Oh Damn...

Transfer season is over. And there was nothing. Zip. Our last buy was Silvestre. Can't get over the excitement. I really cannot figure out what the boss has up his sleeves. Maybe he's thinking of Eboue as cover in the middle of the park, as our missing holding midfielder? Or maybe he's lined Rosicky's bones with adamantium? Damn. It's really really really frustrating when this was supposed to be a stronger team from last season, and all we've done is sold off more than we've brought in. If nothing was going to happen on the transfer market, the least we could have done was keep Gilberto. We even signed a goddamn injured unknown in Amaury Bischoff.

But who knows. Maybe when the sun rises tomorrow (in England), there'll be news of a middle-of-the night signing.

Elsewhere, we hear that City (yes, they've ditched the Thai name) have become an Arab team, and has join the ranks of those inhabiting the Emirates Stadium. Signed Robinho for £32.5m. Screw me. It's bloody hilarious all that's happening in the wrong part of Manchester. Can't wait for it to head the way of Leeds. And that El Pathetico Robinho must be really desperate. Mark Hughes must be wondering what the hell hit him. Let's see Citeh run into a string of bad results. Poor Sven must also be shell shocked. But who cares.

So Flamini made his debut at the San Siro, and it must have been fun being in the team that loses at home to a newly-promoted team the first day of the season. Hope he gets used to it, and to hanging around a bunch of geriatrics and has-beens. Maldini, Pirlo, Inzaghi, Seedorf, Shevchenko...granted, with the likes of Ronaldinho, there will be flashes of brilliance, but it's his life, so good luck to him. Wonder where Philippe was. Not on the bench, so maybe he was out house hunting. But since he's only going to be there a season, he'd better start house hunting somewhere near the south coast of England, or up the other end, near Boro. Let me say it again. I like the boy, but if he for a second thought that he was leaving for greener pastures, he is so bloody wrong. Poor guy.

Now let's see. Who else lost on opening day to a newly-promoted team?? Oh yes. Barca. Where some idiot Belarussian didn't even make the starting line-up. How sweet it is to see Samir Nasri scoring goals, and with his socks pulled up right. One more thing. Total attendance at Numancia: 10,000. Let's put it in perspective. Twice that many people watched Leeds in League One at Elland Road on the weekend. So if that's what gets Hleb excited, good for him too.

I'm gonna have something to say later, probably tomorrow, on that yellow card for Nasri. If there's retroactivitiy in the issuing yellow cards that the referee missed, shouldn't there be the same for penalties wrongly given, penalties missed, red cards missed? Goals missed? Stupid refereeing system had better change soon...