Village Idiot

He's playing every game, which makes me a bit uneasy. Hope he can keep it up. He did it last season already, although he got into form as the months went by.

Will he always be a squad player, or do you think he can replace Villa in a few years? He needs to be mentally stronger, he has lots of quality but needs to improve his composure. It can be done though, Torres had a similar problem at the same age. Villa is amazing though, such great movement.

Good for Bojan, he's the quintessence of a confidence player.

Carvalho pissing off Britishmen even after leaving the premiership

Just checked. Unsurprisingly they did not. So, so bitter

In all honesty, Messi. I want Xavi to win it, though.

Espanyol always up their game against us. Cup final and all that. Need to check if the bitter twats gave us a damn away ticket allocation this year.

I wish I could hate Raúl, but I met him a few times and he's a top bloke. Kicked my arse at FIFA, though, the cunt.

If that ever happens and I'm not broke, I promise to take a plane and fly up to Newcastle to watch and get pissed. With the Sir Bobby connection, it really should happen. Just qualify for the CL again, you lazy sods. CL is soooo cliche though. Nowt to stop you getting your arse over here during your pansy winter break tbh. Definitely I'll go to a NUFC game when I can, but it will have to wait. Can't afford too many excursions right now.

What are ticket prices like for a Barca match? It depends, the ones I get for the league are usually €40ish and are amongst the cheapest (near the away end, I always enjoy the banter), but CL goes for more, while the cup goes for less, also depending on the opposition.

If that ever happens and I'm not broke, I promise to take a plane and fly up to Newcastle to watch and get pissed. With the Sir Bobby connection, it really should happen. Just qualify for the CL again, you lazy sods.

I'm still thanking God we can't play you in the last 16 tbh. I pray you draw Arsenal again. That first 20 mins at the Emirates last season was the most one sided game in football history. It was brutal. To be honest I really fancy playing you at some point.

If that ever happens and I'm not broke, I promise to take a plane and fly up to Newcastle to watch and get pissed.

f***, I was with my mother watching some old shitty videos and I missed Messi's goal.

Ah fuck, why didn't I go to this? Ah yes, family over. Cunts.

Iniesta has got new shooting boots this season, if he really adds goals to his game he'll be the dog's bollocks.

Mascherano to be sent off tonight.

Benzema and Özil off for Diarra and Granero. Seems Mou only had money at -1.

New TV deal coming up, let's see if it has any effect (not a big makeover but there's more redistribution)

Barça -3 is quite a bet

Zaragoza should get a drubbing tonight, they are extremely dire. Hopefully somebody rescues Ander so he still plays top flight football next season (he needs to bulk up too). Thoughts on tonight? Should surely be putting Sociedad to the sword, guess it's just a case of how resilient they are as to whether they can keep the score down? I'd usually find that a pretty poor situation that things seem to be so predictable yet watching you lot play at your best is a sight to behold. They are being quite good this year, fresh off winning the Basque derby and finding themselves in the upper half and impressing so far (watch Griezmann tonight) That said, we should obviously win. They also have one of the worst away records against Barça of La Liga (12 defeats on the trot or something like that).

Zaragoza should get a drubbing tonight, they are extremely dire. Hopefully somebody rescues Ander so he still plays top flight football next season (he needs to bulk up too).

My cunning plan worked. I rule. Hey, it's a tough commute from the boondocks of Ohio! Ah, I knew there was one US Spurs fan, but couldn't remember which one it was. :-[ I like Leffe. He's a Spurs fan in the US on a Newcastle board. Respect. Only VI appear more random, but he's got the Sir Bobby connection so it's not. Yeah, used to live in Glasgow and was friends with a couple of Newcastle fans there. Best (wo)man was from Stakeford. I'm on a couple of Spurs boards, obviously, and use one or two others but, you know, this forum is really, really good. For us intelligent oldies, you know. Most Barcelona forums I lurk are remarkably more boring than this one. The English Barça boards/gloryhunter covens are particularly cringe-inducing. The only Newcastle fan I met before coming to this place was a guy whose two heroes in life were Shay Given and Josif Stalin. My best english friend is a smoggie though, and funnily he spends more time talking about your lot than Boro (which he prefers not to mention).

Fair enough, I'm not the best judge of human behavior, but he always struck me as just an overly rash/candid person.

I can confirm that. As well as that when Llambias told the players Hughton was sacked you could hear the shouting at Llambias from outside the training ground dressing room, an apparently Barotn was going mad. And apparently Hughton got sacked because Ashley couldn't trust him in the transfer market, Hughton was a good coach but not a manger and too soft on the players since Calderwood left. Apparently Calderwood was the disciplinarian. I'm an ITK now! Did Llambias tell them that? "He's too easy on you lazy cunts"