Village Idiot

Paulinho official. Yay. Sent from my MotoG3 using Tapatalk

Yeah, that same amount of money would have brought us Íñigo Martínez - we reportedly pulled away because of the asking price - which would have helped us immensely. Sent from my MotoG3 using Tapatalk

Looks like the unveiling of Paulinho has been postponed until later in the week (no doubt to see if they can unveil him alongside some actual signing). People would have eaten the board alive and then spat their bones if that was their answer to yesterday.

Yeah, started very well too. 3 in 2 I think.

They sold him to Lyon.

There's a no confidence vote coming up this September. Actually if Madrid bums us in the Supercup it could help us in the long run.

I actually think they are thin upfront after selling Morata. Strange that they haven't been linked with any forward.

Meh. Lots of work to do. I expect some panic buys this week. Dortmund and Liverpool can start ordering golden faucets for their stadiums' toilets.

I'm actually seeing a lot of complaints about the kits on social media.

The Spanish supercup has long been a tourist game. It's excluded from the ST and in the middle of August, so most locals are on holidays. When we play Real Madrid is usually the biggest gate of the year. Sent from my MotoG3 using Tapatalk

I will say this - I think you did alright given all the misfortune you had to face. I didn't watch the entire game, but you didn't look like a team out of its depth.

Jesus, did you miss the draft or something? Both were my last picks for their positions - both are cheap and I expect you to do reasonably well... Barcelona has destroyed your expectations. You have a winnable set of starting fixtures - which I was betting on - that both players will now miss.

Jesus, did you miss the draft or something? Both were my last picks for their positions - both are very cheap and I expect you to do reasonably well...

So, my FF team has both Lejeune and Shelvey. Rejoice.

Just noticed that Spurs have apparently replaced Kyle Walker with Kyle Walker-Peters. Heh.

Caballero's 36 next month. Not really surprising he went for a last big payout and I'm sure Chelsea upped whatever you were offering.

Speaks from experience, I guess.

Nah, there's nothing to that one. Just journos being cheeky. "Morbo" and all that.

Matthew Ryan was pretty good for Valencia.

I mean, if they want to buy a workrate-based CM, fine, but Paulinho for €40m? FFS. There's no way this board survives the no-confidence vote next month.

Yeah, rumour was that if we were going to buy a CM it would be him now. But our local press has confirmed we're in advanced talks for Paulinho now.

So apparently we're buying f***ing Paulinho for close to €40m Oh god, sack this board.

Kiko Femenía playing in the PL. So random.

They own Girona too.

Well, if you were in for him he should be a decent signing for Girona too. City are offloading a bunch of players on them that I had never heard about.