Village Idiot

Apart from the second half against us in the first leg of the Supercopa (which flattered them given the team that was out and our fitness levels), Sevilla have looked abysmal so far. Álvarez looks massively out of his depth. It's sad to see such a good squad wasted by managing not up to par since Ramos left.

Entertaining game though! Weird to see Palop letting them down, he's usually great.

Sevilla goes 2 down. Bye bye CL and probably La Liga's first sacked manager even before the thing starts. EDIT: Fabiano makes it 1-2 after a keeper howler. Need 3 more though.

Obinna has got a bunch of caps since Everton tried to sign him. The 75% rule is bollocks anyway, probably you couldn't sign somebody like Riquelme because of it while you can snap Latvia's first choice centreback....

He's back at Valencia, who are looking to loan/sell him again.

I'm liking the look of this Cigarini lad, any of the Serie A fiends here know much of him? Very neat passing, great range. Dirty b******, though.

Sevilla 1 down. Need to score 3 to get through. Plus it looks like the karate kick on the chest is getting popular http://estaticos02.marca.com/imagenes/2010/08/24/futbol/liga_campeones/1282577723_extras_portada_3.jpg

Obinna was quality in La Liga, would have loved if he stayed at Málaga. Okay, "quality" maybe is pushing it but he was good for them.

Did you guys get a fee from Geremi?

Zaragoza has bid for Trezeguet, although most observers reckon there's no chance Juventus will accept the terms.

Nope, iirc. You're live on Wednesday, and Birmingham v Rochdale on Thursday. And no, I don't have a clue why. Champions league game on tonight. Sevilla Vs Braga. Sevilla looked abysmal this Saturday, hopefully they were just saving themselves for this.

New signing talk. Not sure what's shocking or surprising.

"Apostrophe Protection Society". Heh.

Uruguayan keeper has a taste for geek keeper shirts: http://www.as.com/futbol/fotogaleria/aurrecochea-meta-homenajea-comic-deseo/dasftb/20100823dasdasftb_2/Zes

All that muscle in midfield against Gerrard and Lucas is screaming "rape".

Benzema on his way then Well, he said he doesn't think Higuaín and Benzema are enough cover for the entire season and he doesn't want to play Cronaldo as striker.

Is that avatar the guy you've just signed? Yeah, Cheick Tiote. Fuck me, looks like he means business

Is that avatar the guy you've just signed?

And the De Jong/Touré/Barry magic triangle again.

Mou has said again that he needs another striker in a press conference today. Expect Madrid to make one last move.

Shearer's a dirty nazi too! http://blogs.20minutos.es/quefuede/files/shearer.jpg

Officially, maybe, but trying to get common people to pronounce stuff like Côte d'Ivoire or Österreich just won't work (and don't get me started on Asian nations). Plus for the oldest nations goes against centuries of established use.

Zonalmarking's writeup: http://www.zonalmarking.net/2010/08/22/newcastle-6-0-aston-villa-carroll-the-main-man-as-newcastle-run-riot/

Well, Ivorians can get as angry as they want, pretty sure they say "Anglaterre" and "Espagne" down there.

Meteoroid.