Recent content by ratburger

Guys, guy, look on the bright side: Atletico or Sevilla winning the title is good for the league's image!

The last time Barca was humiliated in the Champions League (against Bayern) Masch was also unavailable.

Played in beast-mode today. MotM for me.

Against the big teams in the CL, Barca almost always loses the away games. Let's just hope it's a loss by a single goal rather than a three- or four-goal thrashing. If I was Tata, I'd play a very defensive team away, dropping Sanchez/Pedro and only having Neymar and Messi up front, while...

If Messi isn't 100% fit for these games, Barca is definitely out.

To be fair, it was difficult situation for Masch. On the replay, you can see Masch starts next to Benzema, but Benzema makes a diagonal run away from Masch. Masch couldn't both look at Benz and also be able to see the cross coming in. Best way to defend that ball was Alves getting in tighter and...

I don't understand, Masch wasn't even on the field yet Barca conceded 3 goals. People were swearing not so long ago that Masch was the cause of all of Barca's defensive frailties. Truly baffling.

Pep would seem like the obvious replacement and I doubt he would refuse if the club asked. It would cause the club the least issues later on too, since Pep would be fine with a temporary assignment. If Barca brings in Luis Enrique or someone else, what happens if Tito recovers? Does he get his...

Pass to Valdes for RM's second goal was from Adriano.

Anybody heard anything about the La Liga TV rights sale? Was supposed to take place in June, but I haven't heard anything about it yet. It seems in April, the Spanish TV stations threatened to reduce how much they pay for the rights substantially...

Personally, what I'm worried about most is Barcelona conceding an early goal. In big matches, for the first 10-15 minutes the Barca players always play poorly, as if Pep had just dragged them out of bed at 5AM and tossed them onto the pitch.