La Liga 2012/2013.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bielsa has resigned.

WTF?

[Cripps_orig]

Bound to have a job lined up

At Arsenal :pray:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

By the sounds of things he complained about their new training ground not being ready/a bit shit, and the club released a statement distancing themselves from his comments.

So he's offered his resignation.

:blink:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Well he is called El Loco I suppose. Still, maybe this means FL week is on after all. :cloud9:

[Cripps_orig]

Hope so but cant see it happening

After his brilliant Euro 12 performances, Llorente will have the major clubs after him

[McNamara That Ghost...]

He did have a better tournament than RVP it's true.

[Cripps_orig]

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/3277/la-liga/2012/07/06/3225064/athletic-bilbao-condemn-bielsas-altercation-with

Article on maybe why Bielsa quit

[McNamara That Ghost...]

He hasn't quit apparently.

:wacko:

[Ronny M. Scanlon]

After his brilliant Euro 12 performances, Llorente will have the major clubs after him

[McNamara That Ghost...]

There are rumours Malaga have been relegated with Villarreal reinstated.

Probably fake but even so, for the time being: :haha:

[Cripps_orig]

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/3277/la-liga/2012/08/12/3302792/bolt-ronaldo-is-better-than-messi-without-question

Bolt :bow:

Messi :haha:

[Cripps_orig]

Saturday 18th August 2012
Celta de Vigo v Malaga 18:00
Sevilla v Getafe 20:00
Mallorca v Espanyol 22:00

Sunday 19th August 2012
Athletic Bilbao v Real Betis 18:00
Real Madrid v Valencia 18:00
Barcelona v Real Sociedad 20:00
Levante v Atl Madrid 22:00

Monday 20th August 2012
Deportivo v Osasuna 18:00
Rayo Vallecano v Granada 20:00
Real Zaragoza v Valladolid 22:00

Real v Valencia :popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Should be good.

Sevilla v Getafe
Real Mallorca v Espanyol
Real Madrid v Valencia
Barcelona v Real Sociedad

are the televised games.

Vela. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Celta Vigo 0-1 Malaga, Fabrice. FT.

Sevilla 2-0 Getafe currently. Reyes assist for a Negredo pelanty and Fazio with the second.

[Master Splinter]

Fabrice overtook Muniain to become the youngest scorer ever in La Liga.

Wenget surely has a dossier on him already.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sevilla 2-1 Getafe, Alexis with a header some time ago.

Gerry Armstrong and Balague are in the studio so there could be a punch-up during Real Mallorca vs Espanyol. :popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sevilla 2-1 Getafe, FT.

Fabrice. :bow:

The Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan was oddly not full capacity, then again maybe not that odd given Spain's woes.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Mallorca 1-0 Espanyol, Hemed. Stunning goal.

Balague. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Mallorca 1-1 Espanyol, Wakaso.

Me. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Mallorca 2-1 Espanyol, Hemed belts it in.

Pereira was unlucky to hit the frame just before.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-1 FT.

Balague. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Madrid: Casillas, Arbeloa, Sergio Ramos, Pepe, Coentrao, Xabi Alonso, Lass, Di María, Özil, Cristiano Ronaldo, Higuaín.

Valencia: Diego Alves, Joao Pereira, Ricardo Costa, Víctor Ruiz, Mathieu, Tino Costa, Gago, Feghouli, Jonas, Guardado, Soldado.

[Boss]

Higuain scores with his third shot :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Madrid 1-0 Valencia, Higuain.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Didn't get to hear much of the pre-show but wonder if Balague will talk about Sahin at half-time. :popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Athletic Club 0-2 Real Betis, Ruben Castro and Molina.

:(

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Feghouli booked. Gave Xabi Alonso a good kicking in the head.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Coentrao should've cut it back. Poor.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Athletic Club 0-3 Real Betis, Benat. Maybe Bielsa will resign after all.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Madrid 1-1 Valencia, Jonas! Warzone out there. Casillas and Pepe collided I think.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Three Real Madrid players collided. :sick:

Casillas was sandwiched, he and Pepe collided with their heads and elbows and everything actually. :sick:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pepe has been busted open unsurprisingly.

