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What could or should be the deciding factor this season is rapidly approaching and less than a month away. El Clasico is back on the radar screen and who doesn’t love these encounters from Spain? Who will win? Give your prediction below with the correct score to enter a draw to win a Kublagear fan t-shirt        

This week the boyz start off listening to Corey munch on frosted cereal with blue milk while talking some Real Madrid disappointment mid-week Copa del Rey style. Additional topics, CRonaldo goal tally, Alien Ozil, the rising wave of the yellow submarine (Villarreal) and Mou’s warning Give us a listen and tell your friends, that’s a command not an offer!           Powered by owngoalnetwork Standard Podcasts: Hide Player | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player [...]

It was one of those quirky weeks in the Segunda where you had a bulk of the teams getting their shot at taking down Big Brother (aka – the Primera teams) only to see most fall flat in front of their home crowds. The Round of 32 normally yields several ‘sorpresas’ most notably last year’s Alcorconazo but then you always have other upsets that fly under the radar like Rayo’s upset win over Athletic in San Mames last season. But [...]

Any time a match kicks off the last thing you ever expect is to see a player collapse on the field, yet that is what happened for the fourth time in the last four years in Spain’s professional leagues. Most can recall the horrible and tragic death of Sevilla’s Antonio Puerta who collapsed while playing a league match. Then prior to the start of last season Espanyol’s Dani Jarque dropped dead on the field, something that the Pericos’ players never [...]

Mallorca Winning On The Road? It seems strange that last week I wrote about the coach of the previous season, Gregory Manzano, and in closing mentioned that his Mallorca team was nearly unbeatable at home (only one loss, to Barcelona) but that they were dreadful on the road. I assumed Sevilla’s league form would look the same, but what I did not account for is what Mallorca would look like this season under new management and coach Brian Laudrup. Manzano [...]

Every week, I’ll try to give you the best and latest Real Madrid news, notes, and analysis. Having lived in Spain, I’ll try to incorporate more of the in-depth coverage everyone wants to read. It’s an exciting time to be a Real Madrid fan. Jose Mourinho, Cristiano Ronaldo, and a slew of young new players like Mezut Ozil, Sami Khedira, and Angel DiMaria could make dethroning Barca a reality this year. The White shirts crushed Racing Santander 6-1 on Saturday [...]

Episode 7 Corey and Mando join Kevin to discuss Champions League and Match day 8 in La Liga.   Pull up a chair, don the headphones and listen in as the crew discuss.     Powered by owngoalnetwork Standard Podcasts: Hide Player | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (0) Make sure to subscribe to LaLigaWeekly podcast at itunes

Ponferradina’s return to the Segunda Division has been marred by a list of injuries that has resembled a MASH unit, prohibiting the club from achieving any victories this season. That changed over the weekend when the Ourense club strutted out of Albacetewith all three points thanks to a 0-1 win courtesy of a late penalty. But the story was goalkeeper Ian Mackay who was under attack all afternoon long and withstood the pressure. Mackay had been benched after the first [...]

Can Manzano Reignite Sevilla and Luis Fabiano? With the international break dragging on a bit to long for my liking, I was excited to see that La Liga was back in full swing this weekend, and despite the great matchups scheduled on Saturday, I wanted to take a look at Sevilla, and see how new coach Gregory Manzano was doing with los nervionenses. Mind you I watched the mini-derbi madrileno, the top of the table clash between Barca and Valencia [...]

This weekend’s games in the Segunda Division are shaping up to be one that will favor the underdogs. Now seven weeks into the season, injuries have begun to exact a toll on everyone, some more than others of course but there are enough players who are sidelined where an opposing team might be able to steal a point or three away. Starting with Saturday’s Villarreal B – Celta. The Baby Submariners have played very poorly as of late especially in [...]

Juanmi in action It has been awhile since someone on the site did a player watch, so I thought I would bring my own flavor to the post. I decided that I wanted to discuss a young player (very young) who has impressed me the few times I have had the chance to see, and who I see as having a very good chance of being a top player when he finally comes of age, in what seems like a [...]