Village Idiot

Our forward roster is certainly thinner than Kuqi.

Did I make some grammar mistake or is it because I'm calling a squad with Pedro, Messi and Villa in it, thin?

We are very thin upfront. Pedro-Villa-Messi are awesome, but there's just Bojan and Iniesta out of position afterwards (plus Afellay now). Putting Neymar would actually allow us to rotate more and get him primed to replace Villa in a couple years. My only worry is if he would fit our system, or if he could be molded into it (he's still very young afterall)

Some Spanish rags reporting our president is in talks to buy Neymar. He has close ties with the Brazilian market from his times working for Nike and he brought Ronaldinho here so it's not so far-fetched. Figures quoted are alongside €20m-€30m with probably Keirrison or Henrique heading back to Brazil as part of the deal. Cracking player, I'm just fearful we might not be the best match for each other. But if it worked out well

We don't get out of second gear for friendlies, which I something I have nee problem with. I wish Del Bosque used them for something meaningful like bedding in new players instead of copy-pasting the WC squad.

FWIW in Spain an assist was a "goal pass" (pase de gol), and a lot of people/media still use that word. "Assist" feels like I'm watching basketball to me.

The Lucy from Peanuts one

Yes And he won't be the only one! Proper waste of money that. Stop wasting the internet, you. Drop the s*** attitude. For a poor player that is going to be on the bench, and leave the club in 6 months or so...surely proper waste. No it's not. They're Finnish, and Kuqi's the first Finnish player to play for us. For them it's well worth the money to have something to remember it by. He's not finnish yet, he's still got a few goals in him!

Hum, are Savage and Kuqi in bed together in this?

Actually I loved the most that other celebration he had with the retarded dance while he clapped his hands over his head (hope it's not some Finnish folklore thing and I'm offending an entire nation here).

Both Madrid rags reporting that Real Madrid have decided to not extend Pepe's contract after not reaching a compromise about his wage demands. His current deal runs out in 2012. He's already been linked to a host of PL clubs (Chelsea, Arsenal, City).

Norwegians are seriously stupid, Swede. Doesn't make up for that tattoo no matter what, you are labled How do we know Carew doesn't want it to say his menstruation, though? He refused to comment about his reason for getting the tattoo, he probably wants to become a woman. I'm highly more amused about the fact that in Norwegian a simple stress mark is the difference between "rules" and "menstruation" It's in French.

Norwegians are seriously stupid, Swede. Doesn't make up for that tattoo no matter what, you are labled How do we know Carew doesn't want it to say his menstruation, though? He refused to comment about his reason for getting the tattoo, he probably wants to become a woman. I'm highly more amused about the fact that in Norwegian a simple stress mark is the difference between "rules" and "menstruation"

I like Bendtner actually, think he would flourish at a club that started him week in week out and not feeding off the scraps he gets at Arsenal. I'm just afraid he'd command a big chunk of your current wedge in fee and wages.

Aye, because regular joes don't work hard and don't pay prices to keep their jobs. w*****. you face the same privacy issues and public attention doing a regular 9-5 job? Most pro footballers train around 15-20 hours a week, I work 40 hours. They have way more time than me to enjoy their family life or go out with friends. As I said, we all make our sacrifices. Also only a minority of footballers actually suffer this kind of privacy issues. I really doubt Chris Samba gets much attention when he's out.

Aye, because regular joes don't work hard and don't pay prices to keep their jobs. w*****.

Wonder if the work permit might have been a problem for him. Looks real quality on Youtube. I really couldn't tell too much about his quality since the defending was about conference standard at best. He reminded me of clips you see of Ameobi in training. Is he as good as the legend goes, in training? Always heard that.

Estrella Galicia rocks.

As I said in the La Liga thread, I have never been there actually. Might imagine that's the case due to the Celtic heritage. But a ginger latino is just freaky.

Love how he's been isolated from the group in the bottom picture. In this country a ginger is a freakier sight than an alien spaceship He's the team captain though, the rest of the boys probably too scared of his ginger death rays.

Stats-wise this is the worst Depor side in 45 years. Even in the seasons the have been relegated they had more points by this time.

Fran Álvarez our own ginger magician http://lasports.es/noticias/fran-alvarez-la-perla-pelroja/ Always thought he looks like a cross of Iniesta and Nicky Butt.

I must begrudgingly admit that I have never been to A Corunha, something I hope to remedy sooner than later. I used to dislike Depor a lot (the only reason being that I have a bunch of great friends from Vigo that worked hard to recruit me to their cause ), but lately I have developed a strange soft spot for them.

Reyes still occasionally shows that he could be a cracking player. The potential is there but somehow the mentality is not. He's not lazy but he plays within a comfort zone at Atlético.

Was saying just that to my Arsenal friend yesterday, but according to him it doesn't make any difference. He also claimed that Barton's tackle should see him banned for the rest of the season, and this was mostly backed up with "Diaby has had so many serious injuries, that coming in like that is a threat to his career" That's a shit excuse, but still, hasn't Diaby injuried a bunch of players, including his own teammates?