EL BARCA!!

Nice pics :$




Xavi is in the squad for the next game :rockman: :rockman:

yep ... I'm sure Rijkaard won't rush him back in ... but I'm aslo sure that if we're winning, he'll make a cameo appearance at the end ...


and someone asked if we could win the league this weekend ...

well, I was looking at the table, and it looks like if we win, and Valencia draw with (or, unlikely, lose to) Alaves at home, then we win the title!

What a goal by Ronaldinho, good assist from Belletti.

1-0 HT

terrific finish from Ronnie, and applause to him for giving the credit Belleti, who did provide a good assist ... we're in total control of the game, although that we did escape with that goal ruled offside ... it was tight to say the least ...

anyway, we're doing our bit thus far on our march to the title ...

after that finish, he was very gracious to immediately give credit to Belleti :jap:

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Xavi warming up (Y)

Chalk up another win!

Ronnie's first half strike settles it ... some nervy moments from the defense, especially towards the end, but Valdes was brilliant!

biggest cheer was for one Hernandez Xavi, who made a successful return! :clapwap:

poor Eto'o ... what's with season finales and him? bloody deja vu so far (once again he's second in the Golden Shoe race AND has a striker in red-hot form breathing down his neck for the Pichichi) ...

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let's hope he forgets last season, and gets it right this time ...

anyway, good win ... no damage suffered ... let's keep on keepin' on!

any pics of the xavi return?

HUGE CHEERS when this happened:

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in control immediately ...

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WELCOME BACK XAVI

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And for anyone who missed the Ronnie's wonder finish:

http://www.yourfilehost.com/media.php?cat=other&file=5077ronaldinho_1_0.zip

Credit goes to our French friends over at FCB-Videos and the cappers at rafasredmen.info.

great to see Xavi back. get him some games like 3-4 and he should be ready for the finals. Him and Deco in that midfield will destroy Arsenals mid, plain and simple.

So Messi set to play on Wednesday against Cadiz?

So Messi set to play on Wednesday against Cadiz?

they're playing Celta mid-week ... but nah man, Messi won't be risked at least until next week ... he really badly wants to play in the Champions League final, and feels that his patience will reap dividends (he rushed back from injury last time, and that did not work out at all for him ... so he's making 100% sure this time that he'll play in the final v. Arsenal, and then go on to star in Germany ...)


great to see Xavi back. get him some games like 3-4 and he should be ready for the finals. Him and Deco in that midfield will destroy Arsenals mid, plain and simple.

"destroy" is such a powerful word ... try it, say it ... DESTROY!

and you're absolutely right ... they more than have the ability to do so, not only due to skill, but mere mental toughness ... Deco is one of the most brilliant thinkers in football, hence his overwhelming success with Porto, Barca, and the Portuguese national team ... Xavi is no slouch either ... he's not spearheading the Spanish midfield by being a slouch!

and if the Arsenal midfield can be destroyed, then it'll be annihilation at the back ... Arsenal have shut out everyone in knock-out stages, and Lehmann, Toure & Co. have been great ... but they quickly forget that they played two legendary teams that were in horrendous form ...

Real Madrid have shown such terrible cohesion this season that their inability to score against Arsenal was not at all surprising ... they really on a major ebb as a whole ...

and when they played Juventus, the Bianconeri had hit a slump big enough for them to go from being runaway league leaders to throwing the title away ... that was a shadow of the formidable Juve side that can be seen on paper ...

Villareal lack pace, and Roman did not get enough support to carve open Arsenal in London ... with better finishing Guille Franco could have tied up the game three times over ...

but with Samuel Eto'o, Ronaldinho, and Ludovic Giuly or hopefully a fit-again Leo Messi, there is blistering pace on all three fronts ... Ronnie, Deco, Xavi can pull the strings and thread the needle over and over again ... once more, there's not one player doing the job, but THREE! ... and Deco, Iniesta, and at the back Puyol are such ball-winners ... none of that crap Javi Venta was allowing them in the first leg of the Arse-Villareal game ... all we need to do is stick to the basics, and the game is in the bag! and of all the people, Arsene Wenger will know this all too well ... will be a terrific final, and hopefully a glorious night for the BLAUGRANA!

i got chills when I say Xavi starting to warm up and the crowd all said XAVI! XAVI! beautiful. hope he and messi is back 100% til the CL final. If they are we should be unbeatable.

Valencia-Alaves starts in 5 minutes. I hope we win la Liga today.

they're 2 up already ... ah well, I guess we'll just have to win it at the Balaidos ...

Barça could even win la Liga before the game, if Valencia can't win against Mallorca.

as far as I know, the games are at the same time ...

but yes, if we Valencia fails to win, then our result won't matter ...

could you guys manage it that you win la liga not before saturday against espanyol?
i´ll make a trip to barca with friends that weekend and i am in the stadium and wanna see some celebrations

could you guys manage it that you win la liga not before saturday against espanyol?
i´ll make a trip to barca with friends that weekend and i am in the stadium and wanna see some celebrations

rest assured that that's when we'll lift the trophy ... we'll win the league mid-week, and lift the trophy before the game @ home on the weekend!

p.s: damn, you're lucky! ah well, at least I get to go to the UCL final in Paris!! :rockman:

Here we go, only about 12 hours or so until the game. i hope we can win today, i don't want this title chase to go on forever. Let's get the league wrapped up so we can focus on the champions league final as opposed to putting uncessasary pressure on ourselves.


come on barca!!!!!!! :lui:

as far as I know, the games are at the same time ...

but yes, if we Valencia fails to win, then our result won't matter ...


