Joan Gamper Cup - Barcelona vs Man City

[Foley87]

if only i had the dough to come over..never mind

What sort of side do you think you will field?

Id expect us to line up

Taylor
Zabaleta Onohua Dunne Garrido
Swp Wiess Dejong Petrov
Bellamy Tevez

Looking forward to it. Few streams knocking around aswell

[Culé]

match thread :P :(

[Foley87]

where

[Stephh<3]

if only i had the dough to come over..never mind

What sort of side do you think you will field?

Id expect us to line up

Taylor
Zabaleta Onohua Dunne Garrido
Swp Wiess Dejong Petrov
Bellamy Tevez

Looking forward to it. Few streams knocking around aswell

i just wanna see iniesta and ibra play :laugh

(omg! your sig :ninja)

[Fins Prompte]

the uk members can see the game online through City's site

http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Club-news/2009/August/Barca-game-to-be-streamed-live

[Stephh<3]

the uk members can see the game online through City's site

http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Club-news/2009/August/Barca-game-to-be-streamed-live
only uk? :( ibes, do you know if any channel is going to show the game here in the u.s because i remember last year espndeportes did

[Fins Prompte]

just checked espn tv listing and Espn Deportes won't be showing it this year.

[Foley87]

ill find you some streams guys/girls

theyll be loads floating around on one of the city message boards

[mhrelayyan]

aljazeera sport will be showing it on +6 , hope that ibra show some of his skills.

[Loves To Spooge]

thats for pointing that out ibes :clap

never knew until now :)

[Culé]

Hope it turns out to be a close match though ...everytime we thrashed someone in Gamper we had a poor season!!! :(

[Culé]

ill find you some streams guys/girls

theyll be loads floating around on one of the city message boards


if u dont get any....dont feel shy to come and ask here we will be more then happy to help u :)

[Foley87]

I meant ill find you guys some if your struggling. Ill be ok as i can watch it on our official website.. Free live streaming


Anyway. Just chucked this into our match thread


How mint is this!!!

My mate works in the city store. Today goes into work to be told all the staffs names are going into a hat....21 names to be picked.....21 free trips to the game...flights and transfers to and from the airport

He and 3 of his mates at work get pulled out. All paid for by City

****in quality or what

[Culé]

I meant ill find you guys some if your struggling. Ill be ok as i can watch it on our official website.. Free live streaming


Anyway. Just chucked this into our match thread


How mint is this!!!

My mate works in the city store. Today goes into work to be told all the staffs names are going into a hat....21 names to be picked.....21 free trips to the game...flights and transfers to and from the airport

He and 3 of his mates at work get pulled out. All paid for by City

****in quality or what


Fvcking LUCK :bowing

visiting the best stadium in Europe

CLASS

[Foley87]

Very true Cule. ive been on a stadium tour but never watched City there. Cant wait for the day were next here in the Champions League hahah

[Ashraf]

Isn't that game today ? soccerstand wrote it's today but now it's not today nor tommorow .

[Foley87]

Tommorrow Ashraf

[Ashraf]

Damn , i hope it's not in conflict with Madrid's game .


EDIT : nvm there is a 2 h diff between both matches so i can watch both :P .

[mhrelayyan]

too bad it will be too late at 10.15 spain time , not sure if i will watch it since it is guranteed that barca will win it and dont know if ibra will start or he will play from the bench.

[Gumball]

its good for me though, I dont have to get up too early.

I dont care if Ibra doesn't start, he definetly is going to debut tnight/tommoz.

I also want to see the tops, lol they are gonna look so funny hehehehehe.

[mhrelayyan]

its good for me though, I dont have to get up too early.

I dont care if Ibra doesn't start, he definetly is going to debut tnight/tommoz.

I also want to see the tops, lol they are gonna look so funny hehehehehe.

ya for australia and US guys it is good time .

[Barcelinha]

fvck the progammer :(

[mhrelayyan]

fvck the progammer :(
ya very bad timing for the match dont know why they made it so late , why it cant be on 20:00 CET.

