La Liga Thread 2011/12

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

They might be throwing the title, but they will build a holiday resort.


Real Madrid have revealed plans to build a $1bn holiday resort in the United Arab Emirates that is due to open in January 2015.

Real Madrid Resort Island will be supported by the government of the Emirate of Ras al-Khaimah. A presentation at the Bernabéu, Real's stadium, showed plans for sports facilities, a marina, luxury hotels, villas, an amusement park, a club museum and a futuristic 10,000-seat stadium with one side open to the sea.

"It is a decisive and strategic step that will strengthen our institution in the Middle East and Asia," said Florentino Pérez, the Real president.

"Real Madrid Resort Island will be a major tourist and sporting centre of great dimensions and the highest level. This extraordinary complex will attract millions of people looking for quality leisure services."

The 430,000 square metre facility is expected to attract around one million visitors in 2015. Real said the artificial island's location put it equidistant between Europe and the far east, adding that more than half their estimated 300 million followers were based in Asia.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/mar/22/real-madrid-holiday-resort-uae
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/gallery/2012/mar/22/real-madrid-reveal-resort-uae-plans - PICS.

[GP]

That sounds tacky as fuck.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What happens on the Pepe? Broken legs?

Also, results from yesterday:

Racing Santander 0-3 Sevilla
Real Betis 1-1 Espanyol
Malaga 4-2 Rayo Vallecano. They've been on some run recently.

Levante stay ahead of Malaga on head-to-head. Come on Levante. :bow: Valencia are only three points ahead of Malaga and Levante now.

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Saturday, 24 March 2012
Mallorca v Barcelona, 17:00
Real Madrid v Real Sociedad, 19:00
Getafe v Valencia, 21:00

Sunday, 25 March 2012
Real Zaragoza v Atletico Madrid, 11:00
Espanyol v Malaga, 15:00
Levante v Osasuna, 15:00
Athletic Bilbao v Sporting Gijon, 17:00
Rayo Vallecano v Villarreal, 18:45
Real Betis v Racing Santander, 18:45

Monday, 26 March 2012
Granada v Sevilla, 20:00

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As it stands:

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[McNamara That Ghost...]

Abidal has indeed been forced to retire (the liver transplant is supposed to be next week).

[GP]

Sad :(

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I've just C&P'd this from Redcafe given there is a lot of information:


The aftermath of Villareal/Real Madrid then.
Mourinho and Ozil - one match bans, they miss the home game with Real Sociedad.

Pepe - yellow card (for simulation) revoked, 2 match ban for insulting the ref after the match - misses Real Sociedad and the risky away to Osasuna. The appeal panel, who Madrid met straight after the disciplinary say they'd have given him a four match ban.

Rui Farai - 2 match ban

And Ramos, well this is where the proceedings picked up on the farcical mood, his first yellow has been revoked due to a faulty write-up by the ref. Hence no ban.

One of Mou's sidekicks has been twittering that this is a cunning plan to get Ramos sent off on Saturday and make sure he misses Osasuna.

La Liga. :lol: Crazy stuff.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Valdes, Pique, Puyol, Mascherano, Iniesta, Thiago, Busquets, Fabregas, Pedro, Sanchez, Messi

Cesc in midfield? :faint:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Mallorca 0-1 Barca, Sanchez. Pure pub team goal from a setpiece. Messi assist.

Actually it might be Messi's goal, difficult to tell. What a clusterfuck. Could even be Busquets' goal.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Shite from Iniesta.

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Thiago booked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pathetic from Cesc, ran in to someone and went down screaming.

[Coney]

Pathetic from Cesc, ran in to someone and went down screaming.

So he has completed his move to Barca in all sense now.

[Syn]

Where has the Cesc who tried to lash in a shot with a broken foot gone? I miss him. :rose:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

So he has completed his move to Barca in all sense now.

:lol:

He passed the initiation.

