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Is he? And what is his take on him?

Whatever happened Patrick, the forum's very own fount of knowledge on all things Sevillian and Spanish? Can this sleeper agent be-reactivated for some insight on Moreno?

If there was a contest for spawny goals that would win as the spawniest

Good blog. I remember as a kid watching the 71 Cup Final on telly with my Liverpool rosette and scarf on all day. Bloody Charlie George!!!!

That reminds me of this quote from Andrea Pirlo's autobiography, about a typical day at AC Milan: "We’d get in early, have breakfast at 9am and then shut ourselves in our room and hit the PlayStation until 11. Training would follow, then we’d be back on the computer games until four in the afternoon. Truly a life of sacrifice."

If the players' language was audible to viewers & sponsors, it might provide the impetus for them to actually tone it down

It's an ill wind that blows no good! (Hopefully Lucas sees it the same way!)

Just noticed no-one replied to this at the time, it was a really funny bit of dialogue NeilJ, maybe we were all too much in awe of Barnesy's luck in partying with Lucas et al to give this contribution its proper due. A belated hats off sir, this made me laugh!

Poor old Enrique, gotta feel sorry for him missing out on pretty much the whole season, has even dropped out of being mentioned in YNWA threads

Very well said!

I now find myself in the tortuous situation that John Cleese's teacher describes in 'Clockwise' when he says "It's not the despair, I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand."

Lol, that's like something from the notBigSam twitter feed

Via the oft-reviled Stewart Downing!

What a galling touch from the gods of footballing fate that Stevie's slip quote is duly followed by he, himself, actually fecking slipping. Those self-same b*****ding gods owe us one after that, so let's see them stick a spoke into Man City's wheels (brandishes gods-threatening fist at sky, then falls to knees and wheedles desperately at same divinities)

Another Chelsea-related feckup! Arrrrrghhhh! Thanks D.Boon for sharing that thought!

Well in Atletico, hope they beat Real in the final.

Didn't he spout some quote a couple weeks back along the lines of "another semi final another win"? The dick

Simeone has the weirdest bald spot I ever saw, a fine mat of hair on his head's roof and a circular bald patch on the rear (or did I see that correctly?)

Go on Atletico, suck on that Mourinho you feck

Lol, a pet hate of mine too. It's like what nine year old girls do, not fecking adult male athletes

Yessssssss!!

I posted this in genny forum a few days ago but I think it merits being reposted in this here thread, extract from Andrea Pirlo's autobiography on Istanbul: “I’ll never watch that match again. I’ve already played it once in person and many other times in my head, searching for an explanation that perhaps doesn’t even exist. “It was suggested we hang a black funeral pall as a permanent reminder on the walls of Milanello, right next to the images of triumph. A message to future generations that feeling invincible is the first step on the path to the point of no return. “Personally, I’d add that horrendous result to the club’s honours board. I’d write it slap bang in the middle of the list of leagues and cups they’ve won, in a different coloured ink and perhaps a special font, just to underline its jarring presence.’ “I thought about quitting because, after Istanbul, nothing made sense any more. The 2005 Champions League final simply suffocated me. “To most people’s minds, the reason we lost on penalties was Jerzy Dudek – that jackass of a dancer who took the mickey out of us by swaying about on his line and then rubbed salt into the wound by saving our spot kicks. “I could hardly sleep and even when I did drop off, I awoke to a grim thought: I’m disgusting. I can’t play any more. I went to bed with Dudek and all his Liverpool team-mates.’ “I’ll never fully shake that sense of absolute impotence when destiny is at work. The feeling will cling to my feet forever, trying to pull me down… “There are always lessons to be found in the darkest moments. It’s a moral obligation to dig deep and find that little glimmer of hope or pearl of wisdom. “You might hit upon an elegant phrase that stays with you and makes the journey that little bit less bitter. I’ve tried with Istanbul and haven’t managed to get beyond these words: for f***’s sake.

Well he's gone now depriving us of many hours of malicious laughter but I did like Daniel Taylor's article the other day in The Guardian where he revealed that when Everton went 2-0 up Steve Round sprang into action by producing a ring-binder labelled "set-pieces"

You don't think you'll actually manage to sleep past 4am do you??

Someone linked a pic here a week or two ago showing one player's voting slip in which he had picked Suarez. So if the players have already cast their votes doesn't that mean the PFA already know the winners?