Tim Stannard
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Plight of Pedro Leon highlights how La Liga’s finest could face economic exile
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La Liga Loca FFT's Spanish football expert Tim Stannard explains why the former Real Madrid man has been frozen out by Getafe...
Anfield-loving Ancelotti irked by Clásico questioning, Ter Stegen getting rough deal
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La Liga Loca Tim Stannard looks ahead to a glittering night at Anfield, as Cristiano Ronaldo aims to break a rare goalscoring hoodoo...
La Review: It could be a brilliant week for Real Madrid (or a really, really bad one)
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La Liga Loca The European champions face their city rivals in the Champions League this week but must do it without a clutch of stars, writes Tim Stannard...
The Week in Barcelona: The worst since 2003 (sort of)
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Barcelona As part of a new FourFourTwo.com series, Tim Stannard of La Liga Loca sizes up seven days of Camp Nou carry-on…
The Week In Real Madrid: BBC breaking down just as Blancos get into groove
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The Week In... Gareth Bale proved his influence against Rayo but the injury lay-offs to Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema could scupper Real Madrid's hopes of silverware just as they seem to be clicking, writes Tim Stannard...
10 things we learned in La Liga: Record blown by Barca, Atletico are still the bees knees
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La Liga Loca FFT.com's Spanish expert Tim Stannard runs the rule over another eventful weekend in Spain's top flight...
Why La Liga is once again proving why boring is best
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La Liga Loca Barcelona got through to the Champions League quarters with a routine win against Arsenal on Wednesday, while Atletico Madrid just did what they always do, writes Tim Stannard...
10 big questions in La Liga: Can Costa win Madrid rumble?
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La Liga Loca FourFourTwo's Spanish expert Tim Stannard looks ahead to the weekend ahead in La Liga, including a huge Madrid derby...
Timely Treble delivers Barcelona throne to Bartoméu as Real Madrid's wobble
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La Liga Loca Tim Stannard say there's stability on the horizon for Barca, while Los Blancos look set for some turbulence...
Diego the Disrupter continues to cause chaos in Madrid – and still no one cares
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La Liga Loca Tim Stannard laments the continued ignorance towards reigning La Liga champions Atlético Madrid, despite Saturday's 4-0 trouncing of city rivals Real...
10 big questions in La Liga: Can Messi end his 'slump'? Can Espanyol make a fist of derby?
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La Liga Loca FourFourTwo's Spanish expert Tim Stannard has a few pressing posers ahead of the weekend's action in La Liga...
Can Cardiff tame the meaniest Pitbull on the block?
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La Liga Loca Our man in Madrid, Tim Stannard, on the lively Gary Medel...
Atlético Madrid erased from time in Real Madrid love-in
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La Liga Loca FFT's Spanish expert Tim Stannard reflects on a rather surprising evening at the Spanish league awards...
The Week In Barcelona: Catalans defend their crown to easily evade crisis
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The Week In... Barça triumphed despite the hiccup that allowed her rivals back into the title race – and plenty of credit goes to their 'Luisi', Enrique and Suarez, writes Tim Stannard...
Ronaldo wigs out as Almeria exist in two dimensions
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La Liga Loca FourFourTwo's Spanish expert Tim Stannard explores Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo's follicular folly and struggling Almeria's alternate reality...
Why Zizou is suffering an early coaching crisis
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La Liga Loca It's not all peaches and cream for the Real Madrid and France legend, writes Tim Stannard...
Enrique bites back as Bale suffers Tiger Woods syndrome
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La Liga Loca There’s midweek La Liga action as the title race hots up – and all three of its managerial protagonists were in fine form in front of the media...
Real Madrid’s bold approach may not be the best – but it sure is funny to watch
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La Liga Loca There's trouble in the Bernabeu air, writes Tim Stannard...
Atlético still unstoppable, Barça survive Celtic session
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La Liga Loca FourFourTwo.com's Spanish expert Tim Stannard on the Champions League exploits of La Liga's four clubs in action...
Why this season is going to be a struggle for Real Madrid
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La Liga Loca Tim Stannard puts his neck on the line to predict a season of misery in Mordor...
Gary Neville never gave up at Valencia – but in the end it just wasn’t enough
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La Liga Loca The gig was always going to be an immensely difficult one for the ex-England man, and Tim Stannard says he never really had a hold from the start...
La Preview: Barça face welcome distraction as Rafa admits helpless Ramos battle
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La Liga Loca Real Madrid and Barcelona look set for routine wins but David Moyes is starting to feel the heat as Real Sociedad manager, explains Tim Stannard...
FourFourTwo’s Best 100 Football Players in the World 2015 No.5: Luis Suarez
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FFT100 In another year he may well have been even higher had others not excelled so much elsewhere, but even as (somehow) the less-heralded third of Barcelona's devasting frontline, it's been another season to remember individually...
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