Casillas is a little bit groggy.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-1 HT.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pepe off, Raul Albiol on - great chance for Valencia now. Casillas somehow is staying on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Athletic Club 1-3 Real Betis, De Marcos.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Victor Ruiz booked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great save from Diego Alves, offside or not.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What a miss from Di Maria!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Soldado had a goal wrongly ruled out.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ronaldo. :haha:

Worst volley attempt in history.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lass off, Benzema on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Diego Alves is threatening to chuck one in. Chaos in Valencia's area multiple times.

Higuain heads on to the bar!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Guardado off, Piatti on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Not a great effort from Oezil, Diego Alves saves.

Gago. :lol:

Brought Di Maria down, nothing given.

Athletic Club 2-3 Real Betis, San Jose!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Di Maria off, Callejon on.

Soldado off, Parejo on. Way for Pellegrino to endear himself, just like Unai Emery did.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Benzema belts one from the second six yard box, Diego Alves well to it on his near post.

Sergio Ramos heads a corner miles wide. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Athletic Club 3-3 Real Betis, San Jose with his second!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Now it's 3-4 Real Betis, Pozuelo! :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

3-5 Molina! Wow.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Another three-way clash! Xabi Alonso involved again. Two Valencia players this time.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

One of the banners for Llorente:

Die, bastard, die. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

3-5 FT. I don't think that's going to encourage Llorente to stay somehow.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Three added mins at the Bernabeu.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Madrid 1-1 Valencia, FT. :lol:

Barca vs Vela United up next. Although Vela is on the bench.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barcelona: Valdes, Jordi Alba, Mascherano, Puyol, Dani Alves, Cesc, Xavi, Busquets, Pedro, Messi, Tello.
Subs: Pinto, Pique, David Villa, Iniesta, Sachez, Adriano, Sergi Roberto.

Real Sociedad: Bravo, Bergara, Ansotegi, De La Bella, Mikel, Illarramendi, Elustondo, Xavi Prieto, Castro, Estrada, Griezmann
Subs: Zubikarai, Agirretxe, Vela, Pardo, Cadamuro, Angel, Ros Anon.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sky just cut Scott Minto off and weirdly went to an ad break. :haha:

[gooners]

Real Madrid 1-1 Valencia, FT. :lol:

Barca vs Vela United up next. Although Vela is on the bench.

barca's title to lose now

[Marc Overmars]

Time for us to rescue Llorente tbf.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

There was another banner calling Llorente Spanish, as harsh as it can get from Basque people tbf.

And Gooners, well, possibly. I think Cesc will cock it up at some point though.

[gooners]

Time for us to rescue Llorente tbf.

nah;
we've got walcott, chamberlain, sagna,koscielny etc who can al play there

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dani Alves' beard is a velcro effort surely?

Barcelona 1-0 Real Sociedad, Puyol. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

So close to 1-1!

[gooners]

:haha:

mourinho

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barcelona 1-1 Real Sociedad, Castro! Well taken.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barcelona 2-1 Real Sociedad, Messi. :haha:

Deflected but even so: :wacko:

[gooners]

messssssssi!

and it begins!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barcelona 3-1 Real Sociedad, Messi again! Fantastic half-volley. :bow:

[gooners]

messsssssssiiiiiii!!!!!!!!!

:haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Free header for Messi, heads it over. :lol:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Christ he's going to score more than us again this season, isn't he. :rolleyes:

[gooners]

barca look so hungry, it's scary!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Messi. :lol:

What was that?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pau Gasol is there. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good save by Bravo to deny Messi his hat-trick. Good play between Cesc and Messi.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Brilliant from Tello.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Elustondo tries to catch Valdes out from miles away! Nearly worked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Mascherano booked. :faint:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barcelona 4-1 Real Sociedad, Pedro. What a stunning goal.

[gooners]

what a goal! :sulk:

the faces of sociedad players :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

4-1 HT, that was a bit good. Only Vela can save Sociedad now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Yeah I don't think Tello will be leaving, based on this performance.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good effort from Castro, just goes wide.

[gooners]

christ....didnt realize iniesta wasn't playing!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Messi hits the side-netting. Pedro and Messi taking the piss.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

christ....didnt realize iniesta wasn't playing!

:lol:

David Villa might return today too.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

messsssssssiiiiiii!!!!!!!!!

:haha:

Don't let Ach see this

[Olivier's xmas twist]

:lol:

David Villa might return today too.

