Thursday 27 November 2008

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 this 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 Sevilla 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 three hours before the start of the game, in this case: until 7 pm barcelona time.

If you give your line-up before Guardiola announes his match list (or if all the available players or 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 twelveth time this game is organized.






Table

1.5
vj

1
Severian
Zeli
jepoy
temeldinho
granche
Henry
Jerry
GrandeMessi
Maximus
Hung
FCBFan

0.5
mario ch
Dan R
Davor

45 comments:

Anonymous said...

Valdés
Alves-Márquez-Puyol-Cáceres
Xavi-Touré-Keita
Messi-Eto'o-Henry

Harshawardhan said...

valdes
alves-pique-puyol-sylvinho
toure-xavi-guddy
messi-etoo-henry

Anonymous said...

Valdes
Alves-Marquez-Pique-Puyol
Xavi-Toure-GOLjohnsen
Messi-Etoo-Henry

Anonymous said...

-------------Valdes-------------
-----------Pique--Marquez-------
---Alves-----------------Puyol---
---------Toure---Busquets-------
--------------Xavi-------------
-----Messi--------------Henry---
---------------Eto'o------------

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Unknown said...

valdes

alves marquez pique puyol

xavi busquets toure


messi eto hleb

Unknown said...

Valdes
Alves-Marquez-Pique-Puyol
Xavi-Toure-Keite
Messi-Etoo-Henry

Anonymous said...

------------Valdes
Alves---Marquez---Pique--Puyol
---Xavi----Toure----Keita
---Messi---Eto`o---Henry

Anonymous said...

Valdes

Alves-Marquez-Caseres-Puyol

Xavi-Toure-Gudjohnsen

Messi-Etoo-Henry

Anonymous said...

Valdes
Alves-Marques-Pique-Puyol
Yaya
Xavi-Eidur
Messi-Etoo-Henry

pep said...

New rule.

You cannot have more than one prediction. If you do, the last one counts and the previous ones are cancelled.

Unknown said...

------------Valdes
Alves---Marquez---Pique--Puyol
---Xavi----Toure----Keita
---Messi---Eto`o---Henry

Fanny Söderström said...

Valdés; Alves, Márquez, Puyol, Cáceres; Xavi, Touré, Keita; Messi, Eto'o, Hleb.

Dan R said...

-----------Valdes-------------
Alves--Marquez--Puyol--Caceres
-----------Toure--------------
----Xavi-----------Guddy------
---Messi-----Etoo------Henry--

Erikoisasiantuntija said...

-----------Valdes-------------
Alves--Pique--Puyol--Caceres
-----------Toure--------------
----Xavi-----------Keita------
---Messi-----Etoo------Henry--

pep said...

List is out:

Valdés, Pinto, Henry, Márquez, Xavi, Piqué, Puyol, Cáceres, Sylvinho, Bojan, Eto'o, Messi, Hleb, Alves, Keita, Gudjohnsen, Touré and Sergio Busquets

Anonymous said...

------------Valdes
Alves---Marquez---Pique--Puyol
---Xavi----Toure----Keita-----
---Messi---Etoo---Henry-------

Anonymous said...

Valdés
Alves, Piqué, Márquez, Puyol,
Xavi, Touré, Keita,
Messi, Eto'o, Henry

Dan R said...

pep, how a about 0.1 points for subs?

i mean like i guess Henry for Pedro > 75min or 45<75.

but that it only counts if you got the starting line-up correct, or only if you didnt?

could make this more interesting...

Anonymous said...

Valdes

Alves Marquez Puyol Caceras

Toure

Xavi Keita


Messi Eto'o Henry

Anonymous said...

Valdés
Alves, Caceres, Marquez, Puyol
Touré Keita
Xavi
Messi Eto'o Henry

*does it matter with different positions pep? since one person has caceres as lb and puyol as cb so would that make my prediction eliminated?

temeldinho said...

--------------Valdes---------------
Alves---Marquez-----Pique-----Puyol
---------------Toure---------------
-------Xavi-------------Keita------
--Messi-------Eto'o----------Henry-

Anonymous said...

------------Valdes
Alves---Marquez---Pique--Puyol
---Xavi----Toure----Keita
---Messi---Eto`o---Henry

Anonymous said...

valdes

alves marquez pique puyol

yaya toure

xavi keita

messi eto`o henry

Anonymous said...

valdes

alves pique caceres puyol

toure

xavi keita

messi etoo henry

Anonymous said...

Valdés
Alves Marquez Pique Puyol
Yaya
Xavi Keita
Messi Eto'o Henry

Anonymous said...

-------------VV-------------
Alves--Pique--Marquez--Puyol
---------Yaya Toure---------
-----Xavi--------Keita------
Messi------Eto'o-------Henry

Anonymous said...

-------------Valdes------------

Alves---Marquez--Puyol--Caceres

-------------Toure-------------

----Xavi---------------Keita---

Messi--------Eto'o--------Henry

Anonymous said...

Valdés
Alves, Piqué, Márquez, Puyol,
Xavi, Touré, Keita,
Messi, Eto'o, Henry

Vj said...

Valdés
Alves - Piqué - Márquez - Puyol
Xavi - Touré - Busquéts
Messi - Eto'o - Henry

pep said...

Dan R:

it could make it more interesting, but also more complicated, i guess... ;) we'll keep this for this season and we'll see next summer if we should change something. thanks for the suggestion!



Flippy:

i'm trying to be flexible, but in your case: you put caceres as centre-back so if he plays at left back (and puyol in the centre), then the prediction is wrong. what I for example don't count is the position of the centre backs. in your case: you put caceres as right centre-back and marquez as left centre-back, but even if they play and marquez plays right-centre and caceres left-centre, that's ok.

Anonymous said...

-------------Valdes-------------
-----------Puyol--Marquez-------
---Alves-----------------Caceres---
---------Toure---Keita-------
--------------Xavi-------------
-----Messi--------------Henry---
---------------Eto'o------------

Anonymous said...

valdes
alves, pique, marquez, puyol
xavi, toure, keita
messi, eto'o, henry

Anonymous said...

Valdes
Alves,Pique,Marquez,Puyol
Xavi,Yaya Toure,Keita
Messi,Eto'o,Henry

Anonymous said...

hey pep,
is there any prize for the winner???

Anonymous said...

Yes ofcourse there is a prize, 1 million Euro´s, and tickets to all Barca´s match next season ?!

Dude it's a game.

ufc_fp said...

Valdes
Alves,Marquez,Puyol,Sylvinho
Xavi,Keita,Gudjohnsen
Messi,Eto'o,Henry

pep said...

The prize is of course the honour and the adminiration of all of us, jepoy!

And maybe, if I find something original, who knows...

Louis said...

valdes
Alves, pique, marquez, puyol
Toure
Xavi, keita
Messi, eto'o, henry

Anonymous said...

-------------Valdes-------------
-----------Pique--Marquez-------
---Alves-----------------Puyol---
---------Toure---Keita-------
--------------Xavi-------------
-----Messi--------------Henry---
---------------Eto'o------------

Anonymous said...

Sorry, let the second one count…

Anonymous said...

Valdés
Alves-Pique-Marquez-Puyol
Xavi-Touré-Guddi
Messi-Eto'o-Henry

pep said...

DEADLINE

pep said...

1
Koyya
Barcik
Nikola


0,5
James
younes
temeldinho
mario ch
Bonton
FCBFan
semko
Davor
Jepoy
Louis
Tobogan

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