If I'm not wrong Valencia plays at 20h and Barça at 21h.

If I'm not wrong Valencia plays at 20h and Barça at 21h.

you are absolutely right ... so I guess we'll know the first half scoreline @ son moix before we kick off at the balaidos ...

We'll win la Liga today, although winning the title against Espanyol at home is quite attractive..

46', Mallorca 2-1 Valencia :rockman:

Celta-Barça just started, but if Valencia don't score two goals, it won't have any importance.

What a pass from Ronaldinho :eek:

FT Mallorca 2-1 Valencia


CAMPIONS


VISCA EL BARÇA !!

:lui: CAMPEONES!! CAMPEONES!! OLE OLE OLE!! :lui: :lui:

Congrats..


bastards. :p

Well the league was well over before but now that its offical, congrats. Somehow hopefully next season can be different.:p

Congratulations! great season, great time spent watching your games :rockman:

Viva Barcelona, BI CAMPEON....

Grande el BARCA! :rockman:

:D :rockman:

CAMPIONS!!! CAMPIONS!!!! OEEEEEE OEEEEE OEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

Felicitats!!!!
Felicidades!!!!!!
Congratulations!!!!!!!!!

F.C.BARCELONA - CAMPIÓ DE LLIGA 2005-2006

Congrats for the title Barcelona. Congrats to Dream Team, Panxoman, Olé Spain and Xifio.
Oh and a little word to Deco, his fourth consecutive league title, what a machine...lets hope he gets his second champions league medal too, good luck for the final.

La Liga champions again my friends !!!

:rockman: :rockman: :rockman: :rockman: :rockman: :rockman: :rockman:

y a por la UEFA Champions League now :hump: :hump: :hump:

Congrats for the title Barcelona. Congrats to Dream Team, Panxoman, Olé Spain and Xifio.
Oh and a little word to Deco, his fourth consecutive league title, what a machine...lets hope he gets his second champions league medal too, good luck for the final.
Seconded. Hala Campeones. Now go and prove to everyone youre the best in the world in two weeks time :jap: Edit: oh, and include anyone i forgot!

(im just waiting for Xifio to post the club anthem....I love that song :D )

i have a link of the Barca anthem but i dont know hoe to upload it here.. :rolleyes:

Tot el camp,
es un clam,

Som la gent blaugrana,
tan se val d'on venim,
si del sud o del nord,
ara estem d'acord, estem d'acord,
una bandera ens agermana.

Blaugrana al vent,
un crit valent,
tenim un nom, el sap tothom,

BARÇA!! BARÇA!! BAAAARÇA!!!!

Jugadors,
seguidors,

Tots units fem força,
son molts anys plens d'afanys,
son molts gols que hem cridat,
i s'ha demostrat, s'ha demostrat,
que mai ningú ens podra torcer.

Blaugrana al vent,
un crit valent,
tenim un nom, el sap tothom,

BARÇA!! BARÇA!! BAAAARÇA!!!!

version audio (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VY97SGXB)

Visça el Barça! I love this club :) I know, when I choose my faveourite football club ;) Yeah! And now - Champions League! :)

Congrats for the title Barcelona. Congrats to Dream Team, Panxoman, Olé Spain and Xifio.
Oh and a little word to Deco, his fourth consecutive league title, what a machine...lets hope he gets his second champions league medal too, good luck for the final.

Thanks Vinnie and all those who have congratulated us. I extend it to many others such as Solaimaa, Payukgcn, zka, Aragorn, nird, Surfy, Rav_poland … sorry for those who I forgot now.


Rav_poland has posted the anthem. The second paragraph of the lyrics is dedicated to you all. It says something like:

We’re the blaugrana people,
It doesn’t matter where we come from,
From the south or from the north,
Now we all agree, we all agree,
A flag make us brothers

:ewan:

Seconded. Hala Campeones. Now go and prove to everyone youre the best in the world in two weeks time :jap:

(im just waiting for Xifio to post the club anthem....I love that song :D )

Hey Blue!! Thanks a lot, and congratulations to you for the incoming Chelsea Premier League. It will be great if we win the Champions League final, can be a wonderful year, La Liga, Champions League, Eto´o as the "pichichi" and Valdes with the "Zamora" Trophy.......but we will see what happends in 2 weeks ;)

If we win the Champions League final, anyone knows who will be our rival on the Intercontinental Cup?????

Take care

neovico
The Mind

I don´t think you will know who is your rival just yet. But i´m sure that you will have to play the Fifa Club World Championship like Liverpool did last year. It´s not called Intercontinental cup anymore.

Congrats to you guys, but what the **** is this all about ?

http://www.the-afc.com/english/media/default.asp?mnsection=media&section=newsDetails&newsID=5641

:|:|:|

Thank you to everybody who congratulated us.

