Village Idiot

Just caught a clip of a Spanish TV interviewing Barça fans in the streets, and they showed one disguised as Ronaldinho...

I will take over the uninformed patronising from other clubs' fans.

Just read that Rangers have been granted a guaranteed spot in the group phase after Bayern won. If Lyon had went to win the whole thing they would have got one instead, who now goes to the winner of the SPL.

I live in Harlem so these are the ones I get http://www.upinjustice.com/Black%20Panthers%20support%20Obama.jpg

I had completely forgotten that Campbell played for Notts County this season. From League 2 to CL football. heh.

Mancini has played Bridge every game he's been available, even when he was straight off injury. Surprising he'd get rid. Ireland could be a great player but lacks tactic discipline and workrate. I think he would flourish under the adequate manager though.

Hehe, I'm in New York so I'm far from the hype, but for the little I hear people are pumped. Everyone is telling us off, so we'll at least "die killing" like we say in Spain.

That's what I was wondering aswell. However it's not the worst thing about that quote. It is when you have watched him go down like a sack of spuds/getting sent off for dirty tackles four seasons straight.

Love how he talks like he's never been part of this team he's criticizing

Man, Inter is going to have a field day with this rabble if we don't do something about it.

Everton are a big club and if they went down it would be a big item in the international footie pages of our sports rags in the same way Newcastle going down was. Teams like Blackburn, West Ham, etc... would barely register.

Talk about a rollecoaster season at Notts County.

Out of interest what is the lowest Barca have ever finished in their history? 11th in 1942, we actually played the relegation playoff then since the league was only made up by 12 teams. But that was right after the Civil War, with most of the team and board forced into exile (some even executed), a chairman appointed by Franco, etc... However since that season we have never finished lower than sixth (this also makes us the only team that has always qualified for a UEFA competition in the entire continent)

When Atlético got relegated in the late 90s it was massive, they were only one of four Spanish clubs to have spent all their existence in the top flight (the others being Madrid, Barça and Athletic). Of course, the stick they got from all types of media and fans was legendary (since they still had Jesús Gil as owner, who was in jail at the time, and one of the most ridiculed figures in Spain).

Schalke confirmed they have reached an agreement with Metzelder to sign on a free at the end of the season.

ManU have to pretty much acommodate Giggs though, and he's always had more going for him than just pace. He's a bit like Beckham nowadays.

Some enlightened debate in that group.

Sport are full of s***, they make up headlines by randomly picking names off a hat and linking them to us, but still EDIT: Just read the piece in Sport, they say it is Newcastle who has approached Barça with a swap deal with Puyol :lol:

Riquelme would be a waste. He was only able to perform in La Liga when the entire Villarreal side was built around him (and basically the same side made 2nd when he left). La Liga isn't the pacier league around, and Barça never been the most direct team in it, but watching him for us was frustrating. No movement, no tracking back, easily bullied off the ball, dwelled on the ball way too much, always slow in getting into attacking positions... he does have talents to burn, but you have to acomodate your side for him.

You are a big fish, a big club having a reversal of fortunes so dire as yours was last season is always going to attract a big deal of schadenfreude from other clubs fans. I remember Leeds getting a fair share of ridicule on their time.

60m wage bill, really?

Gaitán looks class, but I'm always wary of Argentine playmakers moving to Europe, even more so to England. The tempo in that league is as slow as police cars in Hollywood movies.

Roberts is a decent player, actually, but at 32... meh. You have enough "squad" strikers I think.

He did fine to be honest. His first season was very good, his latter two not so good and we sold him when we promoted a certain Argentinian midget. Still, don't sign anybody with a game based around his pace when he's past 30.