Daily Thread - 8th March

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beeforsalmon said:
Crikey I take it there not that good every week otherwise you'd a been brimming with confidence... <yikes> Ended up doing Utd HT/FT but knew within 10 minutes that the third best team in Spain are on another level to the second best in England. Their third in Spain right bit behind the Big Two? Knew my bet was fecked at HT so logged online to see what price Athletic were to win expecting them to be favourites but they were 4-1 <yikes> Backed them to cover my original loss and made more so happy days! Couldn't believe how odds compilers had watched that half of footy and had Utd 11/10 and Athletic at 4-1...

Can't say I know masses about them bar Llorente but really impressed by that, they actually should be home and hosed by now but de Gea played a blinder. They have some support too, all you heard was the away fans bur I don't think that's untypical at OT!

Goodness Spanish footy is so far ahead of the Premiership it's embarrassing. What about Barca last night too <laugh> Has their ever been a better player than Messi, I know it's easy to hype him after that match and people do go OTT but he's surely up their with Pele, Maradona, Best, Cruft etc
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Beefy,Athletic only 5th in La Liga,some 6 points behind Valencia who are third.They generally play well but were excellent tonight despite having to juggle the team a bit without Amoerebieta.They were awful in front of goal though and should have killed the tie.

The fans are great...all from Bilbao,same as the players.I was there last Sunday for the Basque Derby and it was electric.

Great game of footy tonight.

Quel,most of the clubs in Spain are really struggling and the initial jornada was postponed this season because the players went on strike.Lots of clubs have wage arrears and a few will go to the wall within the next three years.

In the premier league the TV rights are spread evenly..this is not the case in La Liga with the big two taking the lions share of the dosh.

They take 136m each,10 times more than their nearest rival and will only share if the league is reduced to 16 teams.Negotiations have so far proved futile with B and RM refusing to budge.

Makes the Athletic Bilbao policy of playing Basque only players all the more commendable.

It really is quite a club with a great history.
 
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