La Liga 2018/19 Discussion

Christmas coming very early to Madrid this year?

Hapless_Hans wrote:so apparently it's a handball yellow and a sending off if you have the ball kicked against your back

refcelona ffs

And this was an actual good ref performance by La Liga standards.

well done Bilbao

should have won though

danyjr wrote:Christmas coming very early to Madrid this year?

Or very late since Christmas already passed

Hope Santiago Solari leads Real Madrid to a La Liga title

would serve Barca right

Without that wondersave from Ter Stegen, Athletic would have won fair and square.

Barça looked sluggish and slow. Looked like they were all retirees.

Hapless_Hans wrote:Hope Santiago Solari leads Real Madrid to a La Liga title

would serve Barca right

Imagine winning the league after your worst start to La Liga since God knows when

Doc wrote:

Hapless_Hans wrote:so apparently it's a handball yellow and a sending off if you have the ball kicked against your back

refcelona ffs

And this was an actual good ref performance by La Liga standards.

It was. I still don't get why we have VAR in La Liga, when referees seem to fear it like a pest.

great result. our relationship is really like a seesaw

Doc wrote:Shines vs Madrid, doesn't get a single minute vs Athletic. Malcom

Yes, I bet Marcelo feels like he wasted his efforts now

Barca stringing dem bad games together right on schedule , if madrid beats them in those 2 clasicos, league is the teams to lose imo.

halamadrid2 wrote:Barca are still 6 pts ahead. We'd need Sevilla to beat and Valladolid to manage a draw against them for us to be able to surpass them with a win. We are relying heavily on Sevilla now. We need them to win. Not many more tough grounds for Barca left

I know, what im getting at is knowing barca, when the pressure is on they are capable of dropping random games, all madrid has to do is keep up the same intensity for this month, close the gap to 3pts and wait for them drop points.

I like rm bench better so the starters will be much fresher down the stretch than theirs, and they aren't waiting for one player to decide things, its becoming more of a team effort finally which is why the comeback is coming together.

Very happy with Athletic's performance last night.

Just a month ago Garitano and his men were fighting relegation and fearful of Athletic's first ever inclusion into the much maligned Segunda; and now they put a performance of lions as they did and head on to FCB in San Mames.

Fortuitous.

the difference is 6 but basically we are 7 points behind. gave away so many points under Lope ffs.

Doc wrote:Clearly Sevilla read my post because they made an excellent come back. Oof.

Not gonna lie, I switched off after the second Eibar goal.

Sevilla are dead. They've played more games than everyone because of EL qualification (which started back in July). Banega, Sarabia, Andre Silva and Ben Yedder have played nearly every game. Sarabia's stopped trying because his contract situation hasn't been sorted yet and the fans are getting on his back despite his goals/assists. The Lazio tie in the EL comes at a bad time.

Oh well. At least they have Bryan Gil, aka the next best thing in Spanish football.

Vidal, Dembélé and Prince Boateng up front for Barca

if this continues, I'll have to start liking Barca ffs

Amazing.

Well, this match is a bit dreary.

Alena has been superb at the heart of Barcelona’s midfield so far

Missi is back. Should stop taking penalty. He is shit penalty taker. when he takes penalty i have no confidence he will convert it.