Village Idiot

Also, Málaga really have knack for finishing with less than 10 men on the pitch.

Adebayor hasn't looked that great tbf. Much rather have Benzema.

Cronaldo limping off, though.

Spanish FF is s***, all decent leagues are paid for.

Money on Marca pettily bashing Pellegrini on his cover tomorrow, instead of focusing on their team's victory.

Spanish commentators speaking as if playing with two strikers was a non seen before tactical experiment. They are calling it "the double nine"

Wonder if he'll finally take Cronaldo off. He's played every single minute of La Liga. Only outfield player to do so.

They have had a set of ridiculous fixtures since January: Barcelona, Valencia, Sevilla, Villarreal, Madrid all away. I expect them to pick up in the next months. Their summer business was rather bad. Foreign manager with no experience in La Liga and some weird signings. Pellegrini is a much better pair of hands. Can't wait to see Buonanuotte in this league.

Eh? No It's pretty customary, but you and your employer are free to negotiate your lunch break (or lack of) as you see fit. The only limitation is that you have to have 12 hours since you leave work until you start another shift. Some collective agreements may impose other conditions but that's the general law.

Should be a drubbing, makes me glad we did our job against Valencia.

We usually have dinner at around 9pm. But football until midnight when you have to get up early to go to work it's a big ask for a lot of people, particularly since Madrid is a sprawling city and commutes can be very long.

And Malaga missing a lot of people. Should get ugly. Hoping Canales gets some minutes today btw. Whose body is in your avatar? It makes me laugh given that Canales is weak as piss and he looks so built and manly in your avatar.

I'm torn on the guy. His massive ego and drive without a doubt helped us bring this time of success, but without pulling the brakes it might have been the end of us. As a person, he is a twat though.

How do the people get home? Surely public transport is almost off at midnight? Madrid's subway works all night long, and the Bernabéu's pretty well connected. They also set extra trains/buses for game nights. It's still a bad idea with people working. 20:30 or 21:00 would be much better.

So that's why he was having a pop at Pellegrini (aside from being a t***). Is there even any bad bloody between the two? No, but papers have been sounding out the fact that Pellegrini had a better record last year than Mou's currently having, and I think he has gone berserk.

A 22:00 kickoff on a weekday is an awful, awful idea.

Atlético's fourth largest shareholder is selling his shares... through Spain's equivalent of craigslist http://www.segundamano.es/madrid/acciones-club-atletico-de-madrid-sad/a25068894/?ca=28_s&st=a&c=51 Price is "up for negotiation"

Joan Laporta and the former Barça board have been ordered by a tribunal to deposit an endorsement of €24m in the next two months, which can potentially be used to pay off part of Barça's debt. Decision is not final. (In Spanish sports law, the board of a fan-owned club is mandated to answer for any increase in debt after leaving office, Laporta had managed to dodge this due to a loophole).

Mou putting out his best fit XI against Málaga. This will hurt.

Yeah, very easy to pick muscle injuries after a long layoff. They are just not ready for the exertion.

Pretty sure we told Ronaldinho about the risks of partying and alcohol, too.

I know a few Bolton fans, and they were cracking jokes about Nolan overdoing the pies long before he moved to NUFC.

Lots of big teams have injury problems and pushed back recovery times. Is Arsenal's medical team crap? Regarding Nolan, Big Sam ran a pretty science-obsessed outfit at Bolton and he was every bit as "fat" as nowadays. The man's just not a natural athlete.

Can't wait for him to lose his payslip again.

Is he a piss weak attacking midfielder with decent one touch play per chance? He's exactly that. http://www.goal.com/en/news/12/spain/2011/03/03/2377371/arsenal-chase-barcelonas-victor-vazquez-report