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: N-O-T) 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 Deportivo on Saturday.

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 5:00 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 or if I decide so), 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 52nd time this game is organized.

Table

8.5
vj

8
Davor

7
westinho

6.5
ElDuroDeFCB
Zeli

6
B. Beltrocco
Barcik
Bogman
James
mario ch
xaviesta

5,5
semko

5
Henry
OLALEKAN
Söderström
temeldinho
zuka

4.5
Louis

4
Etsp
FC BARCA

3.5
Dan R
FCBFan

3
brogie
Cali Socis
Cristi M
henrikker
jerryprez
Kiki
Koyya
Nikola
ponnyKID
Ramen
sashi

2.5
ekar
GrandeMessi
jepoy
younes

2
Barca nike
BlaugranaIRE
granche
Jamrock
jester[HUN]
Jonathan
Kman
Marc4barca
nozbleed
peter
unreal2
SimonP

1.5
Knives Out
Valdi

1
admirer
DC86
Amr
Barca nerd-fan
Brambo
kamikaze kontiki
CharlesWood
Flippy
ej
engelin
Harshawardhan
hieifcb
Jacob
jordy
lostmyself
M10
Pete
rafouka
Romyan
Severian
tor
Maximus
Hung
simon
M4V3R1K
KEMPE cy
mofof
Josep
fcbee

0.5
deyaa
Michael
blaugrana poland
Bonton
Tobogan