0-1 HT.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Where has the Cesc who tried to lash in a shot with a broken foot gone? I miss him. :rose:

He went on Jeremy Kyle, had a DNA test, reunited with Barca.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Mallorca are playing quite well. Buoyed by knowing Gerry Armstrong is watching them no doubt.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Thiago sent off. :haha:

Second yellow, for handball this time. Not that I believe it was handball.

The Calderon strikes again.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cesc nearly fucked it up. Guardiola needs to get him off.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cesc hauled off, Montoya on.

Me. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great defending from Montoya.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pedro off, Keita on.

Pedro has had a really poor season.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Brilliant from Messi, turns, shoots, hits the post, comes back out for Pique to tap it in. 0-2.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Tello is awesome. Yet to sign a contract (although he will). :popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Valdes. :haha:

What the hell was that?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Mallorca 0-2 Barcelona, FT. Great win for them after going down to ten men.

Three points behind Marketing, with them playing Carlos Vela and friends next.

Also, Pique's goal was the 600th goal under Guardiola. :wacko: 600 goals in not even four seasons; that's ridiculous.

The first goal has been given to Messi. His 55th of the season. :haha: Ronaldo's Bitch is now three ahead of Ronaldo in the Pichichi.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Vela on the bench. :(

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Madrid 1-0 Real Sociedad, Higuain. His 99th for Real Madrid.

[Cripps_orig]

Higuain :bow:

Best Argentinian in Spain

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-0, Ronaldo. His 100th in the league for Real Madrid.

:bow:

[Syn]

2-0, Ronaldo. His 100th in the league for Real Madrid.

:bow:

That's got to be some sort of record...like the fastest player to reach 100 league goals for a club.

[Marc Overmars]

What a beast.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

That's got to be some sort of record...like the fastest player to reach 100 league goals for a club.

You'd have thought so.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Benzema made it 3-0. Sergio Ramos made it 3-1 straight after with an own goal. :popcorn:

Time for Vela.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Alonso booked. His 14th of the season. :blink:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

3-1 HT.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ronaldo completely fluffs one.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Madrid 4-1 Real Sociedad, Benzema with his second. 94 goals for the season.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

94 goals for the season.
Pah.

We could easily beat that in 4.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

5-1, Ronaldo with his second.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pah.

We could easily beat that in 4.

Years?

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Years?
:wwf:











Yes.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Vela had a chance then, bottled it.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Vela is giving it a good go. Not playing him from the start is plain weird, there was no way Real Sociedad would be able to catenaccio their way through this game.

Ronaldo subbed. :faint:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

5-1 FT, very comortable.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Balague is ripping in to Real Sociedad. I can't help but feel that the head-to-head rule means games like this will be more common. If it was on goal difference then the result would have a bigger impact on Real Sociedad's season.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Getafe 0-1 Valencia, Soldado. :bow:

Great strike. First touch of the ball I think. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Getafe 1-1 Valencia, Rios.

Emery. :rose:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Getafe 3-1 Valencia at HT. :blink:

Unai Emery will probably be sacked if they lose this.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Aren't they 3rd? :blink:

Seems harsh.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Yup and it would be. That's Spain though! Having said that, Malaga and Levante could pull level with them in their games should they lose this.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Even so, aren't they skint? Still pretty impressive considering the players they've lost in the last few years. And will probably lose this summer.

(As you can tell my knowledge of Spain is astounding)

[Cripps_orig]

Real Madrid 4-1 Real Sociedad, Benzema with his second. 94 goals for the season.Benzema has 94 for the season?

Take that, Messi

[Cripps_orig]

That's got to be some sort of record...like the fastest player to reach 100 league goals for a club.http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17502825

Best player in the world

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Getafe 3-1 Valencia, FT. Oh dear.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Even so, aren't they skint? Still pretty impressive considering the players they've lost in the last few years. And will probably lose this summer.

(As you can tell my knowledge of Spain is astounding)

Yeah they are. And when you consider they've sold David Silva, David Villa and Mata in consecutive seasons it seems really unfair. Their debt is still quite high but not as disastrous as it was a couple of seasons ago. I think going out of the Champiosn League didn't do anything to placate the fans, even if they go on to win the Europa League.

