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@Matt: Pumped Up Kicks. @M*: Barely. I had it playing twice on my way to work before my morning coffee. Sounded good. That's about as much as I got to analyse in my pre-caffeinated consciousness.

Luiz (a.k.a. Die, Bart, Die) Apparently he's always up to something in the dressing room. No more Classicos for 3 months

Congrats on winning the title, Freddy! Pity about the Brom goal though. Scrappy stuff.

Apparently it was. Villa Boas is the new Mourinho they say, but I haven't heard a peep about Barca conspiracies yet coming from Porto's direction

You're always told that but the call always seems to go to the defense I guess there's a difference between what the linesman saw and what he thought he saw. It's always difficult to see everything when the ball is released so far from the runner. Earlier in the season, when Mourinho was threatening to leave Madrid, he was saying that whether he was going to be at Madrid next season or not was irrelevant because in the next couple of seasons Barca would fall regardless of his presence. He said that Xavi and Puyol would retire or become less effective with age and the end of the generation would spell the end of their dominance cause no matter how many youngsters Barca had, they would not have perfect clones to keep playing the way that they do. Interesting comments. Did anyone see the interview? Pep was actually quite calm (which makes it all less funny).

Then again, Stark was the one in charge of the Inter v Chelsea game last season where Lucio and Samuel wrestled Terry and Drogba to the ground on corners without so much as a warning :| Other updates today: Iniesta officially out according to Pep. Mourinho channels Einstein. Pep admits "[Mourinho] is the f*****g man" Looks like Barca is imploding and Madrid are definitely at the right place at the right time. History will only remember Madrid conquering Barca, nothing more and one more thing: Booo Manyoo <_<

Oh yeah...that game. Be sure to spank Manyoo and make it to the final please

One of the Barca coaches apparently reporting that Iniesta was fatigued and not injured and will be able to start the game. Barca will need him today, that's for sure. Pretty sure it'll be Masch, Puyol, Pique and Alves playing in the backline. Ronaldo to start on the right to take advantage of Masch on the left of defense?

Adriano is out. Not sure about Maxwell, maybe Guardiola will chuck a Wenger and chuck him on? I'm guessing Masch will be put on the left with Puyol coming back into the centre if he's fit? Keita to replace Iniesta too. I have no idea why Guardiola decided to use such a thin squad on the back of a Summer World Cup

Update: Wolfgang Stark (Ger) to ref Iniesta out with a muscle strain I guess that comment about a strong ref won't be coming true. Worst thing is Howard Webb isn't reffing any matches and since he can't ref the United v Schalke game, he may be in line to ref the 2nd leg of the Barca v Madrid match. Not much chance of Barca winning now unless UEFA decide to intervene again

Mourinho has resorted to his Inter/Chelsea ways *sigh* While I was watching the Copa, Madrid's white uniforms made me think that they are a £300 million Bolton...wait, that would be an insult cause Bolton are actually quite attacking under Coyle I can't see them beating Madrid over the next 2 legs. You'll need a ref that isn't afraid of Mourinho...or sending Pepe, Xabi, Ramos or Arbeloa off <_< I'm going for Barca, but my head tells me Madrid will have La Decima by the end of the season

So, I take it no one here really cares about El Clasico that much, right?

DFA were at Coachella? OH MY F**KING GOSH! When did they reform and why was I not informed? Arcade who? Ok I better stop bashingn that meme

An album called Arcade Fire by some band called "The Suburbs"? My friend recommended them. I think I'm one of the first people IN THE WORLD to listen to this cause no one else has ever heard of them.

Anyone hear about Ezra turning up as a surprise guest for Chromeo at Coachella's set? Here's the song (not live ) and a cover of Papa Hobo.

The anticipation is killing me all the more for reading about that. The solo EP Alex recorded for the recent movie 'Submarine' was criminally underrated. Agreed. Great little EP.

Nearly hit the 4 year mark

Part 2 tonight.

Raul = class. Something that's hard to find in Madrid any more. Carrick = under-rated. His questionable decision-making (I mean United, really?) prevents me from liking him.

What other team can be considered "successful" before the season's end? MAD JENS

Meanwhile, on the other end of the table, another team is collapsing (like the season before!). But instead of addressing the problem, they are calling their campaign "successful" because they tried their darndest!

Apparently, it'll include a song from Alex Turner's solo record as well!

Double post... might as well include some new stuff Flaming Lips anybody? Good album though

Will this be released 2011?

What is going on with Villa?