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Update on Angulo: He Ain’t Coming Back!

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

Scratch that fuzzy homecoming for wayward striker Miguel Angel Angulo.
Yesterday’s news saw the scraggly-haired forward playing in a practice match.
Tongues started wagging, with pundits saying maybe Coach Ronnie Koeman had changed his mind. Maybe he was giving the three fired players (Angulo, David Albelda and Santi Canizares) another chance after all. Maybe he’d […]

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A Fork in the Road

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

Looks like the winning ways are back at the Mestalla, courtesy of a 3-1 victory against Real Betis.
That’s our first victory at home since late November and it’s about time. Who would have thunk at the beginning of the season that it would take THIS LONG for us to win a game at the […]

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Koeman v. Quique

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

Former coach Quique Sanchez Flores did well in the 6 games after the devastating 3-0 loss to Villarreal to open the season.
Recreativo-Valencia 0-1
Valencia-Getafe 2-1
Betis-Valencia 1-2
Schalke 04-Valencia 0-1
Valencia-Valladolid 2-1
Almería-Valencia 1-2
Now if you remember those matches, we didn’t play so hot in […]

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Koeman: We Need Wins

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

Coach Ronald Koeman seems to think a winning streak in La Liga might catapult us into Champions League contention for next season … You think?? Sorry for being so condescending, but this has been such a long, frustrating season. It’s hard to know what to think about this squad from week to week anymore.
Here’s […]

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Lost in the Desert

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

We’re in trouble. Serious trouble.
I didn’t watch the match, but caught the last half commentary online.
Wow. This isn’t good.
We haven’t won a league game in nine matches, since November 10th.
We haven’t scored in 4 home matches, equaling our worst streak since 1993-94.
We’re in serious trouble. 11th place. Still 5 points from the […]

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A Cup We Sorely Need

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

Lots to say today.
First off, we really need a victory tomorrow against Atletico Madrid. I’ll be at my local to cheer the lads on. If you’re around, please make sure to come.
This is a tide shifting match. Should we lose, I can honestly see the morale sinking even more, the play bottoming out […]

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Barca and Las Fallas

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

Wish I had more time, so here’s a short one …
I thought we played sufficient against Atletico Madrid on Wednesday. We weren’t great, but we weren’t bad.
Silly first goal, with the ball rolling in off Cleber’s leg. A goal is a goal, though …
Great shot by Mata for our second. Beautiful […]

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Finally!

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

In the euphoria of watching my first African Cup of Nations match (Ghana-Nigeria was one of the best football matches I’ve seen in some time) and the New York Giants winning the Super Bowl (WOW!), I didn’t get to watch our beloved Valencia.
But great to see they won 2-0 over Real Valladolid, goals by […]

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Angulo Back? What About the Others?

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

Today’s wire has a news story about the ‘return’ of broken-hearted striker Miguel Angel Angulo. I say ‘return’ because it’s not really a comeback, more of a ‘you’re there, so wanna play?’
Maybe it’s not significant that Angulo played a heavy part in yesterday’s first team training session and practice match. Maybe it means absolutely […]

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Imagine 35 mates together in loving harmony & FC BARCELONA die hard fans. Each also with a life long dream, to put on their footyuniforms, grab a ball & run onto “Camp Nou” to play a 90 minutematch & score that winning goal. That dream is now possible for the “economical” price of only 40,000€.
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