Plus, they've never really taken to Emery and how he manages.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Yeah they are. And when you consider they've sold David Silva, David Villa and Mata in consecutive seasons it seems really unfair. Their debt is still quite high but not as disastrous as it was a couple of seasons ago. I think going out of the Champiosn League didn't do anything to placate the fans, even if they go on to win the Europa League.

Plus, they've never really taken to Emery and how he manages.
Ah, so he's Unai Hodgson?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pretty much.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Zaragoza 1-0 Atletico Madrid, FT. :blink:

They're doing a Wigan.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Espanyol 1-2 Malaga.
Levante 0-2 Osasuna.
Athletic Bilbao 1-1 Sporting

All FT results.

Malaga might not even need to qualify to make the Champions League.

Levante. :(

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Balague says Higuain is 'trying' to leave Real Madrid.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Athletic Bilbao have to go away to Barcelona on Saturday night, despite having their away tie at Schalke on Thursday. :lol:

[Cripps_orig]

Barcelona being handed an advantage.

What a surprise

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Saturday, 31 March 2012
Racing Santander v Granada, 17:00
Sporting Gijon v Real Zaragoza, 17:00
Osasuna v Real Madrid, 19:00
Barcelona v Athletic Bilbao, 21:00
Malaga v Real Betis, 21:00

Sunday, 1 April 2012
Atletico Madrid v Getafe, 11:00
Barcelona v Real Zaragoza, 16:00
Valencia v Levante, 17:00
Real Sociedad v Rayo Vallecano, 20:30
Villarreal v Espanyol, 20:30

Monday, 2 April 2012
Sevilla v Mallorca, 20:00

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As it stands:

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[Shaqiri Is Boss]

http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/oddballs/894789-iker-casillas-picks-his-nose-and-wipes-it-on-real-madrid-mascot-in-tunnel#ixzz1qcLi81zF

:haha:

Iker :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Osasuna: Andres, Damia, Miguel Fanio, Sergio, Roversio, Punal, Nekounam, Cejudo, Raul Garcia, Loe, Nino.

Real Madrid: Casillas, Marcelo, Sergio Ramos, Raul Albiol, Arbeloa, Xabi Alonso, Granero, Oezil, Benzema, Ronaldo, Higuain.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sporting 1-2 Real Zaragoza. :blink: Another injury time winner for them. And now Sporting are bottom, Zaragoza move up to 18th.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Osasuna 0-1 Real Madrid, Benzema! What a goal. Great cross from Ronaldo.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Osasuna's coach sent to the stands already. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great chance for Oezil. Ronaldo is playing more like a winger than I have seen him for years.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Osasuna 0-2 Real Madrid, a stunner from Ronaldo.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-3 Higuain. Real Madrid have been superb.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Osasuna 1-3 Real Madrid, Nino! Great header.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Higuain through on goal, Ronaldo got in his way, neither of them doi anything with it. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Osasuna 1-4 Real Madrid, Ronaldo again. Deflected freekick. Ronaldo dived for the freekick.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barcelona: Valdes, Alves, Pique, Mascherano, Adriano, Busquets, Thiago, Iniesta, Alexis, Tello, Messi.

Athletic: Iraizoz, Iraola, Ekiza, Javi Martinez, Aurtenetxe, Iturraspe, Inigo Perez, De Marcos, Susaeta, Toquero, Ibai.

Pep really doesn't like Cesc. :lol:

Cesc. :haha:

What a dick.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-5 Higuain.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-5 FT.

100 goals for Real Madrid in the league. :lol:

[Master Splinter]

Lampregas :haha:.

Two kids ahead of him.

Birmingham beckons.

[Cripps_orig]

Just seen Ronaldos goal

If theres a better player in the world at this moment in time, i'd love to know who he/she/it is

[McNamara That Ghost...]

A huge banner unfurled for Messi.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Frankcesc isn't even on the bench. :lol:

[Cripps_orig]

Where the hell are Llorentes and Muniain?

