Village Idiot

Just spotted Ramos dropping the Spanish Cup

That's great like. The Figo banner Messi with a Ballon D'Or, Florentino with the Galacticos, somebody that looks a bit like Guardiola with the Catalan flag, Jimmy Jump being dragged away from the pitch, some weird Spanish fans, the Spain NT raising the World Cup... that's all the Spanish-themed ones I can spot. Souness with the flag is great too

You got a link to this? Search dailymotion for 'Michael Owen's return to St. James' Park' Watched it. What are the fans singing in the background? Can't tell.

Pretty much like that infamous goal line save where he afterwards pretended it hit him in his side?

As the article says, we have only started signing foreign youth players very recently. Messi is the only foreign Masía product in our squad and he was a big exception to our policy at the time. I'm happy with that, I'm not too fond of uprooting young kids with vague dreams of a footballing career.

The one where he distracted Begovic for a Cabaye FK was insane too

Probably get took out in training. We know how he is as Geordie all action hero, imagine him as International all action hero Seen a bit of it for the under 21s already. The one footed penalty in the shootout against Holland was it? After which he leapt up in celebration only to land on the damaged foot Dude is a clown man. So silly. Looking for a video of that, found this instead. Steven Taylor best backpass ever vs Spurs on Youtube. Forgot all about that That's amazing

I think it was somebody on here who described him as playing with the Superman soundtrack on his head, pumped to 11.

Again, hindsight is 20/20, but Luque was brilliant at the time too.

Genuinely thought you had staged a massive coup when you signed him from RM. Alas...

VI there will be no Debuchy and Cabaye (and HBA) for this match; shame really; just Sissoko and MYM left if they play Thought Cabaye would be fit. Damn shame but better for us, he's been in storming form in the past 2-3 months.

Lol, forgot MYM is probably going to start for France too. With Casillas out and Valdés presumably in goal, some passages of play of Spain-France this weekend will pretty much be like watching NUFC play Barça.

Exactly, Savage is talking s**** as usual The tackle itself has angered me BUT the reaction of others (former players, refs etc) is pissing me off It was a horrible tackle, baffled why some are reluctant to admit that It's 50/50 as in "if I straighten my leg and keep my studs high enough to fuck up the other player he won't get the ball".

Homegrown players making the nation's squad is something to be proud of, imho.

This the way Michael Owen ends, not with a bang, but with a whimper

Just saw the footage of the tackle (I'm a bit squeamish). That's not even 50/50.

or Lionel Ritchie.

Just found this. With Timber Joey and stuff like this, I'm starting to really like Timbers fans. Their obsession with chainsaws is a bit troubling tho.

Just noticed that Negredo has now scored as many non-penalty goals as Falcao, who's on a bit of a dry spell.

Are the RSL kit colours patterned after the Spanish NT, too? Always wondered that. Will make all that Spanish population in Utah very happy. http://du8znpjowa92.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/real-salt-lake-08-09-home-shirt.jpg http://www.footballkitnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/New-Spain-Home-Kit-2011.jpg

They could've been AC Philadelphia, SC Philadelphia, and Philadelphia City too apparently. Though for sure it wouldn't have been "Soccer Club (S.C.) Philadelphia" or "Athletic Club (A.C.) Philadelphia" Associazione Calcio Philadelphia.

Yanks just seem to have ignored the fact there's a reason/meaning behind using FC, Sporting, United, etc... that goes back to the club's foundation and history. They should have created their own tradition, and if that's corny US sports names, then so be it.

They could have used AFC, there's plenty of them out there in Europe and that's where the word "soccer" comes from. Philadelphia Union has got to be one of the best names they have though, perfectly football-sounding while being very yank at the same time.

That name always makes me laugh, first that comes to my mind every time is if there's a Fake Salt Lake somewhere Should have been Royal Salt Lake if they wanted to emulate our "Real" clubs; which makes as little sense in a Republic as well... everything else they do in Utah when naming a sports club.

These two guys in the same room