La Liga Superthread 2016/17

Andersonisgod

Mathieu is awful, I mean truly deeadful. A player who has kind of stumbled his way into a Barcelona jersey. Him and Gomes in the same team + Senor Gil, Kameni and La Rosaleda is an awful combination of things. 1-0

Andersonisgod

I really can't emphasise enough just how bad Gil is.

Bridge93

Andersonisgod wrote: »

I really can't emphasise enough just how bad Gil is.

That's not like you. You're pretty well rehearsed at this stage

Andersonisgod

Bridge93 wrote: »

That's not like you. You're pretty well rehearsed at this stage

Ordinarily yes but Senor Gil is a different level entirely.

Andersonisgod

If the first half against Sevilla was one of Barcelona's best 45 minutes this season then that first half was one of the worst. The rotation has come at the wrong time, Mathieu is an invitation for the opposition to have a real go at Barcelona, and I'm not sure what Andre Gomes does, if any Barcelona coach can find a use for him at this club then that coach is a genius and should have a job for life. Time to get Iniesta, go to 3 at the back cos Mascherano at right back does not work. Umtiti a 1 man backline. Awful.

Bridge93

That could easily have been a second yellow

Andersonisgod

Gomes going out of his way to wreck Messi's incredible work. Hilariously Barça currently have more yellow cards than Malaga.

GavRedKing

Barca currently throwing away a great chance to put pressure on Real.

Drop points here and its all in for the UCL.

GavRedKing

Suarez should have scored 1 of those 2 chances.

GavRedKing

Bye bye La Liga.

Neymar with one of those WTF challenges that you dont have to make.

Andersonisgod

And there it is! Senor Gil ladies and gentlemen! Doing what it is he does, Barça have been poor but Gil tonight has played his part in that. Disgraceful officiating, no surprise though, it's been like this all season.

Bridge93

That's embarrassing from Umtiti

Andersonisgod

Bridge93 wrote: »

That's embarrassing from Umtiti

Alba got a yellow in the first half for the same thing. Silly ref, silly incidents, simple as.

GavRedKing

Andersonisgod wrote: »

And there it is! Senor Gil ladies and gentlemen! Doing what it is he does, Barça have been poor but Gil tonight has played his part in that. Disgraceful officiating, no surprise though, it's been like this all season.

It was a clear as day second yellow, borderline straight red too.

Bridge93

Perfectly good Malaga goal ruled out now. This is chaos

irishman86

Two dodgy calls for Barcelona in the space of two minutes

Andersonisgod

GavRedKing wrote: »

It was a clear as day second yellow, borderline straight red too.

He's running at full pace and he's pulled out of any challenge, there's no studs, there's no dangerous play. The first yellow is for, as Dermot Corrigan put it, tying his laces provocatively. The height of ridiculousness.

irishman86

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Senor Gil doing his thing, surely one of the very worst of a bad lot of Spanish officials.

He has been terrible since I turned over to the game. I give out about refs in Ligue one all the time, but they really arent any worse than La Liga

Andersonisgod

irishman86 wrote: »

He has been terrible since I turned over to the game. I give out about refs in Ligue one all the time, but they really arent any worse than La Liga

Malaga free to kick and hack at Barça players all night, Barça have more yellow cards than Malaga!

irishman86

Andersonisgod wrote: »

And there it is! Senor Gil ladies and gentlemen! Doing what it is he does, Barça have been poor but Gil tonight has played his part in that. Disgraceful officiating, no surprise though, it's been like this all season.

Not arguing with you, but that was a defo yellow. He had to get a decision right eventually

irishman86

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Malaga free to kick and hack at Barça players all night, Barça have more yellow cards than Malaga!

Ah come off buddy, we all know Barcelona are the Stoke of La Liga :pac:

One penalty missed each now

Andersonisgod

Its a penalty! It's a penalty! Senor Gil it's a penalty! He's given a freekick! He's given the title to Madrid!

Bridge93

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Its a penalty! It's a penalty! Senor Gil it's a penalty! He's given a freekick! He's given the title to Madrid!

What are your views on malagas legitimate goal ruled out?

The Talking Bread

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Its a penalty! It's a penalty! Senor Gil it's a penalty! He's given a freekick! He's given the title to Madrid!

You are pathetic! Not a mention of the Malaga onside goal disallowed of course!

Andersonisgod

The Talking Bread wrote: »

You are pathetic! Not a mention of the Malaga onside goal disallowed of course!

Looked like handball to me. And tough to talk about anything when our player is sent off for tying his laces.

Osmosis Jones

Just saw the sending off, definite second yellow but a straight red for that is mental, I feel the ref got a bit mixed up and just forgot to show the yellow first.

lassykk

I've enjoyed the game. Spirited performance from Malaga.

Didn't check in here until now though as I wanted to saviour all the faux outrage and selective incidents being highlighted whilst others are ignored or brushed aside. It's always enjoyable

Corholio

lassykk wrote: »

I've enjoyed the game. Spirited performance from Malaga.

Didn't check in here until now though as I wanted to saviour all the faux outrage and selective incidents being highlighted whilst others are ignored or brushed aside. It's always enjoyable

I have to say I feel sorry for the other Barca fans here who probably have to put up with stuff not of their own making through lack of sane discussion.

JaMarcusHustle

Chokers! Fantastic stuff.

Bret Hart

BOOM . VAMOS MALAGA. HALA MADRID.

