Village Idiot

To be frank, while the hyperbole is sometimes pretty minging, you don't want to lose control of a crowd of thousands in that way.

http://ep00.epimg.net/deportes/imagenes/2015/04/27/actualidad/1430159306_453186_1430160126_sumario_grande.jpg Actually these numbers are slightly improved as the nation is finally pulling out of recession, but they are still really worrying. TVs forcing schedules that completely shit on the fans don't help at all, also insane pricing schemes that punish casual fans (the ones you want to try to convert into regulars). Teams like Espanyol or Getafe were pulling 70% average 5-6 years ago, for example. Our average was in the mid 80s% under Guardiola but we're spoiled children.

There would be riots in Vallecas if they did. The owner of the bee logo company almost destroyed the club.

Think of when Ashley fucks off and you can finally tear those ads down. http://www.digdang.com/media/images/berlin_wall_being_torn_down_7487.jpg

two years ago we signed some frenchies in january, it was decided to turn the next home game into French day, every seat had a piece of paper on to hold up and create a huge picture ( aka Dortmund) on the back of every piece of paper was an advert for a sale at sports direct And every Europa League game we played, the electronic boards were advertising a sale in different places and languages, depending on who we were playing - sportsdirect.fr and so on. Aye http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c341/just_boy_uk/CBD0FCD9-8A53-4DAE-BCF1-8054C1C5E481.jpg And all the "international" sites just redirected to the English page. Cheap to the end.

http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/153/7/f/wolf__s_evil_grin_gif_by_doublevtovka22-d52086s.gif Pfeh.

One of my favorite moments were the SportsDirect Greece ads when you played Atromitos at home. EDIT: What Wullie said.

Anybody seen this programme? What did they claim?

Bournemouth's recent history genuinely feels like one of my FM saves.

Smallest La Liga ground in recent times has to be Ipurúa with 5250. I struggle to think of one smaller than that.

Decent undercard for Pacman vs Mayweather imho.

http://www.leo-messi.fr/upload/Gallery/14198570.jpg

I'm not being silly at all. He's a far better player than CRonaldo at their best. No doubt that distance isn't that far the moment, but in terms of their class and not form Messi is a much much better players. Ronaldo isn't really at his best to be honest; he's just in a far better team than 2-3 years ago, when he was carrying Real Madrid on a weekly basis. His physical decline is pretty noticeable (he's 30), and to his credit he's adjusted his game well - but again he has the supporting cast that he didn't have before.

World class manager, fucking hell. How does he do it?

One of the things I love SBR for; giving me the privilege of watching prime Ronaldo in our shirt.

Definitely would have been up there with Messi and Cronaldo if his knee hadn't been smashed to pieces.

I assume one of the other two is Messi; who's the third? Just curious, like.

Breaks my heart seeing Bellerín starting for them while we have a hole at RB. We'll sign him back in 2-3 years for 4000000000 million, mind.

Good fishing, froggy

He's been adamant that he wouldn't mind dropping a division if the project is worth it, but I hope he doesn't.

I have seen Cabella have good matches/halves for you; I remember for example the first half against Stoke (a pretty physical team), where he was extremely active. He's just the kind of player that needs movement around him. Whenever I watch you it's pretty damn obvious that the guys upfront are woefully isolated; many times Cabella or Ayoze pull off a decent bit of skill and find themselves completely without options. It's also a mistake to see him as the HBA replacement. He's more of an advanced playmaker; he's Iniesta, not Messi (if we go with the Barça comparisons).

If you guys mean strictly pitch size, almost all La Liga pitches are UEFA competition size (105*68).

Yeah, there's a veritable obsession with handballs over here, like. People being sent off over harmless midfield handballs, pens all over the place, the like.

I assume the dispossessed stat accounts for losing the ball to an opponent while you're on possession. Whether that's due to lack of strength or sloppy technique will vary a lot. Both players have a relatively low stat - in my opinion -, given that they will try to dribble/make runs pretty often during a game, putting them at risk of losing the ball to opponents. Then Messi loses a lot of balls because he tries a lot of killer passes that don't come off, this is indeed another side of the game.

That's not the point, though, Messi's strong on the ball. Cabella's extremely weak on it. He's still dispossessed more often than Cabella (1,9 per game). Granted he probably gets far more on the ball than Cabella. It's just that Cabella's stat doesn't sound that terrible to me.