La Liga 20/21

MisterAnarchy · 25-10-2020 1:28pm

Messi hasn't scored a goal or had an assist in the last 6 Classicos.
Thats very worrying, considering Real have been poor since Ronaldo left.

He wasn't trying a leg in the last 20 minutes yesterday.

Mr.Nice Guy · 26-10-2020 10:05pm

Pleased to see Sociedad going strong. They're a really fun watch. Imanol doing great with them and I hope they can get Champions League qualification this season.

As regards the Clasico, interest in it seems very low these days. That fixture needs way more star power.

Unearthly · 27-10-2020 8:49pm

Breaking news across a few outlets that Bartomeu resigned

Mr.Nice Guy · 27-10-2020 8:58pm

That shoould increase the chance of Messi staying.

Agent Coulson · 27-10-2020 8:59pm

The whole board steps down.

Chalk McHugh · 27-10-2020 9:02pm

That's all well and good but the problems run a lot deeler than that. The team is just nowhere near good enough.

Agent Coulson · 27-10-2020 9:41pm

Bartomeu also confirmed that Barca agreed to join a European Super League yesterday.

Unearthly · 27-10-2020 9:49pm

I wonder will Koeman be the 1st casualty with new regime

Chalk McHugh · 27-10-2020 10:12pm

Busquets, Dembele and Griezemann would be the first casualties id like to see out the exit door. There are so many problems and players who are either over the hill or just useless since they arrived on silly money. The board leaving changes nothing on the pitch.

ShamoBuc · 31-10-2020 10:52pm

Barca huffed and puffed against 10 men, but still drop another 2 points.

League table doesn't look too good for them.

Chalk McHugh · 31-10-2020 11:01pm

Well they can't sack the board now anyway because there is none. Maybe they'll fire the tea lady, the masseuse or the the lad that gives out the oranges at ht. Meanwhile the rubbish on the pitch will continue to bleed the club dry while producing a load of crap once again.

Mr.Nice Guy · 31-10-2020 11:49pm

Remember when the Barca fans' narrative was that Valverde was holding the club back and they would thrive without him?

ShamoBuc · 01-11-2020 11:49pm

That was some finish to the Valencia game.

Mr.Nice Guy · 02-11-2020 1:09am

A goal in the 94th and 100th minute. Would have been some atmosphere had there been a crowd.

Sociedad looking exciting once again. Nice to see David Silva get a goal. Oyarzabal playing really well and currently tops the scoring charts with 5. His teammate Portu just one behind him. Hope they can sustain it.

ERG89 · 02-11-2020 2:16pm

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Remember when the Barca fans' narrative was that Valverde was holding the club back and they would thrive without him?

If he was still at the club they'd still not win anything in their current state as he was never, in a million years a top class manager. Unless he has access to a time machine he can't solve their problems as most of the key players at Barca when they won those trophies(as he sure didn't) are over the hill now. Even Messi has been poor, maybe its all down to his very poor attitude but not scoring in open play so far this season is poor going considering how poor La Liga is right now, plus kicking the ball a ref isn't a good look.

Mr.Nice Guy · 02-11-2020 8:46pm

ERG89 wrote: »

If he was still at the club they'd still not win anything in their current state as he was never, in a million years a top class manager. Unless he has access to a time machine he can't solve their problems as most of the key players at Barca when they won those trophies(as he sure didn't) are over the hill now. Even Messi has been poor, maybe its all down to his very poor attitude but not scoring in open play so far this season is poor going considering how poor La Liga is right now, plus kicking the ball a ref isn't a good look.

Two La Liga titles and a Copa del Rey is a pretty good feat for any coach. Barca fans can't have it both ways, giving him none of the credit for the silverware, yet making him carry the can for the European disappointments. Not saying he didn't have poor moments, but we've seen through his successors that Valverde was not the scapegoat their fans made him out to be.

As regards Messi, is it really a surprise that their greatest ever player who gave well over a decade of unparalleled service, and who was then prevented from a dignified exit due to legal threats, and who saw his best friend at the club treated like garbage on his way out to boot, doesn't seem to have the attitude of years gone by? Like, what did they expect would happen?

LineOfBeauty · 07-11-2020 5:14pm

Short of a piano falling from the sky and landing on him, I don't know how that half could've gone worse for Griezmann. No Messi, his time to shine and he's fluffed chance after chance and missed a penalty. His maligned teammate Dembele has scored a great goal, Braithwaite has been out warming up from the 35 minute mark just to add to the pressure then Betis equalise because he can't score goals. If it wasn't so tragic for him it'd be funny.

