A couple of days on from the news, Sam, Rik and Toni resume discussion of the hottest topic in town, Xavi's decision to walk away from Barca in June. After our on-the-night reaction on Patreon, this is the free Monday pod. We talk about Laporta's response, a little about the straw that broke the camel's back in the Villarreal game, and more.Support the showFor bonus content, including additional podcasts, Q&As, special collections and Discord access to join the discussion with other Barça fans, join our Patreon: patreon.com/siemprepod

Sam, Rik and Toni talk about the 2-1 win over Porto that booked Barca's place in the Champions League last 16 for the first time in three years. The performance, what it means to the club, disagreements over Kounde, and more... Support the show

Sam, Rik and Toni pick over patatas bravas and Barca's 2-1 win over Alaves in this pod recorded in a bar on Parallel after the game. (Apologises for the background noise). We talk about Barca's dire first-half performance, Jules Kounde, Xavi blaming the media for the team's low confidence and more.Support the show

Sam, Rik and Toni go through what happened on Saturday when Barca came back from two down to win 3-2 in a wild last 10 minutes at Montjuic. Plus, Frenkie de Jong's injury, how strong are Madrid after Atletico beating, and more.Support the show

Sam, Rik and Toni go through Barcelona's 1-0 win over Athletic Club on Sunday, a game where fans protested against Barcelona's involvement in the "Negreira case". Toni also explains why he does not like Athletic, in no uncertain terms.Support the show

Another game, another Barca 1-0 win. Rik and Toni talk about the victory at Camp Nou, which gave Ter Stegen an 18th clean sheet in La Liga. They discuss the penalty Valencia wanted, the one Barca missed, and Toni shares the Barca thoughts that kept him up in bed last night.Support the show

With LaLiga breaking for the World Cup, Sam, Rik and Toni look ahead to Barcelona's plans for the upcoming month and look back on the season so far. They discuss Barça's best player, best signing, best moment and much more as the league stops with Xavi Hernandez's side top, two points clear of Real Madrid. Running order: -- Barça players at World Cup -- Barça's World Cup plans -- Season review so far -- Best player -- Best signing -- Best young player-- Unsung hero -- Worst moment -- Best moment Support the show

Barcelona moved top of LaLiga at the weekend thanks to a 1-0 win over Mallorca, while Real Madrid could only manage a 1-1 draw at home to Osasuna. Now Xavi's side turn their attention to the Champions League, with a huge game against Inter Milan at the San Siro on Tuesday. Sam, Rik and Toni (from his Milan hotel) discuss the Mallorca game and look ahead to the game in Italy this week. Including but not limited to: -- Toni's flight problems-- A win is a win in Mallorca -- Lewandowski the difference -- When was the best Ter Stegen? -- Ansu Fati's first LaLiga start -- Franck Kessie-- Rik's ratings -- Around LaLiga-- Xavi's defensive issues -- A draw enough in Milan? Support the show

It's been a tough season from a Barcelona point of view but it's finally over now. Sam, Rik and Toni talk about the 2-0 defeat to Villarreal, trip to Australia for a friendly, who the best player of the campaign was and the women's Champions League final defeat.--Hot--Poor Adama--Anaesthetised Barça--Luuk's goodbye--No lap of honour--Rik's ratings--Dembele's future--Rating the season--Women's UCL final defeat--Arrogance?Support the show

Less than a week after Cadiz we're back again in a similar (sinking) boat. Sam, Rik and Toni get into the hows and whys of what's going on now Xavi's great start has tailed off.--No answers to the low block--Timewasting--Two added on for one lost--Motivation and desire--No creativity--Frenkie's funk--Gavi's penalty shout--Rik's ratings--Xavi's culpability--Change of strategy--Dest's future--Whose fault?--Rest of the seasonSupport the show

Sam, Rik and Toni talk discuss Barcelona's remarkable 3-3 draw against Celta Vigo as Sergi Barjuan's side surrendered a three-goal lead at Balaidos. There was also more bad news on the injury front as Ansu Fati, Eric Garcia and Nico Gonzalez picked up knocks. There was some good news, though, with Xavi Hernandez back as Barça boss -- although the club could not resist some drama around the announcement. Running order:-- Barça surrender Vigo lead -- 'A game of two halves' -- Worth analysing now Xavi's in?-- Super Nico Gonzalez -- Injury woes-- Rik's ratings-- Drama in Doha We'll be back this week on Patreon to reflect on Xavi's presentation on Monday in addition to a special podcast on Marc-Andre ter Stegen.Join the club: https://www.patreon.com/siemprepodSupport the show