Village Idiot

Caleb Folan? The - admittedly few - times I have seen him play he has looked useless. Running all over the pitch like a headless chicken. At least Cousin has showed that he might - MIGHT - be able to score, and I still think you'd be better off playing your youngsters.

I'm starting to like the West Ham habit of signing strikers from the past, Vieri anyone? His agent says not yet on SSN this morning, hes in talks with 5 Prem clubs and 1 Championship club. SSN now reporting that he's heading there for a medical. On the same article his agent claims he'd been speaking with Celtic, Wigan and Stoke. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_5549340,00.html

Apparently Guillermo Franco has just signed with West Ham. He's past it, but I guess it's a good signing as a free agent and they really didn't have cover for Cole, did they?

It felt a bit like watching Spanish Second division on a relegated side: biiiiiig pitch, no pressing, lots of time to do whatever you wanted with the ball, and nothing to show for it. But it wasn't as nearly as bad as I expected to be honest. I went years ago to FC Barcelona women game and it was awful, awful... (of course this is a WC final, so supposedly the pinnacle of the sport).

That's not really amusing to be honest. Nice little factoid nonetheless. When he says us? Ok, I'll be changing my sig until people gets to know me more... Barca. Maybe you could just write Barcelona, Barca, or even bloody FCB. It isn't that diffcult really. I support Marseille, but I don't just go around expecting people to know what club you support. Also, one of the world's most coveted youngsters almost signing for Barcelona isn't an amusing story. It's not even a story. It would be a story if this had not occured. Why the hostility? I thought it was semi-interesting since Balotelli for some reason comes up often here. And yes, I get bored easily and post non-sense on forums, like a lot of other people.

Guardiola.

Nile Ranger and Peter Lovenkrands would be the most awesomely named striker partnership since Givemore Manuella and Danger Fourpence.

That's not really amusing to be honest. Nice little factoid nonetheless. When he says us? Ok, I'll be changing my sig until people gets to know me more... Barca.

Amusing bit of news surfaced today. Apparently 3 years ago Balotelli was on trial with us and played a few games with one of our youth teams. However his wage demands were too high and he went to Inter instead. ManU was reportedly after him too.

To be honest, one of the things that makes me happy about Capello managing England, is that it means he's not managing any of our rivals in the Champion's League. Or Real Madrid yet again, they would be unstoppable (he wouldn't take the s*** Florentino gives to his managers though) Really, when has this guy been unsuccesful? (Juventus losing their titles doesn't count)

They'll take Peru. Uruguay will probably be tricky with how s**** they're doing at the moment. I still think they'll edge a spot though, they're Argentina, they'll pull themselves together. But it's an interesting prospect though, with the potential "how do you give "god" the sack?" situation if they don't make it. I have been dwelling in some Argentinian footie forums (I'm like a moth, attracted by the flame), and they are pretty much fine with the idea of giving him the boot. "You were a great player but you are an awful manager" is the sentiment. They are, however, massively deluded regarding their players. Verón is apparently the best midfielder in the world.

Sometimes I wonder if he doesn't want to play players that are too young to have seen him play

Beckham is still one of the best set piece takers in the world, I can see that being an asset in scrappy games as a sub.

Dammit, Dempsey is limping and he's on my FF team.

I should change my username to "Tonto del pueblo".

Favorite?? Really? If we're talking bookie's odds then it's nothing to do with the team at all, just our blind optimism. Spain will be favorites, surely. We have never got past quarter finals in the last 70 years. I fully expect us to go back to our usual bottling ways. Brazil looks like a meat grinding machine tbh. Ok, I exaggerated. Last time we got to semifinals was in 1950.

Kenwyne. T&T's fattie goalkeeper gets to make his first save of the night and injuries himself in the process

USA's been pretty awful so far. Edwards and Jones are being very dangerous.

Trinidad & Tobago's keeper is a porker

Favorite?? Really? If we're talking bookie's odds then it's nothing to do with the team at all, just our blind optimism. Spain will be favorites, surely. We have never got past quarter finals in the last 70 years. I fully expect us to go back to our usual bottling ways. Brazil looks like a meat grinding machine tbh.

When is kick off? Seven minutes ago on ESPN Classic. What the hell, I'll behave like a proper fake yank and and watch it wrapped on a flag.

streaking through the pitch? really? really?

It was against Croatia, whiping boys indeed. Maradona will NEVER get them playing like that, however. Why he is still adored like a demi-god is something I will never understand (for not using less gentle words) EDIT: It was against Serbia, I'm probably going to get hunted by death by some former Yugoslav now.

True. Would be roflicious if they failed to qualify though. I'm banking on Portugal to fail, would give me years and years of abuse towards my Portuguese friends + Cronaldo now at Madrid.

Argentina will be there. They are still fifth I think? That gives them a playoff spot against some crap team from NA.