Village Idiot

Someone needs to show them David May's "honours". Makes me think of a nice trivia... passenger with most titles? Will look for the appropriate thread.

Most contract extensions are actually done around this time. It's dangerous to leave them until the summer, when the player can move clubs if the talks are protracted. There's less pressure from competing offers now. In the past 2 months Barça gave a new deal to Busquets and Bojan and are holding talks with Alves and Pinto. It's really business as usual.

Iker Casillas signed a 10 year contract IIRC. Messi is on a 7-year deal, and I'm damn sure we had somebody on a lifetime contract too. Ronaldinho I think.

It was most likely he was on a tiny wage compared to the rest, a long term deal on more realistic terms was fully deserved i agree Yes, I suspect he was on a tiny wage since he was pretty unknown. Probably better update his contract now than in the summer when there'll be other clubs offering him stuff. Also a PR move for you and the other players nearing the end of their contracts.

6 months after he's signed and he gets a new contract, probably deserves it mind.

Our next 5 away games: Mallorca Sevilla Valencia Villarreal Real Madrid However, after the Clásico Real Madrid too have Valencia/Sevilla/Villarreal away (plus Atlético de Madrid, not that it matters). If we got of this stretch alive, I think we'll win this league.

First time I've ever been on a Liverpool Forum and TBH I don't think I ever will again. http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/kevjohnson/scary-cat.jpg

Turkey counts, they have the same kind of mental fans.

How many teams from the Balkans/Greece have won European silverware? Red Star and...?

Villarreal are through. Get in.

Cazorla out for Català. Villarreal trying to see this out. EDIT: And Gullón coming for Cani, another defensive change.

Loving the fact that strikers seem to be trying scissor kicks again. Nicky Butt, the visionary of the game.

Nilmar with another great chance. Tie living up to the hype after the disappointing first leg

Cavani coming on. Yum yum.

Stampede after Hamsik's goal. Fortunately nobody got hurt apparently. http://estaticos.marca.com/marcador/futbol/2010_11/europa_league/dieciseisavos/vuelta/vil_npl/images/05_300x195.jpg

Borja Valero is finally turning into a great player too, another that got (kicked) away from Real Madrid.

Rossi 2-1

And there it goes, Nilmar 1-1

Lavezzi being a handful tonight. It'll suck if we're left with no teams in the EL.

My first live Barça game: January 3rd, 1990 FCB 3 - 4 Sevilla Pretty legendary game actually, for the awful refereeing, as he gave Sevilla a couple penalties to help them turn the game, and ignored a stonewall one in their box, just in the last 15 minutes. The ref got banned from refereeing us for... 5 years I think? Something like that. Still have vivid memories of using extremely inappropiate language for an 11-year old against him

How come isn't everyone in this forum ponying up for your ST?

Transparent masks suck. The whole point of them is the "masked superhero" look

Cronaldo and HBA are not at all similar players. Cronaldo learnt to use his strength and power to become more direct and effective, HBA doesn't have that. His game is about pace and close control. He has more of a change of modelling himself after Messi than Cronaldo.

I really doubt you'll sign Ireland. Wasn't he on 70k a week at Villa? Crazy wages that he won't give up, particularly if he has a few good games.

thats f***ing bad news (from a purely irish perspective) kieran f***ing westwood for our next qualifier and leon best leading the line alongside kevin doyle oh f***ing joy Leave off Besty. its the principle of the matter nowt against best in particular better than jon walters anyway Clears the way for Kevin Kilbane to become Ireland's most capped player, too