Primera Wishes and La Liga Dreams

Here´s a bit of cheer for all the Spanish clubs, may all your wishes come true.

Barcelona: may the new year bring you all you hope for, Cesc Fabregas hopes so, so why can´t Sandro and Pep, oh and leave a light on for Ibrahim Afellay, who flew into Barcelona today and stands to be a certain back-up after being a full-on legend at PSV.

Real Madrid: peace for José and friends. It has been an interesting year at the Bernabeu, here's hoping that the coming one is as interesting if not more. May they get that number 9 that Mou wants, health for Pipita Higuain, and one if not more titles. La Liga calls for it.

Best for the rest: peace for Sevilla FC President del Nido, it always looks like he is about to pop a gasket, a top-level European slot for Fernando Roig and tranquility for Cerezo at Atleti. Thanks for Quique Sanchez-Flores for all that he did to hold the standard of Spain in European competitions. We should never forget what Atletico Madrid did to uphold the honor of Spanish club football, and give it up for Manuel Pellegrini for sticking it through a very difficult year at Real Madrid, coming in second with the highest ever point total for runners-up, getting fired for being essentially the third choice in an impossible situation for a club-manager, and then landing on his feet in Malaga. May their relegation nightmare end.

Give a lump of coal for the people that deserve lumps of coal in your eyes,  I won't name them here because I would rather give it up to a player that exemplifies what I respect in a professional athlete. Humble, works hard, and gives himself for others and then praises them when it is he that deserves it the most. Andres Iniesta is no saint, nor certainly is he a sinner by definition; he is a human-being whose friend died, and when it was his time in the spotlight, scoring the winning goal in the defining game of this year's World Cup, he did not pump his fists and point with his thumbs at the name printed on the back of his shirt. He took it off and sprinted across the pitch with a picture of his friend Dani Jarque for all the world to see and remember. Blessings for that kid from Fuentealbilla, and also for Dani Jarque's club. Yes, I'll say it as a supporter myself. Felices Fiestas, or Happy Holidays, for all the clubs like Espanyol that toil away in the shadow of giants.

And thank you for visiting our site. We are a humble group of fans just like you who love the players, the coaches, and the beautiful football that this league gives us week in and week out. Thank you the most for spending your time here with us.

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