Villa :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Iniesta never actually came on. :lol:

Now he has. Cesc hauled off.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Xavi goes for glory, Bravo pushes it away out for a corner.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Vela is on. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Castro off, Angel on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pedro off, David Villa on. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barcelona 5-1 Real Sociedad, David Villa! :bow:

Great work from Iniesta.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

5-1 FT. Obscenely talented.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Levante 1-0 Atleti, El Zhar. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-1 Turan.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

And that is how it finished.

[Cripps_orig]

Saw the Casillas/Pepe collision :sick:

How the hell Casillas continued from that, i'll never know

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pepe came worst off from it somehow.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Deportivo 2-0 Osasuna, Riki and Oliveira. FT.

Great to see Depor back in La Liga.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rayo Vallecano 1-0 Granada, Trashorras. :lol:

And FT.

[Cripps_orig]

Deportivo :bow:

Cant believe they were winning doubles and were in the CL around 10-15 years ago

Djalminha :bow:

Valeron :bow:

Makaay :bow:

[Cripps_orig]

As the new La Liga season prepared to get underway, BBC Radio 5 live's DJ Spoony sat down with former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho to discuss his career, life at Real Madrid and future plans.

Here are the highlights of that interview:

SPOONY: I'm used to calling the top man at a football club 'the manager', but you're head coach at Real Madrid. Do you like being a manager or do you prefer to be called coach?
MOURINHO: In my relationship with my players I had everything. I had the traditional Portuguese 'Mr', I had 'the guv', I had 'the boss', 'coach' and 'Jose'.

SPOONY: Which is your favourite?
MOURINHO: You know, 'the guv' was the one I took. I think it was Damien Duff, the first one to call me that, and I took a few weeks to understand the dimension. What matters for me is that it remains forever. Even today Frank Lampard and John Terry call me 'boss' and I'm not the boss anymore.

SPOONY: When we see you on the touchline or in a press conference, it would very much appear that those things don't matter to you. But sitting here speaking to you now, you hold these things very dear and close to you.
MOURINHO: These are the things that matter for me. I read a book from one of the most important coaches in the history of university sports, John Wooden, a basketball coach at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles), and one of the things he says is that the most important thing in all of this is 'the man'. The human relation. The best coach is the one who puts in everything.

SPOONY: Is winning everything?
MOURINHO: No, winning is not everything. But winning is more important than any one of us. Sometimes you have the feeling during the match that a player cannot improve, and you can read the situation - he didn't start well, but he has the conditions to finish well - but sometimes you feel immediately the team started bad, the players are bad, and you have to make some changes.
If the result goes completely against you, you have to take some decisions and some risks and everyone's afraid of that.

SPOONY: You hold Sir Alex Ferguson in very high regard?
MOURINHO: Of course. My first contact with him was not one to forget because Porto beat Manchester United in the Champions League. After the match he was knocking on our dressing room door with Gary Neville, and they wanted to congratulate our dressing room.
So that was a moment when I understood that when the win is deserved, you have to respect the winners and you have to know to enjoy a little bit the happiness of the others.
It happened with Bayern Munich last season when we (Real Madrid) lost the semi-final on penalties, and at the end of the match it was not a drama for me.
I was also in their dressing room. I remember that day of Porto-Man United, and it was the start of my relationship with the greatest manager of British football.

SPOONY: Would you go back to Chelsea?
MOURINHO: I will go where people really want me. But I have to repeat always this: I'm with Real Madrid, I very much want to be, I have a new contract, I'm not thinking about leaving.
The day I leave is when I want to go. But yes, I want to go back one day, that's for sure.

SPOONY: People always say Barcelona are the greatest club side that we've ever seen in this generation, yet Real Madrid won La Liga. You must be proud?
MOURINHO: We won, and we won with nine points difference. They didn't win, and they didn't win because they had a bad season, because sometimes big teams have a bad season where they lose points.
They had 91 points, and with 91 points you are the champion of every Liga. The point is, Real Madrid had 100 points. We beat every record in the league in Spain and so we won because we were tremendous, because we've had an incredible season.

SPOONY: What drives you? What keeps you so motivated?
MOURINHO: The club above everything. When I go to a club, I wear the shirt, I feel the shirt like my first one or my last one, I feel the fans as part of myself, I create internal links with fans.
I become immediately one of them, and I feel that I am one of them with a privileged position to fight for the club and to try to bring to all of them happiness.

