La Liga Superthread 2016/17

astonaidan

No one talking about Alcacer hattrick at all, Im calling bias

MisterAnarchy

Bilbao are turning the screw now ,a goal could be coming

chopperbyrne

Four goals and three assists for Suarez. Has to be one of the best individual performances of all time.

astonaidan

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Four goals and three assists for Suarez. Has to be one of the best individual performances of all time.

Wouldnt go to crazy, any game can end up like that once it goes past 4 goals

MisterAnarchy

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

I disagree , Atletico are a great team to watch.

Solid and organised counter punching team but very defensive,cynical and dont create many chances.

Whilst I admire their consistency ,they are not good to watch .

Andre 3000

astonaidan wrote: »

Wouldnt go to crazy, any game can end up like that once it goes past 4 goals

Only player in this century to have a hand in 7 La Liga goals. You better believe this is special. Outrageous performance.

CSF

What a win for Atletico tonight. Barca may be he big goalscorer tonight but Atletico's may prove to be the most vital win of the night come the end of the season. Wins in Bilbao scarcely come easy.

Toobz

Real 1 up! Last few weeks are going be really interesting! Hope they stay ahead tonight.

astonaidan

Andre 3000 wrote: »

Only player in this century to have a hand in 7 La Liga goals. You better believe this is special. Outrageous performance.

Agree to disagree my friend, I just dont see it, great performance for me

Dirty Dingus McGee

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

Solid and organised counter punching team but very defensive,cynical and dont create many chances.

Whilst I admire their consistency ,they are not good to watch .

That's exactly why I like watching them, they're a proper team.They look like a team that would die for each other on the field.Also they have a number of genuine top class players on the team aswell.

LuckyGent88

Comprehensive performance from real here.

Lovely 3rd goal from modric.

MisterAnarchy

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

Comprehensive performance from real here.

Lovely 3rd goal from modric.

Their home form has been very good all season.

Its away from home that they have struggled badly and they have 3 away matches left .
Rayo,Sociedad and Deportivo.

Atletico have 3 home games in comparison ,Malaga,Rayo and Celta Vigo, and will likely win all their remaining matches so Barcelona will have to win all theirs too to pip them.

LuckyGent88

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

Their home form has been very good all season.

Its away from home that they have struggled badly and they have 3 away matches left .
Rayo,Sociedad and Deportivo.

Atletico have 3 home games in comparison ,Malaga,Rayo and Celta Vigo, and will likely win all their remaining matches so Barcelona will have to win all theirs too to pip them.

Barca with 2 home and 2 away. All against teams in the second half of the table. They really should win all of them but the pressure is on now so can't afford any mistakes. I'm sure espanyol would love to spoil the title hopes.

irishguitarlad

astonaidan wrote: »

Always been kinda a fan of Betis since they signed Denilson plus they have a real nice kit

Yeah this seasons kit is especially nice. Adidas always do a good job. Denilson was amazing, joaquín when he burst on to the seen as well. I love their support as well, mourinho was amazed by the fans when he was Madrid manager. They also have the irish link, Patrick O Connell won the league with them before the civil war.

MisterAnarchy

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

Barca with 2 home and 2 away. All against teams in the second half of the table. They really should win all of them but the pressure is on now so can't afford any mistakes. I'm sure espanyol would love to spoil the title hopes.

Espanyol would love to spoil the party allright.
The away matches are Betis and Granada.
Could Betis spring a surprise ?

One thing is for sure ,there will be lots of suitcases of cash being offered to teams to raise their game .

astonaidan

irishguitarlad wrote: »

Yeah this seasons kit is especially nice. Adidas always do a good job. Denilson was amazing, joaquín when he burst on to the seen as well. I love their support as well, mourinho was amazed by the fans when he was Madrid manager. They also have the irish link, Patrick O Connell won the league with them before the civil war.

They also have Ceballos coming through who looks like will be a class player. I remember when Ricardo Oliveria was there, good times maybe Damaio will be the new washed up brazilian come good

irishguitarlad

astonaidan wrote: »

They also have Ceballos coming through who looks like will be a class player. I remember when Ricardo Oliveria was there, good times maybe Damaio will be the new washed up brazilian come good

I have a selfie with damiao!!! I was walking around the streets here one day and my friend spotted him having a coffee. Apparently petros was with him as well but i didnt recognise him haha. If I knew how to put uo photos here I would throw it up.

dfx-

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

Barca with 2 home and 2 away. All against teams in the second half of the table. They really should win all of them but the pressure is on now so can't afford any mistakes. I'm sure espanyol would love to spoil the title hopes.

It was a late 2-2 home draw with Espanyol that cost them the league in 2007 and they were one of the few teams have kept Barcelona to nil before the last few weeks.

Betis though. That's a huge game...

