Atlético Madrid

[instinct]

He is obviously talking about FOOTBALL, so why bring in other things?

Match fixing is the worst offence in sports IMO.

Biting is worse though

 

[Irish_Cules]

What Gabi did was wrong, but at least he's not a peadophile. He should be let off the hook.

 

[Sid90]

What Gabi did was wrong, but at least he's not a peadophile. He should be let off the hook.

On the pitch this is the worse thing one can do and he should be banned for life if not jailed for a considerable time.

 

[Sid90]

Biting is worse though

Not even close....match fixing is a disease needs to be eradicated the audience are considered as fools as the result is decided before hand then what is the point of watching the match.

 

[Ini8]

From what I've read, it doesn't look like that Gabi was aware of it being match fixing at the time. If the players stick together, it can very well just be the president who will be punished.

 

[Alarcón]

Would be funny if Herrera was banned too

 

[Morten]

Man, Atletico should have gotten a few nominated to both worlds best defender and midfielder, but they got none. They won the league and made it to cl-final, its a joke none of their players get any glory, but they should.

 

[Flavia]

They have banned the ultras from Frente Atletico, from their stadium.
http://www.espnfc.com/spanish-prime...orter-before-game-against-deportivo-la-coruna

 

[BrianSwan]

Atletico are more of a PL team than Arsenal!

http://www1.skysports.com/football/...rom-challenging-for-honours-says-gary-neville

 

[Hamzah]

Atletico play normal football. England doesn't "own" that style.

 

[DonAndres]

Atletico are more of a PL team than Arsenal!

http://www1.skysports.com/football/...rom-challenging-for-honours-says-gary-neville

So to be successful, tactically organized, and intense= to be an EPL team. Get rid of this elitist mentality.

 

[Morten]

So to be successful, tactically organized, and intense= to be an EPL team. Get rid of this elitist mentality.

They may be more intense and physical, but i dont find many teams in pl to be very well organized, loads of space to be found.

 

[DonAndres]

They may be more intense and physical, but i dont find many teams in pl to be very well organized, loads of space to be found.

Fully agreed, but it seems like a lot of EPL fanboys want to 'claim' a certain style of play as a sole trademark of their league when utilized successfully. If Atletico can win titles and challenge in Europe with an intense/physical brand of football then surely it is synonymous with the great EPL even though there's really only 1 team in the entire league that remotely have that kind of tactical organization (Chelsea, even then I'd say Atleti are superior in this regard).

 

[Galning]

Brian Swan trying to make every thread into a EPL>La Liga discussion since August 2011.

 

[footyfan]

So to be successful, tactically organized, and intense= to be an EPL team. Get rid of this elitist mentality.

No, that would mean only Atletico define what an EPL team is, which is not what BrianSwan said.

Fully agreed, but it seems like a lot of EPL fanboys want to 'claim' a certain style of play as a sole trademark of their league when utilized successfully. If Atletico can win titles and challenge in Europe with an intense/physical brand of football then surely it is synonymous with the great EPL even though there's really only 1 team in the entire league that remotely have that kind of tactical organization (Chelsea, even then I'd say Atleti are superior in this regard).

Well, the same can be said of La Liga and passing football.