http://valencia.theoffside.com News from Valencia Football CLub in the Spanish La Liga Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:22:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A petition had been sent to the Vatican to begin the process of recognizing all Valencia CF fans as saints. Its to be expected of course seeing how much suffering we are forced to endure week in and week out. My blood pressure is high and my finger nails are non-existant. Valencia will ... http://valencia.theoffside.com/team-news/by-the-skin-of-our-teeth.html Valencia fans are nasty fans. Thats the conclusion that has to be drawn if you read the the chatter this week. Our Che have lost 1 game all season. 1 Match. We are in 4th and within grasp of the top. And yet even after a hard win against Malaga the fans ... http://valencia.theoffside.com/team-news/1064.html The midweek Copa del Rey match went far better for Valencia than it did for a few of the other top leaguers this week. Though not spectacular the single away goal by Joaquin has placed Valencia firmly in the drivers seat for the upcomming home game. Joaquin scored a a gorgeous ... http://valencia.theoffside.com/team-news/a-win-a-confused-coach-and-a-two-game-suspension.html So just a quick update before our Copa del Rey encounter. World Soccer magazine has just awarded our very own DAVID VILLA best forward in the world. Booya Not that we didnt already know that. Villa has proven himself already this season with a stunning 7 goals. There is however rumours once again that ... http://valencia.theoffside.com/team-news/a-quickie-2.html So the stars have aligned and the weekend thus far has worked out beautifully for los Che to move up int he table. A win in Almeria and we move up to 5th place and within striking distance of the top 4. These are a vital 3 points. Now Valencia, truth be told ... http://valencia.theoffside.com/team-news/focus-almeria.html So now that I have sobered up from the drunken stupor after the Valencia Barca match I can look at things a little more subjectively before our next encounter. But first a recap of our adventure with the best team in the world. In case you missed it. Which ... http://valencia.theoffside.com/team-news/pft-barca.html So the day is upon us. The day we look forward to and fear every year. Barca is comming to Mestalla. What will happen? Will we play the glorious game that we saw last season. Will Barca create magic and have a goal fiesta in our castle. Well i hope not. It ... http://valencia.theoffside.com/team-news/its-gameday.html Ok i dont think anybody will disagree with me when i say that yesterdays match was far from pretty. Our midfield was not fluid. Our attack was lackluster. Our wings fairly ineffective. Our defense and goal tending however was vastly improved. While i will say that Bruno is no substitute for Miguel on ... http://valencia.theoffside.com/team-news/a-win-is-a-win.html First off, don't forget to read Javier's post from yesterday. It's a good one. Today, it's an analysis of VCF's 'defense' from the perspective of last weekend's Atletico Madrid draw by intrepid supporter/commentator Nithin, complete with videos from Kyle's excellent Locos 4 Los Che. It took some time to get ... http://valencia.theoffside.com/team-news/an-analysis-of-our-defense.html Well its been quite the couple of weeks. Sorry about the lack of posting. The Offside did a update and it wasnt agreeing with my computer. But now all is well and you can expect to read my enlightened and grandious opinion once again from week to week. So how was ... http://valencia.theoffside.com/team-news/trials-and-tribulations.html