Yorkie Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 I'll take a pic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kameroon Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Anyone else find this disturbing? http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/79217000/jpg/_79217137_osman_getty.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Looks like Vermaelen will go under the knife and I'm starting to believe he won't play this season Man, Zubizarreta didn't have enough being useless as a keeper; he had to come back to Barça and be useless as DoF, too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 He seems to be auditioning for Polandball comics. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 He's so bad that it's just too obvious to take the piss out of him anymore, or to question why a man with that level of intellect is a journalist. Most on here could do his job 100 times better than him and one of us should. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Looks like Vermaelen will go under the knife and I'm starting to believe he won't play this season Man, Zubizarreta didn't have enough being useless as a keeper; he had to come back to Barça and be useless as DoF, too. Shame for him, but not sure if he's better than either Alba or Mathieu on the left (despite the latter only being able to run 5km a game). I do wonder now with Alba, if Barcelona wouldn't be better off getting a steady more defensive right-back (the Abidal type) and play like under Pep with Dani and Abidal but with Alba as the offensive one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Looks like Vermaelen will go under the knife and I'm starting to believe he won't play this season Man, Zubizarreta didn't have enough being useless as a keeper; he had to come back to Barça and be useless as DoF, too. Shame for him, but not sure if he's better than either Alba or Mathieu on the left (despite the latter only being able to run 5km a game). I do wonder now with Alba, if Barcelona wouldn't be better off getting a steady more defensive right-back (the Abidal type) and play like under Pep with Dani and Abidal but with Alba as the offensive one. That would be my choice too, Alba actually has slowly been getting back to a decentish form after a terrible last season (still nowhere near the player he was during his first season with us), and given the way we play now, two offensive FBs seems a bit suicidal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Valencia are finishing Mestalla's renovation ahead of the Valencia-Barça game in the weekend: http://fotos02.levante-emv.com/2013/07/22/646x260/mestalla-murcielago.jpg http://estaticos.elmundo.es/assets/multimedia/imagenes/2014/11/24/14168260232072.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Renovation? So they are not going ahead with the New Mestalla? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Should take that bat down and project it on the stadium instead, just to troll DC Comics. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgarve Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Is there a tie in with marvel comics for this makeover? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Renovation? So they are not going ahead with the New Mestalla? They reportedly will, but it looks like it will still take a few years, and their current stadium was in dire need of a makeover (which they had been putting off, as they expected to move to the new one). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 The bat was a symbol of the old Catalan dynasty that conquered Valencia from the moors, Barça also had a bat in our very first badge: http://arxiu.fcbarcelona.cat/web/thumbnails/199_150/Imatges/club/historia/escut_bo1.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 It is impossible to say Ron Vlaar's surname without sounding like one of his team's supporters. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattypnufc Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Renovation? So they are not going ahead with the New Mestalla? They reportedly will, but it looks like it will still take a few years, and their current stadium was in dire need of a makeover (which they had been putting off, as they expected to move to the new one). I read somewhere that they needed to restart the work by the end of 2015 at the Nou Mestella otherwise the concrete would no longer be good enough to build on. Either way the old Mestella needed some desperate work anyway. Looked like shit (but class at the same time) when I went. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Valencia is one of the best stadiums I've been to like. Defo top 5. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Marseille being taken over by oil money too, it seems. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmattis Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Valencia is one of the best stadiums I've been to like. Defo top 5. Watched a Valencia 1-5 Real Madrid game there a couple of years ago. Very steep stairs but a very nice feeling to the stadium, had a really good time before and after the game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Valencia is one of the best stadiums I've been to like. Defo top 5. Watched a Valencia 1-5 Real Madrid game there a couple of years ago. Very steep stairs but a very nice feeling to the stadium, had a really good time before and after the game. I was there for a 0-2 loss v Barcelona (Ronaldinho and Etho'o if memory serves). Loved the ground, hated the racism of their fans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30183762 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelphish Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Valencia are finishing Mestalla's renovation ahead of the Valencia-Barça game in the weekend: http://fotos02.levante-emv.com/2013/07/22/646x260/mestalla-murcielago.jpg http://estaticos.elmundo.es/assets/multimedia/imagenes/2014/11/24/14168260232072.jpg Closest La Liga team to where my parents live. Will have to pay a visit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 :lol: A friendly between ex-Brazilian and ex-Argentinian players was played yesterday in Natal. Athirson and Mancuso two ex-players were responsible for picking teams. The promoters advertised that Caniggia was going to play and starting the game and it wasn't until a bit into the national anthems that they realized it wasn't really Caniggia who was there, but his ''twin'' ex-Newcastle player Daniel Cordone. Mancuso had then to in half-time explain himself and explain why he didn't show up and whether it was a trick to get more people to watch (10k paid to watch the game), while doing this he also had to explain who Daniel Cordone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Just came across this again, and now i'm sad :'( http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28288758 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Just came across this again, and now i'm sad :'( http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28288758 Hoped you wiped up. There's no need to be sad either; it's perfectly normal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsted Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 :lol: A friendly between ex-Brazilian and ex-Argentinian players was played yesterday in Natal. Athirson and Mancuso two ex-players were responsible for picking teams. The promoters advertised that Caniggia was going to play and starting the game and it wasn't until a bit into the national anthems that they realized it wasn't really Caniggia who was there, but his ''twin'' ex-Newcastle player Daniel Cordone. Mancuso had then to in half-time explain himself and explain why he didn't show up and whether it was a trick to get more people to watch (10k paid to watch the game), while doing this he also had to explain who Daniel Cordone. I particularly like that the sentence didn't have to end with is or was. Didn't he have metal welded to his ears or something? I'm sure I saw him score at the Leazes End and stick his belly out and rub it. We've had some dodgy players over the years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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