Andersonisgod

Barça have 7 leagues in 9 seasons, incredible achievement in any league. In this league, when you see the officiating they receive tonight and all season, their recent success is a genuine miracle.

lassykk

Corholio wrote: »

I have to say I feel sorry for the other Barca fans here who probably have to put up with stuff not of their own making through lack of sane discussion.

Yeah, have to agree with you. Must prefer the French super thread. Great updates without the ridiculous commentary. I do enjoy the humour in this thread but wouldn't if I was a barca fan who wanted to discuss the match

Andersonisgod

JaMarcusHustle wrote: »

Chokers! Fantastic stuff.

Chokers....7 leagues in 9 seasons, 4 Champions League trophies in the 21st century.... chokers.....

ricero

Brendan rodgers for barcelona

Andersonisgod

Camacho, 7 fouls, 1 yellow card. Neymar, one tied lace, 1 yellow card.

The_Kew_Tour

Oh dear

irishman86

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Camacho, 7 fouls, 1 yellow card. Neymar, one tied lace, 1 yellow card.

I need to get a video of this, its driving me up the wall that I missed it.

Andersonisgod

irishman86 wrote: »

I need to get a video of this, its driving me up the wall that I missed it.

The score is 0=0, it's 20 minutes gone in a game Barcelona are looking to win, and he books Neymar for tying his lace, claiming time wasting. Look at that second half, look at some of the blatant time wasting and notice not a single yellow card was produced for it.

user2011

Andersonisgod wrote: »

The score is 0=0, it's 20 minutes gone in a game Barcelona are looking to win, and he books Neymar for tying his lace, claiming time wasting. Look at that second half, look at some of the blatant time wasting and notice not a single yellow card was produced for it.

Turn the sprinklers on them.

Bridge93

Malaga deserved winners. Ref pretty poor with the more of the major poor calls going against Malaga. Of course they won't be mentioned, wouldn't expect them to be.

Andersonisgod

What I'll also say is it's hilarious that Sandro Ramirez was Malaga's star man and matchwinner tonight, on a night where Mathieu, who was deemed better than Bartra, and Gomes, deemed better Samper, both started. More than that, it's side-splitting that an academy product has, partly, cost us the league when, for years, this board has systematically been DESTROYING La Masia. Gomes for big money, Mathieu for big money and neither are anywhere near the level to wear the Barcelona shirt. Thiago sold, Grimaldo sold, Bartra sold. You sell players with Barca DNA, you bring in faux galacticoes and you're shocked when it's hit or miss as to whether you'll see a true Barcelona performance or not. In a way, it's beautiful that a lad from the Masia has brought the club to it's knees.

I kid you not, if Busquets, Iniesta and Xavi were coming through the academy under this current regime at least 2 of them would be loaned out to relegation threatened clubs and one of them wouldv'e been sold already. If you don't give these guys a chance, if you don't give them the opportunity to develop in the correct environment then guess what? They never develop! Sergi Samper should be an absolute superstar by now, the kid should be tearing it up like Weigl is at Dortmund, you know why he's not? Cos he's never gotten the chance to! Are you surprised that Grimaldo is a full back being rated as 40 million? You shouldn't be, he's a fantastic talent that realised that his only chance to develop would be away from this Barcelona. The systematic destruction of our youth promotion has come back to bite us tonight in the most bitterly disappointing way imaginable.

irishman86

Andersonisgod wrote: »

The score is 0=0, it's 20 minutes gone in a game Barcelona are looking to win, and he books Neymar for tying his lace, claiming time wasting. Look at that second half, look at some of the blatant time wasting and notice not a single yellow card was produced for it.

I saw the second half, that he was horrific both ways. Ill have a look on reddit someone will have a video up about it

Andersonisgod

irishman86 wrote: »

I saw the second half, that he was horrific both ways. Ill have a look on reddit someone will have a video up about it

He's an awful official, with a dreadful track record, the moment I saw him walk onto the pitch I groaned.

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Osmosis Jones

Turns out it was just a second yellow for Neymar, he'll be available for the Clasico.

JaMarcusHustle

Andersonisgod wrote:

Chokers....7 leagues in 9 seasons, 4 Champions League trophies in the 21st century.... chokers.....

Oh I'm sorry, I mean chokers in regards to points won today. They have zero points won today.

Because they lost.

JaMarcusHustle

Osmosis Jones wrote:

Turns out it was just a second yellow for Neymar, he'll be available for the Clasico.

Not necessarily.

The referees report also notes that he sarcastically applauded the officials as he walked down the tunnel.

This is expected to carry an additional 1-2 games.

Which is delicious.

irishman86

Andersonisgod wrote: »

He's an awful official, with a dreadful track record, the moment I saw him walk onto the pitch I groaned.

While I agree with you regarding the ref, having seen the yellow card for the shoe tying, I personally would probably have done the same. He could have easily tied his shoes anywhere. Instructions like that come from above

Andersonisgod

JaMarcusHustle wrote: »

Oh I'm sorry, I mean chokers in regards to points won today. They have zero points won today.

Because they lost.

They lost today, but that's ok because all teams lose sometimes and no team can win every trophy. Ultimately though, in this century, Barcelona win more than any other club, it's the club of the 21st century and we've more than enjoyed the success. Champions, and winners.

JaMarcusHustle

Andersonisgod wrote:

They lost today, but that's ok because all teams lose sometimes and no team can win every trophy. Ultimately though, in this century, Barcelona win more than any other club, it's the club of the 21st century and we've more than enjoyed the success. Champions, and winners.

Again, referring only to games won today, they're tied for worst in the world.