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Elisa and Ravi had the pleasure of talking to one of the most popular english writers of Spanish football, Tim Stannard aka @LaLigaLoca.

Tim is based in Madrid contributing regularly to FourFourTwo Magazine with the daily La Liga Loca blog and Football365.com, as well as featuring in When Saturday Comes and UEFA Champions League magazine. He also works as a TV producer for a football show and has an intense dislike for Flamenco music and chickpeas. Contactable by email at laligaloca@yahoo.co.uk

Topics: Duration 60 min.

1. Clasico - aftermath

- did you expect it to go the way it transpired?

- do u think Madrid can beat Barça in any of the future clasicos of this season?

- Cristiano's funk against Barça - what is your theory on it?

- Mourinho - what do you think of him after 1.5 years? Has his aura diminished a bit due to the clasico losses?

- Should he win Copa or La Liga and not Champions League, will he stay for 3rd year?

2. Back in October, there was some noise about the new stadium plans of Barça & Madrid - will they just become even more stronger and the gap widen?

- Atleti's stadium move plans

3. What do you think of Mourinho playing Pedro Mendes (Jorge Mendes' son) in the Champions League, on loan from Sporting and not even a starter in defense at Castilla?

- Are they trying to pump his value before selling him for a higher price?

4. What do you think of the Jorge Mendes effect on Real Zaragoza, Real Madrid and Atletico?

5. What is going on with Reyes? Can you pinpoint the main issue at Atleti?

6. Can you give our listeners a summary of the Del Nido court case in Malaga?

7. What do u think of Bankia's deal to give further loan to Valencia and waive off its huge debt in return for property?

8. What do you think about the Málaga project?

9. What is your take on the Villa injury? How would you describe his relationship with Pep and Messi prior to the injury?

10. The Marca/As shenanigans

11. Do you see Madrid or Barça signing anyone in the winter transfer window?

10. Do you like the noon kickoffs?

11. Villarreal - Garrido

12. Predictions for La Liga

- Relegation

- La Liga, Copa, Champions League and the Euro Cup 2012

13. Spain

- Torres situation

- Will Raúl be back in the Spain set-up?

14. the "Guti" phenomenon

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Here is Tim's article on fourfourtwo.com about Del Nido that he mentioned at the end of the podcast Past catches up with Del Nido

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It is never too late to review a clásico. The initial emotions have subsided and have given way to a colder, analytical and holistic views on the subject. Mando and Elisa had the pleasure of welcoming Ramzi from @footballmood who gave his unique Blaugrana perspective. Elisa played the Madridista part.

1. Impressions of the game from both perspectives

2. Were you surprised by either lineups? - Explain

3. After knowing the line-ups and before the game started did you expect what unfolded?

- If yes, why?

- If not, what went wrong?

4. What are the positives you can take from this game?

5. Everyone, including Pep(based on his presser) seemed to have expected a closer game

- what went wrong Madrid?

- Is there something that Madrid or Mou can do to arrest this trend vs Barça?

- In the short-term : this season (return fixture, possibly CdR & UCL)

- In the long-term : next season

6. What is the near-term impact of this loss on Madrid & Barça?

7. Will either club buy more players in the January timeline?

8. Predictions on who will win the Liga, CdR & UCL

9. Prediction for the World Club Cup? Can Santos surprise Barça?

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Elisa and Ravi had the pleasure to welcome back one of our favourite guests, Vaishali Bhardwaj, a sports journalist writing for @FourFourTwo and a lot more. Vaishali also co-hosts @BeyondthePitch's World Football Minute and produce/present the @roundupshow on @BreakLondon Radio. More on Vaishali's website and follow her on twitter @VaiBhardwaj

Duration 39 min

1. How is La Liga viewed in UK overall? 2. How is the current La Liga season perceived over there? 3. TV coverage of La Liga in UK 4. How Popular is La Liga in England? 5. La Liga season - the biggest surprises 6. Best upcoming and outstanding players of this season 7. The failed move of Kevin Gameiro to Valencia " 8. Predictions for La Liga, Copa and UCL - pre & post clasico if they have changed 9. Benzema vis-a-vis Les Bleus 10. The exodus of talented Spanish players to the EPL - Torres, Mata, Silva, Romeu and more. 11. What is the biggest challenge for Spanish players in England? Why some of them fail like Reyes, Tevez 12.Spanish striker-crisis

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Elisa and Ravi interviewed Professor Kelly Candaele, producer of El Clásico movie and Devin Collins a student of Kelly at Chico State University, who worked in the making of this film as translator and interviewed. You may learn more about the film, show times and how to buy the DVD at http://www.elclasico.org .

We have 2 DVDs of 'El Clásico' to give away for our listeners. Please listen to the podcast for the details.

Kelly and Devin talk about the motivation and their experiences in making this film.

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Love 'em or hate 'em all of love our Clásico. As a tribute to the big game, we invited Kari (@officialkari) who writes at Barcelona Football Blog and Gabe (@managingmadrid) of Managing Madrid for a special podcast dedicated to the Clásico. Elisa, Mando and Ravi rounded out the line-up. This is one of those podcasts, that could have gone on for another 2 hours without much effort. Thanks a lot to Kari for staying up late past midnight on the East coast and Gabe for waking up at 6 am on a holiday in Spain to record this pod. We hope you will enjoy it. This is much better than any article about the Clasico, lots of material. Enjoy!!!

1. Impressions of the Barça and Madrid seasons so far - 15 min 2. Approach of both teams to the Clásico - 32 min

- Barcelona : 4-3-3 or 3-4-3 or 3-5-2?

- Real Madrid: Trivote or 4-2-3-1?

- Individual match-ups

More questions and predictions - 30 min

3. If you were to pick one player from the other side into yours, who will it be and why? - (no Messi or Ronaldo ) 4. Which player from the other side you'd rather not see him play the clasico? - (no Messi or Ronaldo, again) 5. Predictions - - Clasico - League - CL - CdR 7. If Real Madrid win the Clasico, is the title race over? 8. Should Madrid win the League and Barça win the CL, will it be considered a successful season at either club?

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