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‘It’s Boring to Finish 3rd or 4th Every Season’
By: Cesar |
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The title of this article are words uttered by our dearly beloved, coach Quique Sanchez Flores during a sitdown with Spanish rag AS.
Well, maybe my translation isn’t quite right, but I think we get the point. And he’s right: it’s a bore seeing a team as good as this finishing in such a rubbish [...]
Updates and Tidbits
By: Cesar | 21 Comments
I wish there was more to say, but it’s been a slow time for our lads out in pre-season training.
- Hildebrand and Alexis, two of our summer transfers, are having physical problems and didn’t participate in training the last few days.
- Kim Kallstrom’s agent is in Valencia today hoping to secure a deal. [...]
First Pre-Season Match
By: Cesar | 5 Comments
The tedious, yawn-inducing season known as ‘pre-season’ got underway today as Valencia kicked off against Lokomotiv Sofía in Ermelo, Holland.
500 people with nothing better to do showed up and watched captain David Albelda receive two yellows and an early trip to the showers, David Villa miss a penalty and the debuts of Alexis, Sunny, [...]
Ivan Helguera? Hmm …
By: Cesar | 9 Comments
Our beloved signed defender Ivan Helguera from Real Madrid today. Judging by the picture, he looks sort of confused about it.
He’s been capped 47 times for Spain, won three league titles and two European Cups after joining Real from Espanyol in 1999.
He was overlooked at the start of last season by coach Fabio Capello, [...]
Sunny, Mata and some guy named Ayala
By: Cesar | 10 Comments
The future of our beloved Valencia CF was on display today as young starlets Juan Angel Mata and Sunday Stephen Obayan, known as ‘Sunny’, passed physicals and were presented to the media.
These young lads are the future of not only our club, but the Spanish national team, showing flair and finesse at the Under-20 [...]
Category: Team NewsThe Season Starts Today … Kind of …
By: Cesar | 9 Comments
The pre-season starts today, with Valencia returning to the friendly confines of Paterna to begin work on the 2007-2008 campaign. The year we win the Champions League? The season we celebrate a Triplete?
We’ll see.
Today, I’ll take a break from my usual whine fest to give you opinions on some of the interesting news emanating [...]
Lucho, Morientes Shocker and the Fixtures List
By: Cesar | 4 Comments
Let me begin by not ranting and raving too much at the inadequacies of my favorite team. True, I wear the escudo (shield) close to my heart. But what good will it do me to get so anxious over their lack of moves?
We did get some quality over the summer (Alexis, Hildebrand) and we [...]
Que Lento! - How Slow!
By: Cesar | 6 Comments
So … anything new? How are you guys doing?
Hot out there, no? Umm … well … hmm …
This feels like the extent of news coming out of Valencia these days.
Slim & none.
Yes, we learned that our presentation game is August 19th against Parma.
We know that we’ll play in the Emirates Cup in London [...]
Quick Hit-And-Run
By: Cesar | 6 Comments
This one’s a quickie, as we’re right in the middle of a major American holiday and I’m needing to drink some adult beverages and soak in some sun.
But that doesn’t mean the soap opera that is our beloved Valencia CF stops playing … it just keeps on churning!
The biggest news out of Mestalla [...]
Category: Team NewsSummer Dreams
By: Cesar | 9 Comments
I come to you on the eve of one of the biggest American holidays, the Fourth of July. We celebrate the declaration of our independence from the British by barbequing, attending parades, going to the beach, drinking too much and blowing up firecrackers.
The world-renowned center of the fireworks world is Valencia. And in Valencia, [...]
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