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August 25th, 2008

Striker Quagmire

By: Elisa | Comments 2 Comments

One of our biggest problems last season was goal production. Fernando LLorente, finally came good with 11 goals last season, the great promise. After Fernan with 7 goals was our boy, Aritz Aduriz. Not prolific, great jumping ability in the air, and always wears the shirt with pride and delivers very important goals. [...]



August 20th, 2008

Back On Track

By: Elisa | Comments 2 Comments

Things are looking up at Bilbao. Our boys beat Villarreal to win third place at the Ramon de Carranza tournament in Cadiz. We imposed our game, our style and Iraola scored a fine goal, so there. So our pre-season hiccup, was just a hiccup. And what is pre-season about but form and [...]

August 15th, 2008

Pre-season Hiccup – Four Losses in a Row

By: Elisa | Comments No Comments

Something is rotten in Denmark or rather Bilbo. There is a malaise creeping up on the first team and now the team seems out of sorts and it’s just preseason. We’ve lost four in a row now, to teams that are definitely below Athletic’s level. The left side is extremely shaky, not [...]

June 17th, 2008

New Signing at Athletic and much more

By: Elisa | Comments No Comments

As the rest of us have been inundated with the Euros and looking forward to a mouth watering Spain vs Italy encounter in the quarterfinals, here’s the last news out of Bilbao~*

New signing – Joseba del Olmo Garcia
Athletic has paid the €300,000 buyout clause on Del Olmo’s contract with Eibar. Del Olmo has signed a [...]

June 7th, 2008

Odds and Ends or Much Ado about Goalkeepers

By: Elisa | Comments 2 Comments

Things have kinda slowed to a grinding halt as the Euros begin.
Nevertheless, below is a recap of some of the ongoings at Athletic.
* Natxo Monreal from Osasuna is too expensive for Athletic. President Macua is not interested in paying highway robbery for any player. We need a left back, but we [...]



June 1st, 2008

What’s News?

By: Elisa | Comments 5 Comments

It’s been slow as the summer creeps in and the Euros draw near. But a couple of juicy bits on the Athletic front.

-Armando renewed for another year with the club. Armando stepped in from Cadiz and did an admirable job as interim goalkeeper back in January. He got bottled at Betis and [...]




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