TheUNInterrupted:A Sports Odyssey

THE  GRADUAL  ASCENDANCY  OF SETIEN'S BARCA: FIRST TERM REPORT CARD  By LONN PHILLIPS SULLIVAN                   After nearly three weeks under the leadership of our new manager Quique Setien, Barcelona are frightening their reams of bandwagon fans:                These unfaithful fairweathers felt entitled to victory for so long under the umbrella of Messi's greatness, but while the collective performances, the drive, and the soul of our team ground to a halt under Valverde, it meant nothing to them .                 In 2020, many who claim Soci membership are still fixated on results, concerned with highlights, big names, advertising spectacles, and tons of trending hashtags: from their eyes, "Mes Que Un Club" could just be some type of internet trend or bizarre typo.               ...

            THE  GREAT ULTRA-SEXY: BARCELONA'S  DREAM TEAM GETS ITS MANAGER by LONN PHILLIPS SULLIVAN                 For the first time in nearly three seasons , we feel excited about Barcelona's present and their future...but it was like pulling teeth to finally get here.                For 3 long years, we wrote time and time again about what was wrong about Barcelona , why they looked utterly bored, why they seemed out of touch, how they could "perform" with such a shocking lethargy, and how it always came down to Lionel Messi rescuing a disastrous collective performance.               We described the inferior management and ineptitude of the interminable Ernesto Valverde  as he was hired, then we closely followed on baited breath as he forged forward in his scorched earth quest to sink Barcelona to th...