+ Vinnie Jones, TheBlueBalla. :jap:



A couple of pics..

http://www.elperiodico.com/info/galeriasv2/galerias/galeria_460/foto_7572.JPG

http://www.elperiodico.com/info/galeriasv2/galerias/galeria_460/foto_7573.JPG

Craziness. I cant imagine how nuts it will be if you win in Paris too (Y)

Thanks to rey for the club anthem and for the translation! Without seeing the lyrics, I always thought the phrase "tan se val d'on venim" was them saying something like "Barcelona venim" which doesnt make sense obviously, just sounded lke it

Thanks for all the congratulations!! We're simply unstoppable at the moment! What a magnificent squad we have assembled! What a coach we've got! What a stadium! What fans! What a jersey even! We're simply top of the world, and it feels absoultely AMAAAAAAAAZING!!


bring on Arsenal!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats Barça....welcome to the club (H)

well what do you know? iniesta got called up for the preliminary squad for the WC! he definately deserves it. i don't know if he'll get to travel to germany though this year. but i'm sure his time will come!

somebody get raul away from the captaincy.

Goalkeepers: Casillas (Real Madrid), Reina (Liverpool), Canizares (Valencia)

Defenders: Capdevila (Deportivo La Coruna), Puyol (Barcelona), Salgado, Ramos (both Real Madrid), Marchena (Valencia), Del Horno (Chelsea), Lopez, Ibanez (both Atletico Madrid), Juanito (Real Betis), Venta (Villarreal)

Midfielders: Albelda, Baraja (both Valencia), Luis Garcia, Xabi Alonso (both Liverpool), Joaquin (Real Betis), Fabregas (Arsenal), Iniesta, Xavi (both Barcelona), Senna (Villarreal).

Forwards: Reyes (Arsenal), Morientes (Liverpool), Villa (Valencia), Torres (Atletico Madrid), Raul (Real Madrid)

My lord, what a goal by Ronaldinho!
Like in the futsal Joga Bonito ad :D.

Barca 2
Espanyol 0

any pictures from the game last night and the celebration at the end of the game?

could you guys manage it that you win la liga not before saturday against espanyol?
i´ll make a trip to barca with friends that weekend and i am in the stadium and wanna see some celebrations


omfg it was soooo fuuuuucking gooooood :rockman: :lui:

friend of mine made tons of pictures...when i have them i upload some up for you

http://www.elperiodico.com/info/galeriasv2/galerias/galeria_460/foto_7604.JPG

http://www.elperiodico.com/info/galeriasv2/galerias/galeria_460/foto_7603.JPG



These are yesterday's pics

http://www.elperiodico.com/info/galeriasv2/galerias/galeria_460/foto_7612.JPG

http://www.elperiodico.com/info/galeriasv2/galerias/galeria_460/foto_7606.JPG

Henrik, what a Champion!

Sepp2in1, I can't wait to see those photos. It must have been an amazing atmosphere seeing them lift the trophy and everything, what a priceless opportunity!

Oh man, the final is only 8 days away, and I can't stop thinking about it! I wish it was tomorrow instead of next wednesday. My brother is a huge Arsenal fan, so I'm going to have a good time watching the game with him and (hopefully) celebrating afterwards!

If we win the Champions League final, anyone knows who will be our rival on the Intercontinental Cup?????

Take care

neovico
The Mind


Congrats to my adopted European home (I love Barcelona, can't wait to go back in August) Went to Nou Camp in 94 but it was closed! Some big festival happening in the square outside (May28 94) Any ideas.

Good luck against the Gunners, Manchester is with you (well the red half anyway!)

You will play the winner of the Copa Libertadores (sp) in the WCC and Middlesbrough or Sevilla in the Euro Supercup in Monaco.


Mike

more pictures here:

http://www.sport.es/galeriasfoto/default.asp?p1=galeriabarcelonaespanyol

and here

http://www.sport.es/galeriasfoto/default.asp?p1=galeriarualiga2006

MickeyM: In May 94 Barcelona played the Champions League final in Athens against Milan (Milan ran over us). The team also won the spanish championship 3 days before the final (too much party before a final... not a good way to prepare it) . Not sure about the day. I don't know if it was someting related to this...

Maxi will play from the start against Sevilla...

I hope he and Saviola score...

You will play the winner of the Copa Libertadores (sp) in the WCC

The winners from other continental championships too

Here's the format from last year, which will be the same this year I think...

http://www.sportscheduler.co.sz/club_world_championship.htm

So the winner from each continental championship in the world

Ok, so the Team have completed their last training session in Barcelona before setting off to Paris.. This is it, ladies and gentlemen. It's what everything comes down to... Every training session, every match, every hour spent by a member of FC Barcelona working on tactics, preparing the players for the next match, pointing out their mistakes and letting them know how to correct it, every injury healed by our doctors, every tear, every drop of sweat, every smile and every celebration will come down to a single match on Wednesday. The Champions League final. In Paris. Against Arsenal.
I cannot stres enough how proud I am of our Team. Not only have they won the league with ease, but they have also impressed with their attractive football. Few teams can achieve both results and attraction. We're that kind of team and I can only be happy and proud about it. We're not like some clubs who have stains on their cups. Ours is one shiny trophy that we're not letting go of. We're top of Spain, looking down on Madrid, Valencia and other strong teams who have failed to put a dent to our title challenge.
It doesn't get better than this. We have got the chance to make history. I can say that I've never seen a more successful Barca and I hope we can go all the way. We are very close and are strong favourites to win it. It's just one match so anything can happen, but I remain confident in our players. They have performed like champions this season and I'm glad we have developed the kind of attitude winning teams have. We've rearranged our priorities and that has brought us to Paris. The whole Club has done a great job on every aspect of the football business. We're in constant growth and there's no better way to crown it all than with the biggest trophy imaginable.
I'm not underestimating Arsenal, on the contrary, I approach them with respect, but to be honest we could have had it worse. If someone asked me at the beginning of the season if I would mind facing Arsenal in the final, I would have said "no", and that's what I base my optimism on. Objectively speaking, we are better than Arsenal. We have better players and should win. All we need is Lady Luck not turn her back on us. We don't even have to be lucky. I just hope we won't be unlucky, and everything will be ok.
I've already informed my girlfriend and my dad that we're watching the final, everything is almost set, all that's left is for Puyol to lift that beautiful trophy.

