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Wanderers Ways. Neil Thompson 1961-2021

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Just reading in the paper that Atletico Madrid's team that won at Chelsea cost £29.9 million in transfer fees and only one of them came through their youth system.

We knocked them out of Europe 6 years ago and they've gone from that to the Champions League Final without spending a great deal of money.Diego Costa cost a similar fee to the amount Freedman paid for Jay Spearing.

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Just reading in the paper that Atletico Madrid's team that won at Chelsea cost £29.9 million in transfer fees and only one of them came through their youth system.

We knocked them out of Europe 6 years ago and they've gone from that to the Champions League Final without spending a great deal of money.Diego Costa cost a similar fee to the amount Freedman paid for Jay Spearing.

 

looks like they bought him 5 years ago, owned a percentage, but only in last couple of years after a few loans has he started scoring

 

in any case

 

they just agreed to sell him to Chelsea for £35M 

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Diego Costa cost a similar fee to the amount Freedman paid for Jay Spearing.

 

If you look at his record before his second spell at Atletico you would have criticised the Wanderers signing him.

 

And do you look at everything to see if you can spin it to make a negative comment about the club?

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If you look at his record before his second spell at Atletico you would have criticised the Wanderers signing him.

 

And do you look at everything to see if you can spin it to make a negative comment about the club?

Yes he does.

 

EVERYTHING

 

 

Based on his logic, we should be in the Champions League final, so I'd try and ignore what he says.

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Athletico Madrid are a fucking massive club that were having a bad spell when we beat them and we were probably at the peak of our powers.

 

Apart from that why the fuck aren't we booking flights to Lisbon for the final? :thumbsup:

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Bayern Munich couldn't beat us either. 

 

Why the fuck aren't we a European superpower?

 

Because Gartside is quietly nicking all Eddie's cash, of course.

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Athletico Madrid are a fucking massive club that were having a bad spell when we beat them and we were probably at the peak of our powers.

 

Apart from that why the fuck aren't we booking flights to Lisbon for the final? :thumbsup:

 

Wiki's version:

"The 2007–08 season proved to be the most successful season for the club in the past decade. The team reached the round of 32 in the UEFA Cup, where they were defeated by Bolton Wanderers. They also reached the quarter-final round of the Copa del Rey, where they were beaten by eventual champions Valencia CF. More significantly, the team finished the La Liga season in fourth place, qualifying for the Champions League for the first time since the 1996–97 season."

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Athletico Madrid are a fucking massive club that were having a bad spell when we beat them and we were probably at the peak of our powers.

 

 

... yet their wage bill is smaller than QPR's.  Wowsers!

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Wiki's version:

"The 2007–08 season proved to be the most successful season for the club in the past decade. The team reached the round of 32 in the UEFA Cup, where they were defeated by Bolton Wanderers. They also reached the quarter-final round of the Copa del Rey, where they were beaten by eventual champions Valencia CF. More significantly, the team finished the La Liga season in fourth place, qualifying for the Champions League for the first time since the 1996–97 season."

They have done well to get back to where they are now. After relegation it took a few years for them to get their feet back under the table but they have been pretty successful ever since that season we played them.

 

Good chance they could win their 10th Spanish title this year which would be a remarkable recovery considering they only got promoted back to la liga in 2001-02.

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Nugent scores his 22nd of the season for Leicester....15 of them penalties!

Nailed on they won't get a pen every 3 games next season.

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have a soft spot for Bristol Rovers, at the moment, they're going to the Conference

 

 

Which will save the other Wanderers

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