La Liga Discussion 2016/17

Please talk about Marcos Llorente Godly game

buyback in january please, i have seen enough

@Doc, nothing really

Art Morte wrote:

Myesyats wrote:Mathieu, Mascherano and Aleix Vidal shall never start a game for this club again

Absolutely disgusting.

Didn't Mathieu frigging score your only goal?

There was also this:

Myesyats wrote:Such an exciting lineup except for Mathieu.

Loving Enrique's selections.

Javier literally ruined the hope Linetty had for the lineup.

Yes Mathieu scored the only goal but a couple of minutes later missed an open net from 10 yards out with no one pressuring him.

I don't give a shit if he scored or not- he's absolute trash (and so is Mascherano).

We haven't had a player so clumsy on the ball for years and yet he keeps starting somehow

Two fking idiots ruining my day. Can't even handle minor teams. They play like straight up amateurs.

I wish Pique/Umtiti could play every game from now on.

If Valencia can't get a win with this line up they should sack their manager seriously


Ffs

I like that front line but Garay is about the only reliable defender in the defence.

Suspect they can put a few past this Betis team, though. Poyet was a poor choice of manager for them.

I think Mangala's gung-ho style of defending might work better in LL than it would in EPL. Kind of like Otamendi with a similar style of play. Not only that but he is fast and strong two advantages when it comes to defending in LL. I am just glad they finally decided to bin Andennour and Ryan. Lord knows why Alves was benched for so long

Valencia 1-0 down at ht and don't look lie scoring either. Betis with 10/10 gameplan. Defend and press in their own half and release Joaquin or Castro when they do get the ball

Down to 10 men now with Enzo Perez getting a red. Gaya had to go off because of the heat.

Betis getting a win or two sets up the big derby in a week or so nicely.

Alves grabbing the Betis player by the collar when he was on the floor.

Nice come back by Valencia, Garay scored.

Munir killing the attack. He keeping diving in the box and looking back at the Ref, still thinks he's at refcelona

Montoya is a dreadful defender

Valencia really have been absolute dog poo so far.

Spoiler:

Mes que un..... oh wait

The lolz when the team that supposedly destroys the market has spent less than the "never do bad club" of Catalonia. This with Barca's version of Neymar's transfer fee too

halamadrid2 wrote:

Spoiler:

Mes que un..... oh wait

The lolz when the team that supposedly destroys the market has spent less than the "never do bad club" of Catalonia. This with Barca's version of Neymar's transfer fee too

Buyern SMH

Dunno whether to laugh or cry

https://giant.gfycat.com/EqualIllustriousAzurevase.mp4

I don't know which was worse, Lucas "back" pass against LC or that unbelievable miss. Wait, yes, Mathieu's miss was worse. Speaking of things Liverpool, according to that pic Hala posted, Liverpool spent quite a lot to accomplish a whole lot of nothing (of genuine note). Also thought Madrid would have been higher.

Myesyats wrote:

Dunno whether to laugh or cry

https://giant.gfycat.com/EqualIllustriousAzurevase.mp4

Lewandowski does that every week tbf

Hapless_Hans wrote:

halamadrid2 wrote:

Spoiler:

Mes que un..... oh wait

The lolz when the team that supposedly destroys the market has spent less than the "never do bad club" of Catalonia. This with Barca's version of Neymar's transfer fee too

Buyern SMH

Bayern dont count smh. I'd love to get all of Atleti's best players every summer for free or dirt cheap.

Myesyats wrote:

Dunno whether to laugh or cry

https://giant.gfycat.com/EqualIllustriousAzurevase.mp4

Didn't Pique have a similar miss to that against Atleti in CL last season

La Masia?

Pretty impressive numbers here either way. It would be interesting to see where those players originated from though. Like are the majority of them just academy stars from other clubs that each team bought at a really young age (thus qualifying them for the Real Madrid/Barcelona academy)? If not it is pretty incredible, well, I mean it's really impressive either way because you still have to nurture that talent whether it's poached or not.

@Curtinho LOL at that graphic. It counts anyone that has spend a day in Madrid youth team.

Players like Saul counting for Madrid

Kiko Femenia, Saul, Luis, Vidal and Willian Jose can't really be called our youth players apart from that that list is pretty accurate. We churn out half our academy to these LaLiga teams every season, it's like a car boot sale every summer transfer window and people think we destroy LL

The graphic itself remarks that they are not saying that these players were formed in these academies, just that they at some point passed through them.

Doesn't really say much about either club.

Anyone know where they are getting 17 "in team" from?

I only counted 14- though I didn't really research, just from looking at the squad list and memory of youth teamers

Well this is awkward...I can't read spanish.

Aleix Vidal played for both clubs, yet is counted for Madrid?