Visca el Barca!

Hey, congrats for the title guys, well deserved. Good luck in Paris too. The best team in Europe should be European Champions and that aint Arsenal. Barca are the best in Europe (this season anyway....hehehehehe) so you deserve it. I wish Barca well, good luck :ewan:

15 hours to go.......... :lui:

oh i wish it was 15 minutes! i'm so excited, i hope i can sleep tonight!

Hey, congrats for the title guys, well deserved. Good luck in Paris too. The best team in Europe should be European Champions and that aint Arsenal. Barca are the best in Europe (this season anyway....hehehehehe) so you deserve it. I wish Barca well, good luck :ewan:

Thanks pede. See you next year ... in the CL final. :ewan:

nice sign zka

and good post. I agree with it.

nice sign zka

and good post. I agree with it.

Thanks.

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735 minutes left. C'mon!!

Hey, congrats for the title guys, well deserved. Good luck in Paris too. The best team in Europe should be European Champions and that aint Arsenal. Barca are the best in Europe (this season anyway....hehehehehe) so you deserve it. I wish Barca well, good luck :ewan:Thank you. Congrats to Chelsea on the Premiership title as well.



Oh man, we must win today..

Good Luck Barça.

Good Luck Barça.

Indeed, good luck. Arsenal are quite a team though so it should be a very nice match to watch.

Congrats for the Champions League Victory. Deco 3rd win in european finals (2 Champions League and one Uefa) (H)

CHAMPIONSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!

time to make more new sigs!

Congrats to the new champions Barca!!!!!. I wanted them to win as my grandfather was from Catalunya (Y) (Y)

Congrats Fellas. Your guys sure left it late in the game though, but i was sure Barca couldn't play for 90 minutes without scoring. Thats a nice double you have for this season. The league and the CL. Very nice indeed. (Y)

Thanks Pede and rest of guys, congrats to you too Chelsea Fans for the Premier title ;)

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!!!
Visca el Barça i Visca Catalunya!!!!!

What an amazing macth (besides the bad performance of the referee, i hope that this man never will play on future macthes).

I suffered, i had cry, i was sad, and then so happy for to talk.... but i´d never lost the faith on the team. So the Champions League Cup is at home!!!!!!!

F.C. BARCELONA, the Best Team on Europe!!!

For Arsenal fans, im really sorry, because Arsenal and Liverpool are my favourite english teams, but my blood is "blaugrana", im sure that you will have more luck next time

"Nevermind we are from....
From the south or north....
Now we are agree, we are agree..
A flag make us brothers..."

neovico
The Mind

Congrats to you guys, but what the **** is this all about ?

http://www.the-afc.com/english/media/default.asp?mnsection=media&section=newsDetails&newsID=5641

:|:|:|

No, i dont mind that this article means that Eto´o will leave Barça. I guess that the article is bad explained. As for i know, Eto´o uses part of his benefits to create football schools on Camerun, may be he just buyed some young team or something like this, but, Eto´o will still on Barça for many many years ;)

Take care

neovico
The Mind

VAMOS BARCA...!!!

Congrats to all barcelonistas...

No english champion this year in europe :rockman:

Two spanish champions :rockman:

congratulations to barcelona. you had a great season and deserve your accolades. (Y)

oh and on the eto'o note, i believe it is a loan move for the summer. he will return for the regular season, if i'm not mistaken.

Congratulations to Barcelona but specially to Rafa Marquez for becoming the first

Mexican in winning the Champions League....

Congrats to Barca and its fans for this fully deserved victory and wonderful accomplishment on winning both the league and UCL......massive respect, man.


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Your analysis post regarding the match was ******* excellent, bro. Well written and very truthful.

Thank you Vinnie Jones, Lennon, pede, Axolote, modena_10, jimorrizon and Yoss. :jap:




What a great season, Liga and Champions League. Who would have guessed three years ago..

http://www.marca.com/06/05/17/celebracion_finalchampions/10.jpg

Some great pics DT, both here and in the game thread

Congratulations to all you Barca die hards, ole, DT, Solaimaa, ZKA, Panxoman, etc. We'll deserved victory after you dominated statistically, and it was very touching to see Belletti and Larsson do so well. Hearing the Tot el Camp played while Puyol trotted around with the cup was a touching sight :jap:

Thank you TBB. Always appreciated. Next year I hope Barça reach the final again and I hope it's against Milan or Chelsea. You really like our anthem haha. I can see you with a Barça shirt in a couple of years. Eto'o 9 at the back.

