Village Idiot

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David Silva down to 8.6, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... will see if he plays this weekend.

To be frank while at Bolton he mixed up stuff a bit with adding the likes of Djorkaeff or Okocha. Still this some of the most daft self-praise I have seen in a long time, FM much Big Sam?

That avatar is really perfectly cropped! Makes my chuckle every time Guardiola wishes he had such a full mane of hair though

With a contract written on the back of a napkin. Really, I didn't know that. Aye, they just interviewed our chief scout at the time, who related how he met Messi's father at a restaurant and once they got a verbal agreement he wanted to put it down in writing ASAP to clinch the deal and secure the boy for us.

With a contract written on the back of a napkin.

Big Sam Aye, they would love that hoofing at the Bernabéu like

I have heard this urban legend for several rivalries in world sports (Red Sox scarf in the foundations of new Yankee stadium, Barça scarf in the new Espanyol stadium...), so I doubt it.

Reminds me that sucks being atheist, I need a Non-Christmas or something that I can use to skip work.

You have plenty muslim footballers observing Ramadan, which certainly can't help their performance. Can't see why a Jewish manager can't observe Yom Kippur. Pretty usual in the USA for Jewish workers to take the day off for example.

They should have kept Voronin. He looked shit but scored from time to time as opposed to looking shit and not scoring.

the food in the Czech and Slovak republics is amazing Love goulash and dumplings. That Polish stuff sounds canny nice tbh. There was this Polish restaurant in Brooklyn Heights, boy did I cry when they closed it down. Just love food from that area.

I think that Polish dish looks delicious, reminds me of when I lived in the Czech Republic...

That baby room is stuff of nightmares.

Gerrard and Torres not starting for 'pool. Confident.

Cheeky reference to my one of my father's favourites: http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r30/Music/bd/ac/bc/mzi.vqenochb.170x170-75.jpg VI, whatever happened to that young Israeli, Assulin I think his name was. Is he still floating in the wilderness? Football can be cruel like this sometimes, I suppose. As far as I know, he's still without a team. He's injuried at the moment, though, so that probably hampered his prospects of getting a contract just yet. He was ill-advised, imho, holding up for an offer from a big club wasn't the wisest move, and he really ain't that good. I hear that ManCity want to trial him again once he comes back. Think he should really go somewhere else.

Baba, what's the new rank? Did you stage a coup?

Unrelated but does La Liga have such a fantasy league? There are a few, not as good and usually not free (usually they're a free to register and then they charge you for transfers). The yahoosports one is entirely free, but haven't played it in a few years: http://us.superliga.fantasysports.yahoo.com/football Really haven't found any FF game that beats the official PL one in simplicity and cleanliness.

That's a Xavi-esque assist count for his last two seasons at Blackburn if true. Mind, I recall him being everyfknwhere for that side. I think people don't remember just how good he was for them.

Lamps was a very slow starter last season, he didn't start to rack up really crazy points until the last third of the season.

If they remain trophyless he's more likely to sign for us next season. Not that me cheering for them or not won't make any difference, but poisons the joy of seeing them win a bit

Spurs are miles behind Real Madrid though. What was not good enough for them doesn't necessarily make him not good enough for Spurs. And I personally think he was more than adequate as backup and had some great performances last season.

If it wasn't for the Cesc thing I'd be cheering for Arsenal to win the PL, to be honest, play the right way.

They got some herb plague, going to relay it after this game.

I was starting to watch the PL back then, but to me Shearer in his Blackburn days is still untouchable. Not in any way an indictment of Drogba, who's fantastic.