La Liga Thread 2011/12

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What a miss from Soldado!

[Cripps_orig]

Ever Banega :bow:

England legend for me on FM

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Fuck this shit

Watching Brighton match

Valencia :bow:
ACH :pal:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-1 half time.

Los Che. :bow:

Great match so far. Although anyting would compared to Racing vs Marketing earlier.

[Cripps_orig]

It was a bit of a shocker from Racing tbh being the home side. Playing at home, you'd expect them to attack a bit more

[Cripps_orig]

Just seen the goals

Mascherano :lol:

WTF has Rafa done to him?

[Cripps_orig]

Just seen Soldados miss

Valdes did get a touch to that tbh so not as big a shocker as i thought it might be

[McNamara That Ghost...]

It was a bit of a shocker from Racing tbh being the home side. Playing at home, you'd expect them to attack a bit more

Probably learnt their lesson from last season. Plus Hector Cuper isn't an idiot.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barca vs Atleti this weekend? That doesn't usually end well for Atleti.

Come on Falcao.

[Cripps_orig]

Cuper for Arsenal?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Albelda off, Tino Costa on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cuper for Arsenal?

It's possible, he only signed for a year I think.

[Marc Overmars]

Why couldn't we have signed Falcao? :(

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Poor ball from Cesc.

[Cripps_orig]

Why couldn't we have signed Falcao? :(Cost a tad more than a free transfer

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Why couldn't we have signed Falcao? :(

Us paying more than £15 million for someone. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Soldado should've at least got a good contact on that.

[Cripps_orig]

Alves is scared of attacking in this half :lol:

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Why couldn't we have signed Falcao? :(

Maybe he never wanted to come to us

[Marc Overmars]

Soldado should've at least got a good contact on that.

He's no Rossi or Cavani tbh.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Fabregas starts diving the barca way

[McNamara That Ghost...]

He's no Rossi or Cavani tbh.

This is true.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pedro off, David Villa on.

[Marc Overmars]

Maybe he never wanted to come to us

I bet all the players we hurried around to sign would have been content to stay at their clubs or move elsewhere if we didn't come in. If you don't make your interest known then you'll never have a chance, there's nothing to lose but for one reason or another we don't even seem to glance at this bracket of player.

[Cripps_orig]

I bet all the players we hurried around to sign would have been content to stay at their clubs or move elsewhere if we didn't come in. If you don't make your interest known then you'll never have a chance, there's nothing to lose but for one reason or another we don't even seem to glance at this bracket of player.

Exactly the point i made about Aguero on the Man City thread this summer

[Olivier's xmas twist]

I bet all the players we hurried around to sign would have been content to stay at their clubs or move elsewhere if we didn't come in. If you don't make your interest known then you'll never have a chance, there's nothing to lose but for one reason or another we don't even seem to glance at this bracket of player.

True, maybe if we hurried we may have got him tbh

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Puyol off, Thiago on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Mascherano hammers the bar.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Canales off, Jonas on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Mathieu off, Piatti on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great keeping from Guaita to deny Messi.

[Cripps_orig]

Messi fucks up a one on one :lol:

[Cripps_orig]

2-2

Cunt

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Valencia 2-2 Barca, Cesc. :sick:

Messi assist again.

[Cripps_orig]

First Barcunt player ever to score in his first 4 games for the club

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Valencia 2-2 Barca, Cesc. :sick:

Messi assist again.

He's world class what can you do about it lol

[McNamara That Ghost...]

He's world class what can you do about it lol

Cry.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cesc nearly in again.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What a tackle from Dani Alves.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

David Villa did the stepover with the leg that wasn't near the ball. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Mascherano booked. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What a pass from Messi. Great save from Guaita to deny David Villa.

[Cripps_orig]

What a save from the Valencia keeper

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Four added minutes.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Jordi Alba sent off. :blink:

[Cripps_orig]

Alba sent off :blink:

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Barca draw 2-2 alot

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-2 full time thirty seconds early. :lol:

Great match.

[Cripps_orig]

2-2 FT

Fuck knows why Alba was sent off

Linesman gave it and Guardiola was having a laugh and a joke with the linesman just a few mins previously.

Corrupt

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ever Banega. :bow:

Sign him up, Arsene.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

The second day in a row Scott Minto fucks up his closing lines.

