El clasico's tonight, and while you're busy dusting off your Messiah jersey or piling on the hair wax ala good ol' Greaseaño, it's time for another edition of "Tres Cosas" or the 3 things game! Last year, we had fun playing it with Barca and Real chicas Messa and Leo, so here we go again with Christina (from Madrid) and Emma (from the USA).

We introduce another new series today at TSG Central: Bradley's Clipboard.

After each camp and most friendlies, TSG will put together a piece with the following components for discussion amongst the community:

I. The Best "A" Team starting eleven.

This is, the team that would play regardless of opponent, situation or formation, if the Yanks had to choose a line-up blindly for one game.

photo credit: Neubie

1) Portsmouth's Financial Status

Portsmouth's financial situation has been so bad this year it has become a cliche. Here is a club that multiple times has not been able to pay their squad and staff on time. Here is an organization that has so little money that their online website is off the net due to lack of payments to the company that designed the site.

Talk about a hard place to play...

Real Madrid has managed to maintain their unbeaten record at home with a 3-1 win at Sporting today, but now Barca gets Zaragoza in about an hour and they need to keep pace. I've been VERY high on Barca all season, but with Madrid being so good at home it's reasonable to think that Barca is a little bit concerned that Madrid can stick with them AND be undefeated at home.