Village Idiot

That's a quick U-turn then.

There's a shitload of Barcelona people over at City now. And there are reports of them trying to headhunt some of our coaches/staff. Seems to me they are trying to buy themselves into becoming the new Barça, so I'm 100% sure they'll at least try to sign Pep.

What do you base that on? Is it because everyone who has ever worked for Barcelona is a saint and would never do anything for money, only for the love of the beautiful game? That's a pretty silly stick to beat us with. It's not like our players are on zero wages.

Bayern denied this yesterday. And today Pep waxes lyrical about the Premier League in an interview. He'll go to England, I have little doubt.

That can't possibly be true.

Your board's obsession with pushing out clothing merchandise is ludicrous Have they kept advertising localised versions of SD in the EL home games?

Nobody has ever made this joke. Congratulations!

Chelsea have loaned Lucas Piazón to Málaga until the end of season. I suspect this means Buonanotte will leave after all.

The captain will rally the troops. Oh wait---

He's also different to the midfielder we usually produce, more box-to-box than a specialised tippy-tappy playmaker.

Apparently we are looking to loan out Rafinha and Sergi Roberto, who are deemed too good for Liga Adelante but won't enjoy too much playing time with the seniors. Both are great prospects, but you don't seem to need more central midfielders/attacking midfielders.

Construction workers solder Betis' badge at the top of Sevilla's tallest skyscraper, currently in construction. Escudo del Betis en la Torre Cajasol de Sevilla (Torre Pelli) It's silly, but I love this kind of rivalry stuff.

They are saying he already has an agreement with Valencia, with talks with Celta ongoing. What a waste if he joined Reading, to be frank.

Good to see he is so confident. http://www.goal.com/en/news/3194/video/2013/01/15/3673295/gervinho-i-want-to-be-arsenals-greatest-player

Dunno, looks like he could go unnoticed in most games.

Apparently 98% of all appeals to the FA are rejected from some figures that were around last year. Doesn't mean much, since a lot of clubs are probably appealing without valid grounds.

Blatantly wrong cards are overturned all the time in Spain, including yellows. Is it such a big deal in England?

Nolito wants to leave Benfica. Quick as fuck, can play wide. Linked with Zaragoza at the moment.

Still beats me how thick you have to be to destroy your career in such a way. most young lads at that age are really thick, I certainly was. Yeah, but the guy's 24 now. At some point he should have realized that unless he sorted himself out the party was over.

Still beats me how thick you have to be to destroy your career in such a way.

Incidentally, all the Giggs-ing has made me realize that Giggs has, actually, not scored this season. Will his "score in all PL seasons" streak come to an end? Suppose Ferguson will have him take a pen if they wrap the title early.

Dunno, to me Siem de Jong hasn't become the player it looked like he could be 2-3 years ago, but maybe what he needs is a move abroad.

To be frank I have never been that impressed by him.

Good. Would hate it if a player of his caliber fucked off to a retirement league so early.