Village Idiot

Zigic was quite fearsome in the air in his seasons at Racing. Never got a fair crack of the whip at Valencia, and he's less useless with the ball on the deck that you might think. Can see him grabbing around 10 goals easily once he settles.

That area is too crowded, can't see them expanding much beyond their turf with Manchester, Leeds, heck even Bolton and Wigan, close by. Even places like Blackpool, Preston, have pretty decently supported Championship clubs. There's no room.

Retired US officers can still use their ranks with their name.

16,000 STs so far? Man, can think of a few bottom half La Liga teams that do better. Milan are really dying.

OM have given up on Fabiano, according to your pal Dassier. He says that "there will be some surprises", though.

Atlético have made Eduardo Salvio available for loan. Rumoured that he'll end up at Fiorentina.

Madrid very close to sign Özil, according to the two Madrid rags. €14m is their last offer.

Well, had Carragher and Cesc in my FF team. Guess I got off lightly given the circumstances.

Maybe Reina wants that transfer to Arsenal.

How's Chamakh looking?

Cesc was at the same midweek Spanish friendly in Mexico I was whining about yesterday and played most of the game, Wegner has opted to rest him. That or they had a training ground bust and he'll be spotted in a blurry photo at the Barcelona airport.

They should have made it a single game in a neutral venue a la Community Shield ages ago, really.

About the Supah-Copa, I couldn't care less. The Spanish FA scheduling a Spain game a few thousand miles away 3 days before the tournament they themselves organize turned it into a joke. We put out our B team.

Everything I said a couple weeks ago that Wigan's defence wasn't that bad? Forget it.

And Zog not in the Wigan squad.

Milner starting for Villa.

I think it was proven that the golden goal achieved the opposite effect? Teams were so shit-scared of conceding in ET that it was defensive tactics all the way until pens.

I see that City's defence has picked up where they left it last year.

He doesn't even speak English, does he?

Yaya can be very dynamic if allowed to go forward.

VI, You may have already noticed this but, NUFC is a ride. Aye, aye

This guy looks like an utter mentalist, if you sign him it's gonna be a ride.

I still can't understand why Balotelli deserves such a pricetag and such a fuss about his transfer.

No prayers allowed when a plane is taking off?

I think not, you have to have completed 3 years of your contract to pull a Webster IIRC: