Village Idiot

Spanish press says €30m rising to €35m. Meh, would have preferred him to go to any other English team. Hope he enjoys another season of the EL.

Ramos is held back by his decision-making. When he grows a brain he'll be one of the best in that position. Looks like Mou wants to move him to CB though. Really? The guy has all the attributes to be a great in that position. If your saying his decision making is poor then surely the worst place for that is CB? He's played well when put there. I personally think it's a waste of his attacking talent, but the reasoning is that he won't be caught out of place so often as he does when played as RB. He is a very good defender and a very good attacker, he just doesn't know when to do which.

Replay on my PC disagrees. Maybe im going insane then? Starting to doubt myself here, even though im almost certain that they mentioned it on TV, with replay and all. Sure it isn't just the video quality and lack of start/pause skills on your behalf that makes you think otherwise? He was off. Villa's left foot is offside. He looks offside to me, but by inches so I'll chalk it to the "in case of doubt benefit the attacking team" provision. Hardly a shambles to give that goal.

Spain has Adidas, so that's the reason there's not a single Spanish player in the pitch in that ad. Thanks Adidas

Well, the interests of club and country sometimes don't go together. E.g. Rooney being obviously knackered after carrying ManU this season, or how Xavi risked being at the WC by playing with a tear in his muscle during the last league games.

In Barça's case, an average of 2'7 goals per game these past two seasons beg to differ. But I can see why you'd prefer a more direct approach. I enjoy watching Germany.

Ramos is held back by his decision-making. When he grows a brain he'll be one of the best in that position. Looks like Mou wants to move him to CB though.

No it's not. But it's not like all Catalans are against it either. I support it because it's the team where Catalans play. Capdevila, Xavi, Piqué, Puyol, Cesc, Valdés, Busquets... we got quite the representation. It's not like I hate Spain either, even though I consider myself Catalan.

Ramos was rather shaky imho. He did the thing he always does where he never tracks back and exposes his side of the defense, most of Portugal's penetrations came from his side while he was away and Piqué had to cover his flank all the time. Llorente's sub made all the difference, Torres was like playing with 10-men. Utterly out of form.

Back from the pub, we were outnumbered by those portuguese c***s but we had the last laugh. Villa's goal Villa playing with Xavi and Iniesta for an entire season And to people dissing our passing, you have to understand that after scoring we just passed it around to keep possession and run the clock down, it's not our fault that Portugal didn't even press after being one down.

Ok, off to the pub to watch this. For some reason I suspect it's going to end in tears, hopefully Ronaldo's.

This is some utter shit, like.

Argentina's defence will be exposed by the first decent side they face, imho. Heinze, Jonas, Demichelis... that'll work aye.

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Roy Hodgson to leave liverpool in 2013 then.

Man, surely Boselli could do better than Wigan?

Aye, it looks like the Brazilians are taking the mickey: "we'll take the shittest team we can think of and still piss this"

Completed passes, assists, general play has been really good overall. You can't judge a footballer just by goals. He was immense against South Korea. That pass for their fourth goal

I'll do mine after quarters I think. Still too early to call.

La Liga have quietly approved the new system for promotion to our first division. We are pretty much aping the CCC now, with first two getting automatic promotion and a playoff between teams placed 3rd-6th for the last spot. Still not sure what to think about this. The season in our second division is already insufferably long.

Especially against Switzerland as well. Spain has been cruising all the way Piqué was MOM for Spain against Switzerland.

Okay, a new one just for you: Azpilicueta to OM for 6m rising to 9,5m. Confirmed by the club I meant to ask you, is this one any good and could he come in right away and do a job for us? With Laurent Bonnart leaving they need a first team player. He's one of the most promising players in Spain and was in our preliminary WC list. For that price you got a great deal.

Okay, a new one just for you: Azpilicueta to OM for €6m rising to €9,5m. Confirmed by the club

Mallorca's owner has confirmed he's selling the club to a consortium headed by former manager Llorenç Serra Ferrer. Rumor is the price is only €2m, but the club is €70m in debt, a lot of it overdue or in short term.