Glico Man

astonaidan wrote: »

No one talking about Alcacer hattrick at all, Im calling bias

I'm sure elefant is delighted. 3 wins in 3 lifts them up to 8th and 6 points behind Sevilla, against whom they started this late run of victories. Pako Ayestaran certainly has helped turn the tide in their favour.

upandcumming

Andre 3000 wrote: »

Only player in this century to have a hand in 7 La Liga goals. You better believe this is special. Outrageous performance.

Well Jermaine Defore scored 5 in the second half against Wigan in 2009. That was special.

gimmick

All just have 4 to play and all should be winnable for the 3 teams.

Barca have
Gijon hone
Betis away
Espanyol home
Granada away

Atetico
Malaga home
Rayo home
Levante away
Celta Vigo home

Mardid
Rayo away
Sociedad away
Valencia home
Depor asway

If any of them drop any points, you would assume they are not winning the league. Could be a fun last day.

MisterAnarchy

Interesting video here showing how the different phases of the new Camp Nou will be developed.
Its quite a nifty bit of engineering as the stadium will remain open for matches throughout construction.

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

Turtwig

New Camp Nou? Will it have ATM machines?

Call me old fashioned but I prefer these old stadia aesthetics to these modern enclosed roof ones. Kind of wish they left Camp Nou as it was.

Engineering wise that video is pretty cool.

NIMAN

That'll be some stadium when its finished. The current one is showing its age for sure.

Anyone know what the new capacity is meant to be with all those extra seats?

Toobz

Real collapsing in amazing fashion at Rayo.

Very hard team to get 2 goals past at home nevermind coming back from 2 goals down.

JaMarcusHustle

Madrid 2-0 down after 15 minutes. That wasn't in the script!

dfx-

it's Rayo, it'll be 10-2 again..

Fakman87

Jaysus lads, American soccer commentators are truly atrocious. It's like listening to a robot trying to pretend to be a human. So unnatural.

NIMAN

JaMarcusHustle wrote: »

Madrid 2-0 down after 15 minutes. That wasn't in the script!

Sure we are often told the big two only have to turn up to win matches in La Liga.

Fakman87

NIMAN wrote: »

Sure we are often told the big two only have to turn up to win matches in La Liga.

In fairness they will probably still win this, whereas if one of the big English teams go down 2 nil away to Stoke or West Brom it's usually game over.

RedemptionZ

This on the telly?

LuckyGent88

RedemptionZ wrote: »

This on the telly?

Not live anyway. Highlights after Barca game tonight I think.

Toobz

RedemptionZ wrote: »

This on the telly?

I believe UK channels have a blackout in place for La Liga 3pm kick offs.

I don't know why this is done...probably to draw as much attention to UK matches as possible.

HalloweenJack

IIRC, there's a broadcasting ban in the UK on ANY football being shown between 2.45pm and 5.15pm when there are league games on. I imagine it's to protect attendances.

As Sky are UK-based, they can't show ANY live football (even if it's not English) at that time. This crosses over into Ireland as there's no Sky Sports Ireland.

At least, I believe that's what the story is.

LuckyGent88

Real back to 2-2 now with 20 mins left. Have brought modric off the bench now to try get the winner.

Toobz

3-2 Real. Bale the black sheep with an awesome counter!

Edit* Terrible goalkeeping to be fair!

SlickRic

As the main man, Bale is more than capable.

Toobz

SlickRic wrote: »

As the main man, Bale is more than capable.

Real fans give him horrible stick. Would love him at United over Ronnie if given the chance.

Real actually play very nice football under Zidane could they actually persist with him?

mickmackey1

NIMAN wrote: »

Sure we are often told the big two only have to turn up to win matches in La Liga.

Dunno why that would be :pac:

MisterAnarchy

First time in twelve years that Real have won away from home after being two nil down.

GreNoLi

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

First time in twelve years that Real have won away from home after being two nil down.

Was that a Ronaldo hat trick?

Turtwig

That was class by Atleti there Malaga had a decent counter attack on from a quick throw so Atletico threw more than 2 balls on to the pitch. Referee still allowed play tho. :pac:

Toobz

GreNoLi wrote: »

Was that a Ronaldo hat trick?

Thankfully real have more depth than their first 11. Ronaldo was rested, could only imagine the damage he would have added to the score line

Toobz

1-0 atletico. I expect barca to massacre gijon

derm0j073

This title is shaping up for a cracker of finish, top 3 all battling it out on the final day would be brilliant.

Turtwig

Even though he tried to pull out of the challenge how Busquets wasn't booked there is a mystery!

KERSPLAT!

1-0 Barca, Messi header. Keeper should've done better

Andersonisgod

Goal! Goal Messi! The great man lobs the ball over the scrambling defenders with his head. Barcelona aren't giving up their crown lightly.

SlickRic

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Goal! Goal Messi! The great man lobs the ball over the scrambling defenders with his head. Barcelona aren't giving up their crown lightly.

They've done their best to give it away the last month to be fair.

They're beating fodder tonight.

Andersonisgod

Messi's ability to pick a killer pass from anywhere on the pitch is unmatched.