Village Idiot

Loaning You're not going to see them again in your shirt, net effect is the same.

I really don't think your owner is going to sack Pardew just one game after backing him by transferring out two players he had antagonized.

Simeone's playing with two up top instead of Mandzukic on his own. Arda has been carrying a knock.

Casillas, Arbeloa, Sergio Ramos, Pepe, Coentrao, Kroos, Modric, James, Cristiano Ronaldo, Bale, Benzema. Moyá, Juanfran, Miranda, Godín, Siqueira, Gabi, Tiago, Koke, Raúl García, Raúl Jiménez, Mandzukic. Despite speculation, Madrid without much changes from their Anoeta team, besides Isco making way for Ronaldo and Rodríguez moving to the hole as a result. Coentrao starts instead of Marcelo. Atleti starts without Arda, and Jiménez instead of Griezmann.

Anybody that travels all the way from Newcastle to Southampton to watch the team play deserves much better from club employees.

I think it's mandatory under PL rules, IIRC.

Gonna bust out a bottle of wine if you sack the guy. Time to push Paco Jémez again: http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/mar/17/rayo-vallecano-all-or-nothing-approach-sid-lowe

Man, the older he gets the more Beñat looks like Gattuso.

Flip, Neymar on the Catalan telly saying that he was tired after the international break, and that's why he didn't start. He's almost crying of joy

Pretty sad if your manager gets sacked just one week after forcing HBA away. Somebody needs to get a Tardis.

They haven't played that much together, either.

Messi and Neymar linking up

Quality assist by Messi, by the way, I love how he's dropping deep and spraying passes again, instead of trying to dribble everybody and frustrating himself, like he was becoming addicted to doing.

At least Barcelona gets twice as good with him on the pitch. Why was he on the bench today again? Still a bit unfit? Despite playing two 90minutes for Brazil? I think that's because he played 90 minutes twice for Brazil, at the other side of the world.

And here he is

And meanwhile, Neymar comes in. Shoots. Wide. Alba crosses to him in the box. Connects. Wide.

I hate this fucking thing, why do I keep playing every year? It only brings me misery and despair

I'm gonna stick the fucker in there and not move him until the end of the season, watch him now go into a 10 game barren run.

:lol: http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130315142738/warriorcatclansrp/images/b/b8/Angry-desk-flip.png

FFS. I just took him out of my FF team AGAIN.

Munir has been the handiest player for us today, just got a goal called off for outside (wrongly, I think). Come one, put one away...

Fucking hell, I hope Falcao scores tomorrow, twice I have taken Costa out because he was doubtful, and then he ended up scoring

We should winning this easily, meh. Lots of missed chances and we should've had a couple pens.

He was great in Spain before moving to Arsenal, but he's always been defensively very suspect. Sure he might be OK somewhere else but does not look a good fit for the English game at all I haven't seen him play much since he moved to England, since he never seems to start whenever I catch Arsenal, so I don't know what's happened to him. He was pretty fearsome for Málaga during the Pellegrini years. He was expected to become Spain's starting LB until Alba came along.

He was great in Spain before moving to Arsenal, but he's always been defensively very suspect.