Shahanga Posted November 3, 2013 Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 Fox seems to be covering La Liga a bit more this year, so on the back of that i thought I should have a team to follow. Obviously I've gone for Atletico because of the jerseys. As luck would have it they seem to be having their best season in many a long year, sitting 2nd as a type this. Anyway for any AM fans out there this can be the thread to discuss what's happening including (hopefully) the continued goal run of David Villa. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchPride Posted November 3, 2013 Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 Diego Costa. /thread 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marn11 Posted November 3, 2013 Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 I'm in the same boat as you. They've really grown on me. And yeah, Costa is my favourite player to watch in the world right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted November 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 2-0 over Athletic Bilbao. At least 1 team in red and white is winning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted November 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 7-0 over Getafe, but that Diego Costa goal - just crazy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted February 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 3 points clear at the top. Amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastfly100 Posted February 5, 2014 Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 hope they win the league! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strider Posted February 5, 2014 Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 Big match tomorrow morning, Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid for the Copa del Rey. Full Real squad will be available with Bale returning and Ronaldo not likely to receive a long ban due to the red card given to him in a previous match for La Liga. Should be a good derby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted April 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 Top of the league and into the semis of the CL over the carcass of Barcelona! Unbelievable that they could do this and especially with me (pretty much guaranteed bad luck these days its seems) in the supporter saddle bags. Go you good red and whites! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13 Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 Funnily enough Atletico Madrid got their shirts as they was a student setup for Atletico Bilbao fans studying in Madrid.. Atl Bilbao in turn got their current shirts from a Basque guy buying them in Southampton to replace their old worn shirts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted April 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 Funnily enough Atletico Madrid got their shirts as they was a student setup for Atletico Bilbao fans studying in Madrid.. Atl Bilbao in turn got their current shirts from a Basque guy buying them in Southampton to replace their old worn shirts. The history of how football clubs came to have particular jerseys are classic. Reflected a time when it seems players were just happy to get a set of shirts in half decent condition that were the same colour. No role for "jersey design nerds" in those days (not all changes are for the better). Classic story though. The internet tells me that Southampton first wore these stripes in 1896, with the blue shorts, no mention of them borrowing them from elsewhere. though Stoke was wearing red and white stripes as early as 1883. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted May 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 Chelski Gonski. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchPride Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 (edited) Unbelievable save from an on loan Chelsea player to keep it from being 2-1, goes down the other end and there's a penalty - game changing save. Can't wait to get him back. Edited May 1, 2014 by DutchPride Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbitm Posted May 5, 2014 Report Share Posted May 5, 2014 Lost this morning. They need 4 points from their last 2 games, one of which being Barca away to win the title or Real or Barca can snatch. They are very lucky both Real and Barca stumbled this weekend too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted May 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Lost this morning. They need 4 points from their last 2 games, one of which being Barca away to win the title or Real or Barca can snatch. They are very lucky both Real and Barca stumbled this weekend too. Fair call. Barca seem to be struggling themselves now though? So winning away doesn't seem as fanciful as it would have once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted May 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2014 Well how about that ? Atletico actually won the league! Seemed impossible at season's start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonyboozeadams Posted May 18, 2014 Report Share Posted May 18, 2014 Good on them. So stoked they got up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrillhouse Posted May 18, 2014 Report Share Posted May 18, 2014 on the bad side now everyone is going to/already claiming to support them, its like dortmund 2.0 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted May 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2014 on the bad side now everyone is going to/already claiming to support them, its like dortmund 2.0 No harm in that - the red and white stripes will spread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baresi Posted May 18, 2014 Report Share Posted May 18, 2014 You guys might want to read up on Atleti... They're not the nice-guy fairytale they seem to be. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrillhouse Posted May 18, 2014 Report Share Posted May 18, 2014 on the bad side now everyone is going to/already claiming to support them, its like dortmund 2.0 No harm in that - the red and white stripes will spread! but we'll be sky blue :\ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perthheart Posted May 18, 2014 Report Share Posted May 18, 2014 Agreed. Run by some of the most corrupt people around not to mention the Franco loving fascists that are Frente Atletico. Love to see a team break the duopoly but would prefer it wasn't Atletico. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13 Posted May 18, 2014 Report Share Posted May 18, 2014 Anyhow.. It is a fairy tale season for Atleti, winning the league ahead of Barca and Real Madid, reaching the champions league final yet to be played. Whatever you think of the team you must admit that they have done something out of the ordinary eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perthheart Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Wasn't disagreeing the team on the pitch hasn't achieved something special just stating that I don't feel any kind of happiness to see this supposed "underdog" come good. But it's still a victory for pretty much everything wrong with football in europe, the less joy given to those corrupt fascist murderers the better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesla Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 ^ clearly undercover Real and Barca fans ITT that are mad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted May 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 (edited) On 18/05/2014 at 9:43 PM, Baresi said: You guys might want to read up on Atleti... They're not the nice-guy fairytale they seem to be. My extremely limited research tells me that Franco strongly promoted Real Madrid ahead of all other teams for political purposes. No mention of him using Atletico. A scholarly article I found on the subject noted: "Atletico Madrid - the capital's second club, with a very mild anti-Francoist reputation." I would suggest even mild anti Francoist was dangerous whilst he was in power. Further research suggests they now have (more than) their fair share of rat bag fans. Not alone in that I guess, but its not a great look. Edited October 30, 2017 by Shahanga White space Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perthheart Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Look up the name Jesus Gil and his history and it might become a bit more clear. He only escaped prison due to a personal pardon from Franco. Ran the entire Marbella community into the ground for the clubs and his own personal gain and spread hate and racism wherever he went. Clubs now run by his son and continuing on the same line. My personal hatred comes from the racist shit Gil spread about Ajax in the 90's, nothing to do with supporting Barca or RM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baresi Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 You guys might want to read up on Atleti... They're not the nice-guy fairytale they seem to be. My extremely limited research tells me that Franco strongly promoted Real Madrid ahead of all other teams for political purposes. No mention of him using Atletico. A scholarly article I found on the subject noted: "Atletico Madrid - the capital's second club, with a very mild anti-Francoist reputation." I would suggest even mild anti Francoist was dangerous whilst he was in power. Further research suggests they now have (more than) their fair share of rat bag fans. Not alone in that I guess, but its not a great look. I was talking about the ultra-corrupt recent history, not their Franco ties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petercrouch Posted May 24, 2014 Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 For the sake of football not being won by a a blank cheque, i will be following athleti for this one game... Also I always tend to have a lean towards the underdog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted February 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 Nice win in the Madrid Derby. Good to have "our boy" Fernando back too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inferno Posted October 29, 2017 Report Share Posted October 29, 2017 Another fucking draw after scoring first this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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