Ronaldo Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Evil in all his decisions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Evil in all his decisions. This actually translated slightly meaningfully. I would agree he was evil and his final ball was abysmal. His free kicks were awful and all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Heh, just seen a review of our past Bernabéu games since Guardiola took over, and Lass - the man that's always on the verge of being sold - is the only one alongside Casillas to have played in all of them. A survivor indeed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRC Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 How seriously will the teams take the Spanish cup tonight? Was thinking of having a flutter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Haris Vuckic Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Very I imagine! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRC Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I saw the odds and seen Villareal were evens to beat a 3rd division team. What the fuck happened to Villareal this season? Betis are also good odds tonight. I havent seen any spanish football this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 How seriously will the teams take the Spanish cup tonight? Was thinking of having a flutter. There's always bound to be one upset, but I don't expect any big gun to fail. Cronaldo has even asked to play tonight. Have in mind that after this weekend's la Liga game we start our winter break, so there isn't that much of a need to rest players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 According to Spanish daily "El País", Valencia have finally sold Mestalla for €250m (they were looking for €400m a few years ago, but that's the real estate crash for you). They have borrowed an additional loan of €110m to complete their new stadium (work had been stopped due to lack of funds). Overall debt drops to "only" around €200m, at much more comfortable terms than before, and the new stadium should be completed in a couple years. It might be the end of the tunnel at last. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRC Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I'd like to see Valencia back amongst the elite, loved them when they have Villa, Morientes, Albelda and the likes. What do you think of Villareals chances tonight VI? bear in mind if I lose, my bet you will have the fact I'm down 2 quid on your conscience. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I don't know, Mirandés are just a Segunda B team, but at the same time the only undefeated team in the Spanish pro football pyramid and playing at home while Villarreal are at their lowest point in their recent history and plagued by injuries. I wouldn't touch that bet with a barge pole. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRC Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Sweet, I'll stick to Valencia and Real then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Sweet, I'll stick to Valencia and Real then. Well, Villarreal choked as I feared. Sadly Valencia did too... "El País" reporting today that according to Atlético's accounts they owe €215m to the taxman. One third of the overall La Liga debt to the state. They are easily the most indebted club relative to turnover in Spanish football (€550m according to a neutral estimation last year). They really need to get rid of the Gil family, but who would want to take such a poisoned chalice? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 More potentially important news regarding Spanish TV rights. La Sexta TV, one of the channels that offers weekly league games, has been bought by rival Antena 3, who has said that will stop airing La Liga unless the fees are "significantly" reduced (they are currently paying around €60m-€70m per season to the main rights holder). That comes in addition of several regional channels making the same demands last month. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Atlético will "rent" their shirt numbers to their fans, allowing them to "buy" a space in a number to have their face embossed in it until the end of the season for €15. It won't be too taky if it's done like they do it at Sevilla: http://l.yimg.com/a/p/sp/editorial_image/a5/a5313c66de9ec1834dab9d9025d5c4ca/sevilla_fans_paying_to_have_tiny_photo_of_themselves_on_players_shirts.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Oh dear Atletico. Beaten 2-0 at home by Real Betis. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 That's Manzano sacked surely. It would be a good move on itself (good manager for lower half teams but can't hack it with ambitious ones) but I don't trust their board to find a capable replacement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Scolari heavily rumored to take over, incidentally. Awful appointment if true. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Villarrelol. About to lose again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Scolari heavily rumored to take over, incidentally. Awful appointment if true. Been very good in Brazil with the limited resources. Very good motivator, but not very good tactically and thats why he failed at Chelsea. Successful everywhere except Chelsea where he had a similar record to Ancelotti anyways in terms of losing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Scolari heavily rumored to take over, incidentally. Awful appointment if true. Been very good in Brazil with the limited resources. Very good motivator, but not very good tactically and thats why he failed at Chelsea. Successful everywhere except Chelsea where he had a similar record to Ancelotti anyways in terms of losing. He hasn't succeeded in any European club side. As you say, he's a very good motivator which goes a long way in international football, but he's too limited to manage a club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 http://barcelonafans.org/2011/12/guardiola-key-to-barca-dominance/ The 4-0 victory over Santos was another demonstration of the dominance of Barcelona in the world game, two years after their first triumph in the Club World Cup, and in particular their style of play showed the crucial role of Pep Guardiola. While the players have rightly been praised again for the quality of their play, their technique and quick passing which was taught in la masia, Lional Messi was congratulated for becoming the second player after Pedro to score in all the competitions in one year, this side has Guardiola’s philosophy stamped on it which has been vindicated once again. When Guardiola arrived at Barca, the team had just finished second to Real Madrid and had more than a few problems on and off the pitch. Of course it was easier for Guardiola to come in to this complicated environment as he was first of all a Catalan and also because he had been the idol of Cruyff’s Dream Team of the early 1990s, but still the turnaround at the club has been amazing. Guardiola hasn’t invented anything at Barcelona, he has maintained the principles of trying to beat the opposition by playing football and this means out passing them. He added to this an obsession with organisation and planning. He has also been incredibly lucky though to have inherited a side with amazing potential and a player like Messi that comes along only once a generation. Guardiola has kept true to his philosophy throughout and as his mentor Johan Cruyff says, the team would not be where they are without him. “To play with three defenders depends on the quality of the players but also you have to be brave enough to field them. Without Pep it would be difficult to see Barca playing this way,” he said. Guardiola refuses to sign contracts longer than a year refusing to put pressure on himself or the club but Cruyff doesn’t think he will go any time soon. “As long as he is happy then he will stay. You have to enjoy life and what you are doing,” he said. “Guardiola has players who sacrifice themselves for the team and you need to have that mentality. “The difference between this side and my team is that this one pressures more and plays the ball at a higher tempo. This is a small squad but it has a lot of quality and it is important that each player has the chance to play.” Cruyff was also full of praise of Messi. “You cannot compare Neymar with him at the moment as Neymar is very young, a good footballer with a good head on his shoulders and Messi is the best in the world,” he said. “The problem for Real Madrid is that they are in the same league as Barcelona as in any other they would be champion. Mourinho is a coach who is looking for his own personal glory as a trainer and very different to Guardiola. For Guardiola he wants to give all the praise to the players. “Similarly for Ronaldo he plays a different style to that of Barcelona so I wouldn’t sign him. He looks to always show that he is very good and in Barca they are all very good. Messi is the best, he is humble and shows the kids the way to behave like Xavi or Iniesta. For his ability I would make him the winner of the Balon d’or but also Xavi as the director of the orchestra.” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Living on a Guardiola dreamland myself right now, great way to head off to our Christmas break (after the cup game this thursday) Anyway the Madrid press now saying that Benítez is the new frontrunner for Atlético's bench. In more amusing news, Sevilla's president Del Nido has been sentenced to 7 years of jail for fraud in his business as a lawyer. He can still appeal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Think Benitez would be a sound appointment. Sid Lowe was saying they're effectively selling Reyes to fund the sacking of Manzano. Crazy but when is it not with Atleti. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Atlético are utterly bankrupt (they remind me a lot of you in your late Shepherd years, throwing money and more money in failed managers and players without real sense of purpose), they've been somehow papering over the cracks but truth is they don't have a pot to shit on. That makes it even more puzzling when they spend the entire Agüero transfer fee on a single player... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Mad ain't it. Diego Simeone looks favourite now, just quit his post at Racing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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