Village Idiot

Spanish press already coming up with a cringeworthy nickname for our team. Since "Hierro" is "Iron" in Spanish, this team is now "Los Hombres de Hierro" (The Iron Men). I hate our press.

Should I feel bad for reading Fedyan's messages in a thick movie Russian accent?

Already moved my desk and put it in front of my telly. Not moving from here until July 15th. GIMME FOOTBALL.

He's lived here since he was a bairn. His Spanish is flawless accent-wise.

Cherysev's quality, but he's never been able to make the most of his talent. He's had a pretty bad season. Seems truly fired up for this though (nee surprise).

Hardly a surprise, but Arabia are really shite.

Just moved my desk in front of my flat TV. Fucking love a World Cup in a proper timezone.

He's sold rights to the reveal to a Spanish telly, Lebron-style. What a tosser

Incidentally, I think Lopetegui's a poor choice for Real Madrid, which makes the whole fracas even weirder.

Wait, with all this fracas I almost missed the real big transfer news of the day. Bielsa to Leeds! This is going to provide fantastic entertainment. Certainly off the pitch, with a bit of luck maybe even inside it.

Hierro is well-respected. His career as a manager is an anecdote, though, so not sure this is the best way to go.

Apparently the break is more alongside the lines of "old guard" vs "young guard".

Spanish club sabotaging their own national team. Pretty extraordinary stuff man It is known that Pérez doesn't give a fuck about the national team.

Apparently Rubiales asked Madrid&Lopetegui not to make the announcement until after the WC, but they went ahead with it anyway since some players had already been told.

Anyway, Lopetegui will say his piece now. Curious to hear his side of this mess.

Rubiales is legitimatelly pissed that Lopetegui talked to Real Madrid behind his back - he's said he knew nothing of the deal until 5 minutes before it was announced. And as I said, during his stint in the FPA Rubiales showed he's no one that will let himself be taken for a mug. This is a mess.

Nah, they won't go for Rafa. Also, we'll most surely go with the AssMan or temporarily appoint Celades (our U21 manager). Then sign somebody on a perm basis after the WC.

To be frank the new FA boss is the former boss of the FPA, where he already got a reputation for being a tough "don't dare fuck with me" kind of guy. I expect fun times with him at the helm.

Well fuck me, he's sacked.

It's mostly because of the dressing room unrest this has caused. But sacking him would make things worse, imho.

I don't think he will be sacked, it would be too big of a mess. The media are loving this stuff though, they love flinging shit. My bet is that Lopetegui will apologize, promise to give his all during the WC, and that will be it. As for his replacement after the WC? I think it will be Luís Enrique.

A non Madrid player found out and they figured it was gonna get leaked anyway. The werent planning on announcing it until after the WC apparently. Bet it was Pique, massive shit stirrer I sincerely hope it was him

Yeah, the FA is fuming since he signed an extension like 3 weeks ago. Plus this gets announced two days before the debut, upsetting the dressing room. I don't know why they couldn't wait to announce it until the WC was over.

Deulofeu to Watford, €13m+4 addons. Surprised about it, tbf. He didn't seem to be ripping up trees at Watford.

Guti is often mentioned, he's managing their U19s. But I don't think there's anything to it. It would be a disaster, imho.