I wonder... Did Diego Capel hurt your family or so? Everytime you speak about him is to say He's diving.  Did you really think so on the last match? Capel's ankles don't think the same.

Doesn't matter if He really suffers kicks everywhere. I supose you`re too british. Or maybe you live too near some river with a seem-a-fruit-field name, and are adopting their awful point of view.

Dont know if Real Madrid really deserves being on the good day part and share it with Braca to make matters worse ! Conceding 3 goals at home (with Iker between the posts) to a former segunda team and barely getting away with a win (draw would have been more fair) is NOT considered a good day in my book mate ! Hats of to Higuain though he was comparable to Etoo on the other hand !

There is _nothing_ I'd be willing to wager my Buffy box-sets for

I think I may have achieved a subtle mention in the blog. Woo-hoo! When is a 6-0 win frustrating? When you know it's going to do nothing more than increase your goal difference in a league which doesn't take it into account come the end of the season. Great performance, great football...but every game is becoming a worry about whether Xavi/Etoo/Messi can come through in one piece and not pick up an injury that rules them out of the month from hell.

Ah, Adam, that's the joy of it! Cast the dice, go for it! If it falls apart with injuries, c*c* happens. Guardiola is trying to rest players to some extent, but if you have really good players on your team, you should use them. So far so good, I say. Let it roll after a sigh, then move on to the next school of tuna! At least we know the bench is deep.

If I was a Barca fan I'd be thrilled instead of shaking like a big old puddle of poopy jello or a like a little girl, take your pick.  Don't worry!  This is Barca's year.  Real Madrid are playing keystone kops football (comedy) this season for some odd reason.  Is this more entertaining and the reason they fired Capello? I guess it must be.

Tim is right.  Villareal and Valencia will make it into the Champions League spots, leaving UEFA for Atletico Madrid and possibly Real Betis? I say yes, not so strange!  Vamos, Betis!

This year's Pichichi race even looks rather interesting for a change.  Good for Eto'o I say.  There is nobody more deserving.  It's about time he stayed healthy and got his kudos for what he does.

You know, I love Sevilla but Diego Capel is a cheating little s*o*b, no question.  And not for the first time.

All in all, an entertaining, very entertaining, weekend!

Tim - I look at you and each and every blog's reader in the eyes, and say: Diego Capel is as cheater and diver as any other player.

But the MADRID press (I wasn't talking about any team, but the city press) has got now a new mantra: Capel is a diver. Quite funny. They didn't say so about, for example, Alfonso, who was really a diver, but only famous because He was a great player. Never said that Zidane was a violent player (I can remember a few times when the baldie french punched, beat with the head, or even pulled the hair of other player), only talked about the brilliant player He was.

I remember the last Sevilla-Villarreal, this summer in Cadiz. The only way Villarreal's players found to stop Capel were kicks, kicks, and kicks, and to defend theirselves started to accuse Capel (and his poor ankles) and say He was always faking. Which were not true. And I say this is naughty. And what did Madrid press say? Of course, put a "sambenito" on Capel's young shoulders, and f*ck you off, poor little imp.

This is the Madrid press point of view: Spot with a dirty finger on some player (never playing in one of their teams, of course. Never heard of Agüero's cheats in Madrid), and repeat and repeat and repeat always the same, never mind if this is truth or not.

This is what I saw in your last post, the Madrid press dirty point of view. You always say Capel is a diver, never mind if the last time He was really kicked in the ankles by Morris. It was a penalty as clear as fresh water, but you see Capel in the turf, and say "of course He´s faking, because He NEVER is truth", and don't think about it.

Now, come on. Look the blog and its readers in the eye, after watching this penalty five times or so, in slowmotion if you prefer, and say that you genuinely believe He was faking.

And, yes, I agree with you. I'm too spanish. So, I know what happens in Spain.

It's a wonder to Real Madrid fans how the team is still only two points off the lead with a defence with more holes than a swiss colander (mix your metaphors why don't you) - all in all then a good day

Tim, can you add to your 'La Liga’s fixture-fixers' comment? As far as I know the fixtures are randomly assigned during the summer and the whole sequence/progression thingy has been in place for years - it's nothing new. Also, does it matter in the end if you get a bunch of easy games in a row followed by a bunch of hard games? Look at Sporting - could not get a point at the beginning of the season but are now doing OK.

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Only a Barça fan could try to steal credit for someone else's observation. Orginality ain't your thing is it Cules.

Josefoo. Tim and Eddie are right Capel is currently the Biggest cheat in Spanish football. quite an achievement in a League that has a player who wears boots on his hands and goes over from the draft of someone closing a door.

I've seen Capel twice now and he has absolutely no shame. He's obviously got talent but at times he is a disgrace.

An Apology to Adam, sorry didn't read your last post on Friday, though in my defence i have mentioned this to Tim in several E-mails and assumed "pertinent" was sarcasm.

Apology accepted. I wasn't claiming that the idea was mine in its conception.

good man.

is strange though that it worked out like this.

Would be typical barça/Madrid style shenanigans though if it were fixed