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Noble occupation being a bartender, making people happy by giving them their booze.

Isn't he 1 in 2 for the last six games or so?

30 points with 4 to go. Cabaye 1/3 of it.

Endavant nois!

Platini in the upcoming UEFA meeting:

I remember how Di Natale scored just almost immediately after he was subbed in for Balotelli in our group game against Italy. Balo had been shocking. Really, the ratio of bad to good games I have seen from Balotelli doesn't suggest me he's worth the hassle.

http://estaticos03.marca.com/eventos/directo/2013/01/29/7258/images/mallorca_500x355.jpg

Brilliant interview in a Spanish TV with Valbuena, the goalie that conceded Messi's first senior goal. Apparently his teammates gave him stick for letting a wee kid score a double against him

For some reason, every time I skim this forum I read it as "Yoan Gourcuff", my heart skips a beat and I need to stop and read it again... am I the only one?

I'm a bit late to the party but... "gang warfare" He's so ridiculous.

Just checked their forum, they reckon their highest paid player is on €400000 a year, which amounts to something like 5k/w. So yeah, you won't be relieving your wage bill to much with this loan.

I'd be greatly surprised if Córdoba are paying even half of that.

Córdoba are in dire need of a good striker, they could easily push for promotion since they are mint elsewhere. Yet they sign Xisco.

Says the player has agreed, and they hope that he'll travel there today.

France Football: http://u.goal.com/250500/250599hp2.jpg Apparently they have proof of bribery.

Reading some comments at Mallorca forums they seem to think a "British hardman" is what they need to shore up their defensive woes.

Picked it up so quickly.

I watch a lot of Barça youth football, and some of the youth tournaments that get telly time over here. It's just a fun thing when somebody you remember watching when he was a bairn ultimately pops up somewhere, either the Barça seniors or some other club. I should have been more clear tbh, i'll watch Newcastle reserves, u 18s etc etc games when i can as its my duty to do so as a fan but the neutral stuff or keeping up with the next big thing i don't really do. Mainly for the reasons i posted above. Yeah, I don't care much for neutral youth football, unless it's some of those tournaments and Barça are in it. I watch quite a few games of Real Madrid Castilla though, since they are in Liga Adelante and they get televised every fucking week.

I watch a lot of Barça youth football, and some of the youth tournaments that get telly time over here. It's just a fun thing when somebody you remember watching when he was a bairn ultimately pops up somewhere, either the Barça seniors or some other club.

He's already 22 and never got past their C squad. Don't expect the next Silva.

I'm pretty sure he's made those words up to yank-troll us.

He's been linked with 100000000000 players since he was confirmed for the job, mostly players that he already tried to sign while at Barça. I wouldn't take those rumors too seriously just yet. I don't see Robben fitting much in his style.

Mallorca sign Alan Hutton on loan, confirmed.

Fair enough. Wouldn't surprise me if his "personal reasons" amount to nothing more than a burning desire to play for the team he actually supports. Aren't San Lorenzo on the decline, i.e. faced with relegation and in substantial financial trouble? I don't think so, I lurked in a few SLA forums and they are as much at a loss about those "personal problems" as you are.

A lot of players don't end up playing at their boyhood clubs, it means little. As I said, there's also a few interviews in Spanish where he says he's a fan, all his family were fans, nothing made him prouder than to hear the stadium sing his father's name... http://www.taringa.net/posts/deportes/9244043/Fabricio-Coloccini_-un-grande.html