Village Idiot

Really like our kit, might break my Qatar embargo and buy one this season. Away one has to definitely be bought.

Think I'll support them. Never cared about baseball and I need an outlet for my big club douchebaggery if I go back to live in NYC.

Posting from my phone, it screws up default subject for some reason.

I know football's emotional, but nobody would put up a fuss if you worked at Radio Shack and you got an offer from Apple and left. That said, media peddling of any player that starts to do well is getting ridiculous.

Real Madrid to make an announcement at 8 local time. Presumably to announce Mou's departure, possibly a successor could be announced (Ancelotti).

All Madrid media considered Bale as good as bought when Spurs missed on the CL. Credit to Bale, it's a handsome contract but most would've bailed.

Looks like Montanier is definitely leaving Real Sociedad. Rennes, apparently. Weird, even though he isn't that popular over there.

Spain's TVE reporting that Real Madrid and Mourinho have agreed terms on his departure.

Sergi Roberto, although it looks like he'll go out on loan because of our midfielder glut. Deulofeu will, apparently, be part of the senior squad but it's still up in the air. I agree about Thiago, although he's featured quite a bit more than people think. 30+ games despite spending 3 months on the injury table. But he's been quite anonymous in most of his games. Next season he'll need to make a step up.

Thought it was a legit postseason testimonial when I read the thread title

To be honest to them, I suppose you can't get an open-top bus painted in less than 24 hours for the parade, so they have to have it ready before that. Probably Atlético's was ready before the final too.

http://sphotos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/970576_10151496688288101_1810966788_n.jpg

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That's the problem, it doesn't use their usual secondary colors (purple, gold), and the red makes it look like another team's kit. It looks like a Valencia kit had a son with a Sevilla kit and left it in front of Real Madrid's door.

Come on, he's just achieved what not a single Real Madrid manager has been able to in 14 years: Lose against Atlético.

Mou and Cronaldo didn't go up to pick their loser medals. Sporting. Anyway, great night for Atlético. This should mean the moon for them and hopefully give them more confidence towards next, and probably Falcao-less season. That assist to Diego Costa for the equalizer was f***ing unreal, Albiol's still looking for his hip. Three trophies in 3 years for Atlético now.

http://www.fichajes.com/IMG/jpg/camisetas-2.jpg Apart from the basic problem of it being a Real Madrid kit, I think this is the ugliest they've had in a while.

Just saw this, Mike FFS. A probably unpopular opinion around here, but I love Liverpool's crest.

Mmmm... http://estaticos04.marca.com/eventos/marcador/futbol/2012_13/copa/final/rma_atm/images/13_300x209.jpg http://estaticos03.marca.com/eventos/marcador/futbol/2012_13/copa/final/rma_atm/images/15_300x398.jpg

Courtois; Juanfran, Miranda, Godín, Filipe; Mario Suárez, Gabi; Koke, Arda Turan; Diego Costa, Falcao Diego López; Essien, Albiol, Sergio Ramos, Coentrao; Xabi Alonso, Khedira, Modric; Özil, Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema

Not lifted, just shortened.

Copa del Rey final tonight. 14 years since Atlético last defeated Real Madrid I suspect Mou could go get 11 random blokes at a pub and put them on Real Madrid shirts and Atlético would still shit the bed and roll over.

Two well-known (but awful) Spanish pundits came to blows over José Mourinho the other day There's no video of the incident but one of them (the Pro-Mou one) is sporting a black eye ever since. This league is going to be so much less entertaining once Mou leaves.

Madrid-bound if that happens.

UEFA has reduced Málaga's ban from their competitions to one year. CAS has yet to rule on Málaga's appeal, expected on early June.