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On that point I agree with you, Teddy. If that was Shaolinpunk's point I wish I'd understood it that way. Instead, I thought it was an extension of "Commander"'s previous post.

With regards to Ulloa, correct, nearly every team in the League would have played hm, however Almeria believed they had a striker (Charles) better than him. Nevertheless, if that league was as **** as some of you seem to believe there's no way that player would have been left out for someone...

Oh, and let's consider what's been happening to some of last season's Barcelona B team, which finished 9th. Deufoleu has gone to Everton Luis Alberto has signed for Liverpool Muniesa has signed for Stoke Rafinha has signed for Celta Vigo (La Liga) Lomban has signed for Elche (La Liga)

Some of you talk some right old balls. The Spanish 2nd Division is no worse than the Championship. The teams are broadly equivalent albeit the football is a little different as you would expect; more tactical. In case anyone needs reminding, for example, Ulloa couldn't get a game for Almeria.

As I wrote on one of the other threads about this player, it is out of the question that he will be sent on loan to ANY second-level club ANYWHERE. He already plays every game for Barcelona B in the Spanish 2nd Division so he not only gets all the equivalent experience he needs, he gets it while...

He signed a long-term extended contract at Barcelona last month. He's one of their next-big-things. Please see my post 25 for the reasons why if he goes on loan it won't be to Brighton or any club in the Championship, Segunda A, Serie B, Bundesliga 2.............

This is the rumour that won't disappear despite it being impossible, because, amongst other reasons: 1. He already has all the playing time he wants in the second tier of domestic football with Barcelona B. 2. If he stays in the second division at Barcelona B he can be promoted up to the...

It's only fair to point out that the population of Villarreal is almost exactly the same as that of Bexhill-on-Sea.

No, he has been writing stuff about Abramovich like that in the Murdoch-owned times for YEARS. Honestly, as if the producers had no idea about Syed's opinions. Why do you think he was invited on to a discussion about Abramovich in the first place? Sheer dumb luck? Nice to see this get the...

I beg to differ. Bearing in mind the differences in style they are broadly very comparable. Apropos nothing, from a support base point of view there couldn't be a sharper contrast between Getafe and Sporting.

Now that WOULD be exciting.

A vain hope. He already plays in the second tier of a national league with Barcelona B. He might go out on loan but it would be to a team in the top division of Spain, Germany or England.

It's actually 7th biggest in Europe by a true measure (average attendance) and it vies with Bundesliga 2 for that, but your point is well taken. The Spanish Segunda is also a highly competitive league throughout.

This is one of those almost impossible questions but I have to say Mark Bright, and I'm not even a Brighton fan so my choice is clean of any suggestion of rivalry-bias. There isn't one single football pundit on any channel I can listen to, in fact there isn't even a single commentator I can...

And John Prescott once blocked a disabled bay in his haste to get into a Chinese restaurant, and he WAS driving the car. What political point should anyone have tried to make out of that?

Warning- that's not so. And if they (or any other of the Spanish teams) are playing in the Champions League the following week they will DEFINITELY play on Saturday. Malaga has a very high percentage of season ticket holders and is not a specially large ground, so it might not be as easy to get...

The defending in that League is certainly no worse than it is in the Championship. You can't base much on a goals video. You ought to watch the Football League Show from that perspective and think what an outsider would make of the defending in England. The keeper calamity btw looks like it was...

Exactly this. Thanks for that, you've restored my faith.

This is quite amazing, even when I praise the player signed I still get stick from the hard of understanding. Let me shout so you can hear. I EXPECT HIM TO DO WELL IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP. You have overpaid. Just like Liverpool overpaid for Andy Carroll even though they'd scouted him and Dalglish...

This is like pulling teeth! IF he is successful, he is worth more than the fee, obviously. But all signings are gambles, even more so when they are coming from a foreign league and maybe don't even speak English. I expect him to be a success, as does Poyet no doubt, but if he fails you've...