[Gumball]

fvck the progammer :(


ohhhhhhhhh, you want a tissue for your issue? :(

[Barcelinha]

man, i so badly wanted to see Ibra play :( so yeah, a box of tissues would do :(

[mhrelayyan]

ibra is preparing himself to this match

[Gumball]

Um, what about the player presentations?

will that be on TV, will there be streams for it?

[Foley87]

too bad it will be too late at 10.15 spain time , not sure if i will watch it since it is guranteed that barca will win it and dont know if ibra will start or he will play from the bench.

Arrogant Tosser

[Redhat]

wait i havent been following, but whats with the kit ibra is wearing?

[Barcelinha]

it's the Mes [que un club] shirt, lol - not official, semi-official. :)

[El Capitan]

wait i havent been following, but whats with the kit ibra is wearing?

Its a special kit designed by Nike that will be used for today only. Its to do with the MES charity initiative it seeks to promote...loks rather tasty too...

Go here for more: http://www.mesfootball.org/mes/en/home


You can buy it on the FC Barcelona website too, limited numbers but well expensive

[mhrelayyan]

Arrogant Tosser
although i dont care too much about the result today but this is reality :laugh

[PIB2]

although i dont care too much about the result today but this is reality :laugh

What is reality? That he is an arrogant tosser or that Barca are guaranteed to win? :laugh

Should be a good run out for both teams. Good experience for our players as well, particularly the younger lads like Onuoha and Ireland.

Have you got any idea what team you will put out yet? Or what attendance is expected?

[BarçaChica]

I don't have Jazeera +6 T_T
I'm gonna miss the game...

[Redhat]

Its a special kit designed by Nike that will be used for today only. Its to do with the MES charity initiative it seeks to promote...loks rather tasty too...

Go here for more: http://www.mesfootball.org/mes/en/home


You can buy it on the FC Barcelona website too, limited numbers but well expensive
special design? looks like something out of a gay pride parade.

[Barcelinha]

don't drool on it then :salute

[mhrelayyan]

What is reality? That he is an arrogant tosser or that Barca are guaranteed to win? :laugh

Should be a good run out for both teams. Good experience for our players as well, particularly the younger lads like Onuoha and Ireland.

Have you got any idea what team you will put out yet? Or what attendance is expected?

the campnou will be full so expect more than 90k for this match and pep will use most of the players in this match including ibra and messi :clap

[mhrelayyan]

I don't have Jazeera +6 T_T
I'm gonna miss the game...

abu dhabi sport will show it :clap

[Stephh<3]

Barça's lineup: Pinto, Montoya, Puyol, Fontas, Maxwell, Busquets, Toure, Gudjohnsen, Pedro, Jeffren & Bojan

no Ibra yet :(

edit: Man. City's lineup: Given, Zabaleta, Dunne, Touré, Onuoha, Weiss, Wright-Philips, Ireland, Barry, Petrov y Tévez.

[Stephh<3]

the presentation live now!
http://www.barcaloco.com/stream-3/

[mhrelayyan]

so Touré brothers might meet tonight.

[Gumball]

;3364184']the presentation live now!
http://www.barcaloco.com/stream-3/


Thankyou so much (bows down and kissing feet)

[Stephh<3]

Thankyou so much (bows down and kissing feet)

your welcome! but does it still work for you? it doesn't for me :(

[Gumball]

no, it stopped after Pep came out unfortunately

[Loves To Spooge]

feck me another reserve team.

i feel like peps hardly used the first team since the CL final!

[Messi21]

Anyone find an english stream?

[Stephh<3]

did the game start yet?

[Kosova*barca*]

can some 1 finde me USTREAM PLEASE

[Gadger]

http://live.mcfc.co.uk/

[Stephh<3]

kosova, here is one: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/futbolargento
i don't if it works though

[Stephh<3]

Anyone find an english stream?

the only one is the stream on the man. city's site

[mcmanusarsenal]

this should be a good a game hope barca win

[Ashraf]

0-1 Petrov , nice finishing .

[Stephh<3]

goal for man. city 0-1 petrov

[Gadger]

Fooking A!

[Foley87]

Utd lose to Burnely
City lead in the Nou Camp

HAHAHAHAHA

[Gadger]

too bad it will be too late at 10.15 spain time , not sure if i will watch it since it is guranteed that barca will win it and dont know if ibra will start or he will play from the bench.

lul wut?

