Village Idiot

Xerez, who lost 0-2 to Atlético today, seems on the verge of being bought out by Bernd Schuster (they were the first team he managed in Spain).

Well, at least it seems there's a title race afterall. Can't believe ManU is hanging in there with the squad they have this year.

Can't believe Bullard's luck, didn't he just win Player of The Month? Also, how was Downing for you? First league start, isn't it?

Madrid playing against Almería (still 0-0), but I smiled when I saw Van Der Vaart getting the nod instead of an injuried Kaká, and getting the "in the hole" slot that Kaká can never get for himself. Madrid creating lots of chances so far but not taking them. Should be an easy win for them though.

Quote on bbc: id be tempted to give a few of their players a go in the championship tbh atleast as cover Can't believe how toothless Liverpool are without Torres. And why isn't he playing Aquilani yet? He had a cameo a few weeks ago but seems to be kissing the bench ever since.

Isn't gifting ManCity a victory a conflict of interest if you're a ManU employee, though?

Deportivo - Barça in a couple of hours, it should be a cracking game.

I fancy CIV getting out of the group and playing us at R2 really. They seem better than Portugal to me, who are massively overrated (decent defense + Cronaldo and that's pretty much all they have, and he really doesn't perform at the same level when playing for them). Also, Minister, will sub-Saharian teams enjoy "home team" status while playing in South Africa? Or are there rivalries that would prevent that?

Isn't he a Yankee fan?

What are the chances of meeting you at some point in the knockouts? I would really fancy playing England, like.

I hate Nevada Smiths. They even have a Barça supporters fan club, which are 75% plastics.

I do too, they have grown to be my second team since my time here. http://www.crossed-flag-pins.com/Friendship-Pins/Spain/Flag-Pins-Spain-USA.jpg

Seems for Spain it would be something like... Portugal/Ivory Coast in 1/8, then Argentina in 1/4, Germany in semis... Mike: use the "don't tread on me" one

Hope Brazil doesn't drop a bollock and qualifies second on their group. I'm confident about beating Portugal and Ivory Coast. Brazil not until the finals, please

Piece of piss for us too. Now to check the brackets to see who we meet.

Come on draw Portugal before Spain's group...

Slovenia lucky sods.

South Africa doesn't get a cheap group then, afterall.

Meh, Cameroon it will be then. I was wrong it seems, Honduras doesn't prevent us from getting another American team... this is complicated. Chile's going to be fine. Now we only need to draw Portugal to get a Spanish (and former Spanish) group!

Meh, Cameroon it will be then.

That means we'll probably get Ghana or Cameroon? Ghana please.

Honduras, fine.

Anybody knows how the bracket is organized? Want to see when are we meeting Brazil...

This is actually better than the CL ceremony, which is saying something. The CL was a joke, they seemed to stop after each ball for some inane interview or award. Hope here they run through the whole thing once they start drawing.

Number of song and dance numbers: 4 Number of balls drawn: 0 Ridiculous.