To be fair, I think that cap looks pretty cool, especially when it comes with that stringy thing that hangs over your face and sways when you blow at it. Or is that only for monkeys on the jukebox... either way, lots of offense meant, hope you took all and more. I'll run the riks of having 1 or 2 north indian readers... (or "1 or 2 readers" full stop.). Quite sad to see Pep and Cecs sharing a laugh after the final whistle, for a moment during his substitution, I'd hoped he said something irrevocably damaging about Pep's mom and sealed his permanent banishment, or better..death..... but if he gives us more whiny ass bitch turf-blaming looks and Beckham vs Portugal penalty moments like he did in this game, it'd be well worth it. A quite depressing moment in time when the Barca starting XI was announced, Xavi fit, but on the bench, Cesc instead. Rewind 2005-06 season where he missed half the season with his knee ligament injury and the black hole it left, me counting the days on my room wall till his return. How I wish I could make an irrevocably damaging joke about Pep's mom from Cecs'c's twitter ID.
Ideally wasn't a 5-1 scoreline, but I think Valencia and Emery deserved it. 4-2-3-1 against Barca's midfield is just planning to fail. Costa returned to his horrific best, Piatti tucking in made the left side completely porous, and Soldado is in no way a lone-striker kind of player. Only Albelda the ocean of tranquility remained stoically flawless, and his short passes under pressure in his own D sometimes, were magnificent. But any amount of Costa horrificity and Soldado doddering could have been withstood if they didn't have a gangrenous Right side of the park rapidly spreading rot through their entire system. I menacingly forebode to Tazimbhai about Barca goals all down Valencia Right flank, (menacingly for myself, for all he cared he probably thought Valencia was a girl, in which case I think he missed a TWSS moment...) with Miguel (aka Black Jim Carrey of footall - funny to see him step on a rake and get smashed in the face, but never want to see him carrying our favorite ming vase, or precious china, or to a lesser extent nerve gas globules while guidance chips are deactivated in Alcatraz) constantly allowing Pedro behind him. The traumatizing deja vu from the first leg just made it harder to understand Emery's decision to leave Bruno out the squad, R.Costa is positionally dreadful, classic solid CB who builds nest in box, him replacing B.J.Carrey was hardly an improvement at RB.
But for me to say they play like shit and will continue to do so while Banega is out (for another 6 months reportedly, excellent....) would be unfair, unconsistent, and unmature, Something to be heard from Cecsx-less Arsenal fans. And I admit it might also be intrue and inreasonable to blame a 4-2-3-1, when it's just as logical to say Barca's MF is probably going to dominate even if you have 3 across your MF, so better to populate the forward line against their high and scattered DF and score, which they did. My problem was with the players in the formation, Alba and Pablo make for a stable pairing around Jonas, both fit, both benched. My usual criticism of Jonas held good again, easy on the eye passes and return balls, but suddenly bunks class and goes to smoke a doozy in the backyard (figuratively, if you didn't get that...) - without sarcasm and exaggeration I can say he is a 5-minute Totti, good for 2 usages across 90 minutes so moment to be chosen well. Costa's game suddenly improves with Alba's dynamism and willingness to collect, and then he was taken off for Topal who is just Costa v1.a with added bugs and sudden blue screen syndrome. All in all, a game I will remember for the depressing news of Banega's injury and how I hadn't felt this way since Xavi's 2005 injury news, which makes me wonder who might come and relegate Banega to the bench even when fit, in 2017.
Ideally wasn't a 5-1 scoreline, but I think Valencia and Emery deserved it. 4-2-3-1 against Barca's midfield is just planning to fail. Costa returned to his horrific best, Piatti tucking in made the left side completely porous, and Soldado is in no way a lone-striker kind of player. Only Albelda the ocean of tranquility remained stoically flawless, and his short passes under pressure in his own D sometimes, were magnificent. But any amount of Costa horrificity and Soldado doddering could have been withstood if they didn't have a gangrenous Right side of the park rapidly spreading rot through their entire system. I menacingly forebode to Tazimbhai about Barca goals all down Valencia Right flank, (menacingly for myself, for all he cared he probably thought Valencia was a girl, in which case I think he missed a TWSS moment...) with Miguel (aka Black Jim Carrey of footall - funny to see him step on a rake and get smashed in the face, but never want to see him carrying our favorite ming vase, or precious china, or to a lesser extent nerve gas globules while guidance chips are deactivated in Alcatraz) constantly allowing Pedro behind him. The traumatizing deja vu from the first leg just made it harder to understand Emery's decision to leave Bruno out the squad, R.Costa is positionally dreadful, classic solid CB who builds nest in box, him replacing B.J.Carrey was hardly an improvement at RB.
But for me to say they play like shit and will continue to do so while Banega is out (for another 6 months reportedly, excellent....) would be unfair, unconsistent, and unmature, Something to be heard from Cecsx-less Arsenal fans. And I admit it might also be intrue and inreasonable to blame a 4-2-3-1, when it's just as logical to say Barca's MF is probably going to dominate even if you have 3 across your MF, so better to populate the forward line against their high and scattered DF and score, which they did. My problem was with the players in the formation, Alba and Pablo make for a stable pairing around Jonas, both fit, both benched. My usual criticism of Jonas held good again, easy on the eye passes and return balls, but suddenly bunks class and goes to smoke a doozy in the backyard (figuratively, if you didn't get that...) - without sarcasm and exaggeration I can say he is a 5-minute Totti, good for 2 usages across 90 minutes so moment to be chosen well. Costa's game suddenly improves with Alba's dynamism and willingness to collect, and then he was taken off for Topal who is just Costa v1.a with added bugs and sudden blue screen syndrome. All in all, a game I will remember for the depressing news of Banega's injury and how I hadn't felt this way since Xavi's 2005 injury news, which makes me wonder who might come and relegate Banega to the bench even when fit, in 2017.
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