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Costa is such a cunt Can't wait for him to be Spain's #9 for some reason.

Ancelotti's is doing a really poor job though; Real Madrid look like just a bunch of really good players thrown together.

The amount of w*****s in the dressing room must be dispiriting He managed John Terry for two seasons.

Hot Fuzz got to be one of the best comedies of the past years. The last 20 minutes or so had me in constant stitches.

Last weekend's game was best in a while though.

"Filet mignon? ....for breakfast?!?!" You're going to explode today

Cesc as #9

17.00 - Almeria v Messi&Neymar 21.00 - Real Madrid v Atletico Madrid Likely to be rested today. Nowt wrong with that, I reckon Messi and him would be devastating against Almería but we have Celtic away next Tuesday, a game we lost last year.

17.00 - Almeria v Messi&Neymar 21.00 - Real Madrid v Atletico Madrid Likely to be rested today.

There's just no way that Guardiola would play Mandzukic ahead of Lewandowski like

Rayo at home is a pretty unique experience. Although you'd probably try to get into the Calderón or Bernabéu if you stop by Madrid of course. But with so many teams in Madrid it's pretty easy to watch one of the big boys (Atlético, Real) and then one of the minnows (Getafe and Rayo) the same weekend. Getafe are a horrid matchday experience, however.

Aye, I have been most impressed by Neymar's passing game; didn't know he had that in his locker. Always had him for a more "run towards goal dancing through players" kind of forward.

FFS, now that you mentioned it I'm completely uncapable of un-seeing it

Not true, Neymar has produced far more at both individual and team level than Bale. Problem is that he's done it in the Brazilian league, which raises some valid questions about his ability to do it in Europe. Anyway, I posted that article because of the hilarious "trophies" mention, as if all those Player of the month/year awards meant owt in the game (and Neymar has more of those too, if we really wanted to compare).

http://www.goal.com/en-my/news/3895/spain/2013/09/25/4287697/bale-better-than-neymar-says-real-madrid-wingers-agent?ICID=HP_BN_1 I must have missed all those open top bus parades around Tottenham.

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp143/ricardomb00/1380148244750_zps042a58c0.jpg The old "raise your hand and appeal for a pen before even hitting the ground" style.

Wow, Elche got robbed there

I remember Cudicini too, or was that for Scotland?

Felipao will love this; we've formally asked FIFA to authorize Diego Costa to play for Spain. Since I suppose we aren't doing this without the consent of the player, I suppose this means Costa will be added to our long list of Brazilians that played for Spain (Catanha, Donato, Senna). Truth be said he's exactly what we need to solidify our striking options going into the future. Even if I don't really feel comfortable with this kind of thing.

Bold, even without his recent injury. Currently 50th: http://eurorivals.net/top-scorers.html

Zubizarreta was also DoF at Athletic and now Barça. Estebaranz had also a short spell as Leganés manager (IIRC).

This was by far our best game since November-December last year. Enjoyed it thoroughly. Neymar's clicking quicker than I expected. His allround game is far better than I expected; how he passes and moves, makes one-twos, etc...

Big deal being made over here about us losing possession for the first time in 5 years. I'm a bit uneasy about it, I understand we need some more flexibility and directness but... still premature to pass judgement I guess, a lot of players still look uncomfortable about the new things Martino's trying.

I seem to recall him getting injured fairly soon and then never getting back into the side, but I didn't follow NUFC too closely at the time.

He's very similar IMO, with Sissoko being quite similar to Diaby although not as talented.... We need Cazorla What, a talented, creative Spaniard? Playing for Newcastle? http://www.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/luque.jpg