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Diaz (agent): "There's a deal with Barça and Madrid on them playing together in the tribute game for Jarque. Now we look for a date."
note: espanyol player dani jarque, a close friend of andres iniesta, died from a heart attack in 2009 at the age of 26
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Prometheus wrote:Great to have this going again Khaled, not sure where id get all my barca news otherwise!!

also im sick of hearing about £35million plus Thiago for Cesc, the club cant be that stupid can it?!?! :O

haha:)

Prometheus.. if u have Twitter?
just follow Barcastuff.. they bring their news from sport.es, md,marca, as etc...
they are very updated... u can also follow fcblive..

Fomer Barcelona player Eusebio (47) could today be presented as new coach to the Barcelona B squad after their last training session. [md]

Tw Puyol: "Today treatment, morning and afternoon, plus visit to the doctor and good news: crutches out, come oooooon!!! Moc moc"


Get Well Soon Puyol :D

What's the chance of signing Nasri? Much cheaper than Fabregas.

Blackmore. wrote:What's the chance of signing Nasri? Much cheaper than Fabregas.

To play where though?

We have enough midfielders and as a forward, he isnt good imo.

Some Stats:

`Barcelona are the only team to have scored more than 30 goals in the current CL format: 32 (2008-09), 30 (2010-11)

`7 out of Barcelona's 95 Liga goals this seaon were headers.

Martin Montoya: “Thiago will be there”

One of the leading lights of this season’s Barça B team, Martin Montoya, has voiced his opinions about some of his youth team colleagues, with both Thiago Alcantara and Bojan Krkic receiving high praise from the young defender.

Montoya, who was given his first-team Barça debut by Pep Guardiola against Mallorca in March of this year, spoke openly of his admiration for fellow B team colleague Thiago Alcantara, saying, “Thiago is set to be the alternative for Iniesta and Xavi. The day they go, he will be there. I’m sure. He is, for me, a player who is a number 10.”

Speaking ahead of his involvement with Spain at this summer’s European under-21 championships, Montoya also revealed his belief that under-fire forward Bojan Krkic has the quality to still succeed with the Catalan champions: “Bojan has the right abilities to stay. For me he is a real crack. I think he has had few opportunities.”

Asked about the current crop of youth team players who are being given their chance to shine with the first-team, Montoya was certain of the good work being done. “They work very well with the quarry. The people in the first-team behave very well with us, as does Pep. It’s amazing because it gives us the opportunity.“

Read more: http://www.totalbarca.com/2011/news/martin-montoya-thiago-will-be-there/#ixzz1OZAw7kfJ

commentators of diff languages react to messi 2nd goal vs madrid

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Barcelona midfielder Thiago Alcantara (20) had suffered an injury to his left ankle while playing for Spain U21 against Russia.

MRI revealed the injury is not very serious and Thiago could be ready when Spain play England in U21 European Championships next Sunday.

cholla, nice post about the Uefa teams of the year.

BTW billionmillion hasn't joined yet. Anyone has any idea?

Khaledbarca wrote:

Prometheus wrote:Great to have this going again Khaled, not sure where id get all my barca news otherwise!!

also im sick of hearing about £35million plus Thiago for Cesc, the club cant be that stupid can it?!?! :O

haha:)

Prometheus.. if u have Twitter?
just follow Barcastuff.. they bring their news from sport.es, md,marca, as etc...
they are very updated... u can also follow fcblive..

I recently started doing that. Just like all other Barcelona fans, I too would like to thank you Khaled for your continued splendid work.

The Franchise wrote:

Blackmore. wrote:What's the chance of signing Nasri? Much cheaper than Fabregas.

To play where though?

We have enough midfielders and as a forward, he isnt good imo.

dani, I thought the same when I read this suggestion posted earlier. I can't see a way to fit him well into our system. At most maybe as Iniesta's understudy but he is too big a name for that.

This brings me to another point. Sometimes we perhaps do not appreciate enough that Villa and Pedro play off the ball thus making it easier for Messi and our midfielders. However when players like A.Sanchez and G.Rossi come in, how far will they play off the ball and would their trying to get the ball too much cause any adverse effects?

jdeepak14 wrote:

Khaledbarca wrote:

Prometheus wrote:Great to have this going again Khaled, not sure where id get all my barca news otherwise!!

also im sick of hearing about £35million plus Thiago for Cesc, the club cant be that stupid can it?!?! :O

haha:)

Prometheus.. if u have Twitter?
just follow Barcastuff.. they bring their news from sport.es, md,marca, as etc...
they are very updated... u can also follow fcblive..

I recently started doing that. Just like all other Barcelona fans, I too would like to thank you Khaled for your continued splendid work.

thx jd

jdeepak14 wrote:

The Franchise wrote:

Blackmore. wrote:What's the chance of signing Nasri? Much cheaper than Fabregas.

To play where though?

We have enough midfielders and as a forward, he isnt good imo.

dani, I thought the same when I read this suggestion posted earlier. I can't see a way to fit him well into our system. At most maybe as Iniesta's understudy but he is too big a name for that.

This brings me to another point. Sometimes we perhaps do not appreciate enough that Villa and Pedro play off the ball thus making it easier for Messi and our midfielders. However when players like A.Sanchez and G.Rossi come in, how far will they play off the ball and would their trying to get the ball too much cause any adverse effects?

I dont think so JD, not those two players.

Rossi is a natural striker, he knows very well the importance of off ball movement. For Villareal, you can see the importance of it and his role there. I dont see this as a problem.

For Sanchez, he was once a winger, they too generally have the appetite to work away from the ball. As in the last forum, I put up a video of him vs Milan. In it I analysed and picked apart his good and bad points. Did you see it?

Anyway, there is perhaps a question mark, but overall I dont think it will have adverse effects. Its someone like Nasri (a offensive midfielder) masquerading as a forward which would cause the problems.

jdeepak14 wrote:BTW billionmillion hasn't joined yet. Anyone has any idea?

Billion has joined under the same name too

Numancia coach Unzue will certainly return to Barcelona, most probably as goalkeeping coach of the first team, maybe as B-team coach [sport]

Cristiano who???

The Franchise wrote:

jdeepak14 wrote:

The Franchise wrote:

Blackmore. wrote:What's the chance of signing Nasri? Much cheaper than Fabregas.

To play where though?

We have enough midfielders and as a forward, he isnt good imo.

dani, I thought the same when I read this suggestion posted earlier. I can't see a way to fit him well into our system. At most maybe as Iniesta's understudy but he is too big a name for that.

This brings me to another point. Sometimes we perhaps do not appreciate enough that Villa and Pedro play off the ball thus making it easier for Messi and our midfielders. However when players like A.Sanchez and G.Rossi come in, how far will they play off the ball and would their trying to get the ball too much cause any adverse effects?

I dont think so JD, not those two players.

Rossi is a natural striker, he knows very well the importance of off ball movement. For Villareal, you can see the importance of it and his role there. I dont see this as a problem.

For Sanchez, he was once a winger, they too generally have the appetite to work away from the ball. As in the last forum, I put up a video of him vs Milan. In it I analysed and picked apart his good and bad points. Did you see it?

Anyway, there is perhaps a question mark, but overall I dont think it will have adverse effects. Its someone like Nasri (a offensive midfielder) masquerading as a forward which would cause the problems.

Thanks for the explanation dani. It makes good sense.

Lionel Messi wrote:

jdeepak14 wrote:BTW billionmillion hasn't joined yet. Anyone has any idea?

Billion has joined under the same name too

Oh yes. I saw a post of his today. That's great.