Yoann Gourcuff impresses

Why is this guy back playing in France? Two brilliant little displays of skill:

Yoann Gourcuff skill

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Gourcuff skill

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Fred's pass, Benzema's goal

On Saturday morning while out for brunch, I saw this goal by Benzema for Lyon. Decent finish, I thought. Then the replays started.

YouTube - Lyon 1-0 Bordeaux (But de Benzema) J14 - Ligue 1

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Look at Fred's pass. The first two replays don't do it justice, but the second two clearly show what a amazing pass it was. I haven't seen much of Fred, and nothing particularly memorable, but this was nothing short of brilliant.

Ronaldinho...is he back?

It's nice to see Ronaldinho back in goal-scoring form: see his goal in the UEFA Cup today (what the shit are AC Milan doing in the UEFA Cup?). I still have (and wear) a Barca shirt that I bought in Mexico City for 350 pesos ($40Cdn) with his name on it. What a wizard he was for a couple of years at Barcelona. Remember his spinning bicycle kick goal against Villareal? Brilliant. One of the best goals I've ever seen.

Edit: Another goal, from Nov. 9th.

MyFC voter turn-out update-ish

I've added to the voter turn-out average chart. You can see that as the rolling average is increased the line softens. I tried a rolling average of ten, but it flattened everything out.

I need to adjust the dates on this one, as it doesn't account for the times between votes.