Village Idiot

Man, what if we finish SECOND next year again!

I've been abstaining from commenting on our transfer talk and particularly Fábregas since my reaction can be summed up like this:

That flower shirt http://languish.org/forums/Smileys/langsmiley/bleedingeyes.gif

One of Valencia's youth teams: http://i.imgur.com/BAu45Xx.jpg

I'd have him just because he's one of my favorite players in world football. It's been confirmed today, and that he'll train with ManCity until then. Dunno, he seems to be throwing in the towel if he just intends to train for a year and then go to the MLS.

25m for Lallana? He's good, but that's crazy.

http://estaticos.elmundo.es/assets/multimedia/imagenes/2014/05/29/14013748243216.jpg Now cue thousands of disorderly (and possibly drunken) football fans packed in a single city under that heat. This is going to be a monumental train wreck.

Villa strongly linked with the New York City franchise. But they won't start playing until 2015, right?

To honest I only thoroughly follow La Liga and the PL - and then a smattering of games from leagues throughout Europe.

Miranda was playing well before Simeone, he is a very good defender. Paying so much money for a 29 year old is a tad excessive though.

I think there's a good player in Niang, but doesn't seem to be happening for him right now. But he's still very young.

Bringing this back after Real Madrid's win. Better run to the bookies lads.

Osasuna is one of the most atmospheric pitches in Spain - particularly when playing regional rivals or a big gun like us or Real Madrid. You can cut the pressure with a knife. It's a pity they got relegated while no-fans Getafe stays in La Liga.

We'll see. I really didn't watch his Roma team, but he's used Rafinha in a #10 role in both Barça B and Celta. His style, while still possession based, had a higher tempo and less control than Guardiola's.

Regarding Luís Enrique as manager - I'm not too sure about his tactical ability, but he has something in spades, and that's leadership. Martino was a decent manager, but very grey. It's a pretty sad state of affairs when you need a cheerleader in order to get a bunch of millionaires to give a shit in the pitch, but we needed somebody with Enrique's profile.

Yes, and he's definitely staying. Luís Enrique knows him well and rates him highly.

People are pretty excited about him, Del Bosque has even called him up for a friendly and he's in the reserve list for the WC. Dunno if he's still "ready"; my worry is that he won't be playing much yet if he stays at Barça, but Luís Enrique might have other plans.

They had a great little side in the 1990s, they were dubbed as "the clockwork cheese" (that region is known for their manchego cheese), for their total football style.

Almost 20 years ago. They even played in the UEFA cup once. Eibar, a small but very historic Basque team has been promoted to La Liga. Depor need 1 point in the next two games. Had to check, they played in La Liga in both 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 according to Wiki? I have this feeling I've watched them play, but if it's 20 years ago then there's no way. Aye, forgot about their brief spells in the mid-2000s. Their heyday in La Liga was in the 1990s, though.

Almost 20 years ago. They even played in the UEFA cup once. Eibar, a small but very historic Basque team has been promoted to La Liga. Depor need 1 point in the next two games.

Albacete - which is pretty much owned by Iniesta - promoted to Liga Adelante.

Benítez claiming in an interview with a Spanish newspaper that Gillette and Hicks didn't know about pro/rel and thought the PL had a draft when they bought Liverpool

Jesus wept It's my fault isn't it. The fucking décima will be on me

I knew it

Atlético famously conceded in extra time in their only EC final until today. Please, beat history you Simeone cunt.