80 Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 I'd be happy to totally reformat the pre-match music/period. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantail Breeze Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Never knew people cared so much about what music is played in a football stadium Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 the music contributes to the pre-match atmosphere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 1 minute ago, Yorkie said: the music contributes to the pre-match atmosphere. It's also been a topic of conversation for about 15 years on here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee_Johnny Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 2 hours ago, 80 said: I'd be happy to totally reformat the pre-match music/period. I’d be gutted to lose Local Hero. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 https://twitter.com/athletic_eus/status/1553702040114716672?t=syOtG2_VCtyCdBYmSGsx-w&s=19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Love our squad atm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 2 hours ago, Optimistic Nut said: https://twitter.com/athletic_eus/status/1553702040114716672?t=syOtG2_VCtyCdBYmSGsx-w&s=19 Embedding this as its great Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 5 minutes ago, Adam said: Embedding this as its great I much prefer playing York City away in front of some uni digs marra. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 He looked a tad off the pace but loved seeing Muniain again. Love a diminutive continental number 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 athletic seem such a genuine and class club - I hope we continue to do an annual friendly with them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Also class that Raul Garcia scored. 36 years old and still going strong. Just looked at his Wiki page and he's only made less than 29 league appearances once since the 05/06 season. Incredible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relámpago blanco Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 3 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said: Also class that Raul Garcia scored. 36 years old and still going strong. Just looked at his Wiki page and he's only made less than 29 league appearances once since the 05/06 season. Incredible. Bilbao are my favourite club other than the obvious. Just the fact you have to be Basque to play for them. One hell of an academy and they always do ok or well. I don't think a lot of people know they aren't just some mid level Spanish club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Just now, relámpago blanco said: Bilbao are my favourite club other than the obvious. Just the fact you have to be Basque to play for them. One hell of an academy and they always do ok or well. I don't think a lot of people know they aren't just some mid level Spanish club. Yep, they are part of the true big 3 in La Liga. Never been relegated, always top flight, and some true success in their past. The fact they're still competitive with their selection policy in today's economic football landscape is incredible. And even more so when you consider that the best Basque players often don't play for them, Azpilicueta, Arrizabalaga, (Chelsea love a Basque eh?), Laporte, Monreal and further back Xabi Alonso, Fernando Llorente etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Has there ever been bother for them to change the policy? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Real Sociedad had a similar policy until signing John Aldridge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxst Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 10 minutes ago, relámpago blanco said: Bilbao are my favourite club other than the obvious. Just the fact you have to be Basque to play for them. One hell of an academy and they always do ok or well. I don't think a lot of people know they aren't just some mid level Spanish club. Don’t have to be Basque - just come through a Basque youth team. Aymeric Laporte became the first Frenchman to graduate from Athletic’s youth system in 2012, was not born in the French Basque region and his only connection is a blood link from his great-grandparents. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 6 minutes ago, Kanji said: Has there ever been bother for them to change the policy? They had to change it under franco dictatorship. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafalove Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 47 minutes ago, joeyt said: He looked a tad off the pace but loved seeing Muniain again. Love a diminutive continental number 10 He was class under Bielsa when he was there. They were incredibly fun to watch back then too, which is no surprise. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relámpago blanco Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 1 minute ago, Manxst said: Don’t have to be Basque - just come through a Basque youth team. Aymeric Laporte became the first Frenchman to graduate from Athletic’s youth system in 2012, was not born in the French Basque region and his only connection is a blood link from his great-grandparents. Apologies. Impressive though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxst Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Just now, relámpago blanco said: Apologies. Impressive though. No need mate- had to Google it myself. Yeah, it is. Although these days there are a few mumurs about it being discriminatory Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 2 minutes ago, Kanji said: Has there ever been bother for them to change the policy? I'm by no means an expert in their history, but not to my knowledge. It's a different culture over there, their cultural attitudes are 50 years behind us in terms of multi-culturalism. Some older fans still don't understand how they have 2 black players on their team. The Spanish government and FA aren't exactly preachy (with what they allow Real to get away with, being effectively a tax payer-funded team), and it would be a pretty big deal to try to alter the policy of the principal Basque Country football club. And for those that don't agree with their policies, there's always Sociedad down the road in Donostia/San Sebastian who don't have such a policy. I think Athletic are pretty much untouchable externally with regards to policy changes, the Spanish FA/government just couldn't do it and it'd be an excuse for the more extreme Basque nationalists to potentially cause some trouble. The only potential change or relaxtion to the policy i could envisage would be if it came interally, i.e. from their own fans, and with the culture being so entrenched as it is, I don't think it'll change any time soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzza Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 9 minutes ago, Kanji said: Has there ever been bother for them to change the policy? I have lived in Bilbao for 25 years and the topic of conversation has always been if they should change their recruitment policy, don’t think they will change it tbh. Really think it is great myself, just sometimes wish they would splash the cash and go for some of the better basque players available. Merino was a prime example of them not going the extra mile… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Just now, buzza said: I have lived in Bilbao for 25 years and the topic of conversation has always been if they should change their recruitment policy, don’t think they will change it tbh. Really think it is great myself, just sometimes wish they would splash the cash and go for some of the better basque players available. Merino was a prime example of them not going the extra mile… They don't tend to sign many of the Sociedad players, I'd always assumed it was because of their rivalry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Mainz, Bilbao, and Atalanta all finished 8th in their leagues. Mainz we dominated the game, and if it was a competitive game, their winning goal would not have been allowed. We beat both Bilbao and Atalanta. Now I’d be included to say that finishing 8th in those leagues is round about finishing 8th in the Premier League. This should show that we will be competitive in the league this season. On top of this we also went blow to blow with Benfica, who would think will be getting to the later states of the Champions League this season and should either win their league, or come close to doing so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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