Ten Games in October
October opened with a game between the last two teams in the major European leagues to not have dropped points, and ended with the return of Luis Suárez in the […]
Category Archives: La Liga
Ten Games in September
The European season tends to hit full stride in September, with enough games played for stories to emerge that shape our expectations going forward, and this September was no exception. […]
Ten Games in August
This is a new monthly feature summarizing the ten games you should have seen from the month just past. Where possible, I will try to add links to highlights and […]
Poke in the Eye
Well, the first post-Mourinho Classico has come and gone, and it was a game with little to complain about. Tactical surprises from both sides, though by far the more dramatic […]
Tiki-Tata
One reader of my previous post (on how Art Tatum explains the genius of tiki-taka) asked about why I didn’t discuss Barcelona’s 7-0 aggregate loss to Bayern Munich in the Champions […]
Barcelona Back-Pass
Following up on my Tiki-Tatum post, one facebook commenter asked why I didn’t talk about Barcelona’s loss to Bayern Munich in the Champions League last year. That’s a fair question, […]
Tiki-Tatum
UPDATE (2 May 2017): Thanks to Bécquer Seguín for linking to this now somewhat dated article. I hope that it’s main argument still holds, and is of interest. It was […]
Stoopid American 