Village Idiot

Lee Ryder makes me feel dumb, I honestly can't understand half of the quotes you lot post here. I keep thinking there must be some weird English slang at play that is beyond my knowledge, and that somehow makes those paragraphs not be as nonsensical as they seem.

Forgot that I haven't confirmed the transfers yet. I just want to get Costa back in and the only way is dropping Agüero or one of my big money midfielders. Forgot the LC, too. Might get him after that weekend, maybe.

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I'm going to regret this, but I dropped Agüero so I could afford the following: Bellerín-Monreal-Clyne-Wisdom-Hutton Fàbregas-Sánchez-Hazard-Downing-Colback() Sturridge-Costa-Kane

He was good in La Liga, too. His spell at Celta was particularly impressive. He played mostly as a winger in Spain, though.

with the #10. #14 would work too http://www.blaugranas.com/media/galeria/25/9/0/2/1/n_f_c_barcelona_johan_cruyff-5491209.jpg http://dalje.com/slike/slike_3/r1/g2007/m06/x15143589712328483.jpg http://s23.postimg.org/ae3qoeknv/jack_colback_bar_a.jpg

Yeah, we are getting hoops it seems.

Thanks Gonna try to convince another friend that usually buys vintage replica shirts to get one for him so we get shipping free.

Well, the former Osasuna executive director has now admitted to spending €2,4m in bribes. Which is probably the worst spent money ever since they still got relegated. Espanyol and Betis named among the recipients. There also seems to be betting issues involved, with large sums being invested that have been traced back to players of involved teams. Osasuna drew 1-1 against Espanyol, and then won 2-1 against Betis in the last two games of last season. They needed more than that though, in order to avoid relegation; 6 points or at least winning 3-0 against Betis to improve their GD above the teams they were competing with.

Osasuna's last 3 games of past season are also under scrutiny for match fixing, Osasuna allegedly spent €1,5m in bribes to stave off relegation. However, Osasuna ended up being relegated anyway and they didn't get particularly good results in those games, so this one looks a bit iffy.

It looks classy and has the appropriate colors, I just might have found my first ever NUFC top. Which name are you getting on the back? Seeing as you're Spanish, may I suggest LUQUE 7? I don't usually put names on my football shirts, I like to wear them and the numbers end up wearing out and looking s***. If I were to put one, without a doubt it would be Ginola. Loved him. Anyway, they don't serve outside the UK.

It looks classy and has the appropriate colors, I just might have found my first ever NUFC top.

Yeah, that was one of his problems in La Liga. He was vulnerable to being closed down since he doesn't have the dribbling ability of Xavi or Iniesta to get out of a tight space, for example.

Just asked a couple of Sporting/Racing fans about the Spanish players you've been linked to in that article. - Concha is a winger than tends to drift central, very quick and very technical. Works hard and protects his fullback well. Likes getting into the box. My friend reckons he's a good prospect but very green. Will probably get moved centrally. - Meré, according to my other friend, is the best centreback prospect in years at Sporting. Still very young and very green (he hasn't even played for the seniors), but he reckons he's going to do very well. There seems to be some hype about this lad, after googling around a bit.

Sunken ships don't move.

Loved the "I'm not racist, I started a black player!" bit from Sacchi. Disgraceful

they sell but they spend a fair wedge on replacements and squad building though no? Third party ownership, they aren't paying the full reported fees, and will probably have a Falcao situation in their hands if someone makes it big (I think Griezmann is fully theirs, though). Their financial situation is pretty f***ed up; they recently sold 20% shares to a Chinese billionaire just to meet running costs and service the debt. However, the fact they have got a Chinese billionaire to invest in them is a good sign.

We've just signed a one-year TV contract (€180m). This means we're expecting La Liga rights to go to collective bargaining from 2015-2016 onwards.

Absolutely nobody looks anything special for ManU these days. They are grinding out the results, but it's like watching paint struggling to dry.

One of ManU or Arsenal won't make it to the semis, so they are lucky indeed.

I would really love to play Bayern while Pep is there.

I think he's going to stay as long as Atlético can match his ambitions and the club progresses. I don't know if he can keep up such high-octane management style without burning out, though. Pretty sure he'll stay at least one more season unless things go pear-shaped.

Moyá, while certainly not being Courtois, is having a hell of a season. Oblak was pencilled as the starter after spending so much money on him, but Moyá made himself undroppable in the Supercopa. I agree that Siqueira is a far cry from Filipe Luís, though. I think the "problem" is that Simeone got this group of players to perform at 150% last season, and it's only getting them to perform at 125% in this one. However, they are putting the foundations for cementing themselves at the top, imho, if Simeone sticks around for at least one more season.

I call it luck. Yeah, it was the style, but the % of times it worked was anomalous. There's only so many times you can base all your attack on deadballs and expect to win every single game, no matter how good you are at set pieces (and they are very good at them). In the last two months of last season they didn't score any single league goal from open play, and they still won the trophy. Simeone himself realized it, imho, and that's why they got Griezmann.

Atlético are more watchable this season. Last year all their attacking nous consisted in aiming at Costa's arse and see what he did with it (usually a lot). Griezmann has added another dimension to their attack while Mandzukic performs well as the tall striker. It was hard to replicate the kind of intensity and sometimes downright luck that they enjoyed last year, but they are still doing pretty well, imho.