Village Idiot

Was thinking the same yesterday. Have only heard bad things about him. Hasn't Kone been a complete flop there as well? Yup.

Terrible since the day he signed. Slow of body and of mind, can't deal with being closed down. A very good left foot but that's all he has. He would be tragic in the PL.

Romaric has been terrible for Sevilla. There will be dancing in the streets if he's sold.

As I said in La Liga thread, he looks very good at that level but I'm not so sure he's good enough for a top half club in a top league. He certainly is a bit of a late bloomer though, we purchased him when he was 21 IIRC from a low division team. As a player, he reminds me of Pedro when he was in our B team (he was younger than Nolito though), winger that drifts inside, very good energy,always making himself available for attacking play, even if his own technical skills are not all that.

I want Jonathan Soriano to leave and play for a top division club. He's not going to make it at Barça (to be frank, he was purchased to strengthen our B team since we just can't produce strikers for some reason), but his scoring record is Messiesque since he joined. That said, he relies on service and at Barça B he gets a lot of it.

He's very good in Liga Adelante, but I suspect that is about his level.

We have 3 LBs in our books, plus a couple of promising kids. Probably our only defensive position that doesn't need more bodies.

Maybe the odd game/timewasting sub for the likes of Nolito or Oriol García, but I suppose it will ultimately mean Iniesta on the wing as backup for Pedro/Villa/Messi, and Thiago covering for Iniesta when that happens. More worried about the defence.

Happens all the time in La Liga. Properly chuffed that Villarreal is most surely getting to the semis. They deserve a trophy for all these years.

Given our historic ties with the region though, it makes sense for us to take part in it. As I said, from a purely neutral point of view I'd love it to happen, but it will destroy our players' fitness. I'm torn.

We have been officially invited to the Copa América now, the Spanish FA will meet to decide about it on the 13th.

Justin Bieber has been photographed with a Barça shirt. I'm at work and can't post it, but it's over at www.elmundodeportivo.com

Seems that we have been invited by the AFA, not CONMEBOL though, so it still has to go some way on their part before being firm. I expect our clubs to oppose it, although the president of our FA says he wants us accept. From a pure sporting way, I'd love to take part on that competition, but the calendar would be insane.

Spain have been invited to Copa América, which would both rule and suck (players won't have a proper summer rest for two years in a row, plus a third with the EC).

Yes on all three questions. Usually member tickets are freed up in the weekdays before the actual match. This the same with the Monday game or do they choose that a bit earlier? The Monday game it's chosen earlier, when the rights holder assigns the games to each TV (as some have a predefined time slot where they will show their allotted game). I'm not sure about when, but it's at least two weeks and probably a bit more. Cheers dude. Just have to hope Atletico v Levante isn't moved to the Monday then. There are definitely 4 better fixtures than it that weekend so fingers crossed. Just researched this a bit, the games are allotted 11 days before the Saturday kickoff (the Monday a week before).

Yes on all three questions. Usually member tickets are freed up in the weekdays before the actual match. This the same with the Monday game or do they choose that a bit earlier? The Monday game it's chosen earlier, when the rights holder assigns the games to each TV (as some have a predefined time slot where they will show their allotted game). I'm not sure about when, but it's at least two weeks and probably a bit more.

Yes on all three questions. Usually member tickets are freed up in the weekdays before the actual match.

And to round off a great weekend, Espanyol keep dropping like a stone. Because when you build your success around a tight defense, there's nothing like selling half of it during the January window for a bag of crisps. Keep it up, bitter cunts

If he loses or draws one of the remaining 8 games he won't match Pellegrini's tally of last season, either. But he still has them in the mix for the CL (although it will take an epic debacle from us for them to take the league now).

Canales in the PL would be a disaster. Doesn't have the mettle.

A judge will rule today if the strike is on or off. Going by previous rulings the strike will probably be unauthorized.

Apparently the Lithuanian stadium we are supposed to play this Tuesday is thoroughly f***ed and we have asked UEFA to postpone the game. They showed it on the Spanish TV and it looks like a potato field rather than a football pitch. http://www.marca.com/albumes/2011/03/27/cesped_kaunas/index_3.html http://www.marca.com/albumes/2011/03/27/cesped_kaunas/index_1.html

Yes, tickets will appear on the area of stadium the seats belong to. Click on them and you continue to payment. Seats do show up, but I don't expect many unless the race is over (and if it's us that won it, since the trophy is usually presented in the last home game, there will be a sellout too).

If, somehow, we won the league in that game the partying in town will be immense.

I'd say €150+, depending on how important the game actually is.