Barcelona :jap:

Congratulations to Barça and all it's fans. Well played. :ewan:

catholics???? :rofl: hearing about todays barça players celebrations you could say alcoholics ... but catholics?



haha do elaborate. i haven't heard about these celebrations, any particular stories that stand out?

Thank you guys it's really crazy to win it again after so many years and i was thinking about players that were in the team those 5 years, some great, some a bit disappointing but would've been nice if guys like Cocu and Luis Enrique could've been a part of the squad (at least on the bench!).

Now we must enjoy but i was thinking since Henry is not coming (good for everybody) and Henke is going to Sweden (unfortunately) what do you think the best option for his cover is?. There's been also talk that Giuly may go or he may stay so i hope he sticks another year.

The press have been talking about Forlán for a while and again today. Somebody that could be available like Van Nistelrooy? Trezeguet? Crespo? Kuyt? Farfan? or older names like Iaquinta, Rosenberg or would you bring back Saviola or give Maxi a chance?...Or would you break the bank for somebody like Torres?...Not Drogba please...

haha do elaborate. i haven't heard about these celebrations, any particular stories that stand out?

It seems they have far too much cava (something close to champagne) in the truck.

Once in the stadium, all of them were supposed to make a speech, but after Rijkaard and the captains had spoken, the microphone suffered a sudden technical problem that couldn't be solved ...On the radio they said that those problems are usually very easy to repair …

They guessed that some players had drunk a bit too much and it was wiser to not give them a microphone… you know :lui: :fool:

Not confirmed.

Congrats Barça, what a team!

And man, Iniesta is really something, he's perfect :Bow:

Thanks to everybody who congratulated us on the title.

It's beautiful to be champions of Europe. And we've won the 50th edition, too. It's just incredible.

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I was at school and we had gym class just two hours before the match. I was nervous about it so a friend of mine joined me in slamming the ball into the net as hard as possible. I let off some steam and went on to meet my girlfriend and take her to my house to watch the Final. First I watched the preview of the match with her and then we joined our parents to watch it with them. I was on the edge all the time, but I calmed down after we had conceded because I didn't know how to react. One of the things I said was "Typical Barca, we can't have a nice, quiet final...", but luckily we prevailed. After the match I watched the celebration, hugged my girlfriend and my parents and escorted her home, then played the Barca anthem, and went online to watch pics, read comments and enjoy myself.
Simply beautiful.

Perfect night.

Eto'o scored yesterday against Athletic so he doesn't have to share the Pichichi with Villa. Barça lost 3-1 but Eto'o scored and that's what matters.

The youngsters left a very good impression. Olmo(CB) was quite impressive.

Well done Barca.

We'll be back next year (H)

I saw Barca at the airport

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I was lucky enough to be at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris the day b4 the match. I landed at 11:30 and noticed the barca bus was outside when i walked outside. I stuck around for a bit and saw the whole barca team arrive at the airport. I was on this weeks' UEFA Champions League Magazine Show.

Pretty cool, Ronaldinho gave me a thumbs up.

Anyway if anyone wants to download the footage i took with my camera u can download it from my website here:

http://www.jimwilliams.com.au/UCL/MOV02214.zip

Enjoy!

Great vid. excellent quality....

Thanks.

I'm amazed at how small some of the players were (Deco, Guily, Ronnie, Messi).

They're so small. Puyol is so ugly in real life lol.

Ronaldinho was gr8 in front of the camera for me! :rockman:

Height is important but quality is superior....

They're so small. Puyol is so ugly in real life lol.


:rofl: indeed he is

Messi and Giuly are very small. If I'm not wrong Guily is the smaller player in spanish Liga.

NIce vid :)

Nice video man (Y)

haha now theres a kodak moment if i ever saw one. good thing u had your camera handy :rockman:


going back to the henry situation for a second, cruyff believes that henry messed up by staying at arsenal. check it out:

http://home.skysports.com/list.asp?hlid=388918&CPID=8&clid=3&lid=1492&title=Cruyff:+Henry+made+a+mistake

Nice video. Is there anyone in this world happier than Ronaldinho?

Brazillians always smile lol. Respect.

Does anyone know where i can download the latest Champions League Magazine show episode?

I need to get it on my computer because i was on the program.

Cheers.

Im not quite sure but I think you can pay a small amount of money at UEFA.com and you'd be able to download it.

Hi from Athens! :ewan:

']Im not quite sure but I think you can pay a small amount of money at UEFA.com and you'd be able to download it.


Thanks mate (Y)

Hi from Athens! :ewan:

Hi. :ewan:

See you next May in Athens ... at least I hope so ( but not with Milan again please .... :S )

I didn't know the next CL final is in Athens :(

Now I don't want Milan in the final. Barça-Chelsea then :)


Can you imagine how special would be to win the CL at the new Wembley? :$

It's in Athens on May 23rd.

Right now we have to keep the group.

Although I know some of you didn't want Henry to come, I've heard that in fact he already had a pre-contract signed with Barça. The mistake was that there was no penalisation clause if one of the parts decided to break it. (we should learn from madrid to do this)

Henry felt guilty for missing so many good chances in the final and decided after the match to follow in arsenal to give back to its supporters what he thinks he stole to them with his mistakes.

Barça planification for next season has changed now as everything was planned to have Henry playing here.

