Village Idiot

SPL-tastic. Last year wasn't actually so much different, Madrid just gave up after the 2-6 and both teams dropped lots of points after that match. Both would have ended with 90+ if they had kept the pace until the end. I blame other clubs fans to be honest. They should just stop this "second club" s*** that's endemic in Spain and hate us and Madrid for the horrible big club primadonnas we are.

Spanish journalist Julio Maldonado, who rarely talks s***, has just twittered that he's learnt from a "very good source" that Higuaín will indeed be for sale in the summer. http://twitter.com/maldinisport (in Spanish, for you babelfish fiends)

That's a bit of a myth. 48 caps at age 23? And more than half of that are starts. At the end of his career he will hold the record.

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He's too busy managing the side And I think he'd be overrun in this day and age. And let's face it, Xavi is a much better player than Pep was. The student surpassing the master. Fair enough, you have no problems having a Brazilian in your all-time Spanish team though? I was considering that, and putting Bakero instead. Old school Basque tough-tackling midfielder with endless drive and energy. But Senna's better so I cheated. Actually Bakero started as a striker but was Alansmithed by Cruyff.

He's too busy managing the side And I think he'd be overrun in this day and age. And let's face it, Xavi is a much better player than Pep was. The student surpassing the master.

Just tried to make a Spanish best XI, and there's no ways about it, most of it it's the current squad. We just have the best crop of players since the 1960s. Arkonada Ramos Puyol Alkorta Gordillo Senna Xavi Cesc Míchel Villa Silva So many great players left out, however. Hierro, Guerrero, Butragueño, Bakero, Valerón, Luís Enrique ( ), Nadal, Santillana, Guardiola... but they aren't as complete at this lot are. I put Villa instead of Torres since Villa has a better international record.

Thought the lion bit was very cheesy. The rest was cool, and I'm Spanish. I'll counterattack, though.

And they need some senior figure to marshal the team on the pitch to be honest. They crumble so easily. I distinctly remember when they went down 1-3 at the Camp Nou and they just looked at us passing the ball, no pressure, no tension. Something similar happened in the first Chelsea game this season.

If that's the case you did a service to the nation.

I used to agree with the lack of physicality in midfield, however Song has hugely impressed me this season. Diaby is meh, Denilson should be sold. Can't really think of a defensive midfielder within their price range who would be an improvement on Song. Yeah Song has made some strides this season, I admit, but I'm still not sure he's good enough for the level Arsenal should aspire to. But deserves a chance probably. Forgot to add a goalkeeper in my list. And probably a new medical team.

I reckon if Van Persie stayed fit Arsenal wouldn't have problems upfront. They do need a decent physical midfielder (Song, Diaby and Denilson are pretty average for a title-winning side) and some depth at the center of the defense.

The La Liga rules for more than two teams on same points are incredibly arcane. Points obtained in matches against the other teams are counted, in case of still two teams being equal after this, then head to head GD with all the teams you're tied to is counted, then overall amount of goals scored. I won't do the math, but people claim that if they win and some combinations of 3-4 teams above them lose (and Málaga and Valladolid are playing Madrid and Barça), they would stay up.

Man, I'm sure I'm going to die of heart complications in 10-15 years. Meanwhile, I'll enjoy football Massive win, now Valladolid at home. Incidentally, here's the relegation scrap: 16. Valladolid 36 17. Málaga 36 18. Tenerife 36 19. Rácing 36 20. Xerez 33 Even Xerez have a chance to make it, insane.

Big night in la Liga with all games starting in half an hour an title, CL and relegation spots up in the air. Gonna head to Queens to watch it at the Spanish House with a few hundred Spaniards from all regions. Gonna be a blast and hopefully we'll beat Sevilla!

I love U2 so Shearer it is

Oh, I don't think we'll sell Zlatan unless he wants to move. And I'm pretty fine with giving him another season. The Guti move has been rumored for a while and he's been quite clear he wanted away after this season.

Leeds > Millwall, absolutely no argument there imho.

Guti to Galatasaray seems to be done. Juve rumoured to be interested in Zlatan.

It's a weird article, there's some quotes from Maradona but when it comes to the list of players it seems the author's opinion based on Maradona's last callups more than anything.

Every Arsenal game I have seen with Campbell on the pitch he's looked out of his depth.

Tabloid filler. They wouldn't ever consider trying.

37m wage bill for a club like West Ham doesn't strike me as being too much, to be frank.

I'm on record saying that I don't rate international football, but nonetheless the World Cup is fucking fantastic. I watch every game I can, even with the minnows, and it's the only time I cheer for something together with Real Madrid fans (but they are still cunts)

Torres' overall game is actually rather limited. He doesn't press as intelligently as Drogba, for example, and he doesn't contribute much to the buildup of the attack (give him the ball far from the box and he'll give it back to you or lose it). But he's probably the best there is at being just a striker: making runs, getting into positions, finishing with head or foot. He is a goal machine. Dunno what's happened with his fitness, I reckon he's been rushed too often since he always seems to relapse from the same injury. Had he been fit the whole season Liverpool would have walked 4th. Regarding Spanish forwards in the PL, I reckon the PL favors either pacy "get behind the defence" forwards or big lurching dudes, none are particularly common in Spain outside Bilbao. La Liga plays with deeper defences, and speed upfront isn't as much an asset so our quick fellas are usually wingers. Off-the-ball movement and close ball control are usually the typical qualities of our traditional forwards. Villa and Torres are atypical. Raúl and Tamudo are the quintessential Spanish strikers. That said, I would have loved to see what somebody like Urzáiz would have done in the PL. Luque was a winger, not a forward.