[Gumball]

very entertaining game.

[Fins Prompte]

great pass from Ireland for the goal and Puyol played the guy onside. Some of the kids didn't impress. Montoya isn't making discard Cicnho just yet and Guddy is just doing what exactly? Zola is watching, so try to move your ass and impress.

Bojan is trying to take on the world lol. Pedro, Jeffren and Yaya have been the standouts for me.

Anyways, second half should be fantastic with Messi, Ibra, Henry, John Dos Santos, Thiago and Gai all to play

[Foley87]

Anyways, second half should be fantastic with Messi, Ibra, Henry, John Dos Santos, Thiago and Gai all to play

please tell me your joking :laugh

[Messi21]

That was probably the most impressive that Jeffren has been so far in the preseason, Yaya looked great also. Fontas also looked pretty decent.

[Stephh<3]

Anyways, second half should be fantastic with Messi, Ibra, Henry, John Dos Santos, Thiago and Gai all to play

ahh i can't wait! i can't believe i hated him before :laugh

[Gumball]

Don't forget Maxwell, hardly fuked up in defense, sometimes he looks more switched on then Abidal

[Fins Prompte]

please tell me your joking :laugh

what's to joke. Those guys will play in the second half. What, you think it's only 3 substitutions?

[Stephh<3]

omg! what a goal jonathan missed!

[Blaugrana87]

I like the way Zlatan is playing to be honest, i hope he scores a goal too.

[BarçaChica]

Oh FFS! Just level up already T_T

[Stephh<3]

4 minutes of injury time!

[Stephh<3]

game over 0-1 :(

[BarçaChica]

T_T The ball just refused to go in :censored

[Gadger]

too bad it will be too late at 10.15 spain time , not sure if i will watch it since it is guranteed that barca will win it and dont know if ibra will start or he will play from the bench.

too bad it will be too late at 10.15 spain time , not sure if i will watch it since it is guranteed that barca will win it and dont know if ibra will start or he will play from the bench.

too bad it will be too late at 10.15 spain time , not sure if i will watch it since it is guranteed that barca will win it and dont know if ibra will start or he will play from the bench.

too bad it will be too late at 10.15 spain time , not sure if i will watch it since it is guranteed that barca will win it and dont know if ibra will start or he will play from the bench.

too bad it will be too late at 10.15 spain time , not sure if i will watch it since it is guranteed that barca will win it and dont know if ibra will start or he will play from the bench.

x5 for truth.

[Fins Prompte]

lol man those chances

great showing by the young kids in the second half. Not bad at all from Ibra. He and Messi clicked well and just wait till xavi and iniesta join up with Henry.

Henrique looked good too so hope Pep changes his mind about him

some great posts and these are the kinds of games we will see this season. But much better second half.

Hope the turf is fine for sunday though because that was the biggest disappointment of the night

[Messi21]

Wow, we completely dominated the game, especially in the second half, but just couldnt put the ball in the back of the net. Jonathan and Thiago looked fantastic IMO, they really controlled the middle of the field. Keita looked good, Gai showed some flashes of his potential, and Zlatan came close a few times.

[killerswitch]

Thiago Alcantara is a 1000x better than Gudjonsen right now, not to mention the fact he's way cheaper. If Gudjonsen starts the season over him, I will commit futbol suicide.

[Fins Prompte]

Guddy wont be starting but prefer to letting John, Thiago and Gai be promoted and still play for Lucho like Pedro did last year.

Backup Rb is the only big need. Henrique is fine as a backup

[Gumball]

Wow, possession was above 80% for sure in the second half.

Very good from the kids, I like the intensity from the attacking forwards and the Midfield. Gai was impressive but again not ready yet. Thiago was very good for his first game, JDS as usual very dangerous, I gotta tell ya both are very good if not better at winning back possession then Andres and Xavi.

Alves had a bit of an off day but Imagine him on good day. Ibra and Messi :o:o:o

[Almogàver]

Not bad performance, but really bad luck... Dos Santos deserves a goal with that missile. Nice moves by Ibra, too.

