A petition had been sent to the Vatican to begin the process of recognizing all Valencia CF fans as saints.

Its to be expected of course seeing how much suffering we are forced to endure week in and week out.

My blood pressure is high and my finger nails are non-existant.

Valencia will surely be the death of me.

Valencia fans are nasty fans.

Thats the conclusion that has to be drawn if you read the the chatter this week.

Our Che have lost 1 game all season. 1 Match. We are in 4th and within grasp of the top.

And yet even after a hard win against Malaga the fans complain.

Here are the highlights in case you missed the match.

The midweek Copa del Rey match went far better for Valencia than it did for a few of the other top leaguers this week. Though not spectacular the single away goal by Joaquin has placed Valencia firmly in the drivers seat for the upcomming home game.

Joaquin scored a a gorgeous little chip shot to gain the winning goal in the 10th minute of play.

So just a quick update before our Copa del Rey encounter.

World Soccer magazine has just awarded our very own DAVID VILLA best forward in the world.

Booya

Not that we didnt already know that. Villa has proven himself already this season with a stunning 7 goals.

There is however rumours once again that Manchester United are after Villa and SIlva in a 40 million pound bid to take them in January.

So the stars have aligned and the weekend thus far has worked out beautifully for los Che to move up int he table.

A win in Almeria and we move up to 5th place and within striking distance of the top 4.

These are a vital 3 points.

Now Valencia, truth be told should win this.

Silva is in.

So now that I have sobered up from the drunken stupor after the Valencia Barca match I can look at things a little more subjectively before our next encounter.

But first a recap of our adventure with the best team in the world.

In case you missed it.

Which if you did..

shame on you.

So the day is upon us.

The day we look forward to and fear every year.

Barca is comming to Mestalla.

What will happen?

Will we play the glorious game that we saw last season.

Will Barca create magic and have a goal fiesta in our castle.

Well i hope not.

Ok i dont think anybody will disagree with me when i say that yesterdays match was far from pretty.

Our midfield was not fluid.

Our attack was lackluster.

Our wings fairly ineffective.

Our defense and goal tending however was vastly improved.

While i will say that Bruno is no substitute for Miguel on most days, he was sufficient on sunday.

First off, don't forget to read Javier's post from yesterday. It's a good one.

Today, it's an analysis of VCF's 'defense' from the perspective of last weekend's Atletico Madrid draw by intrepid supporter/commentator Nithin, complete with videos from Kyle's excellent Locos 4 Los Che.

Well its been quite the couple of weeks. Sorry about the lack of posting. The Offside did a update and it wasnt agreeing with my computer. But now all is well and you can expect to read my enlightened and grandious opinion once again from week to week.

So how was the week that past.

I guess that it started off sour and then turned out sweet.

I'll be honest: I haven't watched Valencia CF as much as I'd like to this season.
One thing or another in my ‘real' life has kept me from Our Beloved.

So imagine my joy to notice my agenda open this afternoon and Valencia visiting Getafe?

My first full VCF match of the season.

Well our Europa League start may have been a rough one but we really cannot argue that the result isnt at all bad.

We got a point away from home against a tough team using our backups.

hey not too bad at all.

And in all honesty i think both teams could have taken all three from this one.

Well if you missed yesterdays game.

Boooooo on you.

You missed a fine display of what our attack can do when it is on.

It was quick.

It was accurate and ultimately it was Lethal.

Villa scores twice.. and should have had a hat trick had it not been for bad reffing.

What can i say.
OLE ! OLE ! OLE !!

If anybody has had any doubts as to how bloody amazing our pair of Davids are then those doubts have been blown out of the water.

Todays game was a breath taking spectacle of gorgeous spanish football.

The passing was superb.

The attack was lethal.

Game 1 and well i should admit i was worried.

A couple of weeks ago we had a friendly against Sevilla and we all know how that went down.
Not pleasant.

And sure it was a friendly.

And yes we didnt play all our stars.

But still. Its Sevilla. The team that knocked us out of la Copa so unjustly.