Village Idiot

Mourinho going down a treat I see They are playing counter. At home. Against Espanyol... That's hard to swallow for the Bernabéu crowd. Still they have enjoyed the best chances, although they scored via dodgy penalty.

Bernabéu booing their team despite being 1-0 up at HT

R. Madrid - Espanyol in a bit. 14 years since the useless cunts won there.

"El Rifle" Was instrumental for Osasuna last season.

Man, what a fucking great goal by Osasuna. Try to catch this one on La Liga highlights

Tamudo's on fire. He still has it.

Our parliament is going to debate a motion to discuss the implementation of transfer and wage caps in La Liga. It's still ways off from happening though, since they want to reach a consensus with La Liga (I also prefer self-regulation) and I don't think the government will strongarm them unless they refuse any kind of stricter financial policing.

That Everton clip is fantastic. Players around him seem to play in slo-mo compared to him (Nolan I'm looking at you). Enjoy him mags Loved that bit of Colo taking the piss of an Everton player before laying it to Barfa.

That forehead...

Casillas' GF (and world's hottest sports journalist) has slammed Cronaldo on TV saying he is "egoistical and shelfish, but he's always been that way and we knew it". She's criticized his BF in the past too mind, but I'm still amused by all this weird sudden wave of Madrid media hostility regarding Cronaldo.

And he was so much injury prone at the beginning of his career... (granted his body was still developing). The boy put a lot of effort in getting that past him though, cutting his holidays short to get specialized training, changing the way he steps and runs... (he's a bit less pacey than he was, but tons more effective).

We have a proper jinx when playing in Catalonia's official holidays, I still remember when we played Real Madrid in the CL semis in Saint George's Day (Catalonia's patron Saint) and they stuffed us 0-2. Zidane that day

Iniesta just announced on Facebook that he's going to become dad soon. I suspect he scored twice that day in South Africa...

They did score like 30-45 seconds after the whistle should've been blown since there were no real stoppages in stoppage time. He's got a point, however small it is. The main ref has the prerogative of deciding how long ET will last, what the assistant displays is merely indicative. It sucks, but that's football and he's not the first to lose to a late goal.

Cesc Tweeting in 3 languages now? He's always done it that way.

I see that Wegner has got a touchline ban for protesting the length of the ET against Sunderland. Admire a lot of what he has done over at Arsenal but has always been such a sore loser...

I was a goalie and played untucked. My manager wanted us to play with tucked in shirts but I always argued that with all the jumping and sliding for saves it came out on its own.

I remember once TV pundits in Spain went on strike and broadcasters showed all the games with ambient sound only. It was an improvement. I usually turn TV sound off and turn on the radio for commentary, since that is usually pretty great.

Interesting that we have way fewer retired footballers acting as pundits in Spain compared to England. The only one that had a decent spell at it was Míchel and he went on to become a successful manager since it was obvious he knew his shit.

FWIW Messi is an out-tucker.

We've only been waiting about 10 years man. Scott Parker? Always thought he was pretty good for you in that role.

If we can't we don't deserve trophies to be frank. Bilbao away it's the hardest game he'll miss, I reckon. Kazan away is troublesome of course, but shouldn't be a big deal to drop points there.

Messi only has a sprain, so he will be 10 days out. *massive sigh of relief*

I have family in Italy and for the life of me I wouldn't ever want to live there. As Luca says, incredibly beautiful place but very frustrating to live in.

Yeah, but ultimately his main attribute is his drive and how he takes games by the neck. And I can see how his "I am the best there is, and it's ME who'll win this game" attitude is behind that. I have the feeling if he was more of a team player he'd be more neutered in a way.