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Athletico Madrdid v Athletic Bilbao

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Post Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:09 pm Reply with quote
Good score for Bilbao away from home.

Why do Athletic only bye Basque players?

Will they ever by players out Basque?

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Post Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:15 pm Reply with quote
They only have Basque players because is their tradition, only Basque players have played during all their history.

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Post Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 5:15 pm Reply with quote
Well they had Lizarazy (who's french) and Luis Fernandez as a coach, who's also french.
They also have some players from Navarra and La Rioja, two different regions which are not Basques.

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Post Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:31 pm Reply with quote
Surely in order for them to move forward they are gonna have to invest in players outside basque?

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Post Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:52 pm Reply with quote
They dont want to though, they want to stick with their traditions and only use local players, theyve never had a shirt sponsor either.

Theyve never been relegated in the clubs history but its getting tougher every year to stay in the league. The fans would rather get relegated than get rid of the policy though apparently.

I watched the first half an hour, cant believe Atletico lost in the end, they were all over Bilbao & cold have been further ahead

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Post Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:51 am Reply with quote
Conaldinho wrote:
They dont want to though, they want to stick with their traditions and only use local players, theyve never had a shirt sponsor either.

Theyve never been relegated in the clubs history but its getting tougher every year to stay in the league. The fans would rather get relegated than get rid of the policy though apparently.

I watched the first half an hour, cant believe Atletico lost in the end, they were all over Bilbao & cold have been further ahead


I bet you only new about them never been relagated like i did on saturday when the guys on commentating said that.

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Post Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 11:54 am Reply with quote
Only 3 teams in Spain have never been relegated: Real Madrid, FC Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao

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Post Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:45 pm Reply with quote
G_Man wrote:
Conaldinho wrote:
They dont want to though, they want to stick with their traditions and only use local players, theyve never had a shirt sponsor either.

Theyve never been relegated in the clubs history but its getting tougher every year to stay in the league. The fans would rather get relegated than get rid of the policy though apparently.

I watched the first half an hour, cant believe Atletico lost in the end, they were all over Bilbao & cold have been further ahead


I bet you only new about them never been relagated like i did on saturday when the guys on commentating said that.


Actually no, Ive known it for years, they mention it every time Bilbao are on tv!

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