Village Idiot

Pity the lad, to be honest, every time he seems to be getting back on track, this happens.

Gotta say, Everton look pretty bad out there.

Man, I was this close to transfering Eriksen in yesterday. Don't have enough money now since he's increased in price

I'm not conceding yet

When was the last time you won by 3 goals or more? I recall Cardiff at home last year.

Ouch. I have done another unwittingly arseholish post, haven't I?

Barça one is pretty meh. They could have used a variation of the old badge - which is not trademarked - instead of just an old-timey football.

Better start updating the trophy count if reserve games are now official FIFA competitions. You've won a few IIRC.

"Anti-Chelsea campaign"

I'm not sure Wenger does either.

I got Jones and Monreal, both seem to be playing regularly now and are quite cheap.

Last season he was ok until he got injured around Christmas. He never got going after that. Best thing of all is that all my Real Madrid friends used to joke about him and the money we spent, now they don't.

He's been great this season, Wednesday's was also his first "I'm going to boss this s***" performance too.

Pulled the trigger on the January WC since I had so many injuries and suspensions. I'm happy with what I have now, but it will be hard to make room for Costa again once he comes back. Fabregas, Sánchez, Hazard, Eriksen, Downing midfield looks yummy though. Agüero, Kane, Defoe upfront and some dross at the back.

Interesting analysis on possession and defensive organization over at whoscored.com. Did I tell you that I love whoscored? http://www.whoscored.com/Articles/plpokotdzkux62-ythvngg/Show/Team-Focus-Analysing-the-Correlation-Between-Possession-Defensive-Organisation Also, fun nugget: They'll be the most dangerous team in Europe under Pards.

Truth be said, there's been loads of "Bernabéu to be renamed XXXXX" news in the past year, and none has come to pass yet. I'm sure they'll do it, eventually (and we will probably follow suit to fund the renovation of Camp Nou), but I'd take this with a grain of salt.

Even in Europe managers do get an input on transfers and sales, it's just not their final decision. I guess that having somebody like Carver NOT giving a crap about transfers is actually a net positive, but it's still a terrible attitude for a manager to have. He's the guy that sees the team every day, he should be more aware than anybody else at the club of the squad's needs.

So was I, brilliant trip. Where's your Figo gone? Me too, was awesome. I was sitting near the away fans, incidentally (I always do, cheaper seats and more banter).

More willing to fight fans than transfers. Here you have mr. John Carver, football manager.

Such a good slave he is.

I have said this a few times, but I was there the day he scored against us at the Camp Nou. He was a handful that night, looked like a genuine prospect.

Shola is certainly steady; he always plays within the same levels of ineffectiveness.

We'll play Villarreal in the Copa semifinals. That means we'll play 3 games pretty much in a row against them, like we did against Elche first and Atlético later. Luck of the draw. Should be a nice tie.

Nice read, that edition of the game is the one that turned me into an addict. Fond memories. Regarding your player positions entry, Luís Enrique *did* play everywhere. IIRC GK and CB were the only places where he never played.

Looks excited allright