La Liga Jornada 35

L.r.d wrote:Nice goal, but surprised etoo didn't shoot

was surprisingly unselfish tonight, 3 assists to his name.

postscript to tonight - Torres looked utterly gutted at his own team's impotence after his last shot on goal came to nought. If this doesn't persuade him to leave, I don't know what will.

Torres , what happened.

It was good to see the smile back on Rijkaard.

Messi, Eto'o and Ronaldinho .. the groove is back, no doubt.

i did great in the Fantasy League this weekend

Is it 5th and 6th in the Uefa Cup?

Haha, the lazy wankers actually know how to play football

If only fucking Recreativo could hang on. Of all people, Roberto Carlos had to score


@Batman: Yes, and also Getafe from the Copa del Rey semifinal.

@ncfc: you're right, you can never really trust Atletico

Mexicanbecks wrote:how many of those goals do you think franco would have saved (serious question)

The way we played today, even Franco (or his ghost) wouldn't have been able to save anything

Messiah wrote:i did great in the Fantasy League this weekend

Same here, having all those Barcelona players in my team really helped, and now I'm back in the race to catch lrd (who I have to admit made a very smart transfer by getting on-form Joaquin).

toon h wrote:have you seen the goal difference difference between Real and Barça?

Real have +22 and Barça something like +40.

really stupid how this head to head works.

Not just the goal difference, but the way in which we've achieved it - we have the best attack (by faaaaaaaaaaar) in the league, and the 2nd best defence (only Getafe are better having conceded one less than us).

I wonder what people who criticise our defending have to say about that.

btw, I'm surprised no one commented on it yet - Soldado's 3rd goal for Osasuna today was from beyond the half way line!!!

kas wrote:

Mexicanbecks wrote:how many of those goals do you think franco would have saved (serious question)

The way we played today, even Franco (or his ghost) wouldn't have been able to save anything

from what i hear 3 out of the 6 should have been saved, 2 of which were in the first half so could have been a demoralizer, all im saying . but well played on barca, 6 goals i shall give you guys a and a

kas wrote:btw, I'm surprised no one commented on it yet - Soldado's 3rd goal for Osasuna today was from beyond the half way line!!!

didnt see the goal, he's definetly coming back to us. 11 goals for a relegation battling side is phenomenal

Mexicanbecks wrote:

kas wrote:

Mexicanbecks wrote:how many of those goals do you think franco would have saved (serious question)

The way we played today, even Franco (or his ghost) wouldn't have been able to save anything

from what i hear 3 out of the 6 should have been saved, 2 of which were in the first half so could have been a demoralizer, all im saying . but well played on barca, 6 goals i shall give you guys a and a

Yeah Pichu could have done better, but considering that Rijkaard actually criticised the team for not concentrating and using their advantage to score *more* in the 2nd half, I don't think it would have mattered.

heres to you guys dropping points next weekend

Here's to you dropping all 3 two weeks from now

Good article on Football365 from Tim Stannard, the same guy who writes La Liga Loca.

http://www.football365.com/spanish_thing/0,17033,9405,00.html

[quote="kas"]

toon h wrote:have you seen the goal difference difference between Real and Barça?

Real have +22 and Barça something like +40.

really stupid how this head to head works.

Not just the goal difference, but the way in which we've achieved it - we have the best attack (by faaaaaaaaaaar) in the league, and the 2nd best defence (only Getafe are better having conceded one less than us).

I wonder what people who criticise our defending have to say about that.[/quote]

You have obviously played some very poor attackers

kas wrote:

toon h wrote:have you seen the goal difference difference between Real and Barça?

Real have +22 and Barça something like +40.

really stupid how this head to head works.

Not just the goal difference, but the way in which we've achieved it - we have the best attack (by faaaaaaaaaaar) in the league, and the 2nd best defence (only Getafe are better having conceded one less than us).

I wonder what people who criticise our defending have to say about that.

It's fair because it proves you can't beat anyone good. Nobody cares if you beat Patetico 0-6; what matters is what you have done against Real Madrid, Sevilla, and Valencia -- which is nothing!

2nd best defence. I thought La liga was full of good atacking teams...

Barcelona have the second best defence because when they play teams like Nastic, they have the ball for 90% of the time. So how is the other team supposed to score?

Playing a basic long ball. There are enough clowns in that defense to make it a lethal weapon. They also play quite a high line at times. Why no one has tried to expose Thuram and Puyol for pace is beyond me.

robert wrote:Playing a basic long ball. There are enough clowns in that defense to make it a lethal weapon. They also play quite a high line at times. Why no one has tried to expose Thuram and Puyol for pace is beyond me.

If more teams had a player like Raul Bravo, I'm sure they would use this tactic. As it is, there aren't many teams in Spain with a player, such as the great #15, with the ability to make that a threat.

I will shoot Calderon if Raul Bravo still plays for us next season.

Pair him and Richardson(10 M sterling) on the left side. He has great pace and the x-factor. Next time you go to nou camp, I expect no less than 0-6/6-0 with all goals coming from that side.

6-0 to the home team that is