Village Idiot

Have a couple friends that support Nàstic. I'll email them asking about him. They are a midtable Segunda División club, so I wouldn't expect much. Cheap cover I assume.

Isn't the capitan (Smith) supposed to be the one to lift it? How in hell is Smith your captain, by the way? Never thought of him as being an influential personality.

Never tried to play them in FM. Are they as fucked up in the game as in reality? Could be a nice challenge.

I tip Spain to be the surprise package since we haven't got past quarters in 70 years

Ah that's a bloody shitter. Surely the points deduction or whatever would happen next season, or how does it work? The thing is CL money could go along way to helping their debt out. No points deduction for clubs in administration in Spain. However, outstanding debt must be paid (or reach an agreement with the creditors), or they will be relegated automatically. Spanish papers say that UEFA might not allow clubs in administration getting in Europe, like Pompey. Not sure they have that right though.

With your TR avatar I was thinking you were talking about the Spanish-American War and the CHarge of the Rough Riders in Cuba. Then I remembered we beat them at the Confed Cup as well... So many ass kickings I get them all mixed up. http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/mcardle/images/paintings/alamo-painting.jpg

No away goals for Liverpool, though, and they really look utterly toothless without Torres.

Aurelio is a great attacking full-back, he's just made of chinaware.

Aye, to be honest they have both leftbacks and Skrtel out today. Somebody threw a cell phone at the pitch

Bet you f***ing haven't you lying c***. Today's the first time I see him on the pitch to be frank. He's like 4th choice at Pool isn't he?

Just remembered Reina's an Atlético fan. His dad is an Atlético legend, played for them in the team that reached the European Cup final in the 1970s (both father and son played for Barça, too).

Uppity colonies

Yes. They have been in the shopping window for a couple years, with a bunch of failed sales and the club changing hands a couple times without much good results coming out of it.

The Greek fella (refuse to attempt to spell his name) has been quite pants for Liverpool. Seen ice glaciers with more pace and reflexes.

The Spanish commentator has been confusing Lucas with Kuyt all game long

They have been flirting with disaster for a while now. Mallorca, despite being a classic La Liga side, are very small and with little following.

Exactly. Watching football all day long for 2 weeks in the summer whilst getting drunk with your pals, it's f***ing great. Man, the 1994 WC is almost like my threshold to adulthood on that regard, I could make one of those boring autobiographical artsy movies, but with Roberto Baggio, Romario, Hristo Stoichkov and spanish women.

Can't fucking wait either. Chances are I will be in Spain for the summer (or permanently), so for once I'll be in the right timezone

i was wondering that VI, i'm sure you debt is something like 400M or something? Guess the Eurosport hack just dropped a bollock when writing the article. Maybe it's because we had no bank debt at the beginning of last season and the guy mistook it for overall debt? (we have taken loans since then to cover a few non-football things). i seem to remember a number of spanish clubs had trouble paying their taxes a few year back, is this still the case? Oh yes. Overall tax debt of Spain's professional football is €600m. We are current as of this year, after paying €60m that our 1990s board tried to evade

Mallorca likely to enter administration at the end of the season, with short term debt totalling 40m. That would jeopardise their bid for CL football next season (they currently sit at 4th place with 5 games to go)

Mallorca's president has admitted that administration looks the only way out for the club. Would be a good place to fish in. Although can't think of players that would be a good fit for you (they are either old or you have that role well covered), and Valero is still in contract with WBA.

i was wondering that VI, i'm sure you debt is something like 400M or something? Guess the Eurosport hack just dropped a bollock when writing the article. Maybe it's because we had no bank debt at the beginning of last season and the guy mistook it for overall debt? (we have taken loans since then to cover a few non-football things).

I honestly couldn't think of one we could realistically get. I also don't see much chance of them buying any strikers, that's how I think our squad will look. Goals are very expensive. You're not going to get a "proven" goalscorer for less than 10m. You'll have to take gambles. That said, a lot of sides manage to stay up without one (see Bolton, Wolves, probably West Ham...) Again my squad was taken with some sense of realistic in terms of what I expect our club to try and achieve. Was only supporting your point. Getting a proven 10+ goals a season striker will cost you a big chunk of your transfer funds.

I honestly couldn't think of one we could realistically get. I also don't see much chance of them buying any strikers, that's how I think our squad will look. Goals are very expensive. You're not going to get a "proven" goalscorer for less than 10m. You'll have to take gambles. That said, a lot of sides manage to stay up without one (see Bolton, Wolves, probably West Ham...)