I'm not very keen on Forlan ... one of the players that is right now the more possible striker to come to substitute Larsson. Anyway is much too early and just rumours rumours

Thank you TBB. Always appreciated. Next year I hope Barça reach the final again and I hope it's against Milan or Chelsea. You really like our anthem haha. I can see you with a Barça shirt in a couple of years. Eto'o 9 at the back.
hey hey, lets not go crazy now (H)

It's in Athens on May 23rd.

Right now we have to keep the group.

Although I know some of you didn't want Henry to come, I've heard that in fact he already had a pre-contract signed with Barça. The mistake was that there was no penalisation clause if one of the parts decided to break it. (we should learn from madrid to do this)

Henry felt guilty for missing so many good chances in the final and decided after the match to follow in arsenal to give back to its supporters what he thinks he stole to them with his mistakes.

Barça planification for next season has changed now as everything was planned to have Henry playing here.

I'm not very keen on Forlan ... one of the players that is right now the more possible striker to come to substitute Larsson. Anyway is much too early and just rumours rumours

Thats right you should learn (6)

But seriously why would you want Henry? Who would you bench?

I hope we don't buy Forlan. At least not for 15m. Besides, passion1 in the Barça threads, complaining about Eto'o and telling us the greatness of uruguay everytime Forlan doesn't play.. No, thanks.

I would like Crespo but probably he's all Milan.

Thats right you should learn (6)

But seriously why would you want Henry? Who would you bench?


Because the season is very long and having 4 great players for 3 spots is good.

Besides, this is a after WC season and players will be tired and maybe more relaxed. You need someone good enough to put some pressure and motivate them.

If Messi, Etoo and Ronaldinho have someone pushing from the bench who can steal their spot in the starting line-up, they can not get relaxed... and it's very different to have Henry pussing from the bench (or rotating in the line-up spots) than someone like Maxi or Forlan.

I don't want Forlan either. I think we need some tall striker.

According to Mundo Deportivo, this might be the new design for the 2006-07 shirt:

http://www.elmundodeportivo.es/mundo-img/20060529a/60_archivo55_graphic_10_1_2_20060529_YBA05M1.EPS.j pg

Similar to the centenary shirt and same type of model they're making for Atletico. The collar will have the club's emblem " Més que un Club" (More than a Club) and the shorts will be blue again. The new second kit will be bright orange, and the bright yellow will be the third kit now. It's not confirmed yet but that seems to be the idea.

it would look better if they made both the leftmost and right most stripes, including the sleeves, blue. symetrical jerseys just look better. they could even put the catalan flag on both sleeves and it would still look good.

that doesn't look terrible though.

something like this perhaps

http://images6.theimagehosting.com/new barca.th.jpg

obviously this is just something i have done on photoshop, so the lines would need to be proportional and stuff, but this general color scheme would be better than having sleeves of alternating colors.

I like it more than the current one.

The idea of the legend "més que un club" is great.

Edmilson is out of the world cup because of an injury to his knee....

I don't like that new shirt but I think I'd get used to it. I'm glad the blue shorts are back.

We haven't had a kit with the club and Nike logos in the middle for a while. I'd like to see that again.

Always at beggining nobody likes the new kit (i rebember that the red shorts and the yellow 2nd kit didnt like) So now another new first kit and returning again to the blue shorts. I think that is a matter of time, i meant that nike always has the reason in this sense, you see for first time the shirt and you think.."pfff....hmmm....i dont know", but after a few matches you cannot imagine your team without this new shirt (finally the yellow shirt has been a totally success). One of the things that i like is that from one of the sides the player will be totally in blue. And it remembers a bit to the centenary one (2 strips), and the other one is the orange color from the 2nd kit, like a reminder from Wembley. So, personally i like more red strips, but it will be cool, overall for the "més que un club" on the back neck.

Take care

neovico
The Mind

There are kits you like from the moment you see them and you grow to love them so much that you compare them with every other kit your team has, and there are kits you don't like which you grow to like or tolerate simply because it's your team and your favourite players.
I think this kit will be one of the latter.

As for the orange one, I haven't seen it, but I like orange so I'll be fine with it.

There are kits you like from the moment you see them and you grow to love them so much that you compare them with every other kit your team has, and there are kits you don't like which you grow to like or tolerate simply because it's your team and your favourite players.
I think this kit will be one of the latter.


Totally agree. Indeed the basic idea is BLUE shirt and RED strips, from here you can make a lot of combinations like this last one that is in this last "group" that you are talking about. But i add another "group" of shirt, did you remember the Kappa kit? With the White Strip along the arms, pfff...this is the kind of shirts that i think that a fan will never tolerate although it will be your heart team.

I haven´t see too the orange one, but for that i heard, seems to be identical to the yellow one, but in a fluorescent orange, is not exactly like the 92´s, is more a shinny orange. In a few days F.C.Barcelona will anounce the shirts in his website, with detailed photos, etc.

For the moment we can take a look to this photoshop pics of how it will be look the new one, from "El Mundo Deportivo" newspaper

http://www.soccergaming.tv/attachment.php?attachmentid=128144&stc=1

http://www.soccergaming.tv/attachment.php?attachmentid=128145&stc=1


Take care

neovico
The Mind

http://www.fcbarcelona.com/eng/noticias/noticias/n06060608.shtml

Gabri gone.