SPOONY: Is this what happens when there's a potential problem between yourself and an owner, in that they don't always see it from the fans' point of view?
MOURINHO: You go through my career since day one until now and I've never had problems with clubs and owners.
At Chelsea, I didn't want to stay and let things go into a direction where we were all feeling it was not the best direction.
We felt that was the best decision, because in this moment we are friends. There are no problems between me and Roman (Abramovich, Chelsea owner).
When people know me they understand that if sometimes I'm not an easy person to work with it's because I fight for my people, for the best conditions for the players and I fight for the club and I fight for the fans, and I become a fan.

SPOONY: Sir Bobby Robson is a national treasure in the UK and you were his right-hand man. How much did you learn from him?
MOURINHO: I was lucky. I was lucky because he took me in when I was really young. I spent something like five years with Sir Bobby, and of course he was very important for me.
But again, if you ask me to say the most important things with Sir Bobby and why did I learn a lot, I keep the person. I forget everything about football and I keep the person.

SPOONY: You've signed a new contract until 2016 at Real Madrid, but the accusation in the past is that you're just about winning trophies, and not bothered about young players coming through. So what is your master plan for Real Madrid?
MOURINHO: You know, first of all the challenge was to come here and to win, and to stop that domination of Barcelona in the Spanish league. We did it, and I could say 'job done', but we want not to win in an isolated way - we want to keep winning.
Real Madrid was the biggest club of the last century because of results, and we want Real Madrid to go in the same direction in the 21st century.

SPOONY: And just before I let you go, do you see yourself one day managing an international side? Would you manage an international side that wasn't Portugal?
MOURINHO: In this moment I don't see it because it's a completely different kind of job. In the club we play 60 matches a season, in an international team we play maybe 10, so it's a job I don't want to have in this moment.
But it's a job that makes people full of pride, especially if you do it with your own country, and I will do it with Portugal because I think Portuguese people wouldn't understand if I do it with another country. I don't imagine myself in the World Cup playing against Portugal.

SPOONY: Managing England against Portugal in the semi-finals…
MOURINHO: It would be dramatic…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19313718

Mourinho :bow:

Next Arsenal manager :pray:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Zaragoza 0-1 Real Valladolid, Oscar. FT.

Spanish Wigan at it again. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Deportivo :bow:

Cant believe they were winning doubles and were in the CL around 10-15 years ago

Djalminha :bow:

Valeron :bow:

Makaay :bow:

Diego Tristan too.

They were a great team. Bastards.

Also, I didn't realise Depor have taken Nelson Oliveira on loan - great signing tbf.

[Cripps_orig]

Saturday 25th August 2012
Real Sociedad v Celta de Vigo 18:00
Espanyol v Real Zaragoza 20:00
Real Betis v Rayo Vallecano 20:00
Malaga v Mallorca 22:00

Sunday 26th August 2012
Osasuna v Barcelona 18:00
Getafe v Real Madrid 20:00
Granada v Sevilla 20:00
Valencia v Deportivo 22:00

Monday 27th August 2012
Valladolid v Levante 19:00
Atl Madrid v Athletic Bilbao 21:00

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Vela is starting for Real Sociedad. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Sociedad 2-1 Celta Vigo, de Lucas took the lead for Celta, Agirretxe with two for Sociedad.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

And that is how it finished. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Betis 1-1 Rayo Vallecano, Piti made it 0-1, Molina made 1-1. Both goals within five minutes, Betis' games are crazy. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Espanyol 1-0 Real Zaragoza, Alvaro Vasquez.

[Cripps_orig]

1-1

Apono

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Espanyol 1-1 Real Zaragoza, Apono pelanty.

[Cripps_orig]

Espanyol down to 10 men

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Albin got the red card.

Balague. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Betis 1-2 Rayo Vallecano, Leo.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Espanyol 1-2 Real Zaragoza, Postiga!

:haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Malaga vs Real Mallorca programme is on now, SS4.

