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He just gave an assist for a wrongly disallowed goal. Besides that he'd been fairly anonymous. EDIT: They have just shown another angle where it looks offside.

Spain hasn't been bad, but Costa barely gets involved; the team isn't used to play with that kind of striker and he's too limited to do tiki-taka (which he shouldn't).

Iván de la Peña, with hair: http://futboltotal100.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/captura-de-pantalla-2011-09-09-a-las-11-32-01.png

So weird seeing a Spanish team without a single Xavi in it. It does look decent though.

Honestly can't wait for Pepe vs Suárez. Talk about the irresistible force meeting the unmovable object, cuntishness wise.

http://www.nufcfans.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/nufcfans_steven_taylor_newcastle_united_ballboy_ferdinand_barton.jpg Pep Guardiola as ballboy: http://s5.as.com/recorte/20100120dasdasftb_7/LCO/Ies/CULE_CUNA_joven_Pep_Guardiola.jpg

Also famous managers when they were young not as old: http://img02.mundodeportivo.com/2014/09/04/Luis-Enrique-y-Mourinho-en-su-_54415662173_54115221154_600_396.jpg

To be honest, that photo is a few days old. He's cut it since then. http://www.diez.hn/csp/mediapool/sites/dt.common.streams.StreamServer.cls?STREAMOID=YEnSxESE0LIWA3r6RqHe_c$daE2N3K4ZzOUsqbU5sYv68_lt2YyxhynETuMwmDDZWCsjLu883Ygn4B49Lvm9bPe2QeMKQdVeZmXF$9l$4uCZ8QDXhaHEp3rvzXRJFdy0KqPHLoMevcTLo3h8xh70Y6N_U_CryOsw6FTOdKL_jpQ-&CONTENTTYPE=image/jpeg This is from this weekend's defeat.

Piqué, Fàbregas and Messi when they played together as bairns (I think they are 15 in the photo) http://elfutbolesinjusto.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/lionel-messi-cesc-fabregas-uk-01.jpg

As much as I love Lucho, I don't get why he's invited to this, besides him being our manager.

Honestly, I think Di María injected a lot of mobility in Argentina's play, and allowed for example Messi to have more space. It's just a silly what-if, I know that Argentina can blame only themselves for losing that final. But when he went down against Belgium I was sure a lot of their chances to win the tournament vanished. Argentina were much easier to contain when he wasn't on the pitch.

At 18: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Sg-XrUI06rY/UPfi6vIN6eI/AAAAAAAAPfo/T_-BOFHvc4o/s1600/DIEGOCOSTA+FAME.jpg Incidentally, he looked a right donkey at that age. If somebody told me he would be considered one of the top strikers in the world years later, I would've told him to lay off the booze.

No idea where you're getting this opinion of him not having a great World Cup either

I know it's a friendly, but I really think the Cup would be in Buenos Aires had Di María been fit for the final.

The NUFappening.

I presumed that your shoehorning efforts included Phil Jones in goal.

Incidentally, one of our rags claims that ManU bid repeatedly for Adama, one of our prospects.

The fact that Pardew consistently makes the team look less than the sum of its parts (which is the clearest proof of a bad manager you can have, by the way), shouldn't obscure the fact that you have a decent team, actually.

To be honest, 3-5-2 with your players just doesn't make sense: Rafael-Evans-Jones-Shaw Blind-Herrera Rooney-Mata-Di María Falcao Is the only way I can see you using your best players in the best possible positions.

No Herrera? Herrera - Blind strike me as a potentially great midfield duo.

I think we have a fairly strong contender for "stupidest footballer hair". http://img02.mundodeportivo.com/2014/07/25/La-foto-con-Pepe-en-el-stage-d_54412465500_54115221154_600_396.jpg

Rooney-Falcao strike me as the most balanced combo up top. Get the feeling Van Persie and Falcao would get on each other's way.

Numbers don't tell the whole story, though. Negredo and Soldado played in more creative teams than Falcao. Falcao's ability to turn pointless balls into the general direction of the goal is just preternatural. He got diamonds out of the mud in a team that's amazing at strangling games but struggles to create chances outside set pieces.

Somehow, it has remined me of: http://i47.tinypic.com/w1rio.jpg

Besides that gray brutalist s***, that Brum square looks pretty damn nice. Reminds me I really have to visit England outside of London, sometime. Trying to keep it on-topic, I always loved the contrast La Masía makes with the stadium (and the surrounding area). a 300 year-old farmhouse in the middle of the bustling city: http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/04/16/article-1265747-09088921000005DC-853_634x361.jpg