I giovani non sono bamboccioni. E' questo, in sostanza, il pensiero espresso dal selezionatore azzurro che esce allo scoperto. Marcello Lippi entra, infatti, sulla questione sollevata dal tecnico interista, Josè Mourinho, e difende in modo totale ed incondizionato i giovani virgulti del calcio moderno. Click to continue reading...

5ive's return to the london club scene was perhaps too much of an incentive for pete.

A couple of headlines have arisen since my last post; both of which would seem to proliferate the idea that our squad (and the wider representation of our club in the mainstream) would be top of the league for competitive drinking.

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Spurs Duo who can't get a look in as north London side go from strength to strength.

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Meanwhile in the only player-related transfer rumour to be unearthed in a sweep of today's papers, Portsmouth are ready to splash some of the money nobody is quite sure they have on Tottenham's Giovani Dos Santos.

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have it.

We won the match quite convincingly; and whilst there can be question marks drawn up as to the quality of an opposition that gifted the game to us through lack of defensive pressure. Was a little bit like watching us play against the 'spurs of old' at times. But anyway; particular headlines of note:

Peter Crouch is awesome.

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'yeah so; turns out i'm brilliant and will score as much as aaron if you play me regularly and i'm pretty much better on the left hand side that the skipper if you'll let me have a crack. you don't understand a word i'm saying do you? i'll get my coat.

Right so; it's apparently clear that we're not exactly Manchester United of Chelsea quite yet.

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'uncle harry was mean to me!'

Right; so it appears that we've got a bit of a task on our hands. Chelsea away is probably the hardest place to go in the premier league. In my eyes; what we should be looking at is certainly giving them a run for their money and upping the performance from the second half spurs of old that was exhibited against Manchester United.

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Mexican with a bright future.

Despite being highly regarded at former club Barcelona, Mexican forward Giovani dos Santos has so far been unable to break into Tottenham Hotspur's first XI and was even loaned out to lower league club Ipswich Town last season. However, Spurs' manager Harry Redknapp insists the player still has a future at White Hart Lane.

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Time to consider options?

Reports in Greece, claim website IMScouting.com, suggest Olympiakos plan to offer Tottenham's Giovani Dos Santos an escape route on loan but they face competition from Turkish rivals Besiktas who are keen on the Mexican misfit. (Daily Mail)

It appears that the Greek side Olympiakos are only interested in a loan deal for the young Mexican but the Turkish outfit Besiktas would be interested in signing the £6m attacker on a permanent deal, perhaps Harry Redknapp is better off opting to send the former Barcelona man out on loan because the 20 year old has undoubted potential but could well suffer the fate of a good many Tottenham players who were at the club prior to the former Pompey manager's arrival.

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Ieri sera abbiamo toccato il fondo. La sconfitta rimediata con il Brasile, nella Confederation Cup organizzata in terra sudafricana, è stata pesante e ha fatto male. Ha evidenziato tanti problemi in questa Nazionale: gente "bollita", giovani ancora non pronti, talenti affermati e lasciati a casa a marcire, un modulo ormai che non va più. Click to continue reading...

While Juande Ramos' career at White Hart Lane is done and dusted, remains of his legacy can still be spotted. Over the summer, Tottenham wrapped up an exciting £9 million deal for Barcelona's Giovani Dos Santos. Once viewed as Barca's successor to Ronaldinho, fans around the league - myself included - were anxious to see the Mexican's talents. Click to continue reading...

Es inicio de las posadas en México y allá en Inglaterra se lo han tomado en serio, nuestro compatriota no ha podido jugar bien y ahogo las penas en una fiesta realizada por Tottenham después de ganar su ultimo partido.
Difícil para el mexicano poder recuperarse pronto si sigue así.
Las fotos de sus demás compañeros y compañía aquí. Click to continue reading...

