Village Idiot

It would have made if we were planning to move on from Suárez. Right now he just doesn't fit anywhere.

The rioters trying to get inside the stadium are putting more spirit than our players.

Something has really gone wrong with Ney over at PSG. Over here he had a couple of years where he was a force of nature. Not overrated at all.

To be completely honest after the shaky start the few games I've catched from you as of late you've looked stolidly solid.

If Pep leaves this season we're totally trying to sign him next year. And I'm not sure it would be a good idea at this point...

They claim that Moreno himself wanted to resign to give way but later backpedalled. He'll give his version one his contract is resolved. My default position is that the Spanish FA are lying out of their arse, as usual.

Lucho set to take over again as Spain manager. Looks like Moreno is going to be sacked which honestly (as unconsistent as Spain has been under him) seems a bit harsh. They should have appointed him as merely a caretaker isntead of giving him the job full time, if getting Lucho back was always the plan (maybe it wasn't).

Well, 5 years ago he moved to the MLS. Same thing

David Villa announces retirement. Such a legend.

Well, only one of my teams surrendered a lead in laughable fashion this week.

My phone won't stop buzzing with goal notifications and it's always NUFC instead of Barça. Dammit. (well, Messi scored a pen at least).

Yeah, no way the game can be played. There's a big demo planned that day and there's no doubt the radicals will try to shut down the game. Now it looks like it will just be moved to a midweek in December.

We are so bad right now. There's players to make a great team in there though, besides having to depend on Messi or Suárez just having magic moments. We just need a manager that makes players do things that have sense.

He was also potentially eligible for Portugal, apparently. But Fati has lived in Spain since age 6, so it's not as egregious as somebody like Ibaka (who only spent 2 years in Spain). It's just hilarious how the whole thing has been fast-tracked after a couple great performances.

At the request of the Spanish FA, the Spanish cabinet (yes, the cabinet) has given Ansu Fati Spanish citizenship. He'd have qualified in a few months, but god, sometimes we're really shameless when giving out citizenships to promising foreign-born athletes They want him to play in the U17 World Cup that starts later this year.

Fati

Oh, the Fabrice Pancake goal. He looked like a walking log most of the season and then he had a hot run with that goal. That C'ship season was weirdly fun. Lots of mediocre yet likeable players looking like Pelé down there. Favorite moment was probably Lovekrands scoring against West Brom in the wake of I think was his father's death? Or some other personal problem. He then was class the rest of the season.

Done. Marcelino sacked, Celades appointed as new Valencia manager. Wonder which team will snatch him up, he's one of the best Spanish managers right now, and he's only been held back by the fact that he always, always, ends up antagonizing people after 1-2 seasons at the clubs he's been.

I used to work for the company that markets the rights. They mostly care about Asia/ME as the growth markets, hence why I guess they are signing terrible deals if it opens them other markets.

Reports mounting that Marcelino is about to get sacked by Valencia. Abysmal decision, he's got them twice in a row in the CL and gave them their first trophy in ages. He has antagonized ownership regarding transfer policy this preseason.

For now the Neymar transfer is stalled since all the makeweight players we tried to include (Rakitic, Bodipo, Dembelé) have refused to go to PSG.

Italian football is starting to look strong again, and not just Juve. Good news.

Devastating. Losing a loved one when she's barely starting to live... I'm happy to see that the FA and the media successfully managed to keep the lid on what was going on so Lucho could spend time with her daughter unmolested. I'm actually surprised it didn't leak.

We got Inter! My Milanese uncle is a huge Inter fan, need to plan to watch the game together either here or in Milan.

Beats me. I know he still has a lot of friends inside the dressing room (not just Messi). We have elections at the end of the season, and it's not unusual for boards to go all in to secure trophies. The current board is rather impopular and I can only see a CL win giving them a chance to win another term. Neymar-Suárez-Messi gave us our last CL trophy, so I guess they think it can work twice.