Village Idiot

Says volumes, imho.

Confirmed by our press, by the way. Not "in talks", but he's in our sights.

Please, make it happen. We need proper backups for our front three.

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11096/10267810/leicester-to-be-placed-in-top-pot-for-champions-league-draw-if-they-win-premier-league Ah, must have missed that. Good for Leicester, then. Gives them a much bigger chance to qualify.

There's a small component derived from the league ranking, but yeah I'm surprised that Leicester would be top seed right off the bat. Are we sure that's the case?

There's little rivalry between Villarreal and Valencia. Too little story between those two clubs. Heck, when Villarreal was first promoted and became a stable presence in La Liga, it was said Valencia and Villarreal were a "brotherhood", with loads of Valencia players going on loan there. Now, what's happened is that Valencia's fortunes have dwindled while Villarreal have become successful, so that kinda irks Valencia fans. But there isn't a deep rivalry there. If you ask a Valencia fan who are their rivals, he will say Madrid and Barcelona (while we don't give much of a s*** about them). There's also a small local rivalry with Levante, but this also has been hurt by the fact that they have rarely played in the same division. Thought they were bigger rivals. You think Benitez would manage Villareal if the situation was right? I don't think so at the moment. But that's mostly because he's said he wants to stay in England for a while; he reportedly was approached by Valencia before signing for you and turned them down.

Speaking of that, how does Leicester's achievement compare to Forest winning the league and the EC? Being Spanish and too young for being around when it happened, I know little of how that went down.

There's little rivalry between Villarreal and Valencia. Too little story between those two clubs. Heck, when Villarreal was first promoted and became a stable presence in La Liga, it was said Valencia and Villarreal were a "brotherhood", with loads of Valencia players going on loan there. Now, what's happened is that Valencia's fortunes have dwindled while Villarreal have become successful, so that kinda irks Valencia fans. But there isn't a deep rivalry there. If you ask a Valencia fan who are their rivals, he will say Madrid and Barcelona (while we don't give much of a s*** about them). There's also a small local rivalry with Levante, but this also has been hurt by the fact that they have rarely played in the same division.

Fair enough, the perception from here is that he was derided, but our media often confuse fan opinion with media opinion.

Nah, Simeone's success has been amazing in its own right, but at the end of the day, they are historically the third club in the land and their budget is "just" half of ours or Madrid's. If he ends up carrying either the league or the CL (or both!) this season, there might be an argument due to sustained success though.

We are going to sign Raúl as our manager too.

Chuffed for Leicester, such a momentous achievement in this day and age. Also, disgusting amount of Chelsea fans on Facebook claiming how much they loved Ranieri themselves

The big sides haven't turned up this season either. As great a run as Leicester had, in a "regular" season that point total most of the time doesn't land you the trophy.

So that dude more or less is saying the equivalent of "mate" every three or four words. Ear-screeching.

Yeah, it's always a bit sucky when you win the league while you "are away", so to speak. I hope Leicester wrap it at their place. That's the proper way to celebrate.

Espanyol are safe with that point count, imho. The combo of results needed to put them in the drop zone is really unlikely. Depor might go down if they don't get a single point in the last two fixtures, their GA with the rest of the relegation rivals is pretty unfavorable. I'm betting that the last relegated side will go down with 38 points though. I can't see more than two of Granada, Rayo, Sporting or Getafe exceeding that point total.

What's with all the "blood" and "fam" at the end of every sentence? Is this some weird London slang I'm not aware of?

La Liga is red hot both at the top and at the bottom this year. http://estaticos.sport.es/resources/jpg/4/9/lucha-por-descenso-falta-dos-jornadas-para-final-liga-1462132715794.jpg I'd say Levante are out (even if they win tonight, they aren't beating Atlético next week), and Betis and Espanyol are safe too, but the rest are all in it with just two games to go.

Sevilla have only 1 away game remaining, last day of the season against Athletic. If they lose or draw, they will be the first ever Spanish team (and I'd wager in any major footballing country) to finish in an European spot without winning a single away league game all season. Ludicrous record

Was it ever cleared if all those games he missed back then was at his or the club's behest to protect a sale?

Does Blackburn count? Only half-blue. Otherwise I'm drawing blank unless you go really back (too lazy to google). Villa also counts has having red/blue I guess, same for Leeds.

Whoever loses, we win.

Looks thin at the front in the last pic posted. Don't know why people like that don't just get a transplant if they are so worried about losing it If you mean the pic I posted, that's actually from 2014. I have seen several people that start balding back there. It's not common, but it happens.

I'm at 7. Was at 10 just before Swansea.