Giovanni Dos Santos
Originally uploaded by Nahummm Mientras otros jugadores mexicanos no pueden jugar y sus traspasos se complican otros tiene la estrella tatuada en la frente, tal es el caso del joven Gio Dos Santos quien en esta ocasión cambiara de equipo.
Su situación no podría estar peor, lesionado, sin regularidad en el Tottenham donde su técnico fue cesado y sin tino en la selección nacional, pero este es un caso mas de la esperanza que se la da a un jugador por su potencial. Click to continue reading...

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Originally uploaded by ☆ىiℓνկ~ Lo pongo como pregunta por que es una nota que no tiene mucho de futbol, solo que un jugador salio el miercoles pasado con una artista, los dos mexicanos pero muy diferentes entre si.
La cantante Belinda ya ha crecido y Gio quiere sabor mexicano. Click to continue reading...

All signs point to major changes in the Barcelona squad next season. My (massively long, as it turns out) two cents on who should be staying and who needs to be ushered out the door below.
Keep in mind, though, that I haven't taken any economic considerations (e.g. selling X will get us some cash to spend on Y) into account. Click to continue reading...

As things have gone from bad to worse recently, Barcelona fans have increasingly focused our hopes on young players coming out of the club's much praised youth system. In fact, most of the best and most consistent performers in the past two seasons have been new cantera graduates - Messi, Iniesta and Bojan in addition to those who have been stalwarts for a while like Xavi and Puyol. Click to continue reading...

Japan Soccer Barcelona
Originally uploaded by yjdtjdgyjdgjkdt Giovanni Dos Santos Ramirez anoto gol en la Champions, juego histórico entre el Barcelona y Stuttgart tres mexicanos dentro el campo de juego en un partido de Champions League. Aunque no me gusto que alinearan a Gio por el lado derecho siendo, el zurdo, ademas el que lo cubría era el oaxaqueño Osorio, ventaja para el defensor que ya lo conoce y lo cubrió muy bien. Click to continue reading...

Club football is back with a bang with some interesting games in Spain this weekend and the return of the Champions League midweek, amidst the sound of club coaches grumbling about their charges returning injured (poor Arjen Robben) or tired.
Internationals

Gabi Milito and Leo Messi scored the goals for Argentina as they beat Venezuela away to top the qualifying table with 6 points. Click to continue reading...

Barcelona 3-0 Lyon
Positives

• 3 points against arguably our most difficult rival in the group
• Messi continues to improve all aspects of his game
• Henry really needed that goal
• Great to see Giovani and Bojan get their Champions League debut
• That defence: Zambrotta-Marquez-Milito-Abidal.

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I don't think I need to write a match report - it was the same old problems, after all. That's the depressing part, although I'd argue that it's far from crisis time just yet. The team are in an awkward position right now with a string of tough matches coming up that they have to get results in, but if they can't rise to the challenge then they don't deserve to compete for any silverware anyway. Click to continue reading...

As Ray Hudson said, Barca demonstrated both sides of their personality in this game. The first half was marked by a return to the wonderful, flowing, quick-passing football that the fans have been missing for quite some time, while the second half was marked by the constant state of uncertainty that characterised some games from last season. By that I mean that the players looked like they didn't know what they were supposed to be doing out there. Click to continue reading...

Barca are obviously Spain's crisis club, having drawn their first game away, a horrifying fate that has surely -
Oh for God's sake. Dictionary definition of 'leaping to conclusions', anyone?
Barca 5-0 Inter Reserves (Joan Gamper Trophy)
El Mundo Deportivo called Inter 'tourists', which is harsh but true, and who can blame the Italians with an important league fixture to come in the weekend? Click to continue reading...

Barcelona played their traditional season opener friendly against a Inter team missing most of their big stars. I could complain about that, and about the dubious scheduling of this match, but that's a matter for another post. This post is dedicated to the spirit of the evening, which was to honour the lives of former club vice-president Nicolau Casaus, who died earlier in the month, and Sevilla player Antonio Puerta, who died a few days ago. Click to continue reading...