Monday, 12 January 2009

The Ultimate Game: Get Inside Guardiola's head


With Frank Rijkaard you couldn't get any honour by predicting Barcelona's starting line-up. Even hockey moms could. But this has dramatically changed last summer. Until this very day, nobody has been able to crack the code of Josep Guardiola's brain. Nor has anyone got inside his sleeves.

So this is your chance to prove not only your knowledge about the game of football but also your psychological insight:

PREDICT BARCELONA'S STARTING LINE-UP


This is not (as in: NOT) a place for discussion on team tactics or personal player preferences. You just give the system and the eleven names you think will start the game against Atlético Madrid on Wednesday.

You put them in the right position, so using the 4-3-3 (or whatever you think they will play) and putting the players from the right to the left, so the right back defender is your first name after the goalkeeper. If your line-up isn't clear, my interpretation counts.

Don't forget to add your (nick)name by clicking Name/URL under the comment box and fill it in, otherwise your after-game claim to glory will be dismissed.

You can give your starting line-up until five hours before the start of the game, in this case: until 5 pm barcelona time.

If you give your line-up before Guardiola announes his match list (or if at least 20 players are included in the match list), you get one point for the correct line-up. If you do it after that announcement, you get half a point. Who will have the most points at the end of the season, can call himself the winner.


This is the 20th time this game is organized.






Table

3
jerryprez
Henry

2.5
jepoy
temeldinho
vj
FCBFan

2
Barcik
GrandeMessi
Kiki
westinho
Zeli
ElDuroDeFCB
Davor
mario ch
Söderström
Nikola

1.5
nozbleed
semko
Dan R
James
Louis
younes

1
Romyan
Severian
granche
Maximus
Hung
Koyya
Jamrock
Valdi
simon
Barca nike
SimonP
Cali Socis
KEMPE cy
mofof
B. Beltrocco
Josep
Ramen
fcbee
brogie
Jonathan
peter

0.5
blaugrana poland
Bonton
Tobogan

42 comments:

peter said...

---------------Pinto-----------
Alves---Puyol---Marquez---Sylvi
---------------Yaya------------
-----Iniesta------Gudjohnsen---
Hleb---------Henry--------Pedro


A real odd and unexpected one.

Anonymous said...

Pinto

Alves Pique Puyol Caceres

Iniesta Yaya Gudi

Messi Henry Hleb

Anonymous said...

Pinto
Alves-Márquez-Cáceres-Sylvinho
Iniesta-Touré-Gudjohnsen
Hleb-Bojan-Pedro

Anonymous said...

------Pinto-------
Alves--Caceres--Márquez--Sylvinho
------------Yaya Toure---------
-------Iniesta---Gudjohnsen---
---Hleb-----Henry----Bojan----

Anonymous said...

-----------Pinto--------------
--------Marquez-Caceres-------
---Alves-------------Sylvinho-
-----------Busquets-----------
---------Hleb----Guddy--------
-----Pedro-----------Iniesta--
------------Bojan-------------

Anonymous said...

pinto


caceres marquez pique sylvinho


gudjohnsen yaya v. sanchez



messi bojan iniesta

Anonymous said...

Pinto
Alves-Caceres-Marquez-Sylvinho
Iniesta-Toure-GOLjohnsen
Hleb-Henry-Bojan

Anonymous said...

Pinto
Alves Cacérés Pique Sylvinho
Iniesta Toure Keita
Hleb Henry Pedro

Anonymous said...

Pinto
Alves-Cáceres-Márquez-Sylvinho
Busquets-Touré-Gudjohnsen
Hleb-Bojan-Iniesta

Anonymous said...

-------------Pinto
Alves---Marquez--Caceres--Sylvinho
-------------Toure
----Busquets-----Guddy
--Hleb-----Bojan--Henry

Ramen said...

-----------Pinto---------------
Puyol--Pique--Caceres--Sylvinho
---Busquets-Toure-Gudjohnsen---
-Hleb--------Bojan--------Pedro

I believe Guardiola will have a more defensive-minded lineup, so I think this should do somewhat. :D

kamikaze kontiki said...

valdes
Alves Marquez Pique Sylvinho

---------Busquets----------
gudjohnsen-----------Iniesta

Hleb------Bojan------Henry

ponnyKID said...

pinto
puyol marquez caceres sylvi

hleb toure guddy

pedro henry bojan

Anonymous said...

Pinto
Alves Puyol Caceres Sylvinho
iniesta toure gudjohnsen
Pedro Bojan Henry

Anonymous said...

Pinto
Puyol Marquez Pique Abidal
Busi Yaya Guddy
Hleb Bojan Iniesta

Anonymous said...

