La Liga - Week 3

redout

Saturday, 18 September 2010
Espanyol v Almeria, 17:00
Mallorca v Osasuna, 17:00
Sporting Gijon v Athletic Bilbao, 19:00 - Live Sky Sports 4
Real Sociedad v Real Madrid, 21:00 - Live Sky Sports 4

Sunday, 19 September 2010
Hercules v Valencia, 16:00
Levante v Villarreal, 16:00
Racing Santander v Real Zaragoza, 16:00
Atletico Madrid v Barcelona, 18:00 - Live Sky Sports (red button)
Malaga v Sevilla, 20:00 - Live Sky Sports 4

Monday, 20 September 2010
Deportivo La Coruna v Getafe, 20:00 - Live Sky Sports website

Warper

Some day of sport on Sunday

1.30 Man Utd v Liverpool
3.30 AI Football Final - Cork v Down
then second half of Chelsea game
6.00 Atletico Madrid v Barca

Sweet

Peyton Manning

Warper wrote: »

Some day of sport on Sunday

1.30 Man Utd v Liverpool
3.30 AI Football Final - Cork v Down
then second half of Chelsea game
6.00 Atletico Madrid v Barca

Sweet

Followed by New England Patriots @ New York Jets at 9:15. Groovy baby

flahavaj

Warper wrote: »

Some day of sport on Sunday

1.30 Man Utd v Liverpool
3.30 AI Football Final - Cork v Down
then second half of Chelsea game
6.00 Atletico Madrid v Barca

Sweet

EPIC. Michael O Muircheartaigh's last All Ireland as well.:(

Warper

Archimedes wrote: »

Followed by New England Patriots @ New York Jets at 9:15. Groovy baby

Forgot about that, looking like a proper Super Sunday alright.

me-skywalker

Valencia away to Hercules, could be a humdinger. Gonna search prices on a 4+ goal game!

RandolphEsq

Real will be 4 points clear of Barcelona by Monday morning. Hopefully Aguero will be fit

Dolph Starbeam

RandolphEsq wrote: »

Real will be 4 points clear of Barcelona by Monday morning. Hopefully Aguero will be fit

Sociedad have had a good start to the season though, Real should have the majority of possession but they are going to have to start finishing some of there chances better than they have been.

Just looking at some of the League stats for Real Madrid so far this season, Ronaldo has 18 attempts on goal, only 6 on target, Higuain has 6 efforts with 4 on target, no goals betwen the two of them, they are going to have to sharpen up soon. Hope Canales gets a go tonight too, looks like he has it all already.

Zapp Brannigan

Looking like 2 losses in a row (in the league) for Barca.

Warper

Barca owe Atletico a good beating after the last few seasons - this fixture is normally one of the best of the year with plenty of goals. Barca to win.

redout

MOG7 wrote: »

Sociedad have had a good start to the season though, Real should have the majority of possession but they are going to have to start finishing some of there chances better than they have been.

Just looking at some of the League stats for Real Madrid so far this season, Ronaldo has 18 attempts on goal, only 6 on target, Higuain has 6 efforts with 4 on target, no goals betwen the two of them, they are going to have to sharpen up soon. Hope Canales gets a go tonight too, looks like he has it all already.

Marca done an article about how Real under Mourinho took the longest ever time to score a goal in la liga in Real Madrids history. Also something about Ronaldo being a selfing git and that he needs to think of his teammates. It went on to say he was an idiot for not celebrating with his teammates after the Ajax game and seemingly jumped in the shower and left the stadium immediately. They said that he is now jealous of the way the Madrid fans have taken to Ozil - its obviously linked to some members of the crowd booing Ronaldo of late for selfishness and his sulking.

me-skywalker

redout wrote: »

Marca done an article about how Real under Mourinho took the longest ever time to score a goal in la liga in Real Madrids history. Also something about Ronaldo being a selfing git and that he needs to think of his teammates. It went on to say he was an idiot for not celebrating with his teammates after the Ajax game and seemingly jumped in the shower and left the stadium immediately. They said that he is now jealous of the way the Madrid fans have taken to Ozil - its obviously linked to some members of the crowd booing Ronaldo of late for selfishness and his sulking.

Thats Marca muck wouldnt believe any of the tripe they roll out!! I think Ronaldo's ego was prob hit a blow when Mourinho took over and he realised taht they wouldn't be all buddy buddy with each other.

eZe^

We're due to give Atletico an absolute d*cking after the continuous loses at the Calderon. Something like this from back in the day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmU_mkbDt34

Raskolnikov

Weird game so far between Gijon and Bilbao. End to end with lots of chances and terrible defending. The Bilbao 'keeper Iraizoz surely has a nomination for howler of the season for the first goal he let in. Javi Martinez has been wonderful so far. Can't understand why people rate Llorente so high when Martinez looks like twice the player he is. For Gijon, the new lad Sangoy has looked very lively for Gijon. Looks to be the kind of player who could get 10 goals in the season for a team like Gijon.

