Village Idiot Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Levante have only paid 400k in transfer fees in 4 years, iirc. Their transfer policy has been very astute given that fact, they are getting the best out of veterans like Ballesteros, Del Horno, Munúa, Farinós, Barkero, Venta, Juanlu... players that were all very promising 10 years ago but never quite got there but are flourishing at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Marca has released the top selling shirts by club. They don't provide an overall ranking although they say that Cronaldo's the overall top seller. Real Madrid: 1. Cristiano Ronaldo 2. Özil 3. Kaká (heh) FC Barcelona (no Fàbregas, surprising) 1. Messi 2. David Villa (surprised by this) 3. Iniesta 4. Xavi Athletic Club: 1. Llorente 2. Javi Martínez Atlético de Madrid: 1. Falcao 2. Diego 3. Reyes 4. Turan Valencia CF: 1. Soldado 2. Piatti 3. Canales Villarreal (apparently personalised tees vastly outsell player shirts): 1. Rossi 2. Cani 3. Nilmar Málaga: 1. Cazorla 2. Van Nistelrooy 3. Baptista Sevilla: 1. Kanouté 2. Negredo Espanyol: 1. Dani Jarque (wow) Mallorca: 1. Laudrup Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Mallorca: 1. Laudrup Unlucky Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Aye, I laughed when I saw that too Caparrós will do just fine there, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 Kudos to the Espanyol fans but I guess selling anyone remotely iconic recently probably aided this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 Kudos to the Espanyol fans but I guess selling anyone remotely iconic recently probably aided this. The Espanyol board makes your board look like the ManCity owners. Every time they get a player remotely interesting he's happily sold in the next transfer window. This summer they sold their entire front 3 and replaced them with a 35 year old Pandiani and a kid from their B team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 "As" has published a poll that says we have surpassed RM as Spain's most liked team. There's also a pretty wicked graph with the most liked/hated teams by the fans of each of the 20 First Division teams, gotta see if I can post it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Here it is. To the left, the most liked teams, to the right, the most hated. It doesn't add up to 100% because people had 3 picks. Massively surprised the amount of Barça fans that don't name RM as their most hated team. The "hate ratio" of Espanyol may look low but can be explained by the fact the rivalry is actually low outside Barcelona, and they asked fans/gloryhunters throughout the country. Apparently they are going to publish more results of the poll in the following days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 We should have that over here. I'd struggle to pick three I like (maybe Everton, Chelsea and one other), but the three i don't would be Liverpool, Sunderland and Spurs. Or Stoke. Or Man United! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Why such love for Real and Barca; the two teams systematically destroying the league? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Snrub Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Funny that the 2 Basque clubs hate the Madrid teams much more than each other. Regional politics still going strong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wisdom Body Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 From that poll it seems to me that most who call themselves Getafe and Rayo Vallecano supporters are fairweather fans who are actually Real Madrid supporters. Don't see any other reason why 82% of Rayo fans would hate Barça or why 60% of Real Madrid fans would list Getafe as their other preferred club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Getafe are almost RM's little bro. Even their president is a self-confessed Real Madrid fan and ST holder. A bit surprised about Rayo, while I was there I always got the impression there was a pretty strong rivalry between them and Real, with lots of anti-RM chants at their place. Might have been a vocal minority. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Another batch from the poll today on As. The topic is "club vs country". Here's a table listing club fans according to their preference for club or country, on a scale of 1 to 5. 1 means total preference for country, 5 total preference for club. http://s5.as.com/recorte/20111011dasdasftb_10/LCO/Ies/Preferencias_Seleccion_equipo_propio.jpg Overwhelmingly people prefer their club, even the "patriotic" ones like Real Madrid. And that's despite our NT going through its best period in history. Unsurprisingly the two Basque clubs and Osasuna top the list too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Why such love for Real and Barca; the two teams systematically destroying the league? Well, they are the reason we are "destroying the league", Barça and Real Madrid completely obliterate the rest of the league in terms of viewership and merchandise sales. It's quite chronic for people in Spain to follow their local team and then pick a side in the Barça/Real Madrid war. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
summerof69 Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Another batch from the poll today on As. The topic is "club vs country". Here's a table listing club fans according to their preference for club or country, on a scale of 1 to 5. 1 means total preference for country, 5 total preference for club. http://s5.as.com/recorte/20111011dasdasftb_10/LCO/Ies/Preferencias_Seleccion_equipo_propio.jpg Overwhelmingly people prefer their club, even the "patriotic" ones like Real Madrid. And that's despite our NT going through its best period in history. Unsurprisingly the two Basque clubs and Osasuna top the list too. Why is it "not surprising" that Osasuna are up there with the Basque clubs ? I don't know a lot about Osasuna. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Just seen Levante beat Malaga 3-0. What a job Juan Ignacio Martínez is doing. 12 points ahead of the drop already, maybe they can aim for more if they keep their run going. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGupter Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Just seen Levante beat Malaga 3-0. What a job Juan Ignacio Martínez is doing. 12 points ahead of the drop already, maybe they can aim for more if they keep their run going. Aye, also I hate goal music in general, but their's is brilliant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Just seen Levante beat Malaga 3-0. What a job Juan Ignacio Martínez is doing. 12 points ahead of the drop already, maybe they can aim for more if they keep their run going. Aye, also I hate goal music in general, but their's is brilliant. To YouTube... EDIT: Lolzer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 Another batch from the poll today on As. The topic is "club vs country". Here's a table listing club fans according to their preference for club or country, on a scale of 1 to 5. 1 means total preference for country, 5 total preference for club. http://s5.as.com/recorte/20111011dasdasftb_10/LCO/Ies/Preferencias_Seleccion_equipo_propio.jpg Overwhelmingly people prefer their club, even the "patriotic" ones like Real Madrid. And that's despite our NT going through its best period in history. Unsurprisingly the two Basque clubs and Osasuna top the list too. Why is it "not surprising" that Osasuna are up there with the Basque clubs ? I don't know a lot about Osasuna. Navarre has a sizeable Basque population, and Osasuna in particular a large Basque tradition. "Osasuna" is Basque for "strength". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kingdawson Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 Why are Sevilla fans that much more in favour of Country then club? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 Might be an Andalusian thing I suppose, all Andalusian club fans favor country over club in the poll. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooneyToonArmy Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Blatant cheating from Iniesta in the Sevilla game....shameful dive Javi Varela? Outstanding goalkeeping 8 mins of stoppage time....Man U esque Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Well, 4 min passed until the pen was taken due to all the protests and Kanouté blocking, etc... So in truth it was only 4 minutes of actual stoppage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Snrub Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 New season, same old Atletico.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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