LFP | J22 | FC Barcelona vs Sporting Gijón

So Caceres and Abidal in the center i would imagine?

about time the match thread was created, it will be interesting to see what our defense will be, and if we can manage the win with such personnel issues...

Even with a depleted side somewhat i don't see them causing any problems at Camp Nou, they will come and defend. However they did beat Sevilla last week and that first draw has to come somewhere soon, hopefully it's next week though p

Even if we drop points not the end of the world, we are so far ahead.

well, we may be far ahead but the last thing we want to do now is give rm any hope....

True especially if we get far in UCL and they get knocked out by Liverpool, they will only have the La Liga to occupy themselves with...

Well actually the defense is pretty solid. Puyol has been given the green light by the medical staff so he will probably partner Caceres in the cente with Abidal on the left and Alves on the right. In any Pep doesn't wanna risk the captain then there are many options but the safer to me looks Abidal-Caceres in the center and Sylvinho covering the left back position. As long as V.Sanchez is not playing i'm happy.

HordeZla said:

So Caceres and Abidal in the center i would imagine?

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http://www.goal.com/en/news/1706/ba...and-keita-should-be-fit-for-sporting-showdown

http://www.goal.com/en/news/1706/ba...ni-alves-has-yellow-card-for-diving-rescinded

SyKe said:

http://www.goal.com/en/news/1706/ba...and-keita-should-be-fit-for-sporting-showdown

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I hope we're not rushing Puyol...:rollani:

Most likely Puyol is 'rushing' himself, as per usual.

Let's get as many points as possible before UCL restarts again. So we can rest the likes of Messi , Eto'o and Xavi during the crucial UCL rounds.

i hope we get the three pts and take care of mallorca next. Even pep said we have lost a little of our brillance because of a little fatigue, but he said that doesn't worry him so I trust him completely.

If Alves gets a yellow in this game will he miss the next? I'd rather him be available for the Betis match than this, no to take anything away from Sporting because they can do damage as they did last week against Sevilla.

Culéd said:

Most likely Puyol is 'rushing' himself, as per usual.

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Yeah, and I'm not liking it. This isn't Manchester United we're playing tomorrow.

I'd be very disappointed if I saw Alves and Puyol in this game. We should be able to take Sporting even with our B team, so no risks and stupid decisions just because someone is eager to play.

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Apparently for next season we will wear pink on occasion. It's supposed to be a revolutionary new kit by Nike. I don't think pink and men go together. that's just me, but It'll be interesting to see how the boys look in them.

camer said:

Apparently for next season we will wear pink on occasion. It's supposed to be a revolutionary new kit by Nike. I don't think pink and men go together. that's just me, but It'll be interesting to see how the boys look in them.

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I agree

fvck NIKE!! :finger: :fero:

Yeah nike have been terrible for our kits. I dunno how long an agreement we have with them but either we should switch to adidas or nike should clean up its act.

Adidas? :howler:

A "certain other" team wears Adidas and I don't like the way they have the three-stripes™ on every shirt. We should never have a Adidas shirt IMO because the connotation with Madrid is simply too great.

Laporta signed a new improved deal with Nike I think last year or so until 2014 I believe.

I don't really see the big deal with a pink shirt especially when we haven't even seen it yet. I remember the fuss when we had red shorts but no one gave a damn when we won the CL and the league that season.