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Surely should qualify for one already? He's a regular for Costa Rica and they just beat the US so they can't be that bad!

He's on loan in Greece this year, which is a big step down from La Liga. He'll be 22 when he gets back to Arsenal, Wenger obviously doesn't rate him.

Tbf Joel Campbell was full of trickery and bravado when playing for Betis, it's just that most of the time he failed to use it to make a meaningful impact. Not good enough for Arsenal, imho.

Wellbeck is a player that started to catch my eye in the past Euros and that every year he's got consistently better; I do rate his potential quite a bit and seems to be making strides to become at least a quite good player. He will never be a striker though, but looks an excellent support player.

Joel Campbell, 2 goals in 32 games in La Liga, puts the US to the sword.

That said, I for a single moment don't believe that nobody thought about kicking the ball overhead until a good 50-60 years after the sport was invented.

It's a weird tactic. The times I see him drop back, raise his head and look for a through ball to a striker that isn't there stopped being funny long time ago.

Oh look, we sub Fàbregas for a real striker and he scores. Who could have thought it.

France, possibly us if we don't beat Finland today.

That's what transpired at the time, that Mou punished him for consorting with the enemy.

Iker Casillas, hasn't started a competitive club fixture since January yet he's autopicked by default for Spain.

I guess that's what we can expect tonight

Aye, we would take shit from Real Madrid fans until kingdom come. So NO.

Who was that? I like in (I think) Italy they call a nutmeg a "little tunnel". We call it a "túnel" or - my favorite - "sotana" (cassock) since the defender would have avoided it had he worn one. Love stuff like this. You lot call goals direct from corners olimpico's n all? Yeah, called that way because Argentina scored it against the then-Olympic champions Uruguay in the 1920s, and used the word to mock them.

A Nicky Butt picture doing a bicycle kick I meant

Was expecting a Nicky Butt picture.

Who was that? I like in (I think) Italy they call a nutmeg a "little tunnel". We call it a "túnel" or - my favorite - "sotana" (cassock) since the defender would have avoided it had he worn one.

David Arellano was the one that popularized it in Spain in the 1920s, but he apparently took it from a Ramón Unzaga, who also played in Chile.

Interestingly, over here we credit a Spanish-born Chilean as the inventor of the bicycle kick and that's why in Spanish we call it "La chilena". A "bicycle" in Spanish football slang is a stepover.

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSZ8Au8iDJv3yWbH8G3_i2rmxzeKfyWtxdaLoOfAKNPeq80aPuqrA He's scored a few FKs when he's been allowed to take them, though (remember at least two FK goals in the last two seasons). Never seen him take a pen, he was pretty low on the pecking order for that. He did take corners for them, remember a few assists to Ronaldo that way.

Nah, stadium naming rights would have people up in arms over here, it's still quite rare in Spain; with Mallorca relegated no Spanish top flight team has them sold and both Athletic and Atlético aren't planning to do it for their new stadiums. Sports Direct@Camp Nou FFS.

He won the assists table in the year they won the league IIRC, but absolutely not by such an outlandish margin He's a brilliant player, mind, and I think he can clean up if given a focal role in a team instead of being Ronaldo's bitch. He will probably enjoy that at Arsenal.

Is it? Brilliant word that. I like it a lot myself, and make a point of using it instead of "supernatural" since it's a better fit in most cases

No, he didn't. http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012–13_La_Liga Is this wrong? Think I've picked my team using a fake wikipedia edit. That assists list has absolutely no resemblance to reality, man, Iniesta won it last year. The official La Liga site has it as: (it uses a java widget to display it so I can't post it) Iniesta - 16 Özil - 13 Messi - 12 Fàbregas - 11 Benzema - 11

To be frank "preternatural" is a Spanish word too