Bielsa :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Javi Martinez. :bow:

Sign him up, next Arsenal incumbent.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Where the hell are Llorentes and Muniain?

Bielsa :doh:

On the bench.

Pique belts one over.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Disallowed goal for Thiago.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Superb save from Iraizoz to tip Messi's quick freekick away for a corner.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Aurtenetxe clears off the line!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barcelona 1-0 Athletic Bilbao, Iniesta belts one in. Assist from Messi.

The work rate and pressing from both sides is ridiculous.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-0 HT.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Herrera and Muniain on, Ibai Gomez and Perez off.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Javi Martinez denies Messi. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pelanty to Barca, Javi Martinez booked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barcelona 2-0 Athletic Bilbao, Messi.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Llorente brought on for Toquero. Bielsa doesn't mess about.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Tello hauled off, Pedro on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Busquets booked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pathetic header from Pique. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Malaga 0-2 Real Betis currently. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Iniesta off, Xavi on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pique clears off the line to deny Muniain.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sanchez off, Keita on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Keita smacks the bar!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-0 FT. Good effort from Bilbao given they were only in Germany on Thursday night.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Atletico Madrid beat Getafe 3-0.
Valencia 1-1 Levate at the moment. :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Balague is saying (well translated the story) Aguero to Real Madrid with Higuain going the other way with an additional 10 million Euros.

[Master Splinter]

Has Balague ever been right about anything?

[Cripps_orig]

yes

Plus he didnt make the story up....he just translated it

MS :doh:

[Master Splinter]

I was just generally asking about Balague.

Because he's generally an idiot. Whether he's filtering other news or giving his own take on things.

[Cripps_orig]

Hes usually right about all things football tbh

[Master Splinter]

Much like yourself.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

It's true Balague's record in transfers isn't exactly stellar. He knows his football though.

Also, Vela scored on the weekend again. Great goal. Bit of a +1 though, Real Sociedad were already 3-0 up against Rayo.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Saturday, 7 April 2012
Espanyol v Real Sociedad, 17:00
Getafe v Sporting Gijon, 17:00
Rayo Vallecano v Osasuna, 17:00
Real Zaragoza v Barcelona, 19:00
Real Betis v Villarreal, 21:00

Sunday, 8 April 2012
Levante v Atletico Madrid, 11:00
Mallorca v Granada, 15:00
Athletic Bilbao v Sevilla, 17:00
Real Madrid v Valencia, 20:30

Monday, 9 April 2012
Malaga v Racing Santander, 20:00

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Espanyol 2-2 Real Sociedad, Vela with both goals to take them 0-2 up. :blink:
Getafe 2-0 Sporting.
And this one is a bit surprising...
Rayo Vallecano 6-0 Osasuna. :blink:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barca: Valdes, Adriano, Puyol, Mascherano, Dani Alves, Cesc, Thiago, Keita, Sanchez, Pedro, Messi.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Marcelino and Gerry Armstrong are in the studio.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What a chance for Aranda. Easy tap-in, six yards out and completely fluffs it.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cesc. :lol:

Awful pass.

[Dennis Bendtner]

Espanyol 2-2 Real Sociedad, Vela with both goals to take them 0-2 up. :blink:
Getafe 2-0 Sporting.
And this one is a bit surprising...
Rayo Vallecano 6-0 Osasuna. :blink:

That is really annoying. Oh well. Maybe it's the country thing. But I don't think Wenger managed him very well. At least we won't have to desperately try and sell a +1 chip merchant now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Zaragoza bundle it on to the post then a pelanty to them after Valdes brings Lafita down!

Valdes booked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Valdes saves the pelanty from Arranda! Terrible pelanty.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Zaragoza 1-0 Barcelona, Arranda! What a pub team goal.

Barca. :haha:

Cesc. :lol:

He'll be hauled off soon.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Zaragoza 1 Barca 0

Barca players :pal:, cesc looked like he was gonna cry.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cesc. :haha:

What a miss.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Zaragoza 1-1 Barcelona, Puyol. Horrific mistake from Roberto, Zaragoza's goalkeeper.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

That is really annoying. Oh well. Maybe it's the country thing. But I don't think Wenger managed him very well. At least we won't have to desperately try and sell a +1 chip merchant now.

