COUNT 'EM UP! Messi and Pique counting the number of points we have over Barca. Say 'Cheese'
Guys.Last week it was 7up. This week, we're all out of names of fizzy drinks to describe our lead: it's
now TEN points. 10. Beautiful.. Sid Lowe had some great feel-good reading material re: Real Madrid
too (read the full article here):
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It's been 7 days since the beginning of the Dragon Year – and here we are 7 points ahead of Barca
in the league table. Our 3-1 over Zaragoza and Barca's 0-0 (their first scoreless game in 15
matches) made sure of that. In a league where the margins of error between a league title or a
bridesmaid finish is a hairline, 7 points is gold – it gives us that all-important precious
margin for error: to account for that somewhat inevitable match that will see us drop points
against a Levante, Sporting or.
The fallout from last week's El Clasico loss was astounding. The fallout from the coming El Clasico
– should we lose (which is a likely event) will perhaps be equally astounding. . The players are
shit – we need to buy 6 new players. We need a new defense We need a new midfield, We need better
strikers.
I will always remember last night's game for Callejon's Celebration: The Canterano showed the
world that a man who wears THAT badge never surrenders. Never. I was reading Guillem Balague's
pre-match thoughts on last night's game in Sky sports here and this was what he had to say about
Mallorca: .
Zonal Marking's Michael Cox wrote a fantastic piece on our very own Mesut Ozil on ESPN Soccernet.
Have a read here:
Gabe, Corey and I discuss the aftermath of last Saturday's El Clasico
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Just this week, in a podcast we never got to post Managing Madrid's Gabe Lezra asked me a question:
"Imagine this: Barcelona wins, Real Madrid loses, the lead has been cut to 3. It's the morning of
December 11th – how are you feeling?" I no longer remember what answer I gave, but here I am
today in exactly the same question.
So finally we've gotten this game out of the way. After Madrid's Burger King Boys (Getafe) knocked
the wind off the sails of Barcelona, opening up a SIX (6!) point lead between us and them, the
trolling from Cule trash talkers seems to have gone on overdrive (check out the last few posts at
RMFB) – pushing the pre-clasico fever a couple of days too early.
The Ultras went 'all in' for Real Madrid during the derby and they certianly enjoyed a
windfall There's a new podcast in the block and it's called Real Madrid Weekly featuring:
Managing Madrid's Gabe Lezra, Corey Fiske from Real Madrid Football Blog and Yours Truly!
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This podcast is entirely about Real Madrid this time.
It was Inevitable - Kim Jong Il thought so soo - hahahah.
. In a way, even after Adrian scored the opening goal in last night's El Derbi Madrileno,
Madridistas the world over (and perhaps even Rojoblanco supporters) didn't feel too rattled (or
euphoric in the case for Atleti supporters).
What's with Marca's knack for putting up all these creepy covers?
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Yesterday's cover had Karim Benzema mutate into a bizarre, hairy orange feline-like creature as if
to suggest he was supposed to be Puss in Boots.
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Yesterday's Marca Cover Wasn't my Benze-Cat (also using the Puss in Boots character from
Shrek much cuter?