Ajax must be in a very low moment to sign Gabri....

Can't believe they are not able to find anyone as good as him in their younth teams. Shouldn't be too difficult.

Pfff....so strange to see Gabri with the Ajax t-shirt....

Good luck to Gabri and Ten-Cate in Ajax. It would be interesting if Barca and Ajax were in the same group for CL. I'm so excited for the summer, so much football!

Ajax must be in a very low moment to sign Gabri....

Can't believe they are not able to find anyone as good as him in their younth teams. Shouldn't be too difficult.


I don't think it's a matter of Ajax not being able to find a quality player in their youth ranks, it's more a matter of ten Cate wanting to work with players he knows everything about. He was with us for two years and knows Gabri's pros and cons. I think he just wants familiar people with him. It's like Benitez bringing Sissoko to Liverpool.

Neeskens is back. He'll be the new assistant coach.

http://www.fcbarcelona.com/eng/noticias/noticias/n06060814.shtml


(Y)

Good move, IMO.

If there was any doubt..

“Chelsea Football Club has given permission for Eidur Gudjohnsen to travel to Spain for talks with Barcelona. An agreement between all parties is still pending.” (http://www.chelseafc.com/article.asp?hlid=394775&title=Gudjohnsen+to+speak+to+Barcelona&nav=news)


I guess this week Barça will close the deal. (Y)

Very good player this Gudjohnsen... he's skilled and should fit well in Barca's team! :)

He'll pass the medical this morning. If nothing strange happens, he'll be officially a Barça player today or tomorrow. 3+1 seasons. ~12m €, +3m € depending on titles.

In Spanish (http://www.fcbarcelona.com/esp/noticias/noticias/n06061320.shtml)

Versatile player(in fact when I think of Gudjohnsen I see him as an AM). 27 years old. Good buy IMO.


I'm surprised they've signed a new forward so soon. I was expecting some drama with Forlan or someone else. Supposedly Manchester United and Arsenal wanted to sign Gudjohnsen but Mourinho didn't want him to go to any of those clubs, so instead of making it more difficult, it was easier for Barça.

I prefer Gudjohnsen to Forlan. Good sign :)

Yeah, me too. He's a technical player, I think he'll fit in our system.

He'll wear Larsson's #7.

On top of that, the beauty of Eidur is that he is team first, 100%. He will sacrifice his personal glory or his best position to fill the roles the team needs him to. He did it this year regularly at Chelsea, sliding to midfield when his scoring was down.

He was very proud to be a Chelsea player, and selling him to anyone was, in my opinion, a mistake. But at a club as big as Barca, with fans like yours he is getting just what he deserves. He will be just as proud or even more so to wear your colours and will be a class act off and on the pitch. Congratulations on signing him.

I am surprised he wont be taking the number 22, but at least I have an excuse to get a Barca shirt if the opportunity ever comes along, now :)

http://www.fcbarcelona.com/imagenes/jugadores/futbol/Gudjohnsen/140606_Gudjohnsen_toon.jpg

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All I've read about him is good things. If everything I've read is true, he may become soon a fan favorite.

He's a good player. But has never recaptured his form from 3/4 years ago when he actually scored more than like 5 goals in a season.

He's good, but is arguably a tad overrated.

A useful 3rd choice striker though.

Perfect. That's what we were looking for. We didn't need a golden boot, we needed a replacement for Larsson. If I'm not wrong, he's not played always as a striker, so the goal rate is not very relevant.


However, not bad statistics.

"During his six seasons with Chelsea, Gudjohnsen scored 78 goals in 263 matches, and is the second overseas player that has played more matches with the 'blues'. He has also been a great provider of goals last season he made 9 goal assists for Chelsea, superseded only by Frank Lampard (17)."

Excellent signing....a team player who can score and set up goals...perfect replacement for Larsson.....

congratulations - you got yourself a real bargain! :ewan:

He's got excellent workrate, is versatile, a superb teamplayer and a great technican.

it's a pity iceland won't qualify for the WC anytime soon, players like him deserve to be in germany right now.

oh well, we'll be seeing plently of him at the camp nou next season, great great buy for us. like others have said, i'm slightly surprised that finding a replacement wasn't harder, but hey, i'm not complaining.

also, thats most definately the shirt from this season so i guess the new one isn't ready yet. also, since he got the number 7 shirt, i guess messi won't getting it as suggested in other threads. i'm sure he won't be 30 though, maybe he'll take gabri's number.

Well, Messi was using 19 in La Liga after he signed his pro contract....so maybe he will stay with 19....

Maxi was loaned out to Mallorca, number 11 is free. But maybe he likes the number 19 and he sticks with it.

Txiki Beguiristain said that we won't sign any more players unless there's a great opportunity (Zambrotta). I think we need a defender. I hope we get a full back.. or two.

Gabriel Milito would be great I think.....or Gonzalo Rodriguez and of course Daniel Alves, although Sevilla seems to want to hang onto him. And Liverpool is hot after him as well.....
Anyway, about the number, I remember Larsson was presented with the #17, then later switched to 7, the squad numbers probably could change up until the start of the season.....

We're lucky Iceland didn't qualify. If they had, we wouldn't have got Eidur so quickly and so easily. I'm delighted with the signing.

