La Liga Superthread 2016/17

Andersonisgod

GreNoLi wrote: »

If Annie says there's a conspiracy then there's a conspiracy.

Mars Bar

That's the most ridiculous penalty ever given.

LuckyGent88

What a joke of a penalty decision that was. Absolutely pathetic refereeing

castletownman

It's a damn conspiracy

Andersonisgod

It's another awful penalty but it's a goal somehow. Of far more concern though is the wellbeing of Messi who took a brutal knock to the head.

zuutroy

Could it ever be considered a reckless diving punch? He did nearly behead him.

LuckyGent88

Well he seems fine!!!

Andersonisgod

Goal! 2-0! Nearly beheaded one moment, the next he is scoring, Lionel Messi is a fighter. It's a special moment for the Argentine, it's his 50th game in the blaugrana and he's marked it with a goal, another moment to join the many special moments we have been privileged to witness during these 500 games of Messi.

Oat23

Never a penalty, then Heiko gets kicked by Rakitic when he tries to clear it, sending it into his own net.

What a crap 5 minutes for Betis.

dfx-

zuutroy wrote: »

Could it ever be considered a reckless diving punch? He did nearly behead him.

I would say so, but it's very rarely given with keepers getting licence 'to take everything'. I wouldn't give a penalty though.

You can see the Betis players' heads have gone since.

lassykk

That was a shocking penalty alright. Never seen one given like that before. Messi did take some slap from it though!

Lovely second goal though

Andersonisgod

Goal! 3-0! I simply can't talk anymore about Busquets as I risk being considered some kind of stalker, but it's just so Busquets, he wins the ball back for the team and that no look pass into Suarez would have made Xavi or Iniesta proud. I'll say it again, best midfielder in the world!

Andersonisgod

Busquets getting taken off now for a bit of a rest, Barcelona's holding midfielder has had a phenomenal year. He's stupidly overlooked in these player of the year awards but there is not 5 footballers on this planet better than Busquets and certainly there is no better midfielder.

Andersonisgod

Lovely stuff there as the Sky commentary team told the story of Irishman Patrick O'Connell who is being inducted into the Barcelona hall of fame. He more than merits the honour.

Andersonisgod

A combination of Adan and the woodwork are keeping the score down, Barcelona could easily have 6 or 7

MisterAnarchy

Is it my imagination or is the picture quality of la liga on tv really poor this season?
Really poor picture on both sd and HD for the Barcelona match

Andersonisgod

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

Is it my imagination or is the picture quality of la liga on tv really poor this season?
Really poor picture on both sd and HD for the Barcelona match

It's routinely below the standard expected, but the audio is the main issue, it's usually terrible.

Andersonisgod

It's 4-0, this Barcelona side might be the closest football will ever get to the Harlem Globetrotters.

Andersonisgod

Ahhhhh that touch from Neymar! This man could not be more like Ronaldinho.

All over, 4-0 in a game that could have been difficult given that there were fears this could be a sluggish Barcelona performance coming off the Club World Cup in Japan and the lack of training time for key players. 3 points, back to the top of the table.

Canadel

Andersonisgod wrote: »

It's another awful penalty but it's a goal somehow. Of far more concern though is the wellbeing of Messi who took a brutal knock to the head.

Not for Real Sociedad.

Andersonisgod wrote: »

It's 4-0, this Barcelona side might be the closest football will ever get to the Harlem Globetrotters.

Agreed. The most devastating front three in history. The three best players in the world playing within 20 metres of each other.

Turtwig

Didn't think Barca played well until penalty. They had no real opportunity tbh. Betis lost their mettle after that. Even though I don't think it was a penalty I actually think it should be a penalty in future. It's only a matter of time before a keepers fist inflicts a serious injury on someone.

Neymar arguably should have been sent off in the first few minutes. His penalty should have been ruled void for a double touch (impossible for a ref to see that tbh)

Barca definitely got the run of the green.

Ulysses Gaze

Well Gary Neville lost his first league game in charge of Valencia.

Not a great game to lose - a Derby match against Villarreal.

