yet another service advisory notice

[meretricula]

leaving for Paris for the weekend, probably won't have internet at all until I get back on Sunday. as per usual, if something happens and you think I'd like to know about it, link in the comments! you all were great when I went to Poland. :)

VAMOS RAFA
AJDE SRBIJA
PLEASE STOP SUCKING LIVERPOOL (ALSO FIRE ROY HODGSON)
GET WELL SOON BB SILVA, WE NEED YOU
GOOOOOOO VILLARREAL
VISCA EL BARÇA, VISCA CATALUNYA

I think that covers everything!

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edit: oops, wrong icon. subtle milan vibes via Balotelli, clearly.

Oh yes, Balotelli, absolutely. If he stays in England, it would be great to see him become one of those major talismanic figures, and as you say, he deserves a break. OTOH I care about Serie A a lot more than the EPL so if he wants to move back their eventually, as he's indicated before, I'd be happy to see him go to Milan and stick it to the haters. As it were. (Though this could also be accomplished via the NT, or the Champions' League.)

Anyway, back to David Silva (shhh), I started following a couple Man City blogs at the beginning of the season for research purposes and now they're all SO IN LOVE WITH HIM, it's absolutely hilarious. And kind of cute. Needless to say this does a lot to ingratiate the Man City fanbase to me. That, and the adorable Japanese fangirl whose Engrish-heavy tumblr I stalk ahaha.

Thing is, I'm not entirely sure if he'll be able to - to fulfill his potential or not, in terms of being able to play the type of game that he's best at. And I want him to fulfill his potential. I'm not even thinking entirely of the difference overall between the EPL and La Liga - I'm thinking of depends how City develops (or doesn't) as a team and where Mancini (or another manager) takes them tactically. It's not that he wouldn't be good still, but there's a difference.

For the moment, I basically agree with you on Spain, though I think that, like David Villa, he did get plenty of recognition within Spain while at Valencia - just very little out of it. Except by Sid Lowe and select LJ-ers, of course. XD And the only way out of that is the Big Two and without getting into my massive tl;dr thoughts on the future of Real Madrid, let's just say I don't think it's the right match, and Barcelona doesn't need another player like Silva. (Yet.*) If anyone league needs an independent billionaire to come along and adopt a team to shower with cash it's La Liga, just to put a serious crack in the Madrelona hegemony and open up rights distribution and okay this is a tangent isn't it.

Uh, anyway, the point of that paragraph I'm okay with Silva sticking around for a couple years, possibly even the whole contract - depends on the aforementioned caveats.



*one fic theory about a viable future involves him and Cesc becoming the new Iniesta and Xavi around three or four years in the future. despite the copious personal angst this would involve for me. XD

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Mario at Milan (if he can't hack it in England, because I think he could be great there if he'd focus a little more) would be so epic, omg. can you imagine him and Zlatan on the same team? they would either hate each other at first sight or bond. really though I just want Mario to play with Alberto Paloschi sometime. this is my great ambition for him. it would be so cute.

I suspect we're following some of the same blogs. SO ADORABLE. paragraphs waxing poetic about how magical Silva is. I love it. he's so different from what they're used to and you can almost see the hearts in their eyes.

I don't know, really, what kind of game Silva's best for. but there are some players (Torres, Reina, Arteta even) who just clearly had to GET OUT OF SPAIN, and while we won't know about Silva for at least a season, I do feel like if he can take the weather, he could do really well for himself by staying. might even win something! it kind of kills me inside to know that players as amazing as Silva and Villa have resumes as short as they do just because they didn't play for Madrid or Barcelona. (in regards to your tangent, I believe some random oil baron has bought Malaga, so your wish may come true soon!)

haha oh dear. well, it would be cute? but probably wouldn't happen, barring some injury disaster. I think Iniesta will be around long enough for the next generation of Barça midfield maestros to get settled in. knock wood!

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They were together at Inter for a couple years! There was a leetle tension but Zlatan spoke up for him after a scuffle with Materazzi last year, so I think it could be good... Anyway, if they want to play together as Mario has said, I'M FOR IT. ("Visions of sugarplums trophies danced in her head...") And aww, yes, it would be adorable if he could play with Paloschi. Coincidentally, I'm also for Paloschi coming back to Milan. XD

This guy? XD And yes, I am totally keeping an eye on Malaga just to see what happens.


Well, the version in my head is kind of angsty because I don't know how to be nice to characters I like. ._. But shoot, you're right, for some reason I consistently age Iniesta up two or three years in my head. How is he still only twenty-six. o_o Anyway, that's only more "vaguely realistic fic idea" than actual prediction.

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aww, you know Zlatan would love to settle in as patriarch to the bad boys of Serie A. distributing pats on the head and explosives in equal measure. :D

ahahaha yes, that guy! though just his blog, not on twitter. he's a very good writer! I didn't realize he was so young.

I know, Iniesta just looks freakishly old. he looks older than Xavi! I'm always horrified to remember that Xavi is four years older than he is. but wheee for fic ideas! don't have to be accurate to be awesome!