Village Idiot

We get their scraps, rather. Anyway, let's not forget that City's CEO (Soriano) and DoF (Begiristain) were in Laporta's team during his first tenure as Barça president. Love Ferran, though, he's exactly what we need right now, a pacey, tricky winger with an actual head on his shoulders.

Cash flow isn't the problem. Looks like we're back to owning half the Spanish NT. That's usually a good thing.

Man, we are dogshit, but then Gavi scores a goal like the one he had today and somehow I leave the stadium with a smile. All our goalscorers today were 19 or under.

Man, I really looked forward him playing for us, he was always such a menace in those Atlético squads when they were starting their revival. A treat of a footballer to watch. Better they caught his illness in time though. His lone Barça goal was against Real Madrid, so there's that.

We're also playing a Maradona memorial cup against Boca at your owner's turf tomorrow.

Heh, I like that draw. If only we weren't so shit. I still believe that unless the wheels truly come off morale-wise, once we get back people like Pedri, Fati and even Braitwaithe, plus whatever we can add in January, we'll look much better. Our main problem is that we just can't fucking score.

I only follow Barça's team and the international tournaments, but her name doesn't ring a bell. Googling her she's not even been capped by England at a senior level.

Messi was indeed the best player in La Liga last season, by a significant margin too. Wether this and winning with Argentina is enough to merit the win, it's debatable. But imho there weren't that many strong candidates.

Alexia won the women's Ballon D'Or, she's the first women's football player which I have followed somewhat closely since she first burst into scene. Chuffed for her.

1-3 Against Villarreal. A bit of a lucky win, but we had torrid luck so far this season. First away win of the season, which is silly. We are top of the league at home, though.

Our press is again heavily linking you with Dembelé. Apparently you're outbidding our contract offer (we're broke). ManU would also be after him. Again, if we lose him to you, it's something I could live with. If Dembele gets his head down, and overcomes his injury problems, he's fantastic player.

We played much better, but we just can't score. Well, Bayern will stomp over us and that will be it. EL awaits!

Halftime here. I'm fucking soaked. Messi left because he didn't think he could do it on a rainy Tuesday night in Barcelona!

So, it's raining cats and dogs here, and we're lining up a forward line of Demir-Depay-Gavi. This is not promising to be a glorious European night.

He had a couple good seasons with us, tarnished by his CL record. He always had us looking reasonabily solid, but he had a bad record in high-stakes games, never seemed to have answers when things got tough. But his performance in the league was very solid. Then again, he coached Messi.

Pedri wins the Golden Boy with the largest share of the vote ever. Just glossing over the past winners list, the trophy's track record is pretty damn good. Even the players that didn't go on to become stars are/were respectable footballers. Maybe Pato and Anderson were the only real flops, and Balotelli to an extent.

Several reports in our media that Agüero will announce his retirement from football next week, due to his hearth issues. Sucks, but can't deny he's had a good run. Best that they caught it in time. EDIT: the club has now denied it.

Over here a Technical Secretary oversees the transfer policy, he's under the DoF who oversees the entire sporting side of the organization. But a lot of times those job titles and organization are a bit muddy.

Our Technical Secretary, Ramon Planes, suddenly announced that he was quitting a few days ago, and now he's being linked with yous. Because if I'm looking for somebody working in transfer policy, I'll hire somebody from Barça. Nah, this guy is supposed to be actually quite competent. Laporta wanted to retain him, despite being a Bartomeu appointment. He's the guy that signed Pedri.

They just showed Xavi running some dead ball drills (with him takig the set piece), and I realized he's probably the best set piece taker at the club... All of them were pinged perfectly. With so many subs nowadays he should suit up...

And I love Gavi so fucking much. Him, Rodri and Fati keep my hopes alive.

I think once Spain gets Fati back we'll make trouble, we are one reliable striker away from competing for stuff again imho. Lucho has done a great job fast-tracking Spain's transition.

So, we've resigned Dani Alves... Ah well, gota scrap that barrel. We have no RBs, because the only one we have (Dest) has to play winger because we have no wingers either.

Yeah, I'm not sure you can probably have worse injury luck than us this year. Ah well, better for him that they caught it early, and he still had a long and successful career.

According to our local media, doctors have told Agüero that he'll likely have to retire from football.