The arrival of the Internet changed a lot of things. It made a lot of people unemployed, travel agents and publishers of girlie magazines come to mind. Tipsters however, well they survive albeit they have had to change the way they do business. Just 20 years ago a good tipster, who made a business out […]
Valencia’s miserable season set to continue?
It is safe to say that the last 12 months have not gone to plan for one of Spain’s biggest clubs. Since the beginning of last season, Valencia have won a combined 11 league games out of 41, losing 19 in the process. So far this season they have lost all three opening games and […]
Who will be La Liga’s top scorer this season?
Since 2010 the Pichichi award that went to the highest scorer in a Spanish La Liga season was dominated by just two names – Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. But the 2015-16 season saw a new entrant. Luis Suarez who had joined Barcelona in the 2014-15 season from Liverpool, took some time to find his […]
La Liga Title Race predictions
Barcelona are the defending Spanish champions and bookmakers’ odds-on favourites to win the title in 2016-17 at a price of 8/11. Luis Enrique’s side have made an impressive start to the season with a 5-0 thrashing of Sevilla over two legs in the Spanish Super Cup. They followed that up with a 6-2 hammering of Real […]
Can Las Palmas continue their 100% record?
After the international break, La Liga resumes with a full fixture list this weekend and it is an unfamiliar name which sits on top of La Liga (albeit on goal difference). Unfancied Las Palmas have got off to a flyer this season defeating Valencia 4-2 Away in their opening game then putting Granada to the […]
Spanish dominance set to continue in Europe
Chairing the UEFA Elite Coaches forum this week in Nyon, Sir Alex Ferguson offered the view that the Spanish clubs dominance of European football is set to continue. He has a point. Since 2014, the FIFA World Club Cup and Champions League has resided in either the Bernabeu or Camp Nou. The Europa League has […]
Could Sevilla Survive Without Monchi?
Ramón Rodríguez Verdejo, more commonly known as Monchi, is quite possibly the most important figure in European football that you have never heard of. Born in San Fernando in 1968, Monchi was a goalkeeper who spent the entirety of his nine year playing career with Sevilla. It was after he hung up his boots in […]
Why Have So Few English Managers Made the Switch to La Liga?
At the start of the 2016/17 Premier League season David Moyes will be in the Sunderland dugout and Gary Neville will be in a TV studio. Not so long ago, however, both were enjoying sunnier climes as managers in Spain’s La Liga. Moyes took the helm of comparatively lowly Real Sociedad and Neville was installed […]