Village Idiot

I don't know how long this has been in the can, but if anything it should've been shown earlier, when it had the chance of effect meaningful change and not a few days before the vote (which has probably given more viewership).

I had to leave the partying because of work, still doing fuck all because of a massive hangover mind.

Marca running that Higuaín could suffer from spinal disk herniation and will force Madrid to buy a striker in Jan. They link them to Almeida.

A friend from Valencia just reminded me that Rafa Benítez has a 100% record at Camp Nou.

It was the equivalent of "Mourinho give us a wave". Weren't you singing Mourinho you should of went to the theatre or something? Yeah, that one too. "Mourinho go watch theater" because he accused us of play-acting (pot, kettle, etc). Harkens back from his time at Chelsea.

It was the equivalent of "Mourinho give us a wave".

Guardiola dedicated the win to Charly Reixach and Johan Cruyff, for "showing me how it has to be done"

I'm drunk, so youll need to pardon me whike I indulge in some classlesness :mackems: :mackems: :mackems: :mackems: :mackems: :mackems: :mackems: :mackems: :mackems: :mackems: :mackems: :mackems: :mackems: :mackems: :mackems:

Well, only Xavi, Valdés, Piqué, Puyol and Busquets are "local" lads. (Puyol was born in northern Catalonia, but I guess he qualifies since it's just Barcelona's backyard )

Off to the pub! (yes, I didn't get tickets, it's impossible)

Actually we'd have been better off buying true world class players, instead of spending €15m-ish apiece in the likes of Hleb, Gudjohnsen, Keirrison, Cáceres, etc...

Di María has been rather meh in his general play, but has had an habit of popping up with some rather important goals for them.

That's why I said "And there's Zlatan". I still consider him a quality player. But we spunk some idiotic money on him.

Again most of the debt is still what we were carrying from the Gaspart board (left us with €300m in the red in 2004). Our current debt is €450m. We spunk some money on some dross the past two seasons, mind. And there's Zlatan too.

The Spanish Cup has been trampled and mangled beyond repair. It's a joke. The only thing the federation cares about is to ensure big teams reach the final and get as much tv money from the latter stages as possible. And the big clubs acquiesce since it makes it easier for them.

It's only for professional teams. I think it's 80odd clubs taking part.

Mou tends to burn the hell out of his players, he relies a lot in experienced players that he plays and plays and plays. There was a stat in the Spanish press this week that showed that the same 11 Madrid players have played 82% of total minutes this season, across all competitions. And yes, the bricking is cuntish.

Yep. Benzema has been rather good in his guest appearances of late though. They'll be fine.

I don't know, 3 out of 4 Clásicos are usually not up to the hype. Not that I won't be biting my nails every fucking minute of it. But usually both teams approach those games rather cautiously. I suppose Madrid will set up for hitting in the counter and knowing this we will try to shore up at the back more than we usually do (Real Madrid is the only team I have seen Guardiola line up rather conservatively against)

At least you still have a decent cup. In ours top teams get a bye until the last 32. There was a point where teams playing in Europe got a bye until the last 16

Hasn't he got a court case against the new board to fight as well. Seen that he's been banned from the corporate area's at the club as well. Yes. Hence why him being an MP is going to be fun. He isn't going to have any kind of influence in the actual lawmaking but he'll surely give headlines.

Somewhere, Messi sighs in relief.

Just seen this. What Barca suburb? I was over there (Gava) a while back visiting a friend and they were burning a massive effigy of some sort. Badalona. It's done in May. Didn't know they did it in Gavà too.

Laporta is now an MP in Catalonia. This is going to be fun.

Yeah, their president was either astute/foolish/a cunt depending on who you ask, but got them competing with managing to get some very impressive names in their teamsheet over the years. And it seems they have "landed" safely after flirting with financial trouble these past years (still think they should dedicate a street in La Coruña to NUFC for the money you gave them over the years).