Village Idiot

Embarba from Rayo to Espanyol, €10m. That's €40m+ in players for Espanyol this window, they are really splashing the cash to try to avoid relegation.

I believe this is the most I've posted in this board in a single day since 2017.

That's in Ecuador. Barcelona de Guayaquil.

He's a nobody*, people just assume this was extramarital due to the reaction when caught on camera.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2871971-report-raul-bravo-accused-of-hiring-hitman-in-attempt-on-darko-kovacevic Cue a "that escalated quickly" joke.

It was old school with a few parts missing - getting de Jong in the 11 will make a huge difference - they will need to at some point fill at least one of the wide positions with a top quality player (will need to sell Dembele in the summer)and get a CF in Dembele has all the talent in the world, but I'm becoming convinced that it won't happen for him. A mix of lack of discipline and injury-proneness will lead to him not realizing his potential.

Well, this was old school Barça. The bad version of it, mind, where we pass it pass it pass it and pass it without being able to penetrate, but it's closer to team I loved than what we've been getting recently, and I'm not going to expect Setién to turn things around completely in just one game.

I like him, I just think he comes at the very worst moment, midway into the season, with a restless dressing room (and he doesn't have the resume to command instant respect), and if the season unravels he won't get a chance.

Tbf this is our worst season record-wise since the last Rijkaard season. Real Madrid/Atlético are just sucking a teeny bit more. Should have been done in the summer though, now it will only cause more upheaval. I think Setién is probably a better manager than Xavi, but Xavi's presence would probably calm things down and he'd have the respect of the dressing room (which is imho Zidane's best quality at Real Madrid, that he's Zinedine fucking Zidane).

To be honest I don't think we could've held on the top spot the way we were playing. Fortunately Real Madrid have been as unreliable as us, but with Suárez down I wasn't fancying our chances - he and Messi have been carrying the team all these months.

All the way in with Setién. This season was headed nowhere, at least do it with a bang instead of a whimper. Who knows, it might even work out.

We already sacked the guy that signed Coutinho, and eventually we'll sack his replacement. We go through directors of football like candy.

Xavi turned us down, according to several media reports. Doesn't want to join mid-season. Dunno if our board will wait for him, leaving a severaly undermined Valverde in place for the rest of the season, or turn to somebody else.

Generally I agree with you, but fuck me would I like to see Xavi manage you guys. I wouldn't mind Xavi plowing my wife (rather if he didn't though), so I certainly would easily get excited with him managing us. But my rational side tells me he's unproven and they'd be bringing him in to appease fans, since next season is an election season.

Yeah, the club has held talks with Xavi. Terrible idea imho, but then again I thought the same when they appointed Guardiola and I was proven excedeengly wrong. I just don't care for appointing club legends without real managing experience.

Hooftrainer. This is so beautiful.

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.