Come back Mark Bolton. :bow:

All is forgiven.

[Marc Overmars]

Scott Minto is bland as fuck.

Awful presenter.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pretty much. Apparently that is what Sky want, somebody who won't challenge.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Saturday, 24 September 2011
Athletic Bilbao v Villarreal, 17:00
Sevilla v Valencia, 17:00
Real Madrid v Rayo Vallecano, 19:00
Barcelona v Atletico Madrid, 21:00

Sunday, 25 September 2011
Mallorca v Real Sociedad, 11:00
Levante v Espanyol, 15:00
Granada v Osasuna, 17:00
Sporting Gijon v Racing Santander, 19:00
Real Zaragoza v Malaga, 21:00

Monday, 26 September 2011
Getafe v Real Betis, 20:00


Shame Sevilla vs Valencia isn't being televised today.

[Master Splinter]

Sevilla 1-0 up. Kanoute with the goal.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kanoute is still damn good, despite being 64 or something.

[Master Splinter]

'Arry likes him.

[Kaiser]

Hope Atleti force an upset tonight. Falcao to score a couple if Barcelona play 3-4-3.

[Master Splinter]

Falcao will score.

But Barcelona will win 6-2.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I know a lot has been written about how Atletico have been dominating games and look more defensively assured but MS, you're right, it's usually that kind of scoreline.

I think the fixture has averaged seven goals in the last few seasons. :lol:

[Master Splinter]

Should be a great match, because it will be attack v attack.

But only one team has Messi, Pedro, Villa, Fabregas and Xavi.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

The other has Reyes.

:good:

[Master Splinter]

Reyes :(.

I genuinely think he could have been a great here if he wasn't such a pussy.

He had everything.

Apart from balls.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I wonder what he would've been like had we not played him at Old Trafford in 2004.

[Master Splinter]

I wonder if he has nightmares about Gary Neville.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Doubt he watches football on Sky now.

[Master Splinter]

He has had brief stints on ITV tbf.

[Master Splinter]

Finished 1-0 to Sevilla.

Valencia's title challenge :rose:. Time to bring Soldado in.

Athletic Bilbao 1-1 Villarreal also.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

John Toshack in the studio along with Balague.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Marketing: Casillas, Marcelo, Albiol, Varane, Sergio Ramos, Lass, Xabi Alonso, Kaka, Di Maria, Ronaldo, Higuain.

Rayo Vallecano: Dani, Casado, Jordi Figueras, Arribas, Tito, Javi Fuego, Movilla, Piti, Michu, Lass(no.2), Raul Tamudo. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Madrid 0-1 Rayo Vallecano, Michu!

:haha:

[Master Splinter]

How many games is Botelho banned for?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

15 seconds in! :haha:

Casillas fuck-up.

[Master Splinter]

Mourinho :haha:.

Botelho's influence :bow:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Our Pedro told them what to do, no doubt. :good:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Could've been 0-2. :wacko:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ronaldo blazes a freekick over.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Casillas did exactly the same thing as he did for the goal, there were Real Madrid defenders to hack it clear this time though.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Superb play from Rayo.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lass hauled off, Oezil on.

Lass. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Disallowed goal for Higuain.

Turan has been very good for Atleti. Surprised Jens' Face isn't on here to champion his cause.

[Master Splinter]

Offside :lol:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dani saves from Oezil. Oezil had struck that pretty fiercely.

[Master Splinter]

Good save :bow:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ronaldo's freekicks. :lol:

Been poor ever since he did that programme for Castrol.

[Master Splinter]

Rubbish from Ronaldo.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-1, Ronaldo shoots and it goes through Dani's legs. :doh:

[Master Splinter]

Dani :doh:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-1 Higuain. Great defending. :lol:

[Master Splinter]

Dani :haha:.

Shocking stuff.

[Cripps_orig]

Ronaldo :bow:

Best player in the world

Higuain :bow:

Best Argentinian in Spain

Messi :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Michu turns it right across goal!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Looked like a dive by Kaka. Anyway it's a pelnaty to Marketing. Wonderful counterattack.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

3-1 Ronaldo smashes it in.

