Tim Stannard
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La Review: Yellow Submarine sail into Champions League as top three scrape victories
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La Liga Loca Slender victories for the top three were probably one of the least interesting matters of an intriguing weekend in Spain...
Does Barcelona's Clasico defeat show worrying signs for the short term?
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The Week In Barcelona: Super Suarez ensures all is back to normal at Camp Nou
By Tim Stannard published
The Week In... Tim Stannard sums up the Catalans' resurgence following two blowout victories against lesser opposition, with Luis Suarez displaying his goalscoring greed of old...
Why Pepe Mel is the right man for West Bromwich Albion
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La Liga Loca Tim Stannard on the new man hoping to get the Baggies bouncing...
Big Weekend Preview: A happy life for Iker Casillas, while Sevilla are turning soft
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La Liga Loca Tim Stannard looks ahead to the weekend's games in Spain...
Florentino still suffering Madrid's butterfly effect
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La Liga Loca Another year dawns, another manager damned. Tim Stannard on Real Madrid's latest coach change...
10 things we learned in La Liga: Atlético are aggressive... and is this the end of Messi?
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La Liga Loca FFT.com's Spanish expert Tim Stannard on the weekend in Spain, including vital Valdés, Ronaldo on the rampage (again) and why Manchester United should watch out this week...
Five teams to gatecrash Champions League cocktail party
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La Liga Loca The usual suspects are joined by Valencia and Sevilla this time out, writes Tim Stannard...
Why El Clásico could be win-win whatever happens for Zinedine Zidane
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La Liga Loca The meeting between eternal rivals Barcelona and Real Madrid isn't as exciting as it could be, but there's a key relegation clash to look forward to says Tim Stannard...
La Review: Cristiano attempts team-building as Blancos hanker for Perez's head
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La Liga Loca Tim Stannard sews up the weekend's action as Real Madrid lose to their cross-town rivals...
La Liga Lessons: Barça’s One Direction, Ronaldo’s reminder
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La Liga Loca FFT's La Liga expert Tim Stannard on the interesting stuff that kicked off in Spain over the weekend...
Spanish press suggest Barça face a bleak future under Bartomeu
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La Liga Loca FFT's Spanish correspondent Tim Stannard charts the fall-out from the current discontent at Camp Nou...
La Review: Madrid stay on target as Córdoba feel Barca’s force
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La Liga Loca Tim Stannard rounds up Matchday 35 of a La Liga campaign still gathering pace at either end of the table...
Florentino Pérez may have done something really dumb
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La Liga Loca Tim Stannard on the less than surprising ousting of Carlo Ancelotti from the Santiago Bernabeu hot seat...
La Review: Bernabéu thinks outside the box, ducklings get diced and a mini-win for Moyes
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La Liga Loca Tim Stannard rounds up another weekend from Spain, after Real and Barcelona win but Atletico stumble...
Year Zero: Klinsmann given time to work quietly, as 'soccer' returns to middle pages
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United States For a brief while they grabbed the interest of their nation but, writes FFT's Stateside Tim Stannard, they've got a long way to go before hoop-shooters aren't quite so important...
Did Elche get their just deserts with demotion?
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La Liga Loca Tim Stannard reflects on a harsh but fair punishment for the poor eastern side who now sink to La Segunda...
Big Weekend Preview: Atlético choose life, Real seek Bale-out
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La Liga Loca Here comes the La Liga weekend, so here comes Tim Stannard to tell you what to look for...
10 La Liga Lessons: Never lose faith in Atlético, but feel sorry for Sergio Ramos
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La Liga Tim Stannard is back with the latest from an action-packed weekend in Spain...
Mourinho’s best still pips Ancelotti’s expensive XI
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La Liga Loca FFT's grumpy Spanish correspondent, Tim Stannard, says Los Blancos' souped-up class of 2014 might struggle against Jose's more balanced machine...
La Liga Loca’s Big Season Preview: Meet Córdoba's rag-tag group of former Prem 'stars'
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La Liga Loca FFT's La Liga-lovin' Tim Stannard continues his look ahead to the new season in La Liga...
Big Weekend Preview: Real Madrid’s mayday and Barça show true colours
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La Liga Loca The Spanish league is back after the break. Tim Stannard reports on a painted-in president, a curiously Scottish fan club and a disappearing eyebrow...
La Review: A teen-star tantrum, magic from Messi and a record-breaker for Rayo
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La Liga Loca FFT's Spanish expert Tim Stannard laments a beautiful goal that only could have been for little Lionel...
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