Tim Stannard
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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...
Who is to blame for Real Madrid's mess this season?
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La Liga Loca Tim Stannard wonders what's amiss at the Bernabeu...
La Preview: Pique regrets nada, Ronaldo may explode
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La Liga Loca La Liga is back – and therefore so is Tim Stannard's excitementometer...
Laporta rides into Barça on white horse of hope
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La Liga Loca Tim Stannard says things could be about to get even more fun at the Camp Nou...
Ronaldo backtracks after Perez prod; Barca fib about Messi?
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La Liga Loca FFT's Spanish expert Tim Stannard reports on some suspicious reversing from the Big Two this week...
La Liga Lessons: Moyes takes step backwards as big guns make things boring
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La Liga Loca Tim Stannard rounds up the weekend past from Spain, as the former Manchester United chief's Real Sociedad lose at home...
Özil’s feudy farewell ruins Bale’s big Bernabeu hello
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La Liga Loca FFT.com's Spanish expert Tim Stannard assesses the state of play after another bonkers transfer window at Real Madrid...
The Week In Barcelona: What went well, what didn't – and who won and lost
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Barcelona As part of a new series on FourFourTwo.com, Tim Stannard muses on a result Barcelona certainly didn't see coming...
Why Barça must avoid ‘Live and Let Die’ approach to Messi
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La Liga Loca With little Leo crocked for two months, Tim Stannard reports the reaction from Spain and weighs up Luis Enrique's options to fill the unfillable void...