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FrankosHereNow 
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Very good game. Barca should have been 3 up after half an hour but Atletico had enough chances to win. Excellent go alone clearance from Araujo in injury time.
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BrendanD88
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Xavi getting it wrong again with his substitutions! Dembele was brilliant and he takes him off for Ferran Torres who has been shocking this season, bringing Busquets on for De Jong another terrible move.
Raphinha and Torres are nowhere near good enough for Barcelona.
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BrendanD88
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Barca battered Madrid
 Pedri and Gavi unreal again! The return of Araujo is massive, what a defender.
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MC Hammered
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FrankosHereNow
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Great to see an Irish player in La Liga again. Steve Finnan maybe the last Irish player in the Spanish top flight? Played a handful of games for Espanyol. Ian Harte before him, then probably Aldridge and Moran?
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Territorial
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Interesting article on Valencia here - very sad to see a great old club being dragged down by an idiot owner, Gary Neville's chum, Peter Lim. (And when I say "idiot", I'm being kind) And the ownership problems alluded to above are only half the story - they started building a new stadium to replace the Mestalla back in 2007 in what was more of a property play than a footballing one from what I can gather. Production stopped in 2009 with the new place half-built and has seen only half-hearted attempts to get it finished since. Of course that means they get to stay at the Mestalla, one of the great stadia of Europe - like eg St.James Park, only without the need for a roof:  Edited by Territorial - 09 Feb 2023 at 6:55pm |
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Roberto_Carlow
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I thought the new ground was now very close to being opened? I've been to the Mestella before, what a ground. Sat right up the back and the steepness of the stand is unbelievable.
That team they had in the early 2000's was quality.
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ConorMac77
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Even steeper than the upper tiers at Croke Park? I've been to loads of stadiums now and none of them have felt as high and steep as CP.
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Roberto_Carlow
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Yes, easily. It's an effort walking up each step it's that steep. Also there is a drop off the back of the stadium with a tiny wall preventing you and a fall onto a safety net (20 years ago anyway). Health and safety would have a field day.
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Territorial
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You might be right. I do know that in December 2021 the club went to the Council with a revised plan (Version 6? 7?) which proposed a stadium of between 43-50k capacity, but with the potential to increase it to 60k ("depending on demand etc") It seems the Council told them to "do one", since the whole original justification for the move was to build a modern, 70k+ plus stadium that the city could be proud of etc. Now the latest I can find by googling is this from the Daily Star(!) from last Summer, which refers to a report in El Pais: Basically that says that the club is going to find another €100m to complete the build by September 2025, with an initial capacity of 66k, rising to 75k within another five months. Tellingly, the Council looks to have demanded that it be a multi-sports stadium with a running track, meaning it can surely never have the same atmosphere as the original Mestalla. While I strongly suspect that another €100m will only get them a very basic design, entirely devoid of bells and whistles etc. Anyhow, I'm still not sure whether this latest proposal has actually gone ahead. Anyone?
Same here. Aside from just wanting to see a match - any match - in this iconic stadium, this was also my pilgrimage to the ground where Gerry Armstrong scored that goal at Espana 1982!
Indeed. With their history, and their status as the senior club by far in a city of 1.5m (Spain's 3rd largest), it must have taken some incompetence in the Boardroom over many years to drag them down to their present sorry state. In fact, being only one point above the relegation places, you'd have to wonder whether relegation would put the kibosh on the latest stadium plans? Again. Edited by Territorial - 09 Feb 2023 at 8:46pm |
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ConorMac77
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Valencia: Former La Liga winners and Champions League finalists in turmoil - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64545162 Their owner clearly has a lot to answer for.
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The Huntacha
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They had some quality jerseys back then too. Used to always pick them up when Elvery's had a wide range of random jerseys in store.
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Territorial
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Never been to CP myself, but I cannot believe that it's any steeper than, or even as steep as, the Mestalla:  Edited by Territorial - 10 Feb 2023 at 12:35pm |
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FrankosHereNow
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Stroll in the park for Real Madrid tonight. Piece of piss. Massive gulf in class.
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Will be in Barcelona Paddys weekend and El Classico is on Sunday 19th. Obviously chances are slim to none but does anyone know how or best way to locate tickets? Signed up for proper email list and will not consider paying Viagogo ridiculous prices.
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Barca missing a lot of chances, great game.
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ConorMac77
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Barca now 12 points clear -surely their title to throw away now.
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Territorial
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Remember Malaga CF? Ten years ago they were within a dodgy offside flag of reaching the CL Semi-Finals. Now they're odds-on to get relegated to the Spanish 3rd tier. As well as serious mismanagement on the field - 10 managers in the past five years, including three this season alone - they're also screwed financially off-the-field, ironically since having been bought by an apparently wealthy member of the Qatari Royal Family in 2010: |
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