David "El Guaje" Villa

When is he coming back? Wasn't he supposed to come around this time and have some first team training?

"Villa is a serious doubt," Del Bosque noted. "We are worried, it is very hard to call up someone if they cannot play a single match

Tell me this isn't so.

David Vila fb:
"Ya tengo el alta médica! Una gran noticia! Otro paso más! Ya queda muy poquito... Gracias a tod@s por vuestro apoyo!
I already have the medical discharge! Great news! Another step! Already there is very little... Thanks to all of you for your support!"

He is back

Thanks God he is back. He has enough time getting back to the shape, he once was! Good luck Villa

You could see he was hungry

Welcome back! It feels like signing a new attacker!

Anyone else cried a bit when he scored?

Good to see him back. Do you reckon he will start tomorrow or will Tito save him for a brief appearance in the SuperCopa?

Almost certainly will be rested tomorrow.

Didn't cry a bit but as I said in chat, I had the biggest banana grin for such a long time. So happy for him, what a dream return.

I literally did the gayest fist pump when he scored to be honest.

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The perfect comeback.You could see how much it meant to him to be back.
And he has the Eye of the Tiger look in his eyes.
Madrid beware.

So much man-crush on Villa... He's just a boss straight up.

Table: Most official goals by current players (Club and Country - Senior Level) #fcblive #Messi, #Villa .. pic.twitter.com/LC2vL48H

Jermain Defoe and Pizarro... Huge surprises.

I know he's got his limitations... But I've always thought he was a bit underappreciated in England because he's small, Defoe.

Berbatov 6th surprised me. He's been around a while and I'm certainly a big fan of his and always have been, but I didn't expect him to be so far up, ahead of Ibrahimovic even, albeit by just 1 goal. Pizarro also a surprise as Kizz pointed out. Defoe not too big of a surprise for me honestly.

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Defoe has been playing for 12-13 season now.. he has an average of 15+ goals per season, not a big number for a forward but for 13 seasons in a row.. its counts...

Defoe is very underrated in my opinion. I mean, I dont think he could ever start for a CL team and all that, but he could be in the squad.

He has superb finishing with both feet, he is stronger on the ball than he looks and he is quick. His only real flaw is he shoots too much and has no vision...like most old school 9's to be honest.

I am not actually surprised by Pizzaro..he is VERY talented. Injuries and attitude have been a bigger problem. He could of made it at Chelsea if the timing was different.

Ronaldo 414 goals in 616 games
Cruyff 395 (710)
Maradona 345 (680)

2nd top scorer now along with Cesc.....5 goals

In 13 games during 2012 (Barcelona 11, Spain 2): David #Villa has scored 6 goals (Barca 5, Spain 1) #fcblive In 385 minutes (goal every 64 minutes)

16 Consecutive wins since 19-11-2012
Barcelona: 14, Spain 2

Huntelaar 0.64. Wow.

ausbaz wrote:Huntelaar 0.64. Wow.

Meh, feasting on Dutch league defences and open German games. His ratio in Serie A and La Liga are more telling.

Not to say he isnt a good striker, he is of course.

The Franchise wrote:

ausbaz wrote:Huntelaar 0.64. Wow.

Meh, feasting on Dutch league defences and open German games. His ratio in Serie A and La Liga are more telling.

Not to say he isnt a good striker, he is of course.

Huntelaar scored just 15 goals in 50 games he played for Real Madrid and ACMilan..
Bit just he started in just 28 of these 50 games... for some reason, coaches at these teams didn't trust him enough !

Its True that most of his goals are in Dutch and German League (not the best in europe but they are 6th and 3rd respectively)!

But, he also scored 34 goals in 59 goals for Holland (could soon become their all-time top-scorer surpassing Kluivert's 40 goals)

He was treated bizarrely by Madrid thats for sure... No idea why they bought him and then used him like that.

I think it may be that these teams want more than just a pure scorer... However, I think this player can always be very useful. eg. Van Nistelrooy