Village Idiot Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Messi again, out of nowhere. 0-4 He gets subbed after the goal, and the Racing crowd claps him as he heads for the tunnel... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 I love watching Iniesta play Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Amazing goal by Oscar Serrano 1-4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Racing gets one back, and what a goal that is! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 I'm going to get tickets for Barca - Real now, nowt gonna stop me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 I'm going to get tickets for Barca - Real now, nowt gonna stop me What a game that's going to be this year Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Newcastle v Huddersfield, Carling Cup 2nd Round - 23,815 Sunderland v Birmingham, Carling Cup 3rd Round - 20,576 Bitchy but so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Village Idiot, is Bojan injured? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Yes, he went down in the first game of the season, but he should be on his way back. We kinda can use him, since he looked way more up for it than Henry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Barca had 77% of the possesion, madness. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzle Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Messi proves once again he's the second best player in the world... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritchie Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Messi proves once again he's the second best player in the world... Barca should close their academy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzle Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Messi proves once again he's the second best player in the world... Barca should close their academy. Exactly, close the academy and continue to buy players from Argentina. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Messi proves once again he's the second best player in the world... Barca should close their academy. Exactly, close the academy and continue to buy players from Argentina. Messi comes from their academy though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 We didn't buy Messi or anything, his father has relatives in Catalonia and moved there with his son given the Argentinian crisis. He trialed for Barça and we offered him a spot. He was 13... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzle Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Messi proves once again he's the second best player in the world... Barca should close their academy. Exactly, close the academy and continue to buy players from Argentina. Messi comes from their academy though Yeah I was joking... once again... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thespence Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 MP's got done for cash for questions, Messi joined Barca for "drugs for height". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Apart from our scouting network, we benefit from a huge catchment area. Every kid in Catalonia (me too, but I was useless) dreams of playing for Barça. Madrid, for example, has Atlético in the same area (and even if Real is the bigger club overall, it's much more split inside Madrid city proper). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Apart from our scouting network, we benefit from a huge catchment area. Every kid in Catalonia (me too, but I was useless) dreams of playing for Barça. Madrid, for example, has Atlético in the same area (and even if Real is the bigger club overall, it's much more split inside Madrid city proper). I was thinking about this (well, kind of) when I was in Barcelona in the summer; how many in Barcelona supports Espanyol? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thespence Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Apart from our scouting network, we benefit from a huge catchment area. Every kid in Catalonia (me too, but I was useless) dreams of playing for Barça. Even the number 23 of RCD Espanyol? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Apart from our scouting network, we benefit from a huge catchment area. Every kid in Catalonia (me too, but I was useless) dreams of playing for Barça. Madrid, for example, has Atlético in the same area (and even if Real is the bigger club overall, it's much more split inside Madrid city proper). I was thinking about this (well, kind of) when I was in Barcelona in the summer; how many in Barcelona supports Espanyol? They have a pretty decent following actually, but it's massively dwarfed by FC Barcelona. On anecdotal evidence, I'd say one in 5-6 football fans in Barcelona is an Espanyol fan. But they are pretty much a non-entity outside the Barcelona metropolitan area. @thespence: Dani Jarque was born in Barcelona, you won't find many Espanyol youth players born outside the city or the immediate towns. He was also born from Spanish immigrants, which is were Espanyol finds a lot of their fans. EDIT: I got players mixed up, but Raúl Tamudo has actually the same story, lives in Santa Coloma (adjacent town to Barcelona), and born to Spanish immigrants. Also super-nice fella, I met him and played PES with him a few times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thespence Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 @thespence: Dani Jarque was born in Barcelona, you won't find many Espanyol youth players born outside the city or the immediate towns. He was also born from Spanish immigrants, which is were Espanyol finds a lot of their fans. EDIT: I got players mixed up, but Raúl Tamudo has actually the same story, lives in Santa Coloma (adjacent town to Barcelona), and born to Spanish immigrants. Also super-nice fella, I met him and played PES with him a few times. When people were banging on about the Wigan manager when he was at Swansea I was saying he is one trick pony as far knowledge goes as every player he seemed sign was either from Catalonia or had played there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 All decent players from the Spanish third flight, it's very easy to get those on a free, so I guess it was great business for Swansea. Can't believe Jordi Gómez starts week in week out in a Premier League side though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thespence Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 All decent players from the Spanish third flight, it's very easy to get those on a free, so I guess it was great business for Swansea. Can't believe Jordi Gómez starts week in week out in a Premier League side though. They lad Angel Rangel who they signed Terrassa looks a good un. What level are Terrassa & where Catalonia are they based? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 All decent players from the Spanish third flight, it's very easy to get those on a free, so I guess it was great business for Swansea. Can't believe Jordi Gómez starts week in week out in a Premier League side though. They lad Angel Rangel who they signed Terrassa looks a good un. What level are Terrassa & where Catalonia are they based? Terrassa are Spanish Segunda B (third flight), the town of Terrassa is 30 km north of Barcelona, Xavi's birthplace sporting-wise, though, they are famous for field-hockey. An absurd amount of players of the Spanish field hockey team (several times world/olympic medalist) comes from Terrassa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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