He set them up very defensively - 5 at the back almost and at times 8 men behind the ball.

Took a great goal to win it for Villarreal.

Next game is Real at the Mestalla.

zuutroy

He's been in charge for a few games already ???

JPA

zuutroy wrote: »

He's been in charge for a few games already ???

Fifth game in charge. One win so far in CDR.

Ulysses Gaze

zuutroy wrote: »

He's been in charge for a few games already ???

He's managed in 5 - 1W 2D 2L

The other loss was the Champions League loss v Lyon.

Ulysses Gaze

JPA wrote: »

Fifth game in charge. One win so far in CDR.

If they lose against Real the knives will start to be sharpened.

Valencia fans are not known for their patience.

dreamers75

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

If they lose against Real the knives will start to be sharpened.

Valencia fans are not known for their patience.

His mate is the owner, think he will be fine.

irishguitarlad

Some result for Espanyol, come on Atleti!!

klose

Just looking at the table there and atleti concede leas than a goal every 2 games. Astounding stuff from simeone and co.

irishguitarlad

Atleti winning, this parte looks a good player!!

callaway92

klose wrote: »

Just looking at the table there and atleti concede leas than a goal every 2 games. Astounding stuff from simeone and co.

It's unreal. As per the below:

callaway92 wrote: »

This season's form for Athletico Madrid is similar to that of their winning season in 2014. They'll be the champs this season imo.

1-0s and 2-0s after wearing the other team down. Typical Ath Madrid!

cson

Two matches, three goals in the last 10 mins to win those games.

They're some club to still be challenging Real Madrid and Barcelona given the fact they've lost a key player each summer for the last few years in Falcao, Costa and Turan.

dreamers75

cson wrote: »

Two matches, three goals in the last 10 mins to win those games.

They're some club to still be challenging Real Madrid and Barcelona given the fact they've lost a key player each summer for the last few years in Falcao, Costa and Turan.

Jaysis remember your man Turan....whats he doing with himself these days :pac:

Tomagotchye

Gonna watch Valencia later to see Gary Neville's style. Has he got them playing classic British football?

I hate Real so hopeful they lose

Andersonisgod

Tomagotchye wrote: »

Gonna watch Valencia later to see Gary Neville's style. Has he got them playing classic British football?

I hate Real so hopeful they lose

It's not been very promising, he played with 3 centre backs against Villareal and it didn't really work. They look very rigid. I will say, it's tough for any manager to go into a club with such high expectations that is faltering that far into a season and to try and turn it around, let alone for someone without managerial experience to do it.

Turtwig

Real Madrid aren't exactly coherent themselves so this match tonight won't really help illuminate any impact Gary is or isn't having. It's early days yet but from what I've seen Valencia are no where near their potential. Players look to be a bit confused with themselves too.

No doubt if Valencia win tonight the British media will make a mountain out of it.

Andersonisgod

Real Madrid find the lead, there's no denying the quality of Benzema. An underwhelming 17 minutes which has followed the underwhelming reign of Neville thus far.

Tomagotchye

That goal was stunning.

Valencia look OK. Couple of half chances. Real are Real I guess

Andersonisgod

Andre Gomes has certainly been Valencia'a brightest player and he's forced Pepe into doing what Pepe so often does; act rashly. Some dreadful defending from the Madrid defender, brings down Gomes in the box.

Parejo dispatches the spot kick. 1-1

irishguitarlad

What was the keeper doing there haha

Headshot

Its a conspiracy against rafa lol

Headshot

Headshot wrote: »

Its a conspiracy against rafa lol

That equaliser had to be offside

LuckyGent88

What a miss by negredo

MisterAnarchy

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

What a miss by negredo

He is some waster .Terrible attempt

sky88

Great game

Manic end negrado should have scored

elefant

Some entertainment in that!

Hank Scorpio

That chance at the end from the corner probably sums up Bale + Ronaldo's on field relationship. Non existent

irishguitarlad

Villareal to finish ahead of Madrid haha

MD1990

Andre Gomez was superb tonight.

rob316

Perez is sharpening his knife, Rafa hasn't got long left.