Village Idiot

Played my WC and ended up with 3 Aston Villa players. http://static1.gamespot.com/uploads/original/178/1782690/2579240-9478227007-37169.jpg

I know.

Gets picked ahead of Xavi in midfield. That's a bold statement from Luís Enrique.

Özil has looked really languid in the last 6-9 months; needs fire on his arse.

Everytime I see Sanogo play he makes me think of N'gog.

Injured. Neymar on the bench since he just came back from one, too. Was thinking of Munir today; the lad was 13 when he saw us win the treble, and now 5 years later he's starting alongside Messi. Now that's living the dream.

He always came off as mild-mannered and polite in interviews. What has he said?

Bravo, Dani Alves, Piqué, Mathieu, Jordi Alba, Sergio, Rakitic, Rafinha, Pedro, Munir, Messi Villarreal is one of the toughest away trips of the year. A good yardstick to see where we stand. Surprised to see Rafinha getting in front of Xavi in the midfield.

Pardle will be as we speak He gets turned on by midgets?

For what I've seen he's good in the air. This is a land of midgets, mind.

Any followers of Italian football can fill me on him? An Atlético fan friend of mine is quite excited by the prospect of buying him.

Alderweireld is a good footballer, but he's a bit weak and not too aggressive. Simeone hasn't used him much. He's also of that weird Belgian centreback stock that seem better going forward than actually defending.

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I miss the mad bastard, he's ridiculous.

And I subbed him out for Agüero. FML.

A friend just messaged me that Guardiola is starting Alonso as CB. Is that right?

So little ability with the ball. The guy plays football everyday for a living! Better than Piqué according to Fergie, you know. ManU are awful, awful.

I just can't see any better candidate than Rooney, to be frank.

Per day, not per round actually. There's a hard limit, IIRC. 0.3?

The secret footballer in his second book said that it happens a lot that failed drug tests are reported as injuries by clubs. It usually happens when a player is out for a large period of time with an unknown or vague injury Does that mean they send them to rehab while pretending it's whatever injury? I have always wondered why there's so little cases of footballers having drug problems during their careers, given one would think they would be pretty vulnerable to them (lots of money, stress, etc...).

Thought the majority of SA players have a Spanish/Italian/Portuguese passport. They do but it seems he doesn't. Not too mention low quality South American bureaucratic and administrative skills. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/marcos-rojo-why-is-it-taking-so-long-for-manchester-united-to-get-a-work-permit-9699288.html I have never understood the WP system in the UK. So a guy that started for one of the WC finalists has trouble securing a permit, but some guy that played every game for Jordan or the UAE (yes, they are top 70), would have no issue? Stupid.

El Molinón, became the oldest professional football stadium in Spain once San Mamés was knocked out: http://fotos00.lne.es/fotos/noticias/646x260/2008-07-02_IMG_2008-06-25_01.31.01__297092.jpg

Also, the Vicente Calderón. I don't think many stadiums have a main road running under the main stand. http://www.stadiumguide.com/wp-content/gallery/vicentecalderon/vicentecalderon4_0.jpg

Aye, always loved that myself. The Benito Villamarín also has weird asymmetry. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y0ty8-mNCKo/TrsAO1hKB3I/AAAAAAAAAL4/y63fWBptW7Q/s320/betis13.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Panor%C3%A1mica%2C_Estadio_Benito_Villamar%C3%ADn.jpg/1920px-Panor%C3%A1mica%2C_Estadio_Benito_Villamar%C3%ADn.jpg They ran out of funds when they modernised it 10 years ago, so it remains unfinished to this day.

I did; given his past history of aggravated injuries I would be surprised if he isn't benched. I plan to get him back after the break.