Tim Stannard
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La Preview: Florentino’s fighting talk, a challenge for Fernando and Eibar’s lost cause
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La Liga Loca FFT's Primera expert, Tim Stannard, looks ahead to the weekend's top flight action in Spain...
Primera Posers: Are Messi and Ronaldo about to start another shootout?
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La Liga Loca FourFourTwo's Spanish expert Tim Stannard looks ahead to the weekend's Primera Liga action with a puzzled expression...
La Preview: Córdoba’s farewell party and Ronaldo searching for soulmates
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La Liga Loca FFT's Spanish expert Tim Stannard tries to keep up as the La Liga action shows no signs of relenting...
Cristiano grinds teeth into dust on sidelines as Bale and Suarez go goal crazy
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La Liga Loca Nobody’s blinking in the La Liga title race, writes Tim Stannard, as the Big Three brace themselves for a final-stretch scrap...
Atlético surprise Bayern with no surprises; Real Madrid have "half a ticket" to final
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La Liga Loca Diego Simeone’s side just keep on keeping on. Their 1-0 first-leg win over Bayern Munich puts them in pole position to reach the final – which is more than Real Madrid can say for now, writes Tim Stannard…
Why Del Bosque's dilemmas are more than a headache
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La Liga Loca FFTs Spanish expert Tim Stannard on the embarrassment of talent putting Spain's coach in a quandary...
La Liga Lessons: Atlético as Doctor Who, Iker’s new exile and La Liga 0-9 Serie A
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La Liga Loca FourFourTwo's Tim Stannard rounds up the latest weekend action from La Liga...
Torres prepares to begin Champions League journey with Atlético Madrid
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La Liga Loca The former Chelsea striker has the chance to make himself a hometown hero again, writes Tim Stannard...
The weekend's alternative Copa del Rey awards
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La Liga Loca FFT.com's Spanish expert Tim Stannard assesses Spain's big weekend of cup football...
Messi magic overshadowed by big-boss hissy-fit
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La Liga Loca Champions League semis and administrative toy-depramming with Tim Stannard...
Alexis Sanchez: Arsenal’s new pint-sized power station
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Alexis Sánchez FFT's Spanish expert Tim Stannard on the Gunners' new boy...
La Review: Resistance is futile against Barca despite Madrid's Chicharito boost
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La Liga Loca Barca will probably win La Liga now, says Tim Stannard, but it'll be fun watching Real try to knock them off their perch...
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...