Frank Rijkaard has a choice of three possible substitutes for Toure Yaya while the big man is away with the Ivory Coast national team for the African Cup Of Nations. Toure could miss as many as nine games if the Ivory Coast progress to the semi-finals. He will definitely miss both cup games with Sevilla […]

2007 was not a great year for Barça and we are all feeling pretty lousy since losing to Real Mierda last week. Nevertheless, life goes on and as we are reaching the end of the year I thought it would be appropriate to have an awards thing in order to look back at the best, and in some […]

With the apocalyptic feel surrounding Barça this week it is easy to forget that aside from the not-so-classic Clasico Barça played some good football in December. There were valuable victories over Deportivo, Stuttgart and Valencia, and a half-decent draw with Espanyol, which had given Barça fans some cause for optimism before Madrid came along to spoil […]

Yes, I know it’s yesterday’s news but I’ve been very busy. There were no big surprises in the final results of France Football’s Golden Ball Award. Kaka was the obvious winner for being the best player in last season’s edition of the Champions League. Cristiano Ronaldo just pipped Messi to second place as he won […]

I have to admit I am always in two minds when Barça players represent their national teams; on one side I want them to do well because I love them all so much, etc, etc, but a part of me is secretly hoping they do badly so that they get knocked out of whatever tournament they are […]

In a new feature I will be awarding the FCBnews Player Of The Month every month from now until the day I die. No surprises about the first winner. Yes, it’s Leo Messi! I will also give my top five players of the month.

There were mixed fortunes for Barça players in the latest international matches. Ronaldinho came out better than Rafa Marquez as Brazil beat Mexico 3-1 in Boston, Giovani dos Santos came on as sub for the last 16 minutes.

Ronaldinho Gaucho capped a fine performance with a goal in Brazil’s 4-2 win over USA in yesterday’s friendly match. Ronnie also played a part in Brazil’s first two goals. First he set up Kaka to shoot and the goalkeeper’s save rebounded off a defender for an own goal. Lucio then headed home a Ronaldinho corner […]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/columnists/gabriele_marcotti/article1963015.ece  
This has been on various sites but I thought I’d give it the Barça angle. Five Barça players make the top 21 places which is pretty impressive. Messi should be higher than ninth and perhaps Eto’o is a bit high at fourth. What I can’t understand is there’s no place for Xavi, Iniesta or Deco while […]