Village Idiot

Boooo. Forlán used to blast such great pens.

Pel! David Luiz of course.

Always loved how Uruguay's anthem is pretty much about kicking Spaniards' arses. Although I think they leave out those parts in most abridged public performances.

He makes the opposition cry. (That's the meaning behind the nickname, I was told). So says wiki too. Love it, so random and currently mostly inaccurate. Can easily be reversed, "makes his fans cry". He's got a few groans from Atlético fans, at the very least.

He makes the opposition cry. (That's the meaning behind the nickname, I was told).

You're unbeaten so far

Really looking forward tonight and tomorrow. I'm enjoying this tin pot tournament way more than I expected.

He's quick and pretty strong for such a short fella, I suppose he can do some damage running at people, but most Liga defences took the piss on him.

Jefferson Montero looked pretty good for Villarreal's B team but never translated it to the main stage. Lots of running into blind alleys. He's still reasonably young, but nothing to be too excited about if I were a West Ham fan.

20k for 10 minutes in the Conference FFS

Any particular reason we are getting such heel reactions from the Brazilian crowds, flip? Is it just because we are currently the top dogs, or is there something else I've missed?

Martínez was plan A instead of Song, but Bayern outbid us (45 million...). Personally I think he's a ticking bomb at CB. Never filled me with confidence seeing him play there for Bielsa.

Has he tried to pronounce Bigirimana yet?

To be honest I saw him taking over Iniesta since he has more end product, but Iniesta's form has been out of this world since Fàbregas signed. Comfortably our best player these past two seasons after the small argie fella.

I just had a howler Anyway, I don't see why Tévez would be a better partner than Higuaín, in abstract. Both should work well with a tall striker that can drop a bit deep and has a good allround game.

Tevez might work better with Llorente? I can't see why. I certainly haven't seen an amazing chemistry between them for the Argie team.

29 though, Higuaín has much more ahead of him.

I have trouble spelling his name majority of time, god help JFK. It's probably Kinnear trying to sign Defoe.

That probably means Higuaín is definitely off to Arsenal, then.

Santa Cruz on that list while not having Shearer

I think in the context of the article where I read it Swansea would fit. Is Laudrup staying? That would make it more likely. Suppose Southampton would be a good bet too, since Pochettino has tried to get Liga players there.

He slipped my mind somehow. Too many good players for two midfield spots, possibly.

Would have done a job for you I believe. Him, Cabaye and Tiote would have been a pretty well balanced midfield trio. But you seem to have a lot of midfielders already, although some are shit.

Last year of contract.

I'll drop this here just because I can. Apparently we have offers from "lower table" Premier league teams to loan Deulofeu.