[Master Splinter]

When's the last time Ronaldo missed a pelnaty?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Madrid 3-2 Rayo Vallecano, Michu! Terrible defending.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

When's the last time Ronaldo missed a pelnaty?

At a guess, against West Ham in December 2007.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Di Maria sent off. :haha:

Stupid handball, not in danger whatsoever.

[Master Splinter]

I was about to turn this off and get the rose out for Rayo.

SPL 2 :bow:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kaka off, Khedira on.

Higuain off, Benzema on.

[Master Splinter]

I just noticed that Ronaldo's record at Real is:

93 in 97 games overall.

72 in 68 in the League.

Insane.

:wacko:

[Cripps_orig]

I just noticed that Ronaldo's record at Real is:

93 in 97 games overall.

72 in 68 in the League.

Insane.

:wacko:.

Done it in England and Spain

Best player in the world

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lass booked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Xabi Alonso freekick just tipped over by Dani.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Madrid 4-2 Rayo Vallecano, Varane. Fantastic goal.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Piti off, Liverpool legend Pacheco on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Michu off, Trashorras on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

5-2 Benzema, good goal.

[Master Splinter]

11-man teams getting thrashed by 10-man teams today.

[Master Splinter]

Barcelona: Valdes; Alves, Busquets, Mascherano, Abidal; Thiago, Xavi, Fabregas; Pedro, Messi, Villa.

Substitutes: Keita, Maxwell, Fontas, Pinto, Adriano, Puyol, Pique.

Atletico: Courtois; Perea, Miranda, Godin, A Lopez; M Suarez, Gabi, Tiago; Reyes, Falcao, Diego.

Substitutes: Adrian, Juanfran, F. Luis, S. Asenjo, Salvio, A. Turan, Dominguez.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good effort from Pacheco, straight at Casillas unfortunately.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ronaldo could've gone for his hat-trick, decides to go down instead. And now he has a pelanty to get his hat-trick.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

6-2, Ronaldo hat-trick.

[Master Splinter]

Ronaldo could've gone for his hat-trick, decides to go down instead. And now he has a pelanty to get his hat-trick.

:sulk:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sorry, force of habit.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

6-2 full time. Good game.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barca vs Atleti on in a few minutes. :popcorn:

[Cripps_orig]

Falcao v Busquets and Mascherano?

:lol:

1-4 Atletico

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Tiago hits the bar! Great move.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cesc is down on the ground clutching his face.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barca 1-0, David Villa. Superb pass from Xavi.

[Master Splinter]

Atletico :rose:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Another brilliant pass from Xavi, this time to Pedro. Pedro couldn't curl it enough.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-0 Miranda own goal. :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

3-0 Messi, superb.

Great passing between him and Pedro. And the inevitable finish.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Thiago is awesome.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cesc hits the bar! Chip from way out.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

3-0 half time.

[Syn]

Fucking hell.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pretty much.

[Marc Overmars]

Just can't see anyone stopping them.

Fully expect them to become the first team to retain the CL in its current form.

[Cripps_orig]

Just can't see anyone stopping them.

Fully expect them to become the first team to retain the CL in its current form.

We'll beat them

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Mario Suarez off, Turan on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Messi nearly through on Cesc's pass. Courtois smothered it well.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Busquets off, Pique on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What a run from Messi, turns defence almost immediately in to attack and is then hacked down outside the edge of the box.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cesc off, Keita on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

4-0 Messi, the guy is majestic.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Tiago off, Adrian on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Abidal off, Maxwell on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

5-0, Messi gets his hat-trick. Great build-up play yet again.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

5-0 full time, that was ridiculous.

[Rors]

5-0 full time, that was ridiculous.

Ring the bell.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

:lol:

Give them La Liga now?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Saturday, 1 October 2011
Osasuna v Mallorca, 17:00
Racing Santander v Rayo Vallecano, 17:00
Villarreal v Real Zaragoza, 17:00
Valencia v Granada, 19:00
Malaga v Getafe, 21:00

Sunday, 2 October 2011
Real Sociedad v Athletic Bilbao, 11:00
Real Betis v Levante, 15:00
Atletico Madrid v Sevilla, 17:00
Sporting Gijon v Barcelona, 19:00
Espanyol v Real Madrid, 21:00

[Olivier's xmas twist]

We'll beat them

Then you will turn the Playstation off

[Cripps_orig]

Beat them last season

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Osasuna 2-2 Real Mallorca.
Racing 1-1 Rayo.
Villarreal 2-2 Real Zaragoza. :doh:
Valencia 1-0 Granada, Canales with the goal.
Malaga 3-2 Getafe. Horseface finally got his first goal for Malaga. Baptista got the injury time winner. :bow:
Also, there were nine yellows and a sending off. :wacko:

[Marc Overmars]

Didn't realise Malaga were another club funded by some rich Arabs.

