Siempre Positivo

E276: Jordi Alba, Jules Kounde, and a game of football?

Jordi Alba is leaving Barcelona, Jules Kounde might be, and apparently Barca lost 3-1 at Valladolid last night.

Sam, Rik and Toni talk about the things.

E275: Vinicius racially abused again, Barça lift 27th LaLiga trophy

Barcelona suffered their first defeat in LaLiga at Spotify Camp Nou this season as they were beaten 2-1 by Champions League-chasing Real Sociedad. Mikel Merino and Alexander Sorloth got the goals f...

E274: Alemany's Barça U-turn & Chyhrynskyi interview

Wednesday was a busy day. Director of football Mateu Alemany reversed his decision to leave Barcelona -- se queda! -- and Manchester City smashed Real Madrid to set up a Champions League final with...

E273: Q&A on mixed Barca 7s dream team, Lamine Yamal...

The other half of the Q&A from last week, on Lamine Yamal. Alexanko, Spotify deal, Cruyff, Toni’s Relevo decision, Barca 7-a-side mixed team, City or Madrid, and plenty of other topics...

E272: Campeones, campeones, oe, oe, oe!

Barcelona are Spanish champions. It only took 272 episodes. Sam, Rik and Toni on the 4-2 win over Espanyol and winning La Liga for the first time since 2019.

E271: Q&A on Leo Messi and Sergio Busquets

There were a lot of questions this week so we focused on the ones about Leo Messi and Sergio Busquets, with the rest to come in another Q&A ep next Tuesday.

Busquets legacy in pivot, who ...

Any questions?

Recording a new Q&A this week. Anything to ask? Signing Messi? Replacing Busquets? Alemany? Deco? Winning the league at Espanyol? Montjuïc? Transfers? Comment below 👇🏼

E270: Messi and Busquets to Saudi Arabia? How would Deco fit at Barça?

Following a game-less weekend in LaLiga, Sam and Toni discuss the issues of the week in the latest episode of Siempre Positivo.

As reports continue to grow that Lionel Messi will move to Saud...

E269: It's getting Messi in Paris (ft. JJ)

Sam, Rik and Jonathan Johnson, a journalist in Paris who covers PSG for CBS, gives us the lowdown on what's happening right now, how Messi's time in Paris has been, and a bit of Neymar too.

F...

E268: Barça two points from LaLiga title but Alemany off in the summer

Welcome to a taster of what you can get on Siempre Positivo's Patreon! As promised, due to the delay in Monday's free podcast hitting stores, we have made this episode free to everyone as an apolog...

E267: Lamine Yamal becomes Barça's youngest-ever player in LaLiga

Barcelona handed a debut to 15-year-old Lamine Yamal in Saturday's 4-0 win over Real Betis. The teenager came on for the final 10 minutes after goals from the returning Andreas Christensen, Robert ...

E266: Xavi debate and Barca reach UWCL final

Sam, Rik and Toni answer a couple of questions about Xavi in depth, whether he's the right man for Barca mid to long term, his contract and more. Then Sam and Rik discuss Barca Femeni drawing with ...

E265: Rayo... and more interesting things

Sam, Rik and Toni talk about Rayo's 2-1 win over Barca at Vallecas but also plenty of other topics, Toni's trip to Athens to meet Chyhrynskyi, Taty Castellanos, Kessie's future... 

E264: Barca beat Atletico Madrid to close in on title

Sam and Rik talk about Barcelona's 1-0 win over Atletico on Sunday afternoon which restored their 11-point lead at the top of La Liga. Frenkie and Pedri were back, Lewandowski was guilty of extreme...

E263: Negreira case, Gundogan or Kante & Espai Barça concerns

It's the latest Q&A, brought to you by Sam and Toni. 

They discuss the latest on Lionel Messi, the continued fall out to the Negreira case, rotating Marc-Andre ter Stegen, signing Il...

Hit us with questions

We'll record a Q&A at some point this week, not 100% sure when, so fire away! 

E262: Barca's Getafe draw and Laporta on Caso Negreira

Sam, Rik and Toni discuss the 0-0 draw between Barca and Getafe, then analyse what Joan Laporta had to say about Caso Negreira. Kounde, Pablo Torre, Xavi and more come under the spotlight, then Ton...

E261: Gundogan, Gavi, Messi, Laporta, Peter Crouch & goal factories

With a quiet week by Barcelona's usual standards, Rik, Sam and Toni touched on some of the stories circling club at the moment, including: 

-- Gundogan's old people's home?
-- Where w...

E260: Barca bad in Girona draw (but the pod is good)

Sam, Rik and Toni talk a little about Barca's 0-0 draw with Girona but get stuck into other issues too, including motivation, fans, using youngsters, Xavi's anger at "cheapest title" line, media ca...

E259: Q&A on Messi return, FFP, Lewandowski and more

Rik and Toni and then Rik and Sam answer all (not quite) of your questions after the Clasico defeat and ahead of Barca vs Girona. Nice array of questions, thanks as ever for submitting them!

E258: Barcelona's Clásico streak ends with Copa del Rey disappointment

Three successive wins over Real Madrid ground to an end on Wednesday as Barcelona were knocked out of the Copa del Rey. Madrid overturned a first leg deficit, winning 4-0 at Camp Nou to set up a fi...

Next Q&A...

Hey everyone, we'll probably record this on Friday, or possibly Thurs depending on our varying timetables, after the Clasico. Imagine plenty of the questions will be about/related to that, but just...

E257: Fati strikes as Barca smash Elche, gear up for cup Clasico

Sam, Rik and Toni discuss the 4-0 win over Elche at the weekend with Ansu Fati on the scoresheet, Robert Lewandowski netting twice and Ferran Torres getting in on the act. Eric Garcia played in def...

E256: Messi's Barça return, Ansu's dad and a campaign against Gavi

It's been an interesting week at Barcelona. Lionel Messi's return has never seemed closer, Ansu Fati's dad is angry about his son't lack of game time and there is a campaign growing against Gavi.&n...

E255: Ask Toni! Siempre's Luuk answers your Barca questions

Rik asks Toni questions listeners have sent in, on sales, Messi, Barca's targets next season and much more

E254: Look what happened with DiCaprio and with Rose (Q&A)

Rik, Sam and Toni go through your questions, on a Lionel Messi return to Barcelona, contract clauses, Real Madrid's level, FFP and contract renewals, and much more. And Baby Shark.

Q&A time

Hey everyone, fire away with the Qs if you will, we'll probably record Thurs.

Enjoy the international break basking in that 12 point lead!

E253: Carles Planas interview on Kings League, Luis Enrique and Lionel Messi

Former Barcelona defender Carles Planas joins the podcast this week to talk about his involvement in Gerard Pique's Kings League, playing under Luis Enrique, training with Lionel Messi... and marki...

E252: Clasico success moves Barça 12 points clear of Madrid in LaLiga

Everyone feeling positive this Monday? 

Franck Kessie's stoppage time winner handed Barcelona a third Clasico win in a row and, more importantly, moved them 12 points clear of Real Madri...

E251: Clasico preview, Dembele in Sunderland and TWO tidbits

Sam, Rik and Toni discuss Sunday's Clasico at Camp Nou: Will a win seal the title? Is the title already won? How many times can Real Madrid party a year? Should Pedri start? How important is the ho...