Hey pep.
Just wanna remark on this part of the blog , spec "With Frank Rijkaard you couldn't get any honour by predicting Barcelona's starting line-up. Even hockey moms could. But this has dramatically changed last summer"

Allthough i know the point your tryin go get out, it still feels like a bit of bad comment against rijkaard and his pickin, first of all, he did not have the good cover Peg G has now and they are different type of coaches, rijkaard wanted the best 11 to play regularly to get the kontinueti out ..

yes ofcourse he sumtimes should have let others have a chance,
but i still feel its a bit of a digg towards a great COACH

pep said...

It's not at all a dig towards Rijkaard, Anony.

You could say the same about most other coaches in the world, who are all more predictable than Guardiola. Well, certainly the early-in-the-season Guardiola.

And playing the same guys isn't necesarily worse than changing the whole time either. So there's no good vs bad meaning there, it was just an observation about Guardiola rotating a lot, which makes the line-up a surprise.

Anonymous said...

pinto

caceres marquez pique sylvinho

gudjohnsen yaya

iniesta

messi bojan henry

Anonymous said...

--Pinto--
Puyol--Pique--Marquez--Caceres
Keith--Toure--Gudjohnsen
Hleb--Bojan--Iniesta

Anonymous said...

-----------Pinto--------------
--------Marquez-Caceres-------
---Alves-------------Sylvinho-
-----------Busquets-----------
---------Hleb----Guddy--------
-----Pedro-----------Iniesta--
------------Bojan-------------

Jesse Zentz said...

---------------Pinto-----------
Alves---Puyol---Marquez---Caceras
---------------Busquets------------
-----Iniesta----------Xavi----------
Pedro---------Henry--------Bojan

Anonymous said...

pinto

alves - marquez - caceres - sylvinho

busquets - toure - guddy

hleb - bojan - henry

barcalover said...

PINTO
ALVES PIQUE CACERES SYLVINHO

BUSQUETS KEITA GUDJOHNSEN

HLEB BOJAN HENRY

This is the lineup i believe will be played, toure needs rest and keita will be put in his place..

Anonymous said...

pinto
alves pique puyol sylvino
busquets yaya guddy
iniesta bojan henry

Fanny Söderström said...

Pinto; Alves, Márquez, Cáceres, Sylviño; Sánchez, Touré, Keita; Hleb, Bojan, Iniesta.

Anonymous said...

Pinto
Alves, Márquez, Cáceres, Sylvinho
Iniesta, Yayá, Keita
Gudjohnsen, Bojan, Henry

Brambo said...

Pinto
Alves Puyol Caceres Sylvinho
Busquets, keita, guddy
Hleb, Bojan, Iniesta

Anonymous said...

Pinto
Alves Puyol Caceres Sylvinho
Busquets, yaya, guddy
Hleb, Bojan, Iniesta

Vj said...

Pinto
Alves - Piqué - Cáceres - Sylvinho
Busquets - Touré - Iniesta
Hleb - Bojan - Henry

Anonymous said...

Pinto;
D. Alves, Márquez, Abidal, Sylvinho;
Gudjohnsen, Y. Touré, Keita;
Iniesta, Henry, Bojan

sashi said...

Pinto
Alves-Marquez-Caceres-Abidal
Guddy-Busquets-Keita
Hleb-Bojan-Iniesta

temeldinho said...

--------------Pinto----------------
Alves---Pique------Caceres-Sylvinho
--------------Busquets-------------
--Gudjohnsen------------Keita------
----Hleb-------Henry--------Bojan--

Anonymous said...

Pinto
Dani Caceres Pique Sylvinho
Toure
Goddy Iniesta
Hleb Bojan Pedro

Louis said...

pinto
puyol, pique, caceres, sylvinho
toure
iniesta, gudjohnsen
pedro, bojan, hleb

Anonymous said...

pinto
puyol, marquez, caceres, sylvinho
v.sanchez, toure, gudjohnsen
hleb, bojan, iniesta

Anonymous said...

pinto
puyol, marquez, caceres, sylvinho
v.sanchez, toure, gudjohnsen
hleb, bojan, iniesta

Harshawardhan said...

valdes
alves marquez puyol sylvinho
toure hleb keita
messi etoo henry

Anonymous said...

-----------Pinto--------------
Alves-Marquez-Cacares-Sylvinho
--Keita----Toure----Iniesta---
--Guddy----Bojan-----Henry----

Anonymous said...

..............Pinto..............
Cáceres..Márquez..Pique..Sylvinho
..............Keita..............
.......Hleb...........Guddy......
Iniesta.......Bojan.........Henry

Anonymous said...

pinto
caceres - marquez - pique - abidal

toure
xavi - gudi

iniesta - henry
bojan

pep said...

DEADLINE

pep said...

1 winner:

Zeli

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