[Gadger]

lol man those chances



You had more chances in the game than you're likely to get in your first 3 league games. :laugh

[Messi21]

Our youth team really is just immense. We have 2 CBs for the future in Fontas and Muniesa, 2 CMs in Thiago and Jonathan, and we have Pedro Jeffren and Gai for wingers. I really dont think we need to buy anyone else this year except for backup RB like IBES said. Im not too impressed with Montoya yet, he needs more time with Barca Athletic

[killerswitch]

Guddy wont be starting but prefer to letting John, Thiago and Gai be promoted and still play for Lucho like Pedro did last year.

Backup Rb is the only big need. Henrique is fine as a backup

Um no, Thiago is ready right now and he's better than Gudjonsen, what's so hard to understand about that? Besides he already "had a year under Lucho."

[Fins Prompte]

Um no, Thiago is ready right now and he's better than Gudjonsen, what's so hard to understand about that? Besides he already "had a year under Lucho."

Lol, what is it that you did not get from me. I agree with him being promoted.

Guddy won't be starting so where do you see thiago starting? Over xavi, iniesta or Yaya?

He is good to be promoted to the bench and still be allowed to play for Lucho. That's what pedro did and think these guys should too. Promote them and let them still play for Lucho.

Better than to be promoted and sit on your butt doing nothing.

[killerswitch]

Lol, what is it that you did not get from me. I agree with him being promoted.

Guddy won't be starting so where do you see thiago starting? Over xavi, iniesta or Yaya?

He is good to be promoted to the bench and still be allowed to play for Lucho. That's what pedro did and think these guys should too. Promote them and let them still play for Lucho.

Better than to be promoted and sit on your butt doing nothing.

I guess I didn't get you at first, disregard and carry on.

[Almogàver]

Im not too impressed with Montoya yet, he needs more time with Barca Athletic

He's too young to be in the pro squad. I've seen him last season, and he seems some kind of young Alves, really promising guy.

Gai, Montoya and Muniesa are too young. THey're not ready, but in 2-3 years they could be potential starters.

Dos Santos is a future star. Man... he has an incredible shot, good technique, fast minded, decent body... he's very complete.

[Foley87]

Some of your kids were fantastic.

I dont know what was scarier. How good your kids were or the sight of Alves Messi and Zlatan all coming on at half time haha

Anyway. You can have us a rematch if you want. Try and take the trophy off us haha

[Gumball]

I was a bit dissapointed at the ref, he pretty much ignored everytime Gai got crushed lmao.

Whats the age difference between Thiago and JDS?

[Thiggy]

Can we play you everyweek? :)

[Fins Prompte]

I was a bit dissapointed at the ref, he pretty much ignored everytime Gai got crushed lmao.

Whats the age difference between Thiago and JDS?

think Gai overdid it a bit to be honest.

John is 19 and Thaigo is 18

Also, what was up with Pep's fashion choice today.

[Gumball]

Ok, JDS is old enough to feature in some of this season games.

Its too early for Gai, the good points about him though is his intencity and he is very handy in winning back possession and down the track he will be able to become a more effective player.

[Fins Prompte]

Gai has great potential but needs to play a bit more with the youth team but should be picked for copa del rey.

[Stephh<3]

think Gai overdid it a bit to be honest.

John is 19 and Thaigo is 18

Also, what was up with Pep's fashion choice today.

he looked awesome! i love him♥ :nod

[Barcelinha]

Can we play you everyweek? :)
:handbags

i'm almost happy i missed this lol.

[mhrelayyan]

although it was a friendly but i am disappointed that pep started with the reserves in a match like this since there were over 90 000 fans who wanted the win in a match like this and since mAN.city scored from a puyol error in the offside trap they got back to a 10 man defence which make it really hard for any attack in the world to score especaily that it seems ibra is not fully fit since this is his first match since over a month so he may need more time to impress.

this is why i expected a win since i expected pep to start with the stars in this match and then include the reserve players if he done that i am sure barca would have won but congrats for man. city fans for this win.

[kw8e]

I really enjoyed this game. Nice to see so many young players with talent coming through the ranks. So who has been officially promoted to the squad this season and can any of the others who wern't promoted be called up for cup games etc.?

[Almogàver]

Can we play you everyweek?


