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To be honest, Bale hasn't destroyed that many PL rightbacks this season, his form has been mostly against Inter de Milan in the CL.

Pass an Act of Union, imho.

Atlético have unveiled a new motto, and inscribed it on their dressing room tunnel a la Liverpool http://estaticos03.marca.com/imagenes/2010/11/03/futbol/equipos/atletico/1288776815_0.jpg "To glory through hardship". Fitting, but a bit forced.

EU law. it seems implemented differently in each country though Yes and no. All countries are mandated to accept EU workers as nationals, however how you deal with non-EU nationals outside trade agreements (like the Kolpak one) is up to you, hence your work permit system. In Spain, for example, is much easier to legally immigrate if you're a South American than other non-EU nationalities (helped us get Messi).

EU law.

Cronaldo has scored 50% of Real Madrid's goals so far this season, which is both a good and a bad thing. Messi brings more to the table, imho, with assists and enabling play. Cronaldo tends to hoard his team's attacking play. But I'm partial, of course.

Messi sits on the throne that Xavi builds for him. (just wanted to say that some time...)

Required Positions Left Wing Criteria Must be scary Hence why we tried to sign Ribery!

Our DoF confirmed interest in Bale this morning, actually. Said he hasn't made a bid or anything though. We need a scary left winger, really.

f***ing posts. Should jail them all.

The guy hasn't really stopped playing since 2008. European Championship, Confed Cup, World Cup... all mixed with a regular season where he usually plays 45+ games every year. He's completely knackered and has had to miss a few games this season due to muscle and ligament fatigue. He's won everything with Spain, so it's not that he would leave through the back door...

Málaga rumored to go after Pellegrini after firing Jesualdo Ferreira today.

last minute top corner job? Aye that was perfect, all his pens generally seem to be on the unstoppable side. Yes, that one. His penalty against South Africa in the WC was also amazing. Top corner job too. Really, it's got to the point that I get giddy every time Atlético get a pen.

Forlán scores some scorchers from the spot, like. My favorite is one he scored against Ecuador in injury time in the WC quals. Probably the best penalty taker playing in a big league, imho.

Athletic de Bilbao's new stadium is supposed to have goal music *and* light show. Pure cringe if they really go with it.

Xavi thinking about retiring from international football due to his muscle fatigue problems, according to our press.

Man, for some reason I just love how offhandedly he throws many exact figures "85% were recurring injuries, 40% were picked in international duty/we left the squad with 300m in value". Wonder if he just makes them up as he goes along, but knowing him he probably has spreadsheets for all of this (the 10m net spend looks a bit hard to believe but again I don't keep track).

I request some education: what was the significance of playing Daydream Believer at the end? The peeps at that mackem board seem pretty pissed about it.

I'm becoming addicted to Rio Ferdinand's twitter brrrrap??

What a f***ing prick. Dowd looks like he's about to kiss him.

51st state, like.

It was taken in Zagreb by a Croatian journalist according to El Mundo Deportivo, but dunno about the date. Given that #14 wasn't free until this season I suppose it was done recently.

Honestly, you have to think that Arsenal were more successful than us when he left Barça (we were just at the end of a 5-year trophy drought and they had the Invincibles at the top of their pomp), and now that the roles are reversed he wants back.

He isn't that big of a fan, at least according to people that knew him at his hometown (my bro works there). I do believe he's an outstanding player and want him here but also think he's pretty two-faced (if he was such a fan he wouldn't have left afterall).

I don't think it really is a legit interest. We were after him a couple years ago and the link gets resurrected from time to time to fill up the rags, plus now somebody got that photo with the shirt.