ShamoBuc · 08-11-2020 10:24pm

Valencia opening Real at will 4-1 with 30 to go.

Esse85 · 08-11-2020 10:29pm

ShamoBuc wrote: »

Valencia opening Real at will 4-1 with 30 to go.

They got 4 penalties, is that right?

Had a goal disallowed, missed a penalty and were awarded an own goal.

Unless the live score is making a fool of me.

Unearthly · 08-11-2020 10:33pm

Esse85 wrote: »

They got 4 penalties, is that right?

Had a goal disallowed, missed a penalty and were awarded an own goal.

Unless the live score is making a fool of me.

Yes must be a rare occasion for a player to score a hattrick of penalties after missing one

Chalk McHugh · 08-11-2020 10:36pm

Three penalties against Real? Must be the first time in history? Nice.

NCW feen · 14-11-2020 5:24pm

Can anyone recommend a good podcast on La Liga /Spanish soccer?

dr.kenneth noisewater · 16-11-2020 11:51am

NCW feen wrote:

Can anyone recommend a good podcast on La Liga /Spanish soccer?

The Spanish football podcast i supposed to be decent, Sid Lowe from the Guardian is one of the main guys on it

ShamoBuc · 21-11-2020 11:02pm

Another bad result for Barca tonight, losing 1-0 to Atletico.

ERG89 · 21-11-2020 11:04pm

Atletico beat Barca in the league for the first time in a decade. Very poor watch and Barca barely put a shift in. Pique got injured which at least spared the world from hearing a bunch of not so thinly veiled excuses after. Griezmann was poor again but Messi wasn't far off him with his showing tonight.

Agent Coulson · 21-11-2020 11:10pm

I do wonder why Koeman left a very good Dutch team knowing he would be sacked at the end of the season by Barca and was on a hiding to nothing he might not even make it to the end of the year at this stage.

Ardent · 21-11-2020 11:27pm

Agent Coulson wrote: »

I do wonder why Koeman left a very good Dutch team knowing he would be sacked at the end of the season by Barca and was on a hiding to nothing he might not even make it to the end of the year at this stage.

I guess it was a combination of money and blind ambition.

MisterAnarchy · 22-11-2020 2:36pm

Pep Guardiola has signed a 2 year extension to his contract at Man City to take him up to June 2023.
There is an option to leave the club after the first year of the extension if he so chooses.

With this extension it looks increasingly likely Messi will be going to Man City next season and Pep has decided to stay on to faciliate this.

Pep has looked increasinly frustrated at City for the last year.
He looks like a man who is burnt out .
I believe he would have walked away in the summer but for Covid and the extended season .

Messi stating his intent to leave Barcelona has changed all of this.

Messi must surely have verbally agreed to join City for Pep to stay on .

HalloweenJack · 22-11-2020 4:13pm

Agent Coulson wrote: »

I do wonder why Koeman left a very good Dutch team knowing he would be sacked at the end of the season by Barca and was on a hiding to nothing he might not even make it to the end of the year at this stage.

I can't imagine there'd be many managers who'd turn down the opportunity and there'd be plenty of managers who'd believe (or want to believe) that they can save Barca. Given his connection with the club, I'm not surprised he jumped at the chance.

As to whether it was a good idea or not, well, it's not looking that way right now. It will be interesting to see what Barca do because they are used to bringing someone in and it working. I still don't think they're addressing the bigger issues at the club and there's only so many managers they can sack and bring in given their financial situation.

Mr.Nice Guy · 28-11-2020 11:25pm

Madrid beaten 2-1 at home by Alaves. Anyone watch it? Sounds like they badly missed Benzema and Ramos.

Starting to get optimistic that we might see a different winner from the usual two suspects. I'd take any of the others really but I'd like to see Sociedad do it.

MisterAnarchy · 28-11-2020 11:28pm

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Madrid beaten 2-1 at home by Alaves. Anyone watch it? Sounds like they badly missed Benzema and Ramos.

Starting to get optimistic that we might see a different winner from the usual two suspects. I'd take any of the others really but I'd like to see Sociedad do it.

I didnt watch it but Courtois made a clanger for the second goal and Hazard went off injured yet again.

MisterAnarchy · 29-11-2020 2:42pm

Real finding results hard to come by when referees dont bail them out with soft penalties and actually give opponents penalties for a change.
Real have conceded 5 penalties in their last 3 league games, they conceded 7 in total last season.
Perez must have forgotten to send this seasons brown envelopes to La Liga.

