Village Idiot

To be honest after reading that article I start to understand why people around here slag Hansen so much as a pundit. What a monumentally awful use of clichés, plus regarding Rooney... what the hell? Dozens of players play out of position every week and they don't get waxed lyrically at.

In Spain is done every time there's a semi-famous win, although they are usually paid for and included in local/regional newspapers instead of sold directly.

His first few months were magical. Some silly stuff.

I know, makes me feel sad it didn't work out between us.

What kind of player is Makoun? I admit to not follow the French league much apart from the odd big game.

I see Malaga have signed Messi's mini-me Diego Buonanotte, be very interested to see how he cuts it in a stronger league. Magical little player. Aye, great catch by Pellegrini. £3.8m could be the veritable steal if he fulfils his potential. Even more the likely given Pellegrini's record of nuturing South Americans into Spanish football. EDIT: aye, he killed three friends when he crashed his car. Pellegrini has a bit of a job on his hands in moulding that calamitous Málaga side. But if he steers them off relegation with the arab money he can build them up nicely.

I see Malaga have signed Messi's mini-me Diego Buonanotte, be very interested to see how he cuts it in a stronger league. Magical little player. Aye, great catch by Pellegrini.

I'm a fanboi, but somebody needs to pick up Piatti once Almería get relegated this season. Created their goal yesterday against Madrid. If you squint a little it'll be like having Messi playing for you.

Heh, he has a "Criminal Activities" section, like he was Tony Soprano or Dr Doom.

Then why the funk is he not in the national team now!! Didn't Villarreal replace him with Capdevilla after he left? Yes, they bought Capdevila from Depor. Going abroad usually hurts your NT chances in Spain, unless you're aready established or play in a big team (sorry). The relegation didn't help either. He's off the radar for now but let's see what the next callups are. Capdevila is 33, Amorebieta seems to have chosen Venezuela, Arbeloa is average... I suppose Del Bosque will go for Monreal/Arbeloa for now but we'll see. Oh really? Will that make him the first 'foreign' player to play for Athletic since Lizarazu? Infact isn't he more of a natural CB anyway? It's a crying shame for Enrique if he can't get in ahead of that bunch tbh. He also plays as LB. And he would be the second player to play for another national team (not really "foreign") in Bilbao's history yes. And yes I rate José Enrique above Monreal/Arbeloa, we have much less talent on the left than on the right though. We also have San José or Domínguez that can play on the left, but are natural CBs. is there any buzz at all in the spanish media about Enrique? arent you a sports journalist or something - maybe you could pull a few strings. it took the british media and fans of other clubs long enough to pick up on Enrique, but now they're raving about him. There's no buzz about him. As said, players on foreign teams usually fall off the radar unless they are top European sides or Liverpool. I'm not a sports journalist, my bro is but he mainly covers basketball.

Then why the funk is he not in the national team now!! Didn't Villarreal replace him with Capdevilla after he left? Yes, they bought Capdevila from Depor. Going abroad usually hurts your NT chances in Spain, unless you're aready established or play in a big team (sorry). The relegation didn't help either. He's off the radar for now but let's see what the next callups are. Capdevila is 33, Amorebieta seems to have chosen Venezuela, Arbeloa is average... I suppose Del Bosque will go for Monreal/Arbeloa for now but we'll see. Oh really? Will that make him the first 'foreign' player to play for Athletic since Lizarazu? Infact isn't he more of a natural CB anyway? It's a crying shame for Enrique if he can't get in ahead of that bunch tbh. He also plays as LB. And he would be the second player to play for another national team (not really "foreign") in Bilbao's history yes. And yes I rate José Enrique above Monreal/Arbeloa, we have much less talent on the left than on the right though. We also have San José or Domínguez that can play on the left, but are natural CBs.

Then why the funk is he not in the national team now!! Didn't Villarreal replace him with Capdevilla after he left? Yes, they bought Capdevila from Depor. Going abroad usually hurts your NT chances in Spain, unless you're aready established or play in a big team (sorry). The relegation didn't help either. He's off the radar for now but let's see what the next callups are. Capdevila is 33, Amorebieta seems to have chosen Venezuela, Arbeloa is average... I suppose Del Bosque will go for Monreal/Arbeloa for now but we'll see.

It's not like José Enrique was a Spanish boy you found tending tables at the pub around the corner... Spanish international at all youth levels, he was in the fringes of our NT when you signed him...

24m could feasibly get them Benzema if he wanted to go to a relegation-threatened team... Madrid paid 30m for him!

WTF is that thing Sewelly?

Zlatan Ibrahimovic to Milan: 20m Darren Bent to Aston Villa: 24m

Bent will need a new twitter account now.

Bent looks more similar to Gabriel than Carew though.

That's the end of Agbonwhateverhor then? Was having a torrid season.

The thing about Pedro (and lots of our other players) is that they have been playing at this since they were teens in our youth setup. They may not be the best technically or physically in their position (Pedro is a fine player though), but you can take any of our youngsters and put him on the first squad, and they already know what they have to do.

Madrid pondering a €40m bid for ManCity's Tévez, according to Marca.

Will never make it at Barça. Was signed behind Pep's back and he just doesn't want him.

Henrique has never played an official game with a Barça shirt, so can't count him. Decent CB, just don't good enough and doesn't seem to handle pressure well. I'd have stuck with Chygrynsky but he was sold to balance the books and Márquez was a liability in his waning years. Abidal at CB is fine, although he's just much better as LB. With Milito staying (who I rate), and the odd guest appearance of Fontàs/Bartra we should make through the season, but we need something else for the next season imho. At some point Puyol's legs will definitely fall off.

Aye is awful that we have two of the top 5 goalscorers in the league! No. Ideally, we wouldn't be dependent on two players for 2/3 of our goals. Real Madrid league goals = 47. Cronaldo+Higuaín = 29 Barcelona league goals = 61. Messi+Villa = 32 You're fine.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-united/8263034/Alan-Hansen-Wayne-Rooneys-selfless-endeavour-shows-why-Manchester-United-have-Premier-League-edge.html :banghead: