TodayâÂÂs update from la Liga Loca begins with a short competition.
One of these scenarios has never been used by Getafe as part of an advertising campaign to boost season ticket sales ahead of a new campaign. Three of them have.
a) A teenage boy changes into his transvestite alter ego while his dad watches in the background. âÂÂMy fatherâÂÂs proud of me. IâÂÂm a Getafe fan,â he says.
b) A pot-bellied Madrid taxi-driver type sits in the stands at GetafeâÂÂs Coliseum stadium while two blonde lap-dancers bump-and-grind over him as a match takes place below. âÂÂLife doesnâÂÂt get any better than this,â he grins.
c) A series of religious figures including Joan of Arc, Moses and Jesus give up their spiritual paths and turn their back on God to become Getafe fans.
d) A despondent looking man in his dressing grown gives birth to an egg. Out of the egg jumps a dwarf dressed in a muscle suit. The tiny person then proceeds to leap around in a feverish, excitable manner.
The odd one out is answer b) - although the idea is probably being lined up for next summer.
Answers a) and c) were concepts used in previous years, causing an understandable number of complaints from a whole range of organisations from gay groups to the Catholic church.
âÂÂIt is true that some of our campaigns have not gone down too well with some people in the past,â admitted Getafe president Angel Torres this week.
But Getafe have decided to plant their wicket on safer grounds this year with the very surreal d) - an advertising spot that also features a car park attendant growing a poorly CGIâÂÂd face on the back of his head.
The general aim of these adverts is to help fans move on from the disastrous campaign of last season when Getafe avoided relegation by the slimmest of margins.
âÂÂPrepare to be big again,â says the new slogan on the clubâÂÂs bright new future.
Unfortunately, La Liga Loca has some doubts that this can ever happen with Michel in charge.
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