La Liga 2018/19 Discussion

Vidal really is poor mans Paulinho, I could swear I saw him enter the field.

What's the bet it's more than 2 minutes ManU time even though nothing happened?

Not gonna lie Sociedad should have drawn if not won this match. They'll go thinking how the missed so many chances.

Harmonica wrote:Vidal really is poor mans Paulinho, I could swear I saw him enter the field.

He is worse than Alex Song.

1-2 FT Great win, I wonder if Anoetta curse is really broken, that's twice in a row now.

Nothing has changed for Atletico or Barcelona. Atletico still plays the same cancerous way and Barcelona, like last season, plays poorly and still wins.

Another Barcelona game and another Dembele goal.

Almost like judging someone on less than half a season which included a reasonably long injury was incredibly stupid.

Fecking goalkeeper.

Barcelona's defence is worse than us. they will get pwned in CL again.

Have a sneaky feeling it's gonna be an own goal as it was headed into the goal from a La Real player and not deflected.

That being said, Dembele is a weird one, his play in general isn't particularly good (nor is it bad). He still makes such weird decisions but he gets the goals and it usually is a winner or to seal the victory. I really don't know how to rate him really.

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:Another Barcelona game and another Dembele goal.

Almost like judging someone on less than half a season which included a reasonably long injury was incredibly stupid.

spoken like u only read the headlines

this game had all elements of why barca fans are frustrated with him though, he plays like he is brain dead

Mr Nick09 wrote:

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:Another Barcelona game and another Dembele goal.

Almost like judging someone on less than half a season which included a reasonably long injury was incredibly stupid.

spoken like u only read the headlines

this game had all elements of why barca fans are frustrated with him though, he plays like he is brain dead

Headlines are all that matter tbh.

Mr Nick09 wrote:

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:Another Barcelona game and another Dembele goal.

Almost like judging someone on less than half a season which included a reasonably long injury was incredibly stupid.

spoken like u only read the headlines

this game had all elements of why barca fans are frustrated with him though, he plays like he is brain dead

spoken like one who actually doesn't watch him play.  He's been very good this season.  His style is to attack like a battering ram with his speed and dribbling.  You feel like he's banging his head against a brick wall at times... but more often than not, he ends up either scoring or getting an assist.

He's not looking to pick and choose the perfect moment to take a risk...  he looks to make a play every single time he has the ball almost.

One of the most direct players you*ll ever see.  It's unusual but very effective.  His style works best with a counter attacking team...  but he's still doing fine at Barca.

That said, i hope he develops better decision making. Dembele is too reckless right now.

Disagree on the "very good" there. It's more little moments where he shows something nice and very odd decision making for the remainder of the match. He's not bad but I am totally understanding why any Barcelona fan would be frustrated (which they are).

No they*re not Doc this season. Read the game thread in their section.

Wasn't really referring to GL Barca, you know, all 5 of them and to be fair, they are way more grounded in their opinion than the usual Barca forum posts outside GL.

I stand by what I wrote though, he's weird and kinda difficult for me to rate but he is scoring match winners (and just scoring in general) so good for him I suppose.

sportsczy wrote:

spoken like one who actually doesn't watch him play.  He's been very good this season.  His style is to attack like a battering ram with his speed and dribbling.  You feel like he's banging his head against a brick wall at times... but more often than not, he ends up either scoring or getting an assist.

He's not looking to pick and choose the perfect moment to take a risk...  he looks to make a play every single time he has the ball almost.

One of the most direct players you*ll ever see.  It's unusual but very effective.  His style works best with a counter attacking team...  but he's still doing fine at Barca.

i talked about today's game, not the whole season so far.

and if this is not a definition of a brain dead idiot, who doesnt think and only tries to play route 1 football, i dont know

mind you, i did not say he is a bad player, i spoke of barca fans frustration with his lack of game intelligence, which you validated in a way to praise him...what?

you know you dont have to defend all french players right? how was Girezmann today?

He is 21, he'll develop. Not everyone has to be perfect at 21.

bilbao 1-0

Marcelo is displaying ronaldinho level ballskills now adays

Well, La Liga was nice but gg to Barcelona. Again.

ter Stegen is fantastic, kept us in the game when times got tough

also kudos to Coutinho, he is a game changer. Marvelous player.

Why are there so many hagfard looking brits in central euroepe? Ffs

Great to see us beating Real Soc then, who often are a problem for us, we've really improved in recent seasons vs some bogie teams Coutinho and Dembele really showing their worth these days, it shows Vidal is only getting little sub time, Rafinha looking less effective in comparison etc. Top class players are just totally different animal when playing compared with the rest.

Suarez's work rate and determination, his ability to force things out of nothing was also key, our whole team seem hungry as always is great to see.

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:Another Barcelona game and another Dembele goal.

Almost like judging someone on less than half a season which included a reasonably long injury was incredibly stupid.

We're talking about Barca fans so it's par for the course tbh