Raskolnikov

omgz, Llorente misses a howler.

This young Igor Martinez looks excellent. Anyone ever heard of him?

gimmick

Raskolnikov wrote: »

Javi Martinez has been wonderful so far. Can't understand why people rate Llorente so high when Martinez looks like twice the player he is. .

Completly different positions.

Good game this, but the co commentator is doing my head in.

Raskolnikov

gimmick wrote: »

Completly different positions.

Good game this, but the co commentator is doing my head in.

I know, I'm talking about footballing ability.

Anyway, Llorente scores to prove me wrong.

gimmick

Fair enough, but Javi Martinez is very highly rated. Its reckoned he will move to one of Europes bigger teams sooner or later.

eZe^

Raskolnikov wrote: »

Can't understand why people rate Llorente so high when Martinez looks like twice the player he is..

How are they even comparable? Both players are quality (Barca were after Martinez a few seasons ago, but he wasn't close to the player he is now), but Llorente is Atheltics key man, he will score goals against everyone, his record speaks for itself. He just scored, thought he's had a good game to be honest, continually getting into dangerous positions this half.

Raskolnikov

Class again from Igor Martinez.

Raskolnikov

eZe^ wrote: »

How are they even comparable? Both players are quality (Barca were after Martinez a few seasons ago, but he wasn't close to the player he is now), but Llorente is Atheltics key man, he will score goals against everyone, his record speaks for itself. He just scored, thought he's had a good game to be honest, continually getting into dangerous positions this half.

Llorente is a good player, I just think Martinez is a more special player.

redout

Both of them are limited internationally as the quality in front of them is immense but still two top players.

Raskolnikov

Game petering out now. Can't help but feel that Bilbao could take the three points if they tried.

Adamcp898

redout wrote: »

Both of them are limited internationally as the quality in front of them is immense but still two top players.

Think it says a lot about them though when they are in the Spain squad with all of those more fashionable names particularly Martinez in that midfield

Mgoraf

I'd definetly take both Martinez and Llorente at Utd!

That game finished 2-2. Real have made a promising start against Sociedad.

Mars Bar

:eek:

How did he miss?

redout

I thought that was in - LoL so did the commentators.

Mgoraf

Thought it was in!!! What a miss

Raskolnikov

Laughable defending from Real. Simple long ball that should have been dealt with. Griezmann looks some player though, only 19.

Raskolnikov

I would love to see the overpaid mercenaries done over here.

Mgoraf

Another great chance for the home team. Real really bad at the back.

Raskolnikov

Di Maria is a headless chicken.

Mgoraf

Yeah, don't rate him at all.

gimmick

CR7 has been all colours of shíte. That will come back to haunt me.

Typical Real game this. Ride their luck, and get a sneaky goal later on to take the 3 points.

Mgoraf

0-0 at HT.

Bring back Pellegrini!

Liam O

I really don't think it's plausible having Ronaldo and Di Maria in the team. They're both selfish players and waste a lot of possession/chances. It means Ronaldo (and to a lesser extent Higuain and I guess Ozil) don't get as much of the ball as they should. They may be balanced but Di Maria is a poor man's Ronaldo imo.

Raskolnikov

Some great young talent playing in La Liga tonight. First we get Igor Martinez, now we have Griezmann. I think we'll be seeing a lot more from both players this season. As for Real, Carvalho is showing just why he's such an underrated defender. Higuain is getting no service and both Di Maria and Ronaldo have been so wasteful. Think Ozil, Khedira and Alonso should be putting their foot on the game more.

The question is, will Sociedad run out of gas? They've been playing at some tempo.

Raskolnikov

Very, very nice from Di Maria.

Liam O

would be him after everyone slagging him

Nulty

Raskolnikov wrote: »

Di Maria is a headless chicken.

:pac:

Mgoraf

Lol was always going to happen! Lovely finish.

Raskolnikov

Nulty wrote: »

:pac:

Will Jose park the bus now?

Raskolnikov

Jose just roared the head off Ronaldo there for being so selfish. Ronaldo then follows it with a really nasty tackle from behind on a Bilbao player.

gimmick

^ Sociedad even

He really is a despisable player.

EDIT: ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Raskolnikov

Justice.

redout

Booyah....................

1 - 1

Mars Bar

They deserved that!

Mgoraf

TAMUDO!!

Raskolnikov

Now Carvalho shows me up, typical!

Where was the full back though? Tamudo had oceans of space there.

Nulty

Real look Real poor. Not a team yet. Agree with the Ronaldo comment. He's a big baby

Raskolnikov

Tamudo scored that with his crotch