1 : Bebe was homeless and the press are trying to make the guy seem like he is useless, but seeing as l know better, he can hold up the ball, has skill, and can play a bit (master class talk). He will turn out fine and the seven million will seem like a bargain.
2 : Messi. Still the best player in the world, by far. He might have had a poor World Cup (by high expectations), but l am sure he also had the most shots. He was just unlucky. Still easily the best player in the world.
3 : David Villa. He is an excellent player and will turn out to be class. He has just been unlucky so far, hitting the post a lot. Then again, he has fitted in well to the Barcelona team and has linked up well and assisted others (l am a European follower of football). Cream rises to the top eventually (and all that clichéd crap). He is class.
4 : Real Madrid. it's difficult to like them them. Even though they have Ronaldo playing for them (ex Manchester United obviously), to me they are still Franco's team and l prefer Barcelona.
l also have happy memories of going to see Barcelona (up in the Gods) when l was travelling round Spain in the 1980's. If l can dig out an old ticket l will scan it (might be hard to find amongst my other junk). l also prefer Barcelona (easily) to Madrid as a city.
5 : The Bursapor fans against Manchester United tonight were outrageously buoyant and vocal. l know they have only been on the go for a short while (1963?), and may just be happy to be playing a top team, but their support was magnificent. lt puts to shame all the wankers that leave before a game finishes 'to beat the traffic'. Rather sadly, they were a lot more vocal and funnier than an Old Trafford crowd (or Liverpool). The United away fans are class, but those crazy Turks take some beating (and let's not be stereotypical and mention knives).
6 : Nani at the weekend. Yes he cheated (in my eyes). OK he played to the whistle, but he knew he handballed it and it should have been a free kick against him. Unlike De Canio for West Ham, he took advantage against an obvious injustice. I would rather United won games in an attacking, honest and (pretty) cool way, than win them in a boring defensive 1-0 or by cheating (in my eyes). l remember the 5-3 against Spurs a few years ago. That was class. This turned out to be (in my eyes again) grubby. The worst thing was, we would have won 1-0 probably anyway. lf we are going to win the league by cheating, then l will not be celebrating, even if we go above the enemy (Liverpool) by doing so. Class or Ass. It's not difficult.
Then again, no-one mentioned Gomez tried to cheat by throwing the ball miles away from where the handball occurred. I would still rather win (or try to win) the league with dignity and class, or not at all.
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