As for Messi's number, I expect him to pick 11. He switched from 30 to 19. What's so special about nineteen? I don't think it was taken before... I think he had to pick a number lower than 25 because first team players in La Liga can have a number as big as 25, not bigger. With the pro contract, a new number. As for number changing, it can be done until the registration window closes, which is the end of August I think. Whether he sticks with a number or changes it five times is irrelevant.

I think we will sign another player. The summer hasn't even started yet. I don't see Zambrotta as an option because Juve won't be relegated. It's naive to expect otherwise. I'd be satisfied with Alves, Navas or G. Milito.

Well said Zka....I agree with you about Zambrotta and Juve. But yeah....Alves and/or Milito are on my wish list

Good signing. A bit expensive but it's to be expected as big clubs always tend to get sticked a couple of mil more than other clubs. I've seen quite a bit of him and I agree that he's pretty good technically and reads the game well. I think he had a much better year last season for Chelsea and this year he didn't play as much or shine as much but that's likely because he was used as an attacking midfielder instead of striker. He's still pretty young or at his peak so that's a positive as well. He'll be a good replacement for Henke as a rotational striker.

It'd be nice to get a couple more signings. A good center-back and, like DT said, one or two fullbacks would be great and would push our players in those positions to perform better.

Also i've read we just signed a 7 year TV deal for 1,000 million Euros. It's a substantial yearly raise over the current deal. Good for the finances.

In defense of Eidur, his goal scoring record this year was awful because 1. Drogba was better and healthier, and Crespo was back with us, and 2. Mourinho converted him into a midfielder. Last year it should be noted that he bagged 14 in all competitions when he was still the second choice

His best work was as a linkup man for Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink four years ago. I know your team is blessed with attackers, but if you make him Etoo's partner up front, he will make him the world's deadliest striker, hands down

In defense of Eidur, his goal scoring record this year was awful because 1. Drogba was better and healthier, and Crespo was back with us, and 2. Mourinho converted him into a midfielder. Last year it should be noted that he bagged 14 in all competitions when he was still the second choice

I think he could replicate his form of four years ago if he gets partnered with Eto'o, rather than coming on as his replacement. He and Hasselbaink were the deadliest striker pair in England that year, and Guddy was the perfect set up man

Good, because he'll play with Eto'o. Eto'o wants to play every single minute and he is rarely substituted. Gudjohnsen would play as a lone striker only if Eto'o is injured or suspended. Maybe in Copa del Rey too.

He'll be more to come in when we need another forward, or to substitute Messi or Giuly, or when Ronaldinho can't play.




About Juve. I think it's too evident. A lot of people involved who have lost their job already. From what I've heard/read, it's almost sure that they'll get relegated. I think the surprise would be that they stay in the Serie A. That doesn't mean that we'll get Zambrotta or anyone else for sure though.

What about Saviola...?

Is there any rumour about his future...?

He is having an amazing WC...I cant believe Laporta and Rijkaard dont want him...

Arsenal are intrested in Saviola.

Saviola can play somewhere else. Barcelona isn't the only club in the world.

The signing of Eidur is reason enough.

It would be good to get from money from both Saviola and Riquelme (Barça owns the 25-30% of his transfer).

Clearly neither is going to play with us, so yeah.

Marquez has confirmed his contract extension until 2010. :)

have you heard that unicef will be on the shirts next year?

Barça should think about it twice, if nike happens to use child labour, we will easly get the tag of hypocrite. Maybe Barça and Unicef teaming together can do good (we will also assign 0.7% of the income to charity), but it also can affect both image.

As long as we don't have a sponsor on our shirt.

have you heard that unicef will be on the shirts next year?

Barça should think about it twice, if nike happens to use child labour, we will easly get the tag of hypocrite. Maybe Barça and Unicef teaming together can do good (we will also assign 0.7% of the income to charity), but it also can affect both image.


Nike produces Barça shirts in Morocco, not in Asia. Besides, It's the same for almost every brand. Most big companies produce or use produced goods that come from asian countries where human rights are not respected.

We won't be getting about 20M euros/season due to this agreement. That's a lot of money. Saying no to this is not easy, speacially if no other club does and we have to fight with them.

Getting a charity on your shirt would be class. Props.

If we're going to break the tradition, I'm glad it's for a worthy cause. I would feel proud.

However, I think a logo in the sleeve would make everyone happy.

class move (Y)

Nike produces Barça shirts in Morocco, not in Asia. Besides, It's the same for almost every brand. Most big companies produce or use produced goods that come from asian countries where human rights are not respected.

We won't be getting about 20M euros/season due to this agreement. That's a lot of money. Saying no to this is not easy, speacially if no other club does and we have to fight with them.

That makes no difference, nike allegedly uses child labour and Unicef is for universal primary education

I'd like to see it on the sleeve.

Maybe I'm wrong, but preserving tradition is more important than promoting Unicef. We'd break one of the things that make us unique in order to promote an organisation the whole world knows about. If we can help them by putting their logo on the sleeve, ok, I'm all for it.

But if we're really going to break the tradition, I'd go with Unicef. Somehow I wouldn't want to receive money for the printing. That way we'd still be special, even with the printed shirt.

I wouldn't mind to wear advertising if our economy needs it.

as the economic problem is under control, the Unicef option is a good one.

Ludo extended. Yeah, baby!

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