It could be but we also shouldn't forget that at under 22 or under 23 how a player plays does not mean it is set in stone they will play that way forever.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Zaragoza 1-2 Barcelona, Messi absolutely belts one in.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

No Xavi or Iniesta yet they still have 71% possession. :blink:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Keita booked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Zaragoza down to ten men, Abraham's second yellow. What a stupid challenge, held Sanchez's ankle to get the second yellow. :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-2 HT. Good match, although it might be spoilt now Zaragoza are down to ten men. Then again, with where they are in the table, they can't hold back anyway.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rafa is in the studio for Real Madrid vs Valencia tomorrow. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Jimenez sent to the stands. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Obradovic should've done much better there. Great football though.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Three chances for Zaragoza to make it 2-2 already.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Keita off, Busquets on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Fight fight fight!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Adriano and Micael booked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good save from Roberto to deny Sanchez. He could've cut it back to Cesc for an easy tap-in. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Arranda off, Postiga on.
Obradovic off, Lanzaro on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dani Alves off, Montoya on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Stunning pass from Messi through a crowd of about five players. Cesc couldn't get to a headed tap-in from Adriano's cross.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What a chance for Thiago, made the jog in to the box but had no awareness of sticking a leg out with the ball coming i to him.

Messi misses a sitter. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lanzaro booked. Not a huge surprise given he just ran in to Pedro. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pelanty to Barca, blatant foul on Sanchez.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Zaragoza 1-3 Barcelona, Messi! His 60th of the season. :wacko:

Also Barca's 160's goal of the season. :blink:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cesc hauled off, Xavi on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Zaragoza 1-4 Barcelona, Pedro. Asisst from Messi.

This is harsh on Zaragoza tbf.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-4 FT. Barca are just three points behind Real Madrid going in to their game tomorrow.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Betis beat Villarreal 3-1.

Levante have beaten Atleti 2-0. :bow: Third is a possibility for them if Valencia lose to Real Madrid later. :blink:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Madrid: Casillas, Arbeloa, Pepe, Albiol, Marcelo, Xabi Alonso, Khedira, Benzema, Oezil, Ronaldo, Higuaín.

Valencia: Guaita, Ricardo Costa, Rami, Víctor Ruiz, Jordi Alba, Topal, Tino Costa, Parejo, Feghouli, Piatti, Aduriz.

It's interesting that Mourinho has thought 'bollocks to it' these last few weeks and plays Benzema, Ronaldo and Higuain all at the same time.

Programme starts at 8pm on SS3.

[Cripps_orig]

That Valencia team looks piss poor

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Soldado is on the bench, not sure why when Champions League football is not exactly assured now.

Balague and Rafa are in the studio.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rafa is good to listen to when he isn't going mental.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ronaldo smashes the post!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Feghouli shoots from distance, Casillas sprawling, no chance of getting to it, goes wide in the end though.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Freekick to Madrid, dangerous area.

Athletic Bilbao 1-0 Sevilla, FT. Llorente with the goal. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ronaldo Ramsey's it.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What a chance for Ronaldo, his second in quick succession actually.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ricardo Costa should've buried it, headed it on to the post instead. Terrible defending from Marcelo.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

If Valencia sorted themselves out they'd be winning this.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pepe. :haha:

His face is in agony again.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-0 HT. :popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ronaldo shot, Guaita just about saves it.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Higuain was hauled off for Di Maria.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What a strike by Tino Costa! Smashed the bar.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Di Maria is an idiot. Booked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Tino Costa booked now. I guess there will be 870 yellow cards by the end of the game.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rob Palmer says players in the Premier League don't learn to fall to ground easiy. :rolleyes:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Piatti vs Pepe is hilarious.

Piatti is miniscule, now Pepe is rolling about after getting a good kicking from him.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pablo and Mathieu on, Feghouli and the 5ft 4 clogger Piatti going off.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Mathieu. :haha:

One of the worst attempted shots of all time.

