Village Idiot

Off to watch the Barcelona derby with a few friends. Zlatan is back in the frame for this. The Espanyol c***s will be massively up for this (their cup win of the season if they can prevent us from winning the league), so it won't be easy.

The Everton game, cracking stuff

Go bolton!

Saw it some time ago, they are older than us though. Although I guess that's probably not their original badge (ours has had this general shape since day 1)

I don't especially like Spurs (don't hate them either), it's just that I don't want to see the kind of thing going on at City succeed.

Why? The way they have been propped up. Really would prefer a team like Spurs get it. And out of Chelsea/ManU I really don't care who wins the league. Same old same old.

Great, was siding with United there (just don't want City to grab 4th).

Man, is this being disappointing or what.

Mancini seems to share Benítez's fetish for defensive mids.

Only latin sides roll and con refs, etc...

Nobody can run on that ManU midfield... Giggs, Scholes, Neville? Am I in 1996 again? Can I get my hair back?

You also know better than SAF eh ? If you think Man U's midfield has no legs, wait until you see Nolan and Co in the Prem....you have a good user name, and there are plenty of villages in the UK who have a vacancy if you need a job..... Calm down man And SAF bought kleiberson and djemba djemba for their midfield, he's hardly unfallible.

Milner is a decent player, but in my opinion no ManU material. Although they probably want him to play central, since apart from Fletcher ManU's midfield has no legs.

He fouled Puyol It was a nailbitting match, but overall both sides were pretty scared and a bit s***. He didn't I was there!!!! http://images.redcafe.net/images/smilies/wenger.gif (whistle went off before the ball got to the goal, though, Valdés didn't even try to save it) On serious news, the player strike for this weekend has been called off, after the Spanish FA reached an agreement with Spanish FPA to ensure funds for the payment of defaulted wages in the Spanish third and fourth flights.

Nobody is going to buy Xisco, sorry. Racing's forwards can't hit a barn door and even the kids are getting a nod before Xisco nowadays.

getting you moist though isn't it ? Of course, it's like watching porn. You know you will never get that kind of sex, but still turns you on

Do Everton have a sell-on clause on Rooney, by chance? I don't think all these links are anything else than made-up tabloid filler, mind, but I'm curious.

That's not due only to injuries, though, he only had one serious injury in his first season and afterwards none of the (several) Madrid managers have played him, he's just been like 6th choice.

Honest question. Despite the leveraged purchase stuff, how's the yanks general stewardship of the club been? I mean, as much as they curse the Glazers in Mancunia, the club has grown a lot under them (even if the debt might undo all that at some point).

Juanma Lillo again with a pearl of wisdom after today's game: "Real Madrid plays to stuff you, Barça stuffs you while they play" (although we only won 1-0 at home and drew 2-2 away against Almería )

Incidentally, regarding the Drogba/Rooney debate: Drogba: 25 goals and 11 assists in 28 games. Rooney: 26 goals and 4 assists in 29 games.

I'm going to be an arrogant arsehole now, but might as well just hand us the trophies already if we ever signed Rooney. That combination would be lethal. Never going to happen, mind.

Chung Yong Lee for the youngsters list? Admittedly way behind the level of Fábregas, Rooney or even Milner, but more of a true youngster.

Modric hasn't had that a great season, his ankle injury disrupted him quite a bit and hasn't quite got going afterwards, even if he's had flashes.

EDIT: Fuck me, just checked and this girl's dad has uploaded videos of her performing all of Manc songs, creepy-tastic.