Village Idiot

That's a hell of a goal to celebrate you've just become a dad.

I've watched a few games, and I get the impression that the Africans have adopted all the wrong things from European football.

He must be about 98 by now or am I thinking of someone else? 34, he's the same age as me so don't even suggest that he's ancient But he signed for Espanyol to see out his career at his youthood club, so little chance of agreeing on a move abroad at this time.

Sissoko will go on to become a hell of a player, imho. Big coup for you, even if you are well covered in that position.

Apparently Madrid are going to take Marca to court over this. The world is going mad.

Coutinho was brilliant during his spell at Espanyol. Speaking of which, several Catalan media saying that Capdevila has turned down an offer from West Ham.

What's up with Casillas? He broke his hand yesterday, two months out. Aye, Mou stepped on it by accident. Arbeloa.

What's up with Casillas? He broke his hand yesterday, two months out.

To be frank, it was reported here in the same way... "Hazard lost his mind!!!" and stuff like that. I expected pretty much an assault the way they went over it. Media... guess I should know better given I work in them.

To be frank, I'm amazed that you are not doing the same with La Liga players, beyond the high-profile ones like Silva, Mata or Cazorla. Suppose Michu's success might open the floodgates for non-top PL clubs to start buying Spanish talent. We need to find something to produce and export

To be honest, I wouldn't expect a neutral to know much about Real Madrid's reserve keeper or they prospects (we have no GK prospects worth mentioning either). Adán might be a decent enough midtable La Liga keeper, but he's obviously pretty nervous right now when he plays, and I'm not sure how he'll handle a CL knockout.

I forgive you.

Isn't Adan a fairly competent, if not good, keeper? And they have a couple of youngsters that are fairly rated no? No in both accounts. Adán is average, he's conceded a few soft goals in his current run in the first team. Personally I think he's having trouble handling the pressure - particularly with the drama that Mou has added to it.

Casillas and Ramos now denying the meeting too. Thing is, this kind of rumour would just have been brushed aside just a few moments ago. Anyway, it's certain that he won't be here next year, whatever happens.

To be frank, I'd love if he stayed; he's dragging Real Madrid through the mud and their popularity is at an all-time low in Spain (several polls have been showing that in the past years). Watching that place implode (again) is always an enjoyable spectacle. And he's achieved absolutely nothing another manager with half a brain wouldn't with the amount of amazing players he has at his disposal.

denied by Perez He's not going to confirm it, all hell would break loose. The fact Pérez called up an unplanned presser just to deny this speaks volumes, imho. About what went wrong with Mourinho; I have never seen man with such a talent for making enemies and being a classless t***. The Madrid press gave him a pass as he was a tool in order to defeat Barça, but once the football side of things has started to falter, he's lost them. To be frank, they are being incredibly vicious right now; but they have always loved a good pyre, Real Madrid press have always been one of the main reasons that place is a circus. He just hasn't adjusted to our football culture, imho; he probably thought he would get the same treatment here than he had in England or Italy.

He was interested in him while he still played for Ajax, so it makes sense.

Rumor going round that Real Madrid could sign Lloris to cover for Casillas. Wouldn't it run afoul of the "more than two clubs" rule?

It seems the unrest is more widespread among the squad, while Guti and Raúl were just spoilt cunts. He even had a - confirmed - spat with Cronaldo the other day.

Marca claims the team captains have asked for Mourinho's sacking in a meeting with Pérez.

I can compare my writing to Hemingway and Scott Fitzgerald, too.

This instantly doubles ManU's chances to get through, by the way. This Adán fella... isn't too good. (Cue him having a stormer at OT now).

What I mean is that he could have just openly said he wanted to leave and pull off some shit like sitting out trainings or refusing to play. That while I agree it's stupid to commend somebody for doing what he's supposed to do, there's enough examples out there of footballers doing this kind of shit, and it strikes to me that he wanted to keep this under wraps and not make the fuss/hurt the team.

Backup Real Madrid goalie Iker Casillas broke his hand yesterday against Valencia. Two months out and will miss the CL tie againt Manchester United.

Hope he stays for your sake. To his credit, not any single word regarding this has come from his mouth, nor has he committed any act of indiscipline. Had it not been for his dad or the media, you'd never have learnt of this.