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The One Thing Wrong with Valencia
By: Cesar |
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This has been pointed out by Dina in yesterday’s comments and by some other posters around the internet, the one thing wrong with Valencia CF as currently constructed: Our lack of another goalscorer besides David Villa.
Look at the numbers: In 4 games, Villa has scored half of Valencia’s 8 goals, tied with Florent Sinama [...]
Category: Team News
Official: Soriano Takes Over
By: Cesar | 11 Comments
Talk about a good start to the season.
We’re in first place after 4 games.
David Villa is scoring goals for us in buckets.
We’re short Silva, Vicente, Baraja and Marchena and still holding strong.
Now this: Juan Soler is no more. Vicente Soriano is officially the largest shareholder at Valencia.
Soriano paid €65.4m to secure a [...]
Category: Team NewsMaraVilla
By: Cesar | 11 Comments
This’ll be a short post today. I’ll leave the prognosis to you.
But my initial impressions after today’s 2-0 over Malaga are good.
We didn’t play great. But who cares? We have the three points and remain at the top of the table with 10 points, tied with Villarreal.
If I’d told you before the [...]
Category: Team NewsMalaga and Accomodations
By: Cesar | 28 Comments
So tomorrow it’s a match against Malaga at La Rosaleda Stadium in southern Spain.
Sorry, but I don’t know anything about Malaga.
I know they just came up from the 2nd Division.
I know former Valencia striker Salva Ballesta sits bench there and Uruguayan striker Dario Silva scored bucket loads for them.
I know we bought waste-of-space [...]
Category: Team NewsTidbits
By: Cesar | 17 Comments
An assortment of Valencia news today ahead of Thursday’s match against Malaga …
- The club officially named their captains, as Carlos Marchena, Raul Albiol, Vicente and David Villa will wear the armband.
Three are Euro 2008 champions, with Vicente getting the nod for his commitment to the cause. Two are local lads, Albiol and [...]
Category: Team News111
By: Cesar | 12 Comments
See the title of this post?
111.
Any guess as to what that means?
No, it’s not my monthly salary. Or the amount of money in my savings account (I have less).
It’s how many fixtures have been played since we last topped the Spanish league table.
111. 111!!! One hundred eleven …
For [...]
Category: Team NewsLeaders
By: Cesar | 22 Comments
I know, I know. It’s early. The season is only three games old.
But still, after all the stuff we went through last season, isn’t it nice to say we’re the leaders in Spain?
That’s right. Valencia CF are on top of the Spanish La Liga mountain after three games courtesy of our 1-0 victory [...]
Category: Team NewsVilla, Osasuna, Timo and Valencia
By: Cesar | 19 Comments
So it looks like David Villa is ready and able to play against Osasuna tomorrow after all.
I’m happy about that. And while I will let this issue slide, I am still of the opinion that bringing Villa into the game against Maritimo on Thursday was the wrong decision. He shoots and scores and we’re [...]
Category: Team NewsBad Decisions: Villa Out for 3 Games
By: Cesar | 23 Comments
The hot Valencia topic of the day concerns our victory against an over matched Maritimo side in the UEFA Cup on Thursday. 1-0 and from all accounts, not our most impressive performance.
With the game clearly in the bag, coach Unai Emery decided to send the rested David Villa into the game to seal the [...]
Category: Team NewsWhat Was Emery Thinking?!?
By: Cesar | 7 Comments
A decent win today against a pretty poor Maritimo side in the opening leg of the first round of the UEFA Cup, 1-0 on a goal by Fernando Morientes.
The 32-year old striker evaded numerous challenges from the Maritimo defense after just 12 minutes to fire home. Morientes was part of a physically imposing forward [...]
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