I stand by what I said on the previous page: why buy Song?
A bona fide central defender should have been first on the list of purchases.
We don't know though , he could be a revelation , a monster player in the less physical league . He's got everything I guess .
Hopefully we can have another Ya Ya in our ranks pretty soon .
There's a Twitter clip of his through balls assists and goals from last season but it starts with showing him launch into a crunching tackle taking out two opponents in one assault and then driving forward and hitting the bar with a shot .
Just watching Madrid struggling slightly at the moment ( thankfully ) home against Valencia although I'm pretty certain they will find a winner , somehow
Valencia just got a certain goal stopped with a bad offside decision .... shades of last season ...
Can't help regretting letting Madrid get their hands on Ozil , he wanted to join Barca , used to support Barca and he was cheap as chips .... what a big mistake that could prove to be as he's a fabulous player and still so young
It is obvious that he is the cheaper alternative to Javi Martinez. He is a good player and most likely the replacement of Keita with the added bonus of being able to play centre back.
It is obvious that he is the cheaper alternative to Javi Martinez. He is a good player and most likely the replacement of Keita with the added bonus of being able to play centre back.
Great start to the season , Madrid drop two points at home against Valencia , could have been better though , as Valencia had a perfectly good goal disallowed in the second half , bladdy La Liga refs !!
Not to worry , though , I'd have taken a two pint lead in La Liga this morning .... all we have to do now is win tonight's game
Im glad Twitter could confirm the players on the pitch...
I posted it to show anyone who was interested / or dont have Sky TV .... I do a lot of copying and pasting because my spelling is so very bad . I've mentioned that before .
You seem to be in a rather strange mood tonight , bud .
As I've said elsewhere , I'm not looking for trouble these days so you're wasting both our time tbh .
Half time 4:1 to Barca , playing lovely , fast free flowing football and with a rather weakened team , guess we are saving ourselves for the two upcoming games against Madrid .
Couldn't have wished for a better start to the season for Barca and Tito .
Tello has been superb and great to see pedro score so early in the season!!
Same apples to David Villa , they both will want to forget last season . Crazy for the ref to book Villa for 'excessive celebration ' after scoring in his first match following a 9 month injury lay-off !!!
Anyway a decent 5:1 start to the season and we are already 2 points ahead of the enemy
How does the future looks for Arsenal? Do they even have a little chance of winning any title?
Who knows , stranger things have happened . The guy they supposedly signed yesterday , Sahin , is a top class player as is Cazorla ( spelling) . Don't know much about the scorer they've bought and I don't rate Podolski but IF they gel together quickly they could be the suprise package , they look stronger than last season in my view . In saying all that I'm probably not the best person to answer this question given that I've got a 'virtual' ban from the Arsenal thread for simply posting positive comments about their team and manager
Some more good news .... Pepe misses the first leg against Barcelona
Real Madrid will have to do without the services of Portugal international Pepe in the upcoming Spanish Supercopa match away against Barcelona, as the defender recovers from a head injury, according to AS.
Some more good news .... Pepe misses the first leg against Barcelona
Real Madrid will have to do without the services of Portugal international Pepe in the upcoming Spanish Supercopa match away against Barcelona, as the defender recovers from a head injury, according to AS.
I caught some of the Real game on Sunday and both central defenders had head wounds, couldn't happen to nicer guys. I hope the opposition keep targeting their heads.
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I'm warming to him as we speak
I always thought Song was quite a good player, 14 assists last season.
I think Barcelona have done a decent bit of business.
A bona fide central defender should have been first on the list of purchases.
We don't know though , he could be a revelation , a monster player in the less physical league . He's got everything I guess .
Hopefully we can have another Ya Ya in our ranks pretty soon .
There's a Twitter clip of his through balls assists and goals from last season but it starts with showing him launch into a crunching tackle taking out two opponents in one assault and then driving forward and hitting the bar with a shot .
Valencia just got a certain goal stopped with a bad offside decision .... shades of last season ...
Can't help regretting letting Madrid get their hands on Ozil , he wanted to join Barca , used to support Barca and he was cheap as chips .... what a big mistake that could prove to be as he's a fabulous player and still so young
Yep , fair comments , I'd probably agree .
Not to worry , though , I'd have taken a two pint lead in La Liga this morning .... all we have to do now is win tonight's game
Kicks off in two minutes .
That didn't take long
Barca's starting eleven .
Valdes - Alves Puyol Mascherano Alba - Xavi Busquets Cesc - Pedro Messi Tello #fcblive
FC Barcelona bench : Pinto, Piqué, Adriano, Iniesta, Alexis, Villa, Sergi Roberto. #fcblive
Song still settling in , Thiago injured , Abidal and Cuenca long term injures , as I understand .
I posted it to show anyone who was interested / or dont have Sky TV .... I do a lot of copying and pasting because my spelling is so very bad . I've mentioned that before .
You seem to be in a rather strange mood tonight , bud .
As I've said elsewhere , I'm not looking for trouble these days so you're wasting both our time tbh .
Half time 4:1 to Barca , playing lovely , fast free flowing football and with a rather weakened team , guess we are saving ourselves for the two upcoming games against Madrid .
Couldn't have wished for a better start to the season for Barca and Tito .
Same apples to David Villa , they both will want to forget last season . Crazy for the ref to book Villa for 'excessive celebration ' after scoring in his first match following a 9 month injury lay-off !!!
Anyway a decent 5:1 start to the season and we are already 2 points ahead of the enemy
Pruna (team doctor): "Song has a very low body fat percentage and a very good muscle quality. Didn't have any muscle injury last 8 years."
Wonder if they will throw him into the next two matches against Real Madrid this coming week or so ??
A midfield of Mascherano / Busquets/ Song. .... fight fire with fire
Alexandre Song played the most through balls in the English Premier League last season: 24 .
#fcblive [via @WhoScored]
Who knows , stranger things have happened . The guy they supposedly signed yesterday , Sahin , is a top class player as is Cazorla ( spelling) . Don't know much about the scorer they've bought and I don't rate Podolski but IF they gel together quickly they could be the suprise package , they look stronger than last season in my view . In saying all that I'm probably not the best person to answer this question given that I've got a 'virtual' ban from the Arsenal thread for simply posting positive comments about their team and manager
Real Madrid will have to do without the services of Portugal international Pepe in the upcoming Spanish Supercopa match away against Barcelona, as the defender recovers from a head injury, according to AS.
I caught some of the Real game on Sunday and both central defenders had head wounds, couldn't happen to nicer guys. I hope the opposition keep targeting their heads.