Disco Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Will their new ground help/hinder them or will it be rented? It's funded by the sale of the Calderón, which sits on pretty valuable land. They paid part of the price using football tickets, though What they going to do with the Calderon? Always a shame to see an iconic, city centre ground fall by the wayside. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Will their new ground help/hinder them or will it be rented? It's funded by the sale of the Calderón, which sits on pretty valuable land. They paid part of the price using football tickets, though What they going to do with the Calderon? Always a shame to see an iconic, city centre ground fall by the wayside. Skyscrapers, of course. http://estaticos04.elmundo.es/assets/multimedia/imagenes/2014/07/17/14056221064359.jpg New stadium will be in the outskirts of the city, and closer to the white part of town than to the traditionally colchonero neighborhoods. It's gonna suck, but I guess it's the way forward long term. The Calderón was old and couldn't be upgraded given its placing near the river and atop a major road. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Nice view from the top I guess Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Thinking of a trip to Madrid before end of the season, always wanted to go to the Calderon to see a game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Marca reporting athletic have logged a 25mill bid for illara Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Chinese billionaire Wang Jianlin has bought 20% of Atlético's shares for €45m. That's interesting. Atlético's finances are all kinds of f***ed up (the success of the past years and ensuing big ticket sales have probably saved the club), so they need shoring up if they want to mount a continued challenge at the top. Atlético's chairman has just said that they needed the investment to sustain day-to-day operations. They are so fucked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistle17 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 VI, do the Spanish press/public had any qualms about Atletico's defensive/direct style of play? Obviously it is incredibly effective, but in Spain nearly all teams at every level want the ball and want to get it down and play. Simeone has become a bit more expansive this season, especially at home vs. lesser teams, but the core principles of the system remain. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 They get quite a bit of criticism, tempered by the fact that one can't argue with the results, but that fuels into their fortress mentality imho. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2919861/Former-Chelsea-midfielder-Craig-Burley-forced-tattoo-Fernando-Torres-losing-bet-real.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Griezmann getting better... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Fifa have confirmed that Real Madrid are also under investigation for signing foreign U18 players, using associated clubs in a ''player laundering'' scheme. Damn sure they have been better than us at covering their tracks, so nothing will come out of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Later this month begins the trial for alleged match-fixing between Levante and Zaragoza a few seasons ago. In the bench there will be - among several others - Ander Herrera and current Atlético captain Gabi. Gotta say that, in order to get a conviction, the evidence that's been made public looks rather weak. Rumours of match-fixing in the low rungs of La Liga have been rampant for a few years, and the public prosecutor has been trying to get an exemplary conviction for ages. So far, it hasn't happened due to lack of evidence. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I see Real Sociedad are 10th if they see this one out. Moysey seems to be doing a canny job. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikky Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Griezmann getting better... Been fantastic recently; I didn't quite realise how good he was: suits Athletico to a tee Big game for Barca tomorrow away at San Mames: win and the momentum is well and truly with them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I see Real Sociedad are 10th if they see this one out. Moysey seems to be doing a canny job. Spoke to soon. He's not doing too great. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miercoles Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2919861/Former-Chelsea-midfielder-Craig-Burley-forced-tattoo-Fernando-Torres-losing-bet-real.html This pic from that article really really needs to be a meme: http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/01/21/000E2B6700000258-2919861-image-m-26_1421841010490.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 He had a funny World Cup. Bleached his hair looking like a bigger tit than normal, scored a belter in his next game, then sent-off before going home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 I see Real Sociedad are 10th if they see this one out. Moysey seems to be doing a canny job. Spoke to soon. He's not doing too great. People say he's too conservative, score one goal and then protect the lead. They paid for it yesterday. Anyway, he's improved results over his predecessor, just not massively. Still early days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistle17 Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 I see Real Sociedad are 10th if they see this one out. Moysey seems to be doing a canny job. Spoke to soon. He's not doing too great. People say he's too conservative, score one goal and then protect the lead. They paid for it yesterday. Anyway, he's improved results over his predecessor, just not massively. Still early days. He's got some good players at his disposal. I can't see him going very far with this group of players at least due to the reasons stated above. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Never been much of a fan of stats, until I saw this one. Now I love stats. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Those shot stats for Ronaldo, man, he's the Kobe Bryant of football Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 what's the lowdown with barca atm VI, they finding their feet under enrique now or is it as simple as twatting loads of goals past shite teams? messi pelting the fuckers in just now as well, just at the right time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 The team's clicking. There was a lot of instances earlier in the season where we tried playing at higher tempo and the attack would just break down, for example, as the players weren't used to it - which in turn would generate counters. The front three is gelling too and our attack right now is very fluid. So there's more to it than just twatting small teams, since the same small teams were giving us more trouble earlier in the year. We'll see when we face better teams (we managed Atlético quite well, though). I do believe that our defensive system isn't up to snuff to face the attacking threat of some of the top teams, but at least we have some teeth now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 The team's clicking. There was a lot of instances earlier in the season where we tried playing at higher tempo and the attack would just break down, for example, as the players weren't used to it - which in turn would generate counters. The front three is gelling too and our attack right now is very fluid. So there's more to it than just twatting small teams, since the same small teams were giving us more trouble earlier in the year. We'll see when we face better teams (we managed Atlético quite well, though). I do believe that our defensive system isn't up to snuff to face the attacking threat of some of the top teams, but at least we have some teeth now. good stuff, you'll just have to keegan-it for another year and try to score everyone off the pitch with your ludicrous front line Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts