Monday, 19 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 Espanyol 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 four 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 22nd time this game is organized.







Table

3
Zeli
jerryprez
Henry

2.5
jepoy
temeldinho
vj
FCBFan

2
Barcik
GrandeMessi
Kiki
westinho
ElDuroDeFCB
Davor
mario ch
Söderström
Nikola

1.5
nozbleed
semko
Dan R
James
Louis
younes

1
Flippy
Etsp
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

39 comments:

Anonymous said...

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

Anonymous said...

Pinto
Alves Marquez Puyol Abidal
Xavi Yaya Busquets
Messi Eto'o Iniesta

Anonymous said...

Valdes

Alves Marquez Puyol Pique

Xavi Busquets Guddy

Messi Eto'o Henry

Brambo said...

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

Anonymous said...

Pinto
Puyol-Cáceres-Márquez-Sylvinho
Busquets-Toure-Gudjohnsen
Hleb-Bojan-Iniesta

Anonymous said...

Can't believe that Alves will play.

He played all matches in 2009.


5 matches beetwen 3 - 17 January:

3 in La Liga
2 in Copa

Generally speaking, I don't know how does he stand firm...

kristian89 said...

Valdes
Puyol-Pique-Marquez-Sylvinho
Xavi-Busquet-Gudjonsen
Iniesta-Eto'o-Henry

Anonymous said...

pinto
alves,marqez,puyol,sly
xavi,toure,busquets
hleb,bojan,iniesta

Anonymous said...

pinto
alvez puyol pique abidal
xavi kieta busquets
messi eto henry

Anonymous said...

Pinto
Alves Puyol Marquez Abidal
Xavi Busquets Gudjohnson
Messi Bojan Iniesta

Anonymous said...

--------------Pinto
Alves----Marquez---Puyol---Sylvinho
-------------Keita
------Busquets------Guddy
--Hleb------Eto'o---Iniesta

Unknown said...

Pinto
Alves-Márquez-Cáceres-Sylvinho
Hleb-Busquets-Keita
Bojan-Gudjohnsen-inesta

sashi said...

Pinto
Alves-Marquez-Pique-Sylvinho
Xavi-Busquets-Guddy
Messi-Eto'o-Bojan

Anonymous said...

-----------Valdes-----------
Alves---Pique---Marquez-Abidal
-----------Keita--------------
-----Xavi-------Iniesta--------
--Hleb-----Etoo------Henry

index said...

-----------Valdes-----------
Alves---Pique---Marquez-Abidal
-----------Keita--------------
-----Xavi-------Iniesta--------
--Hleb-----Etoo------Henry

Aeneas said...

Pinto
Puyol Pique Marquez Sylvinho
Xavi Busquets Toure
Hleb Henry Iniesta

Anonymous said...

----------Pinto----------
-------Marquez-Puyol-----
--Alves------------Abidal-
-----Busquets-Toure-------
-----------Xavi----------
----Messi--------Henry---
----------Eto'o----------

Anonymous said...

pinto
alves, puyol, marquez, sylvinho
iniesta, busquets, gudjohnsen
messi, bojan, hleb

Riis said...

pinto

alves - puyol - marquez - sylvinho

xavi - busquets - iniesta

messi - henry - eto'o

Anonymous said...

heard there was a fight in the training session b/w etoo and gaurdiola, any updates on this folks ? I def feel we need a backup for etoo, hes always troublesome.

Anonymous said...

Pinto
Puyol-Pique-Marquez-Sylvinho
Xavi-Busquet-Gudjonsen
Helb-Henry-Iniesta

peter said...

Pinto
Sanchez - Pique - Marquez - Sylvinho
Xavi - Busquets - Gudjohnsen
Hleb - Bojan - Henry

Anonymous said...

--------------Pinto
Alves----Marquez---Puyol---Sylvinho
-------------Keita
------Busquets------Guddy
--Hleb------Bojan---Iniesta

temeldinho said...

--------------Pinto----------------
Alves---Marquez----Puyol---Sylvinho
---------------Keita---------------
--------Xavi---------Busquets------
---Hleb--------Henry-------Iniesta-

Anonymous said...

Pinto
Alves--Marquez--Puyol--Sylvinho
Busquets--Keita--Guddy
Hleb--Bojan--Iniesta

Harshawardhan said...

pinto
alves---marquez pique sylvinho
busquets xavi gudjohnsen
hleb bojan henry

Fanny Söderström said...

Pinto; Puyol, Márquez, Cáceres, Sylviño; Xavi, Busquets, Gudjohnsen; Hleb, Bojan, Iniesta.

Anonymous said...

valdes

alves marquez pique abidal

busquets

xavi gudjohnsen


pedro eto`o iniesta

Anonymous said...

============Pinto==============
======Puyol=======Pique========
=Alves================Sylvinho=
============Busquets===========
======Xavi=======Gudjohnsen====
==Hleb=================Iniesta=
=============Bojan=============

pep said...

DEADLINE

Anonymous said...

Pep, match time has been changed, it will be 10 p.m. spain time rather than 9
4:50 h left for the match start
http://www.sport.es/default.asp?idpublicacio_PK=44&idioma=CAS&idnoticia_PK=579774&idseccio_PK=803

i will set my line up & it's up to u to count it or not

pinto
alves-cacerec-marquez-sylvinho
sergio-toure-keita
gudi
hleb-iniesta
bojan

Knives Out said...

Valdés

Alves, Márquez, Puyol, Sylvinho

Xavi, Busquets, Iniesta

Messi, Eto'o, Henry

Vj said...

Pinto
Alves-Márquez-Cáceres-Sylvinho
Keita-Busquets-Gudjohnsen
Hleb-Bojan-Henry

Anonymous said...

i included 12 players , hehe
exclude keita

Vj said...

Its now 5:00 GMT i.e. 6:00 pm in Barcelona.. four hours before the match..

Anonymous said...

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

Y Deadline so erly?

Anonymous said...

Pinto
Dani Caceres Marquez Sylvinho
Yaya
Busquets Goddy
Hleb Bojan Iniesta

Anonymous said...

pinto
puyol marquez caceres sylvinho
Busquests Gudjohnson Keita
Hleb Bojan Iniesta

pep said...

NO WINNER



If Vj was right (thanks for that. and sorry for the mess-up, guys, hope I didn't cause some of you too much stress... ;) ), Beltrocco's line-up came too late. I have the exact time of all the entries anyway, so I'll check on that to be 100% sure.

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