La Liga Discussion 2016/17

^  Ahaa, ahaa, ahaaa, ahaaaa, ahhaaaaa.

That actually suits it

Harmonica wrote:^  Ahaa, ahaa, ahaaa, ahaaaa, ahhaaaaa.

Pretty sure morphing your voice from 'Allaaah' into those 'aaahhaaa' orgasm noises should be considered severe blasphemy and accordingly punished

Messi and Iniesta!

Probably best game I've watched this season. That kind of football only Barca can play.

Mourinho would have been proud. Also, absolutely sneaky of Busquets (and typically despicable but Lord knows defending in La Liga can be).

Another reminder tonight that the Copa del Rey has the worst format for a cup competition in existence.

Sevilla were 5-1 up from their first leg against third division Formentera. Currently 6-0 up at half-time in the second leg. So it's 11-1 on aggregate.

Just, what's the point of these second legs?

rakitic is horrible. has to go ASAP. cant even control a midfield against hercules. disgrace!!

Jay29 wrote:Another reminder tonight that the Copa del Rey has the worst format for a cup competition in existence.

Sevilla were 5-1 up from their first leg against third division Formentera. Currently 6-0 up at half-time in the second leg. So it's 11-1 on aggregate.

Just, what's the point of these second legs?

its like this so the top 4 can shit on the away leg with a B team and if they screw up there is always the return with A-team players

but the money for the away match is useful for the smaller teams. they take the entrance fee for granted. oh well

Sevilla won 9-1 on the night and 14-2 on aggregate Vietto and Ben Yedder both got hat-tricks.

Two legged ties like this dilute the spirit of competition. Why should a small team bother to try and beat a bigger one if they know there's a second leg so the bigger team can make up for it if they *bleep* up?

Money has little to do with it since the attendance at the RSP last night was in four figures.

Collblanc wrote:rakitic is horrible. has to go ASAP. cant even control a midfield against hercules. disgrace!!

Alwayas been a limited player, albeit hard working... Why are you realizing that so late into the party

Loool waste indeed, I guess its a chance for the top teams to field their backup players occasionally

Not so much limited, do not think he is. Just that he is meant for a style of play that really and truly isn't what Barcelona do i.e a more vertical style of play. Was not a coincidence he really showed his talents when Barcelona played a more direct approach during their treble year.

Also, CDR used to be a one legged affair up until the Round of 16 I reckon. They changed it in the 06/07 season to make the this round that just passed a 2 legged affair. I guess because Madrid kept getting KO'd in it.

Doc wrote:Not so much limited, do not think he is. Just that he is meant for a style of play that really and truly isn't what Barcelona do i.e a more vertical style of play. Was not a coincidence he really showed his talents when Barcelona played a more direct approach during their treble year.

Also, CDR used to be a one legged affair up until the Round of 16 I reckon. They changed it in the 06/07 season to make the this round that just passed a 2 legged affair. I guess because Madrid kept getting KO'd in it.

So we need to thank Perez's influence again

Real Madrid vs Sevilla in the Copa. They'll play each other three times in eleven days.

Athletic vs Barca as well. Two interesting ties.

Full draw:

Las Palmas vs Atletico
Alcorcon vs Cordoba
Atheltic vs Barcelona
Real Madrid vs Sevilla
Real Sociedad vs Villareal
Deportivo vs Alaves
Valencia vs Celta
Osasuna vs Eibar

Las Palmas vs Atletico
Alcorcon vs Cordoba
Atheltic vs Barcelona
Real Madrid vs Sevilla
Real Sociedad vs Villareal
Deportivo vs Alaves
Valencia vs Celta
Osasuna vs Eibar

Those three are very tough and interesting match-ups.

I knew we had been pitted against a very tough team the second I realized there was no whining from you-know-who about "refdrid".

I guess Flo was so focused on overturning the ban that he didn't think about saving some money for the CDR draw.

Nah, CdR is just irrelevant pretty much

Myesyats wrote:Nah, CdR is just irrelevant pretty much

Regardless of how relevant the cup is, a harder opponent team is more likely to result in more fatigue and a higher chance of injury, as a consequence that may affect performance in other matches as well.

Prandelli has resigned from Valencia.

I'm thinking that they'll go down. They're in complete disarray right now - no manager, captain ostracised by fans, and several players not giving a crap. They've become the Spanish Newcastle.

I still remember this guy trashtalking italians football fans/culture after he flopped at WC 14 and resigned from the job.
Yea, that was the problem. Good luck finding a job after 3 consecutive failures.

They will probably give Neville another shot!

Caparros joined Osasuna.

Maybe they could get Marcelino. Then again any manager they get is doomed with how that club is being run.