La Liga 18/19

irishguitarlad

Madrid losing 3-0 to Eibar away from home. I thought the crisis was over?:-p

NIMAN

NIMAN wrote: »

He'll likely not see past 2019.

He might not see past 2018 :eek:

irishguitarlad

Just saw the goals there, that cucurella fella looks decent, involved in all three.

ERG89

Might be a big goal for Dembele that. Maybe I'm being harsh on them after they nearly won only for a late goal but Atletico ain't really impressing me at all this year. Barca weren't great either but will be happier with the result.

KERSPLAT!

ERG89 wrote: »

Might be a big goal for Dembele that. Maybe I'm being harsh on them after they nearly won only for a late goal but Atletico ain't really impressing me at all this year. Barca weren't great either but will be happier with the result.

Are any of AM, RM or Barca impressing this season? Could be a rare chance for an alternative La Liga winner.

ebbsy

Is Navas really that bad ? I don't think so.

They will be back in for De Gea.

Agent Coulson

So will Real go big in January and bring in a big name manager and players or do they wait till the summer and hope they make next seasons Champion League.

MisterAnarchy

As bad as Real have been this season they are still only 5 points off the top of the table .
This time last year they'd have been 15 points behind Barcelona who are ten points worse off this year.

KERSPLAT!

Agent Coulson wrote: »

So will Real go big in January and bring in a big name manager and players or do they wait till the summer and hope they make next seasons Champion League.

I think they'll go big in the summer, players and manager. They should make a CL spot, can't see them not. Even with the dreadful resuts they're only just outside top 4

Mr.Nice Guy

Great to see La Liga's Youtube channel has followed the example of Serie A and Ligue 1 by putting English commentary on their highlights. Makes it much easier to follow.

lassykk

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Great to see La Liga's Youtube channel has followed the example of Serie A and Ligue 1 by putting English commentary on their highlights. Makes it much easier to follow.

Great! Cheers for that.

The ligue 1 and serie a 5-10 min roundup is staple viewing for me. Will add la Liga now too!

Mr.Nice Guy

Sevilla top of the table after their win on Sunday. Pleased for Andre Silva that things are going well for him. Looks very exciting at the top currently.

Turtwig

Amazing to think for all the crap Real are supposedly enduring that had they won yesterday they'd only be three points behind.

irishguitarlad

Good win by Betis at home with Junior Firpo getting the goal. We rode our look a bit but hopefully we can use this to string a few results together and move up the table.

Mr.Nice Guy

Good day for Barca with Atletico and Sevilla being held.

I hadn't realised Miguel Cardoso is the new coach of Celta Vigo. I thought he got treated harshly at Nantes when they sacked him after a few months. They always tried to play attractive football and had some of the best possession stats in Ligue 1. I just don't think he had the personnel there to make it work. Hope he can do better now in La Liga. I'll be keeping an eye out for their results.

Mr.Nice Guy

Pleased to see things going well for Paco Lopez. Levante's 3-0 win over Bilbao leaves them 6th.

Mr.Nice Guy

Toko Ekambi made headlines against Almeria tonight in the Copa Del Rey:

https://twitter.com/Eng_Villarreal/status/1070430517059817474

I wanted to see him perform like this against Rangers in the Europa League but he missed good chances. Nice to see him doing better, although the quality of the opposition has to be factored into things. It ended up being 8-0.

wadacrack

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Toko Ekambi made headlines against Almeria tonight in the Copa Del Rey:

https://twitter.com/Eng_Villarreal/status/1070430517059817474

I wanted to see him perform like this against Rangers in the Europa League but he missed good chances. Nice to see him doing better, although the quality of the opposition has to be factored into things. It ended up being 8-0.

Samuel Chukwueze of Villarreal looks a really good talent . Only 19 but has really impressed the last few weeks. Quick nimble winger , likes to cut in from the right wing ala Arjen Robben

Rezident

Messi again. It's not normal. I don't believe in aleins but if it turns out Messi is an extra-terrestrial, in fairness, the signs were there.

Mr.Nice Guy

Barca back top and now 3 points clear after Sevilla conceded a goal to Valencia in stoppage time. Nice way to warm up for the visit of Tottenham and looks like Messi is ready.

ebbsy

Rezident wrote: »

Messi again. It's not normal. I don't believe in aleins but if it turns out Messi is an extra-terrestrial, in fairness, the signs were there.

Shure ain't he only number 5 in the world ?

irishguitarlad

Another good win for Betis , winning 2-0 and we're up to seventh. We're playing well again but we desperately need a better striker. Lo Celso scored a penalty and then Sidnei with a good finish after some lovely footwork. Also, if you want to see a fantastic player watch Giovanni Lo Celso, head and shoulders above everyone in nearly all of Betis' games this year. I still can't believe he plays for us.

Mr.Nice Guy

irishguitarlad wrote: »

Another good win for Betis , winning 2-0 and we're up to seventh. We're playing well again but we desperately need a better striker. Lo Celso scored a penalty and then Sidnei with a good finish after some lovely footwork. Also, if you want to see a fantastic player watch Giovanni Lo Celso, head and shoulders above everyone in nearly all of Betis' games this year. I still can't believe he plays for us.

Thoughts on Pau Lopez? He's looked good whenever I've seen him, although admittedly that's mainly from watching highlights.

Eibar vs Levante was quite the game. 4-4 it finished. Paco Lopez's team doesn't do boring.

irishguitarlad

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Thoughts on Pau Lopez? He's looked good whenever I've seen him, although admittedly that's mainly from watching highlights.

Eibar vs Levante was quite the game. 4-4 it finished. Paco Lopez's team doesn't do boring.

Yeah he's been great. Immense against sociedad, definitely a step up on Adán.

