Village Idiot

Weirdly, attendances in Spain have declined quite sharply since the 1990s.

That's pushing it a bit, though! Rather England than Italy. Fuck me, rather North Korea than Italy

Just read it, what the f*** the guy's gone completely off the rocker :lol:

Roll up, Roll up. 5 tickets for a pound, prize every time. Who's the man in your avatar? He is a doppleganger of my boss.

And Bilbao, although they have a difficult day away against Valencia.

Sevilla loses 2-1 against Valladolid, one of the most hopeless teams in the division.

Server went down while I was reading the "other games" thread and I thought "this lot must have scored"

Cheapest tickets are €90, they have really jacked up their regular prices for the game.

Ah yes, Thursday. I misread the date. More time to make preparations if he's interested.

Nope. Elche, Murcia, Alicante... all second flight clubs nowadays. However, if you're willing to trip a little bit further, Almería plays Real Madrid tomorrow. That's probably a two hour drive, though, maybe a bit more, and only the most expensive tickets remain available. You can buy them online here if you want: http://www.entradas.com/entradas/comprar-almeria_zona You can check where each location is here: http://www.udalmeriasad.com/udalmeria/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=39&Itemid=68

Grrr... Iniesta out for almost the rest of the season. He's had an injury-ridden season the little guy... Ibrahimovic and Abidal still out for tomorrow's match against Depor.

This is such nonsense, man. Mourinho's record speaks for itself, man. Which parts of his record? Porto? and Chelsea. A lot of people dismissed the titles he won because of the money spent but look how Scolari struggled there, Grant never managed to win it either and imo Ancelotti's side isn't as good as Mourinho's old Chelsea side even though they will win the title this season. Mourinho also failed in his last season. Ancelotti has had to start players like Mikel, an over the hill Ballack, Kalou and Anelka this season. If he does the double, he's surpassed anything that Mourinho achieved there. Man, I respect Ancelotti's record, but Mourinho's first season at Chelsea is unrivalled domestically. The premiership is rather weak this season, with ManU becoming a one-man team, Liverpool in freefall and a not all that impressive Arsenal even being able to mount a title challenge. Mou's opposition was stronger. Of course, if Ancelotti achieves the double he'd have done more in a single season, but I still think Mou's Chelsea was just an European trophy away of being the meanest machine since 1980s Milan.

Oleg Salenko - scored 5 against Cameroon. Rangers signed him shortly after this and was rubbish. Salenko! Such memories... Actually I think he signed for Valencia after the WC, and then he went to Rangers after a poor season there. He had been great for Logroñés before that.

This is such nonsense, man. Mourinho's record speaks for itself, man. Which parts of his record? Porto? and Chelsea. A lot of people dismissed the titles he won because of the money spent but look how Scolari struggled there, Grant never managed to win it either and imo Ancelotti's side isn't as good as Mourinho's old Chelsea side even though they will win the title this season. And let's not forget that while he had loads of money, he won his first title against the best Arsenal side in recent memory, with a record points tally and shipping some ridiculously low amount of goals (which I fondly remember since I had Carvalho and Terry in my FF squad that year )

How weird, he's always seemed fast to me when I have seen him play, again I have mostly watched him in the Europa League, where he probably had more space and less pressure on him. Was also impressed by his ball retention. Again in the EL.

What's your impression on Bylylylylsomethingdinov, 1878? When I saw him play earlier this season he seemed to have bags of pace and pinpoint delivery. Seems to have been injuried a bit, though. But yes, apart from a striker you seem to have a fine squad.

It's in all the Belgian media by the looks of it. Apparently Spurs, Villa & Bayern were interested in signing him the same summer we bought him while Chelsea & Madrid had been scouting him as one for the future. Chelsea's chief scout (some Dutch guy) was quoted talking about him a few months ago. I'd be gutted if he was sold so quickly. His performances this season were absolutely immense until the injury. With Heitinga having done such a good job at DM though (correct me if I'm wrong) if someone was to come in with megabucks surely it would be a good move to sell and bring in another striker and a top class RB. Heitinga does a good job of breaking up play but will never be able to dominate a midfield and dictate the game like Fellaini was starting to on a regular basis. I'd rather sell Rodwell tbh (if we must sell anyone, don't think we do). Isn't Rodwell the next big thing?

Would love to see Hulk playing in a top league, to be honest. Every time I see him play (only in Europe, I admit) he seems to be progressing and gaining confidence.

http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/1879/manuelv.jpg He's from Barcelona too Funniest thing is that in the Spanish version the character was changed to be from Mexico as to not offend us

What would "Typical Spaniards" be?

I still don't know who really won those leagues in Italy during the mid 2000s.

Paul Tisdale? http://d.yimg.com/i/ng/sp/empics/20091201/21/3207606777-01122009210252.jpg

Well, when I started following the Premier League regularly in the early 2000s I kinda developed a simpathy for them, since they were small and did what they could to survive, I don't like to cheer on big teams (you're a Championship club so you're fine ) since it smacks of gloryhunting. Plus they had people like Okocha or fucking Yuri Djorkaeff playing for them. People used to tell me "But you're a Barça fan, you should like Arsenal", and it's just that Bolton made a refreshing change, kicking and longballing their way to the top. It's good for my soul

People seem to forget Milan's run in Europe under Ancelotti. Two victories, three finals, one semifinal... He took over a rather struggling Milan side and built it pretty nicely.

Whyyyyyyyyyyyy? Hoooooooooow? Long ball fetish :-[