Football. :rolleyes:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Yup. And they won't have to spend anywhere near what Citeh, Real Madrid and Chelsea have done to outspend the other La Liga clubs by some distance.

Pellegrini is doing the tour of clubs with ridiculous amounts to spend it seems.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Levante are top currently after beating Betis 0-1. Though you can't see them staying there, it's an amazing turnaround (looking at last season too) for a team who nearly went on strike against Real Madrid due to financial difficulties.

Also, Sporting 0-0 Barca currently.

Valdés, Dani Alves, Mascherano, Abidal, Xavi, Busquets, Thiago, Adriano, Pedro, David Villa, Messi.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Xavi smacks the post, the rebound comes to Adriano who puts it in to make it 0-1 to Barca. Deflected though I think.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Messi's passing is on a ridiculous level now. Just realised this is the second game in a row Cesc hasn't started, either Cesc's 'anarchic' nature isn't what Guardiola wants from away games or more likely, he's injured.

[Marc Overmars]

Come back Cesc, all is forgiven.

Cheeky loan bid?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Would be pretty audacious tbf.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

David Villa is worse than Ade for straying offside. Messi plays a throughball taking four players out of the game. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nacho Cases gives Busquets a good kicking. And booked for it.

[Cripps_orig]

Cesc has a hamstring injury and will be out for a few weeks

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Those hamstrings. :lol:

They're toast.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-1 half time.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Salgado is in the studio. :bow:

Great pundit.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dani Alves has some major brainfarts from time to time.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pedro booked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Abidal off injured, Maxwell on.

Pedro off, Pique on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Adriano off, Keita on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Disallowed goal for Keita. Dani Alves obviously offside.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sporting are losing but are still giving Busquets a good seeing to, so congrats to them for that. :good:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-1 full time.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ronaldo shoots, Alvarez just about turns it on to the post. That ball moved both directions I think.

[Cripps_orig]

What an effort from Romaric

Just wide

[Cripps_orig]

0-1 Real

Higuain

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-1 Higuain.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Casillas makes a good save, goal kick given. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-1 half time.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lass booked. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-2 Higuain, what a goal.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-3 Callejon. Another great counterattack by Real Madrid.

[Marc Overmars]

I feel Higuain is a must get.

[Cripps_orig]

0-4 FTHiguan got a hat trick :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Saturday, 15 October 2011
Getafe v Villarreal, 17:00
Mallorca v Valencia, 17:00
Real Madrid v Real Betis, 17:00
Barcelona v Racing Santander, 19:00
Granada v Atletico Madrid, 21:00

Sunday, 16 October 2011
Rayo Vallecano v Espanyol, 11:00
Real Zaragoza v Real Sociedad, 15:00
Levante v Malaga, 17:00
Sevilla v Sporting Gijon, 21:00

Monday, 17 October 2011
Athletic Bilbao v Osasuna, 20:00

Unelss the first half is on the red button I think only the second half of Real Madrid's game is on TV.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Mallorca 0-1 Valencia, Rami. The other two games are still 0-0.

[Master Splinter]

0-0 in the Real Madrid game at HT.

Valencia 0-1 up at Mallorca. Rami with the goal.

[Master Splinter]

FFS, it happened again.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Michael Laudrup is in the studio. :bow:

Balague too.

[Master Splinter]

Balague :lol:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Madrid 1-0 Betis, Higuain. Tap-in, assist from Ronaldo.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Terrible shot from Ronaldo. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Absolute chaos in Real Madrid's area.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-0 Kaka, wonderful goal. Ronaldo assist again.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kaka hauled off, Di Maria on.

[Master Splinter]

Ronaldo is quite good.

