Excellent stuff.Good to have good tv with weather conditions as they are up here.What do you make of Pereiro’s move to soccer rocko?He had another couple of years left in him as at the very least super domestique so perhaps he had this in mind when he retired?
He is so one-footed. Ridiculous that he’s even considered on a par with some of the legends of football when he’s shockingly bad with his right foot.
Barca have played this at a cracking tempo and rewarded with a very well taken goal there.
That’s a bizarre one Larry. No idea how good he is or is it just one of those “Danny Cipriani” type ones where he’s really just training with them and not playing.
have only bee dipping in and out of it so far…Well taken by Pedrito alright, there just doesn’t seem to be any letting up from this Barca side, thought Espanyol would do well tonight given their home form this season, granted there is only a third of the game gone but Barca are just on a different level
Ah this is gorgeous football.
This is on another level yet again. Sensational from Barca. Brilliant save by Valdes just now though.
Like Maradona?
No, Totti.
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Sergio Garcia is the benchmark he’ll have to match in terms of a successful switch to football
The record had to go sometime I suppose.
Espanyol getting another consolation goal would make my weekend
This really is a terrific game. Some wonderful football.
some fucking team 
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I found that a rather touching moment when the Espanyol fans stood up to applaud Iniesta off the pitch.
Competent, average performance from Barcelona there with just the five goals, I’d probably put the victory down to the dodgy Espanyol goalkeeper and his tracksuit bottoms. 
Relations have never been so good.
Not sure if this has already been posted
:o
Lionel Messi Is Not Good Enough For Stoke City & Barcelona Would Struggle In England - Top EPL Journalist Andy Gray
Former Aston Villa and Everton striker Andy Gray questions whether Lionel Messi’s could perform as well in the English Premier League.
TV pundit and journalist Andy Gray has sensationally remarked that Barcelona’s World Player of the Year Lionel Messi would struggle to cope with the rigours of the English Premier League, and believes he could not cut it away at Stoke City.
The Sky Sports host, who enjoyed spells with Aston Villa and Everton during his playing career, was discussing the 2010 Ballon d’Or nominees during Monday evening’s broadcast of Manchester City versus Everton.
When asked by co-presenter Richard Keys whether he felt Messi and Real Madrid rival Cristiano Ronaldo would be capable of scoring so prolifically in England, Gray stated his belief that the Argentine would “struggle in a cold night at the Britiannia Stadium”, referring to the home of top-flight side Stoke City. He added that “Barcelona would struggle in the EPL as they’ve never played the likes of Stoke.”
The 55-year-old also claimed that La Liga, when compared to its English equivalent, did not have the same depth of quality, hinting that Ronaldo and Messi would labour to score as consistently, despite the former scoring 31 goals in 34 matches for Manchester United in the 2007-08 season.
Furthermore, on Ronaldo, Gray criticised the decision to omit the Portuguese from the final of the Ballon d’Or, but added that he “would not be the player that he is today had he not played in English football”.
Gray’s remarks have caused quite a stir around the world, and the SKY pundit has been heavily criticised on social networking sites such as facebook and twitter.
gray is afraid that his gravy train (ie the epl) just might not be ‘the best league in the world’. ffs they would struggle against stoke!! barcelona wouldnt get a kick and would probably with 5 players due to frustration… as for messi struggling in the epl… ffs the guy must be on drugs…
Gray picked the wrong league. Messi can never be considered a truly great player unless he proves himself in Serie A. That’s just basic logic. He flopped horrendously against Inter over two legs last season.