Village Idiot

Cádiz signed a youngster called Francisco Franco yesterday. He's a striker, so I'm certain hell have that killer instinct.

He's out of contract at end of the season isn't he? Yeah, that's why it made no sense to meet City's asking price (20-30 million according to sources). But we'll have issues at CB.

I think Eric García is overrated and it made no sense to pay City's asking price, but the only thing I regret from this window (given the circumstances, it's not like set the window on fire) is that we really did need a CB. Right now we only have Piqué, Lenglet, Araújo (first year as senior), and the corpse of Umtiti.

Oh, I had missed Torreira going to Atleti. Shit, if they had also got Cavani it would've been like the Uruguayan Expendables down there.

It has already been said, but Thomas to Arsenal is a great coup. It will also hurt Atlético significantly, though, and they have little time to find a replacement.

Rafa Alcántara to PSG. Wat. I guess he's pals with Neymar, but wasn't aware he still had that kind of pull in there.

Nothing in our media. We'll see. I don't mind selling him. I think he won't realize his potential here (and probably anywhere, but maybe you can sort him out, who knows), but we'll probably take that cash and spend most of it on Depay

So that means no Dembele. I've always been under the impression that transfer story was completely made up by the media, but I had kinda talked myself into selling him.

He's right though. He didn't concede 6.

Dest coming on for Barça. High pressure game for a debut. First yank to ever play for us in an official game.

I presume they'll try to get a win instead of postponement.

All going well for Everton's title aspirations.

Christina Hendricks isn't from Brum is she?! Yeah, you're right, somehow I was sure I heard she was from there. Still, Peaky Blinders and brummie are good enough. EDIT: Just googled it, her dad is from there.

The only things I know from Birmingham are Christina Hendricks, Peaky Blinders and brummie, which are all great. So quietly wishing them to do well.

Like with City the other day, I just can't get joy out of these big clubs getting blown out unless they concede 8

The current mess in Serie A due to the Covid outbreaks is something that's bound to happen in our leagues, sooner or later. This season is not going to be pretty.

He barely got a chance here, but he seemed to play well in Germany before the season was halted. Given our dire need of CBs, I'm not sure we're not jumping the gun. I presume we'll use the cash to buy Eric García, who I think is overrated.

Bayern signing Marc Roca was a bit of a puzzler too.

Happens here as well, no? I don't think it's necessarily racist, is it? I mean.... can you imagine if good black players were constantly being compared to only (or mostly) good white players? It's as if to say that the likes of Weah, Drogba, etc are not good enough (to be compared to) and that a good black player should be compared to a good white player. Again, I'm white as milk so I'm possibly talking out of my ass, but I find it slightly aggravating that when we get a rising black player, he immediately has to be compared to another black player regardless. Looks to me that the media are putting people in boxes depending on the color of their skin. So Fati breaks into scene, and media go "oh, he's black, who's the last great black forward that played for Barça? Well, that's who Fati is". I've seen white players compared to Drogba, btw. EDIT: I'm probably putting too much thought into this, I admit.

Gotta love the laziness and slight racism of our media calling Fati the new Eto'o. "Mmmm... who's another black guy that scored goals for Barça? Eto'o! There you have it."

Anyway our DOF has just denied any talks with ManU for Dembele.

He has poor attitude and has been extremely injury prone. If you were able to solve these issues (a big if, but never know), he's a gem of a player.

Fati is unreal He is. Most exciting prospect since Thiago, probably.

Yesterday we played quite well against a team that traditionally gives us trouble. Coutinho was stellar. Hopefully we'll have a decent season while we figure out life without Messi (whose usage rate has dropped significantly under Koeman).

Juve - Barça is going to be really amusing with Ronaldo, Arthur and Pjanic.