Oh what could have been.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

We could've used the money from the flats on him.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Madrid 2-1 Real Betis, Molina. :bow:

[Master Splinter]

We wouldn't have needed that much when he was still a kid.

Perhaps Cygan was our Gary Neville in this situation.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Well that lasted long.

3-1, Higuain. :haha:

[Master Splinter]

Molina. :bow:

Dr Octopus :bow:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

We wouldn't have needed that much when he was still a kid.

Perhaps Cygan was our Gary Neville in this situation.

Cygan must've been involved with a lot of our transfer dealings, given there are numerous 'ones that got away'. Well, so Wenger informs us.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

4-1, Higuain hattrick again. His third in the last few weeks. Superb finish.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Oezil off, Coentrao on.

[Master Splinter]

Hig Waa Eeeen is not bad either.

Cheeky bid time tbh.

Vela and Wellington can tap him up.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Wellington will be too busy eating pizza tbf.

Ronaldo went off for Altintop.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Mallorca 1-1 Valencia, Hemad pelanty.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

4-1 full time Real Madrid win. Valencia draw.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Valdés, Alves, Piqué, Puyol, Maxwell, Xavi, Iniesta, Thiago, Pedro, Messi, David Villa.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

David Villa completely fluffs one. :haha:

[Sirjackofwilshere]

Anyone regularly watching La Liga know how good that Chilean guys been for barcelona? Is Pedro ahead of him?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pique off injured, Abidal on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Anyone regularly watching La Liga know how good that Chilean guys been for barcelona? Is Pedro ahead of him?

He started off brightly. Not much to judge on him though, he has been injured for quite a while now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Racing are playing well. 10-0 coming up.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-0 Messi, unbelievable stuff again.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Messi. :lol:

He's taking the piss.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barcelona 2-0 Racing Santander, Xavi header. :wacko: Good cross from Pedro.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Puyol clears for Racing. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great pass from Messi, David Villa couldn't finish it off.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-0 half time.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barcelona 3-0 Racing, Messi. Great play from Iniesta, hit the post which set Messi for the follow-up.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Keita on, Iniesta off.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Adriano on, Pedro off.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

3-0 full time.

[Master Splinter]

Levante beat Malaga 3-0.

Levante second on goal difference :bow:. All down to Wellington tbh.

Malaga :lol:.

Money well spent.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Levante. :bow:

[Cripps_orig]

Higuain :bow:

Fucking love this player.

The French in him is coming to the fore

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Should be easy to sign him up then.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Higuain :bow:

Fucking love this player.

The French in him is coming to the fore

its easy when your playing pub teamers everyweek to score against them

[Marc Overmars]

So there's a league with 20 world class teams in is there? :unsure:

[Olivier's xmas twist]

So there's a league with 20 world class teams in is there? :unsure:

No im just saying its easy to make him look like some hero when the only team real need to worry about is Barca only.

its not like the EPL where competition is harder.

[Marc Overmars]

I'll leave this one to Maccy...

[Master Splinter]

RVP would probably score 94 goals a season in SPL2 tbf.

And Henry would have got about 176 in his prime.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

No im just saying its easy to make him look like some hero when the only team real need to worry about is Barca only.

its not like the EPL where competition is harder.

:lol:

How many goals are scored in the Premier League? I'd suggest it's fairly comparable. They have teams that concede eight...and so do we.

Real Madrid have lost this season whereas Sevilla and Levante have not. Citeh, Man Utd and Newcastle have not lost. Really, there's good and bad in both leagues.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

:lol:

How many goals are scored in the Premier League? I'd suggest it's fairly comparable. They have teams that concede eight...and so do we.

Real Madrid have lost this season whereas Sevilla and Levante have not. Citeh, Man Utd and Newcastle have not lost. Really, there's good and bad in both leagues.

lets be real they may not have lost but they will soon and the spanish league will soon become a two horse race with Real and barca smashing every team in their ways.

My point was that its easy to priase the striker because he scores hatricks but its not the best of leagues is it.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

lets be real they may not have lost but they will soon and the spanish league will soon become a two horse race with Real and barca smashing every team in their ways.

My point was that its easy to priase the striker because he scores hatricks but its not the best of leagues is it.

