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After hearing Lionel Messi recently take a swipe at teams who play 'football for statistics' (instead of for the entertainment of fans), my high school PE teacher came to mind. You see my PE teacher would always have us do...read more »

Sunday 1st July brought a familiar scenario for amazed football fans to witness: for the third consecutive major international trophy available, Iker Casillas, the ever-present captain of Spain and the first man with over 100 international victories to his name...read more »

As Englishmen there are many things that get on our goat and whether it is traffic wardens, too much milk in our tea, the Go Compare man, or Jordan (the person not the country), there is not much more that...read more »

Having endured the ‘wonderful football’ that we have all become acquitted to over the years, watching Spain & Barcelona, following the events of last season, it may be time for them to construct a back-up plan. Now, we all know the...read more »

In the last four years under the management of Pep Guardiola Barcelona have won 14 trophies.  This would surely mean that they do not need a change of approach in their play. However in a recent Champions League semi-final and...read more »

We may not be at the end of the domestic season yet as there are cups left to play for in certain countries and competitions, however the 8th of June draws nearer with expanding anticipation as Poland and Greece, the...read more »

It's been a dire week for the Catalan giants. It started with a defeat by fierce rivals Real Madrid, effectively ending Barca's late charge for La Liga glory. To compound the misery, their midweek aggregate defeat by Chelsea ended thee...read more »

Whichever piece of commentary you prefer, either Alan Green's  "it's  a miracle" or Gary Neville's cry of "unbelievable" nobody can avoid the astonishing nature of Chelsea's triumph over the Catalan giants. Ignoring momentarily the result, surely there was no chance...read more »

Guardiola admitted this week that he may be forced to review Barcelona's tactics following the defeat to Chelsea in the Champions League. This may come as a bit of a shock to some who see the side as fiercely stuck...read more »

Since becoming Barcelona's most successful ever coach, Pep Guardiola has become notorious for continuously signing one year contracts. His current deal will therefore expire at the end of this season and due to his out-of-the-ordinary behaviour, questions and speculation naturally...read more »