Levante are having a great season. I like their front three of Boateng, Morales and Roger. Bardhi in midfield os ridiculously good from free kicks.

ebbsy

Looks like Spanish football could be back on Sky soon.....Eleven Sports had 50,000 subscribers @ £5.99 a month and paid £30 million for rights...…..

Mr.Nice Guy

Watched the highlights and Madrid made hard work of beating Rayo Vallecano. They had Courtois to thank as he made some good stops. Looks like he has more confidence now. They're off to the Club World Cup now.

Griezmann was immense for Atletico away to Valladolid. Two goals and an assist.

I'd say Levante vs Barca will be cracking entertainment. Wish Sky still had the rights for it. Wonder can Paco Lopez get one over on them again.

NIMAN

Yeah Madrid did get lucky at the end, but they hit the post and had a goal ruled out for marginal offside. Still despite all the 'this Madrid team are done', they are still 3rd.

It seems to be a feature of La Liga this season, a lot of the lesser teams giving the bigger boys tough games.

irishguitarlad

Good game between Betis and Espanyol. We won 3-1 in the end and we also missed a penalty. Great run by canales for the first goal with lo Celso tucking It away nicely. The second goal was great, a fantastic Tello free kick. Borja Iglesias was doing wreck but then strangely the Espanyol coach substituted him. Anyways it's looking good for Betis and we've shot up the table, 5th place in the league without a decent striker. Apparently we're buying one in January.

GavRedKing

Hat trick and 2 assists form the 5th best player in the world

Not a bad return.

ebbsy

GavRedKing wrote: »

Hat trick and 2 assists form the 5th best player in the world

Not a bad return.

It's laughable that 5th place.

A joke of the highest order.

Mr.Nice Guy

Saw the highlights and Messi was on fire.

Surprised Villarreal dropped points to bottom side Huesca but it was a fair outcome and Huesca even had a pen saved. Didn't realise Villarreal were so close to the relegation zone.

NIMAN

ebbsy wrote: »

It's laughable that 5th place.

A joke of the highest order.

I watched the great English derby today, and there wasn't a player on that pitch who could lace Messi's boots.

Same as the Real Madrid game yesterday.

He was robbed!

ebbsy

ebbsy wrote: »

GavRedKing wrote: »

Hat trick and 2 assists form the 5th best player in the world

Not a bad return.

It's laughable that 5th place.

A joke of the highest order.

NIMAN wrote: »

ebbsy wrote: »

It's laughable that 5th place.

A joke of the highest order.

I watched the great English derby today, and there wasn't a player on that pitch who could lace Messi's boots.

Same as the Real Madrid game yesterday.

He was robbed!

Best there is, was , and every will be in my opinion.

ERG89

ebbsy wrote: »

It's laughable that 5th place.

A joke of the highest order.

Those awards are a joke in general so its not something that bothers me when he comes 5th. The canvasing and campaigning that Barcelona and Real Madrid have done down the years as a club from the media down to the playing squad for their star players was always pathetic. I'd like to think that's why neither of them won it this year but in football rarely is anything that honest.
In general if you don't win a CL or World Cup you will find it hard to win it. It is more important than consistency as plenty won it for form just in February to June.

dfx-

Messi being fifth will be regarded in year to come as the worst outcome of a vote in the decade and that's saying something.

The combination with Suarez yesterday was magnificent. His first free kick against Espanyol was incredible.

NIMAN

ebbsy wrote: »

Best there is, was , and every will be in my opinion.

Amen.

The Golden Miller

ebbsy wrote: »

Best there is, was , and every will be in my opinion.

What about Maradona?

irishguitarlad

On the bus to Málaga, sickened I'm missing the game. Sanabria by the looks of things finally scored a goal. I hear Sidnei went off injured as well, hopefully it's not too bad.

ebbsy

The Golden Miller wrote: »

ebbsy wrote: »

Best there is, was , and every will be in my opinion.

What about Maradona?

Best goal I've ever seen. The dribble against England.

Mr.Nice Guy

Loved Aduriz's penalty.

https://twitter.com/ElevenSports_UK/status/1076577824360796160

NIMAN

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Loved Aduriz's penalty.

https://twitter.com/ElevenSports_UK/status/1076577824360796160

Great penalty.

Even more so considering the precarious position Bilbao are in in the league. If he had missed it he would have got some abuse about his technique, but now he's an internet sensation!

Shame they conceded a 90th minute equaliser.

Mr.Nice Guy

Disappointing result for Real Madrid being held 2-2 away to struggling Villarreal. Cazorla got both of the home side's goals. Madrid 4th in the table, 7 points off Barca.

NIMAN

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Disappointing result for Real Madrid being held 2-2 away to struggling Villarreal. Cazorla got both of the home side's goals. Madrid 4th in the table, 7 points off Barca.

amazing performance from Santi, considering the difficult couple of years he's had.

Sad to see Bilbao in the bottom 3 still.

Ciaran_B

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Disappointing result for Real Madrid being held 2-2 away to struggling Villarreal. Cazorla got both of the home side's goals. Madrid 4th in the table, 7 points off Barca.

When you concede a goal to a Santi header something has gone seriously wrong. Think he only scored one at Arsenal.

KERSPLAT!

Madrid down at home to Sociedad

KERSPLAT!

And down to 10 now

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Real Madrid in big trouble. Down to 10 men and 1 goal down

Headshot

This is some game

KERSPLAT!

Did you see the peno shout? I thought it was great goalkeeping first but in the replay it looked like it may have been a peno. Need more replays! Not sure if the keeper actually got the ball

Headshot

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

Did you see the peno shout? I thought it was great goalkeeping first but in the replay it looked like it may have been a peno. Need more replays! Not sure if the keeper actually got the ball

Ill need to see more replays but I thought the goalie didn't catch him and he dived