Village Idiot

Damn, I'll take a 0.4m hit if i take out Sigurdsson now. Have had him since day 1.

Seems we will appoint Ariedo Braida from Milan as our new Sporting Director. I hope he enjoys his 5 months in charge in a club that can't buy players.

Reminds me of: http://i.minus.com/inVV5q4roxhpX.gif

Remind me how much ManU paid for Zaha?

I don't ''hate'' him, he's immensely entertaining in his own way, plus a great player.

He's a great pantomime villain, imho. I used to laugh a lot at his ridiculous antics at Atlético. Now he's at an unlikeable club with an unlikeable manager, it just fits.

Nigerian former Rayo keeper Wilfred has died of cancer at age 48. Was a bit of a cult hero when I was a kid, RIP.

Fifa have confirmed that Real Madrid are also under investigation for signing foreign U18 players, using associated clubs in a ''player laundering'' scheme. Damn sure they have been better than us at covering their tracks, so nothing will come out of it.

Aye, he looked like a zombie at times for us. EDIT: Better now?

Indeed, it fits Valdano's writing style. Riquelme didn't work out for us, but will never forget his seasons at Villarreal. He was ridiculous.

Who wrote that? Nice metaphor.

Stephen Ireland sighting!

Bojan hauled off, I hope I haven't cursed him

Bojan coming into his own. Happy for him, I guess all he needed is a place far from the spotlights where he could regain his confidence.

Yeah. He's been pretty good this season for them. Villarreal haven't sold cheap (they never do), but should do well at Arsenal.

I'm done with this forum if that's the case. Can't take anymore recycled Pardew vol. 2 s**** Thank you, Vienna. Good night. http://media.giphy.com/media/1VdCubIflP7iM/giphy.gif Zooey

Doesn't mean much, to be frank. Any manager they might have secured will have asked to keep it mum until the end of the season, if he's currently managing another team. I have no idea if they can get a manager signed, by the way. Does it work like players, where you can't do it unless they are 6 months left on their contract?

Man, does he need to name-drop Bobby Robson every time he opens his mouth? Anyway, the Charnley quotes aren't that bad. They do seem to want to appoint somebody interesting.

I will give Carver the benefit of the doubt, if only because the first half against Chelsea was pretty impressive, and I like being happy. I do hope he isn't warming the seat for McLaren though, it's like buying advance tix for Nickelback.

Khedira is leaving at the end of the season, while Illarra - while talented - seems to crumble under the pressure.

That's a huge fee for a League One player. Given how hesitant your board is to part with money, they must see something in that lad.

How good is Lucas, btw? My hopes of winning the league rested on Ancelotti running down their starting midfielders since he refuses to play Khedira or Illarra.

I said that already when Kaiz posted the picture tbf, I claim first dibs on raining on his parade.

You can do great, intimidating tifos without resorting to beheading an opposition player, you know.