Quick News Roundup

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•The big news is that Gobbi's officially out 10-15 days, which means he should be back for the return leg against Bayern, but will miss Palermo, Inter and possibly Siena as well. (With Vargas struggling and Pasqual so out of favor he may as well be dead, Gobbi's injury has at least one paper in a total panic.)

•Goal.com claim that Melo and Mutu

Comments

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Srsly. What the fuck is he doing? Was he drunk?

He sounds so sincere, does Santana. God I feel so bad that people are so mean to him. (And that thing about Vargas being sensitive and introverted? Reading that made me feel like you with your empathy, I almost burst into tears.)

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(*clings* IT'S ANNOYING, THAT'S WHAT IT IS.)

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Go Santana! His earnestness is fantastic.

Poor Vargas - he's still quite young, isn't he? It can't be easy going through all this right now.

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He talks just like he plays, which I find really, really adorable. *g*

I think he's 24? Which is very old compared to a lot of footballers, I realize, but defenders seem to settle in as they age, generally speaking, and everyone agrees he's got maturing to do as a footballer ... Poor guy.

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24 is young for a defender. He's got a bright future ahead of him if he can get through this.

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And in my head, at the PC Santana stood up and started to sing. I can't be he only one who's mind went there!

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*stares in horror* Why are you putting him in the Michael Stipe box? Just cos he's a little sincere! *covers poor Santana's ears* *and Vargas' too, just for good measure*

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*files away the horror of Stipe for later use* He is sincere enough to get away with those lyrics though. :p That's a rare quality. What do you imagine Vargas listens to btw? Hard rock and heavy metal? Like Rage Against the Machine? Or is that more Melo's style?

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lol I don't have a horror of Michael Stipe in general, just of nice, normal folk like Santana being compared to his over-the-top OMG THE PAIN OF MY LIFE-ness. (Well, apart from Crush With Eyeliner. If you'd have linked to that, I'd have been confused, but ok with it.) And yes, hard rock for Vargas! You're right on, I can totally see him driving, gleefully blasting Pocket Full of Shells.

[I felt compelled to find a Barca stream since they're up 4-0 in 30 minutes. You know, I miss GolTV, but I didn't realize how happy I was not ever hearing Ray Hudson and his stupid little friend.]