Village Idiot

JS, I've just noticed... Isn't your signature slightly... outdated?

-inho is like the Spanish "-iño" or "-ito"; just a diminutive attached at the end of a name.

Wasn't Ronaldo Nazario known as "Ronaldinho" in Brazil (at the beginning of his career at least)? I remember this being cited as the reason Ronaldinho was known as "Ronaldinho Gaúcho" over there. Flip will know.

To donate blood, Spain only enforces a 4 month waiting time after getting a tattoo. It's not a big deal.

Anyway, I dig the arm tat because it's based on the windows of the Sagrada Família; you can't get a more Barcelona tattoo than that.

This one is recent; it is the most visible but it's far from the first tat he gets done.

Such a weird feeling to lose and yet win. Fucking buzzing at the moment, fireworks in town and people celebrating in Las Ramblas. I fucking love making it to a CL final.

Sevilla are probably going to miss out on 4th; they are 4 points adrift (Valencia has the head-to-head) with two games to go. However, the CL places of La Liga have been very competitive this season, their current points total would have secured a CL slot almost any other season.

how long will it last? Yup..c*** of a boss that! He agreed to have it earlier in the day. He didn't even know we where playing, he just doesn't care for football. I'm off. I hope we don't get the same result we played last time in that place.

They are saying a shortened season is a possibility. Fact is that with the Copa América around the corner there are no dates available, unless we play them without the Copa América players. With no Neymar, Suárez or Messi we might even still lose the league

A meeting between the parts has ended today without an agreement, so it looks like the strike is on.

He's won plenty of silverware, mind. A weird career he's had. Yup. Did a decent job at Spurs. Took over a team in the relegation zone, got them mid-table, won a cup, respectable showing in Europe. And he didn't have complete control of transfers. Might be expensive but I think he's the best fit of what's available. I think that what crucified him is the 2-6 game at the Bernabéu; he actually had put Real Madrid back into the title race after he was brought in to replace Schuster, but that defeat destroyed his career over here. He deserved better than to manage in Ukraine after that.

Lots of talk over here that Emery is heading to Milan this summer. I know it's Milan, but nowadays trading Sevilla for them is a backwards step.

Given his team selections that's probably a good thing tho.

Fucking boss cunt has arranged a meeting 30 minutes before today's game. I'm fuming.

He's won plenty of silverware, mind. A weird career he's had.

Because it's obviously complete bollocks. Yeah, I don't dare say it because I may not look like the most neutral dude around regarding Cronaldo, but if this was true the likes of Marca and As and the Madrid TVs would be all over it until it got drilled into our skulls and passed through our genes to our children and grandchildren. A bit of googling only says that the NGO couldn't confirm the news when reached for comment. Anyway, Cronaldo does have a pretty good track record of helping out in these kind of causes; regardless of the outcome of this.

I hate you guys.

This has barely been reported in Spain, btw. It's strange given the obsessive coverage we get from him and Messi ("Come and see Ronaldo's new lawn ornaments!" "Messi takes a dump, stay tuned for extensive coverage and analysis of his feces").

Joeyt and SEMTEX, only one of you is allowed to have a Homer Simpson avatar because I keep confusing you two. Fight it out.

It's based on the Valencia flag, they almost always wear a variation of that design as their 2nd or 3rd kit.

if ronaldo's life goes to form it'll come out that messi has been donating 50% of his wages to children's charities since age 17 To be frank, Messi is facing trial for tax fraud so I'm doubtful

I love how he doesn't seem to have any Real Madrid shirt from recent times, despite the fact we've played each other 200000000000 times. He probably got those Benzema, Van Nistelrooy and Raúl shirts during 2008-2010 and then nothing after they signed Mourinho and on-pitch rivalry between both teams soured

That's what I thought (and see whenever you see their games on TV) - yet the new stand is sold out from season tickets for next season, and there's a waiting list of around 5000 for the opposite end when that's expanded too Same happens with us; we rarely fill the whole Camp Nou (100k seats...) yet we sell out all the STs with ease, so it's a cash cow.