No thanks.

That tipically english ultradefensive "Chelsea Style" kind of play , no matter what talented players they have, is boring as hell. For god's sake, even in a friendly match they play like that.

[mhrelayyan]

No thanks.

That tipically english ultradefensive "Chelsea Style" kind of play , no matter what talented players they have, is boring as hell. For god's sake, even in a friendly match they play like that.
ya pep did not expect that they will play a 10 man defence in a match like this , it seems they wanted to win this cup since it is the only cup they will win this season :laugh

[El Capitan]

:handbags

i'm almost happy i missed this lol.


*notes linha's avatar porn....someone's getting carried away with all this*

[Gumball]

although it was a friendly but i am disappointed that pep started with the reserves in a match like this since there were over 90 000 fans who wanted the win in a match like this and since mAN.city scored from a puyol error in the offside trap they got back to a 10 man defence which make it really hard for any attack in the world to score especaily that it seems ibra is not fully fit since this is his first match since over a month so he may need more time to impress.

this is why i expected a win since i expected pep to start with the stars in this match and then include the reserve players if he done that i am sure barca would have won but congrats for man. city fans for this win.


You win some you lose some, It was only 1-0 man, starting a young youth line-up after all wasn't that bad at all. It wasn't asif we totally got crapped on. we actually played quite well, Toure manage to take on the whole man city midfield too.

The second half we all expected the main players to win the match, but they couldn't, Its a good pre-season wake up call to whats coming for this season.

I expected Ibrahimovic to start too, but I guess Pep doesn't want to push him too hard too early. Same goes with Messi. Pep preffered to field both of them together, and so the reason he fielded them in the second half.

[mhrelayyan]

You win some you lose some, It was only 1-0 man, starting a young youth line-up after all wasn't that bad at all. It wasn't asif we totally got crapped on. we actually played quite well, Toure manage to take on the whole man city midfield too.

The second half we all expected the main players to win the match, but they couldn't, Its a good pre-season wake up call to whats coming for this season.

I expected Ibrahimovic to start too, but I guess Pep doesn't want to push him too hard too early. Same goes with Messi. Pep preffered to field both of them together, and so the reason he fielded them in the second half.

ibra needs to try his best to play according to barca style which is different than in italy , our bad luck that he was injured in the last preseason matches.

[El Capitan]

Dunno if posted, in preparation for this match Zlatan was 2 minutes late for training?

http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotbollsbladet/internationell/spanien/article5661971.ab


The way Guardiola paces around waiting for him makes it look like Ibras on death row....

[mhrelayyan]

Dunno if posted, in preparation for this match Zlatan was 2 minutes late for training?

http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotbollsbladet/internationell/spanien/article5661971.ab


The way Guardiola paces around waiting for him makes it look like Ibras on death row....

pep said in press conf that we got ibra for 5 years not for a match , so it seems he will give him time to adapt to barca style , hope he will be better in athletic match.

[Barcelinha]

Ibra needs to be flogged for being late.

i'm on it dudes! :ticcan

:goleo2

[Fins Prompte]

Dunno if posted, in preparation for this match Zlatan was 2 minutes late for training?

http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotbollsbladet/internationell/spanien/article5661971.ab


The way Guardiola paces around waiting for him makes it look like Ibras on death row....

supposedly he was late because they were putting new bandages on his hand.

[PIB2]

To be fair to City, we are not a defensive team like Chelsea were last season. A midfield of SWP, Ireland, Weiss and Petrov is never going to be purposely defensive. We just happened to find ourselves 1-0 up at the Nou Camp, so we were never going to get chances to attack with Barcelona attacking us all the time.

Anyway, good game. Some of your kids looked great.

[Fins Prompte]

I won't criticize City's approach. The only one who bothered me was Given wasting too much time on every goal kick. It's a friendly, so what's the point of wasting time.

[Culé]

i m making match threads form now on

[Fins Prompte]

lol so get this sunday's game up

[Culé]

sure will make it in a while :)

[El Capitan]

i m making match threads form now on


100% agreed...lets get winning :clap

[Culé]

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[Culé]

i m making match threads form now on


lol cant believe it worked :laugh (again):drinkbeer