Sounds a lot like Man Utd and Man City to me, so far, anyway. The league is quite enjoyable, it's just people get too bogged down in only being interested in who wins La Liga, which has become out of only two teams. However that's a bit like the Premier League really, though Citeh might take Chelsea's place in that.

What do you say about the amount of goals conceded in the Premier League, are the attackers so exceptional that it's the only reason it happens? The fact Spanish teams regularly compete towards the end in the Europa League would suggest to me the quality of other teams are underrated.

My point wasn't somehow saying Levante and Sevilla are going to compete until the end but so far, they are performing well. Granted Sevilla are away to Barcelona next but most sides get hammered there. Us, included.

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Sounds a lot like Man Utd and Man City to me, so far, anyway. The league is quite enjoyable, it's just people get too bogged down in only being interested in who wins La Liga, which has become out of only two teams. However that's a bit like the Premier League really, though Citeh might take Chelsea's place in that.

What do you say about the amount of goals conceded in the Premier League, are the attackers so exceptional that it's the only reason it happens? The fact Spanish teams regularly compete towards the end in the Europa League would suggest to me the quality of other teams are underrated.

My point wasn't somehow saying Levante and Sevilla are going to compete until the end but so far, they are performing well. Granted Sevilla are away to Barcelona but most sides get hammered there. Us, included.

I agree your post is top notch, and there are some good sides in la liga i agree. like you say people only worry about top 2 even ACH said he don't care for the lower league teams in that league.

some of the defences in that league are terrible though so its not hard to score goals compared to other leagues.

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You're not answering my question about teams in this league though. The Premier League has a similar amount of goals scored. Look at this season (we could look at last season too but given these are more recent I'll stick with them). Tottenham 1-5 Man City, Man Utd 8-2 Arsenal, Bolton 0-5 Man Utd, Fulham 6-0 QPR, QPR 0-4 Bolton, Bolton 1-5 Chelsea, Blackburn 0-4 Man City, Man City 4-1 Villa, Sunderland 4-0 Stoke.

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You're not answering my question about teams in this league though. The Premier League has a similar amount of goals scored. Look at this season (we could look at last season too but given these are more recent I'll stick with them). Tottenham 1-5 Man City, Man Utd 8-2 Arsenal, Bolton 0-5 Man Utd, Fulham 6-0 QPR, QPR 0-4 Bolton, Bolton 1-5 Chelsea, Blackburn 0-4 Man City, Man City 4-1 Villa, Sunderland 4-0 Stoke.

fair enough looking at it the defence in this league is as bad.

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Saturday, 22 October 2011
Racing Santander v Espanyol, 17:00
Sporting Gijon v Granada, 17:00
Malaga v Real Madrid, 19:00
Barcelona v Sevilla, 21:00

Sunday, 23 October 2011
Real Betis v Rayo Vallecano, 11:00
Real Sociedad v Getafe, 15:00
Atletico Madrid v Mallorca, 17:00
Osasuna v Real Zaragoza, 17:00
Valencia v Athletic Bilbao, 19:00
Villarreal v Levante, 21:00

:popcorn:

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Heavy wins for both the big boys tbh.

Levante to compound Villarreal's misery too.

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Sporting Gijon 2-0 Granada currently, big result for them if they hold on given they had amassed one point prior to today. :lol:

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Racing Santander 0-1 Espanyol, Sergio Garcia.

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Sky's programme starts now.

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Balague is in the studio and so is Rafa. :bow:

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Joaquin, Cazorla and Toulalan start for Malaga. Horseface on the bench.

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Ronaldo and Joaquin are both denied pelanties within a minute or so. :lol:

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Malaga 0-1 Marketing, Higuain. :bow:

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Malaga 0-2 Marketing, Ronaldo. Great cross from Di Maria.

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0-3, Ronaldo. :bow:

Pellegrini. :haha:

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0-4, Ronaldo hat-trick.

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Ronaldo to get 564 goals this season.

[GP]

Still 18 less than Messi

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0-4 full time.

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Barcelona: Valdés, Alves, Mascherano, Abidal, Adriano, Xavi, Thiago, Keita, Iniesta, David Villa, Messi.

Sevilla: Varas, Cáceres, Fazio, Escudé, Fernando Navarro, Medel, Campaña, Trochowski, Jesus Navas, Manu del Moral, Armenteros.