La Liga Thread 2011/12

[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.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

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.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

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.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

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.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

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

[Master Splinter]

Heavy wins for both the big boys tbh.

Levante to compound Villarreal's misery too.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

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

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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.