Parejo booked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pepe writhing about on the ground, I think Arbeloa is telling him to get up and he kicks out at Arbeloa. Pepe and Balotelli in the same team is the dream.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ronaldo through on goal, ends up falling down. He might've been clipped by Victor Ruiz actually.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

It's no freekick at all, Victor Ruiz was nowhere near him.

Ronaldo. :lol:

What a cheat.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Khedira off, Kaka on.

[GP]

It's no freekick at all, Victor Ruiz was nowhere near him.

Ronaldo. :lol:

What a cheat.

Worst cheat of all time.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pretty much.

Another good save from Guaita.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Aduriz off, Soldado on.

Come on Soldado.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What a double save from Guaita!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Oezil off, Callejon on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great save from Casillas to deny Alba. Real Madrid's defence. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

That's terrible from Di Maria.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pepe. :haha:

What a mong.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Soldado is a strong bloke tbf.

Four added minutes.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Soldado booked for a good bout of WUMming.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Guaita saves again!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Di Maria had it! Shit finish.

0-0 FT. Great game.

The gap is now only four points between Barca and Marketing.

:haha:

[Master Splinter]

Mourinho :haha:.

[Cripps_orig]

4 points is decent enough

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Tuesday, 10 April 2012
Osasuna v Espanyol, 19:00
Real Sociedad v Real Betis, 19:00
Barcelona v Getafe, 20:00

Wednesday, 11 April 2012
Granada v Athletic Bilbao, 19:00
Sporting Gijon v Levante, 19:00
Valencia v Rayo Vallecano, 19:00
Atletico Madrid v Real Madrid, 21:00

Thursday, 12 April 2012
Villarreal v Malaga, 19:00
Racing Santander v Mallorca, 20:00
Sevilla v Real Zaragoza, 21:00

:popcorn:

[Cripps_orig]

You'd expect Madrid based Getafe to roll over

Madrid derby :popcorn:

[Olivier's xmas twist]

You'd expect Madrid based Getafe to roll over

Madrid derby :popcorn:

Should be 2 good games tbh, expecially the latter.

will be funny to see Cesc having another shocker for those scumbags tbh.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

http://uberhumor.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dar-it-43.jpg

:lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barca: Valdés, Puyol, Mascherano, Adriano, Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta, Alexis, Pedro, Messi, Cuenca.

Cesc. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Malaga beat Racing 3-0 last night, they're in third now. :(

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barcelona 1-0 Getafe, Sanchez.

Chested assist from Messi, although really it was mainly Sanchez's work. Good finish.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Sociedad 1-0 Real Betis, Vela. :blink: WTF has got in to him?
Osasuna 1-0 Espanyol.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nearly 2-0 to Barca, commentators not sure it all went over the line.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What a miss from Messi. :lol:

[Master Splinter]

Vela :bow:.

Must Return.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

His 13th of the season. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Sociedad 1-1 Real Betis.
Osasuna 2-0 Espanyol. Balague. :rose:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barca 2-0 Getafe, Messi. :lol: Great finish.

2-0 HT.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Messi booked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barca 3-0 Getafe, bullet header from Sanchez. Superb cross from Cuenca.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barca 4-0 Getafe, Pedro header! Messi freekick. What a pub team.

I think Messi has broken his own record for assist in a season now. :wacko:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pedro off, Tello on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Mascherano off, Muniesa on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Amazing from Messi.

[GP]

You know Messi hasn't scored a single goal in the European championships.

What a bottler.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barcelona 4-0 Getafe, FT. Just a point behind Real Madrid now, with the (true) Madrid derby to come tomorrow. Usually an easy win for Real Madrid but a Diego Simeone side will try to kick the shit out of them I suspect.

[Syn]

I just can't believe Real Madrid are going to fuck this up.

Hope Barca get a couple of injuries in attack (or whatever 'attackers' mean for them) and Cesc is forced to start every game.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Guardiola is a smart man I am afraid. He'll probably play him against Real Madrid though, he needs goalscorers. Having said that, if Pedro is getting back on it...