Mr.Nice Guy · 29-11-2020 11:32pm

Great goal on the volley from Griezmann. Such a satisfying sound on the strike.

https://twitter.com/PremierSportsTV/status/1333047514375872512

TomSweeney · 30-11-2020 10:35am

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Great goal on the volley from Griezmann. Such a satisfying sound on the strike.

https://twitter.com/PremierSportsTV/status/1333047514375872512

League will be a walk in the park for Barca , easy treble for them this season

ERG89 · 05-12-2020 10:45pm

Barca are their old (bad) selves again tonight. The second Cadiz goal was a total joke, I can't remember the last time Messi gave away the ball as much as he has in this game

ShamoBuc · 05-12-2020 10:55pm

Another loss for Barca. Poor.

ebbsy · 05-12-2020 11:59pm

Barca manager said this week that they had to win every game until the end of the year.....

Mr.Nice Guy · 06-12-2020 11:13pm

Nice weekend for Atletico with Villarreal and Sociedad held to goalless draws. The Madrid derby next week will be massive. If Atletico win that they will be tough to stop.

Mr.Nice Guy · 08-12-2020 12:51am

Eibar's Dmitrovic with one of the best saves I've seen this season.

https://twitter.com/PremierSportsTV/status/1336056643075895299

Agent Coulson · 08-12-2020 11:44pm

Koeman was made fun of by the Juve bench tonight the Spanish papers are going to tear him to shreds tomorrow.

MisterAnarchy · 09-12-2020 12:18am

Barcelona hadnt lost a home Champions league tie since 2013 before tonights woeful showing.

TomSweeney · 11-12-2020 4:24pm

ShamoBuc wrote: »

Another loss for Barca. Poor.

They threw the game to give a false sense of hope for the others, I reckon he might throw this weekends game too ...

ERG89 · 12-12-2020 9:32pm

Real 1 up in the derby. I'm not watching it properly as the grating sound of Graham Hunter's voice is making me check the Everton-Chesea game more than I was expecting.

60 mins still 1-0
Felix off ->
Niguez on <-

Felix and myself are pissed. Lemar missed a real good chance too.

Moments later Carvajal scores from range to make it 2-0, well it hit the post and then Oblak. Game over I'd imagine.

Mr.Nice Guy · 13-12-2020 11:26pm

Thought Benzema was great against Atletico. He's been vital for Madrid in 2020. It's been a very nice week for Zidane with Sociedad and Villarreal held to draws as well.

TomSweeney · 14-12-2020 11:29am

Barca on the warpath now, I reckon they'll just go and win the remaining 27 games, that puts them on 98 pts.

Championship stuff!!

bookies are throwing money away at the odds they're giving ..

ERG89 · 16-12-2020 10:01pm

Barca 2-1 up at half time but its not all positive.

https://twitter.com/andrespgrmcf/status/1339296498677391361?s=19

TomSweeney · 17-12-2020 12:04am

Ahg just give the league to Barca !!! jaysus ... they win 2 games and all of a sudden they are only a few pts from top.

Christ

Mr.Nice Guy · 17-12-2020 1:25am

Sociedad with 1 win in 5, which isn't title contender form unfortunately. Benzema was great again on Tuesday against Bilbao. I see Zidane called him the best ever French striker, which is some compliment. I still don't think he gets enough recognition. Messi shouldn't have been named a finalist by FIFA for best player over him. Benzema had the better year, and I say that as a big Messi fan.

ebbsy · 17-12-2020 11:40am

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Sociedad with 1 win in 5, which isn't title contender form unfortunately. Benzema was great again on Tuesday against Bilbao. I see Zidane called him the best ever French striker, which is some compliment. I still don't think he gets enough recognition. Messi shouldn't have been named a finalist by FIFA for best player over him. Benzema had the better year, and I say that as a big Messi fan.

You are right.

Mr.Nice Guy · 20-12-2020 2:23am

Great volley to earn Valladolid a point at Sevilla. You can see in one of the replays just how precise it was.

https://twitter.com/PremierSportsTV/status/1340414305515302920

Barca held to a 2-2 draw by Valencia. Suarez meanwhile with a brace in Atletico's win over Elche as they extend their lead at the top. They're 8 points clear of Barca with a game in hand. Letting him leave the club for a rival is looking increasingly foolish on Barca's part.

La Liga 20/21

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