La Liga 2013/14 Discussion Mk. 2

Arq chat has been less frequent because RG has been busy with real life stuff or at least that's how i understand it

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:Arq chat has been less frequent because RG has been busy with real life stuff or at least that's how i understand it

Why does RG's real life stuff take priority over GL chat?

GOOOAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLL VILLAREAL

Whoever just got the assist looks pretty pissed he didn't just score himself

Or was that a celebration? My stream is shit.

BarrileteCosmico wrote:Whoever just got the assist looks pretty pissed he didn't just score himself

Or was that a celebration? My stream is shit.

That was Oliver Torres

I think this commentator keeps calling him Oscar Torres...and it looked like he passed it on purpose so I doubt he was pissed. Either that or it was a really awful shot.

So is Oliver Torres legit? saw him at Youth WC and was a little disappointed if i'm honest.

I don't watch him enough to say with any certainty. I've liked what I've seen of him this game. This commentator is definitely saying Oscar Torres. Someone pls correct him

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:So is Oliver Torres legit? saw him at Youth WC and was a little disappointed if i'm honest.

Best Spanish youth prospect of all time.

Someone correct the commentator, you are making CB upset ffs

Not sure who I want to win here. I think I'm just going to get excited whenever anybody scores

Great dribbling and close control there by Oliver Torres.

This commentator must be a Chelsea fan. Oscar Torres

"Oscar Torres", even after it shows a big fat OLIVER on his back for 5 seconds on the screen.

CB why don't you just switch streams?

Very impressed with Villareal, they've been better the entire match. They've built a team based on have-been prospects (GDS, Musacchio, Asenjo) and given them confidence again. To think they were playing in segunda last season

To think that Castilla whooped them around last year in segunda its amazing.

fantastic game, far better than the overhyped crap product the epl served us yesterday.

Wonder why some Barca fans want Valverde to coach Barca. Athletic cross the ball a lot. Most crossing team in La Liga. Top 5 long ball team in La Liga.

I think my stream just called Athletic 'Atletico Madrid'

English commentators

Gabriel gets a second yellow (the first was for the penalty). Then fakes injury to try to not get a yellow, but it doesn't work. Villareal down to 10 men.

Fußball wrote:Wonder why some Barca fans want Valverde to coach Barca. Athletic cross the ball a lot. Most crossing team in La Liga. Top 5 long ball team in La Liga.

Well you adapt to the team you have, right? With those kinds of players it makes sense to cross, they can actually connect to a header.

Fußball wrote:Wonder why some Barca fans want Valverde to coach Barca. Athletic cross the ball a lot. Most crossing team in La Liga. Top 5 long ball team in La Liga.

Dat pressing doe.

BarrileteCosmico wrote:

Fußball wrote:Wonder why some Barca fans want Valverde to coach Barca. Athletic cross the ball a lot. Most crossing team in La Liga. Top 5 long ball team in La Liga.

Well you adapt to the team you have, right? With those kinds of players it makes sense to cross, they can actually connect to a header.

"Those kind of players"? Susaeta, Ander, Muniain, Iturraspe? They have a CF like any other team. 30 crosses per game on average, more than any Premier League, Bundesliga, Ligue 1 or Serie A team.

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:

Fußball wrote:Wonder why some Barca fans want Valverde to coach Barca. Athletic cross the ball a lot. Most crossing team in La Liga. Top 5 long ball team in La Liga.

Dat pressing doe.

Yeah, but Bielsa drilled that into them.

BarrileteCosmico wrote:CB why don't you just switch streams?

Very impressed with Villareal, they've been better the entire match. They've built a team based on have-been prospects (GDS, Musacchio, Asenjo) and given them confidence again. To think they were playing in segunda last season

I like this stream. Much as his "Oscar Torres" might annoy me, he's English so I understand it and it's of reasonable quality-- good quality, even.

Speaking of Musacchio, how come no one picked him up when Villareal got relegated? I mean, he was a pretty good prospect before then, and he was (still is) pretty young and he would have come cheap. Probably worth a gamble and he's showing this year that he would have been good value.

THE CROSSING PAYS OFF! Aduriz scores!

How was he so open? Beautiful header!

Fussball so mad

Ref ruined this match, just another day in Spain

BarrileteCosmico wrote:Fussball so mad

Ref ruined this match, just another day in Spain

I didn't see the red, was it deserved? (or the second yellow, rather)

They were both soft calls.

FT Villareal 1-1 Athletic Bilbao

Great game of football, even with the red card. Both teams were really going at it and I enjoyed it

GOAT Liga

BarrileteCosmico wrote:Fussball so mad

Meh. I have nothing against crossing. I just wonder why people think he should manage Barca when the main weapon of his Athletic team is crossing the ball. What do they see?

Pressing? Barca is not made to press anymore as of 2014.

Pique = snail.
Busquets = snail.
Xavi = 34 year old.
Fabregas = not 34 year old but running like he's 34 year old anyway, in Franchise's words.
Messi = lazy star player who presses when he wants.

Push them high up to press aggressively and Di Maria, Bale and Ronaldo will run into oceans of space on the break. This is not 2009 anymore where Barca are facing Ji Sung Park-Giggs midfield in a CL final or Gago-Drenthe-van der Vaart midfield in a Clasico with Raul upfront.

Bielsa the idealist did it with his Athletic team. Made them press aggressively against anyone no matter what. As a result they underachieved heavily and lingered in midtable, even when they had Llorente and Martinez. The only team that couldn't deal with it was Manchester United's midfield. Atletico and Barca completely ripped them apart in 2 finals.