Real Madrid need Iniesta to get injured, Barca rarely ever lose when he plays. He's on a stupid unbeaten run in the league.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Granada 2-0 Athletic Bilbao. :doh:
Sporting 2-2 Levante
Valencia 2-1 Rayo Vallecano. All current scores.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Valencia 3-1 Rayo. Levante will be a few points away from the Champions League places.
Granada 2-1 Athletic Bilbao, Llorente. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sporting 3-2 Levante. :(

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Valencia 4-1 Rayo.

Sky's programme starts in a minute.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Atletico Madrid: Courtois, Filipe, Perea, Godin, Juanfran, Tiago, Diego, Gabi, Arda Turan, Falcao, Adrian.
Real Madrid: Casillas, Coentrao, Sergio Ramos, Pepe, Arbeloa, Xabi Alonso, Khedira, Kaka, Di Maria, Benzema, Ronaldo.

Higuain. :rose:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great chance for Falcao.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dive from Ronaldo says the ref.

:haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Atleti 0-1 Real Madrid, stunning freekick from Ronaldo!

His 50th of the season. :blink:

[Cripps_orig]

Fucking alwsome

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Good goal

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-1 HT.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Gerry Armstrong just called Pepe a sissy. :haha:

Gerry. :wave:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Atleti 1-1 Real Madrid, Falcao! Brilliant header.

[Master Splinter]

Falcao :bow:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Advantage should've been played there, ref has really helped Marketing out there.

Pepe is a mong.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Xabi Alonso suspended for the game against Sporting.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Falcao :bow:.

This.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Terrible challenge from Filipe on Di Maria, booked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-2 Real Madrid, Ronaldo stunner!

[Cripps_orig]

Brilliant

Best player in the world

Surely deserves his own thread on here considering the 2nd best player in the world has one?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Benzema off, Higuain on.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Brilliant

Best player in the world

Surely deserves his own thread on here considering the 2nd best player in the world has one?

dwl

u must be lonely out on that branch, huh?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great chance for Falcao, heads way over. Real Madrid's defence is shaky.

Turan off, Koke on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Fran Merida is on the bench for Atleti. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Brilliant run from Adrian, Pepe did well.

[Cripps_orig]

dwl?

Plenty think Ronaldos the best in the world. Not many on GW i admit but you have to consider Ronaldo played for Man Utd back when we were their rivals so theres a fair bit of bias there against him.

If that was taken out of it, people on here would see hes the best around

[Özil's Panoramic View]

dwl?

Plenty think Ronaldos the best in the world. Not many on GW i admit but you have to consider Ronaldo played for Man Utd back when we were their rivals so theres a fair bit of bias there against him.

If that was taken out of it, people on here would see hes the best around

best at diving and whining, and even best at becoming AWOL in big match ups.....wonderful resume me thinks

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pelanty to Marketing, what a stupid challenge. That's like Eboue style.

[Cripps_orig]

best at diving and whining, and even best at becoming AWOL in big match ups.....wonderful resume me thinks:lol:

Like i said, theres bias

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-3, Ronaldo hat-trick. Equals his record of 40 league goals last season.

His seventh hat-trick of the season. :lol:

[Cripps_orig]

What a hat trick :bow:

In a big game as well

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Di Maria off, Callejon on.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

dwl?

Plenty think Ronaldos the best in the world. Not many on GW i admit but you have to consider Ronaldo played for Man Utd back when we were their rivals so theres a fair bit of bias there against him.

If that was taken out of it, people on here would see hes the best around

TBF They could use him now LOL.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

What a hat trick :bow:

In a big game as well

Worst derby ever.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-4 Callejon, right through the legs of Courtois. :lol:

[Cripps_orig]

Massive win

Real back to their best

Titles coming home

Joses bitch crying in Barcelona in the arms of Platini as we speak :haha:

[Özil's Panoramic View]

What a hat trick :bow:

In a big game as well

Farce....no such thing as a 'big game' in La Liga unless you're talking about El Classico