[Cripps_orig]

Both games finished 1-2

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Malaga 1-1 Real Mallorca, Hemed made it 0-1. :bow: Juanmi equalising for Malaga.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Eliseu sent off for Malaga, what a berk.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-1 FT.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Osasuna: Andres, Damia, Arribas, Flano, Bertran, Punal, Loe, Sisi, Lamah, Cejudo, Llorente.
Subs: Riesgo, Lolo, Kike Sola, Oier, Nino, Torres, Timor

Barcelona: Valdes, Jordi Alba, Pique, Puyol, Dani Alves, Busquets, Iniesta, Cesc, Tello, Messi, Sanchez
Subs: Pinto, Xavi, David Villa, Mascherano, Pedro, Adriano, Alex Song.

Sky's programme behind the red button is on now.

[Cripps_orig]

****ong on the bench

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Balague and Mendieta are in the studio.

[gooners]

wtf are barca wearing?

[Olivier's xmas twist]

****ong on the bench

Don't tell me your watching a barca match :faint:

[Cripps_orig]

Im not

I dont have the red button option anymore

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sanchez shoots, saved by Andres.

Iniesta. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

wtf are barca wearing?

It looks like a Solero ice lolly.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Im not

I dont have the red button option anymore

Oh got rid of sky then?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Thanks for that Sky, abruptly change to Liverpool vs Citeh highlights. :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Iniesta tries to curl one in, didn't work.

[Cripps_orig]

Oh got rid of sky then?

Nope

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Tello hits the post!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Osasuna 1-0 Barcelona, Llorente! What a cross.

[Cripps_orig]

Barca to get their regulation penalty to level it up

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good save from Andres off Tello's shot.

Messi. :bow:

[Master Splinter]

JL Week?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I think so. I've been backing the wrong horse all this time.

[Boss]

Song :haha:

This bit of schadenfreude will last about 3 minutes so going to enjoy it for now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cesc has barely done anything so far. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What a miss from Iniesta! :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sisi booked.

[gooners]

wtf is wrong with iniesta today?

[GP]

Sisi booked.

Sissy :lol:

[Cripps_orig]

wtf is wrong with iniesta today?

Hes having a normal game?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Absolute chaos in Barca's area. Lamah should've scored or got something off on goal and then Llorente straight after.

Puyol. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Fairly cynical from Arribas on Messi :lol:. Booked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Busquets booked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good save to deny Messi.

Seriously, where is Cesc? I've barely heard his name mentioned by the commentators.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Messi shoots, beaten back out, comes to Iniesta tame shot back to Andres.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Osasuna 1-0 Barcelona, HT. :popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

The vibe about Cesc I get from the Sky pundits/co-commentators is....no room at the inn. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Loe booked, Jordi Alba is dead.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Get Cesc off, ffs.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Messi goes with his chocolate leg, not a bad effort - comfortably saved though.

Pedro is getting ready.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sisi shoots, Valdes saves.

Osasuna. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cesc off, Pedro on.

:haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lamah went for glory, waste of a counter-attack.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Llorente off, Nino on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Iniesta off, Xavi on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nino you dick, hits the post when he was clean through!

Busquets. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sanchez can't finish off what Messi created.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Song on ?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nah. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Tello off, David Villa on. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-1 Messi!!

The Laporta obstructed Punal. :haha:

[Olivier's xmas twist]

1-1 Messi!!

Should rename the team to Messilona tbh.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

And Punal has been sent off. :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pique booked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-2 Messi!!!

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

:lol:

:rolleyes:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Puyol booked for being a caveman.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cesc. :haha:

All is well when he is off the field.

[Young Guns 11]

Am I going to get some redemption with this match?

Put a fiver on Barca to win when 1-0 down at 19/5

:pray:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Yes you are.

Osasuna 1-2 Barcelona, FT. Messi saves the day again.

[Young Guns 11]

Yay

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Getafe: Moya, Miguel Torres, Alexis, Abraham, Valera, Xavi Torres, Lafita, Michel, Barrada, Castro, Miku.
Subs: Codina, Mane, Lacen, Lopo, Sarabia, Gavilan, Colunga.

Real Madrid: Casillas, Marcelo, Sergio Ramos, Raul Albiol, Arbeloa, Xabi Alonso, Lass, Di Maria, Oezil, Ronaldo, Higuain.
Subs: Adan, Varane, Coentrao, Khedira, Benzema, Callejon, Morata.

[Cripps_orig]

Lass over Khedira?

Joses having a shocker

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Worried about the Super Cup tbf.

He has yet to win a game this season though, it's true.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ronaldo goes for glory, belts it over.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Miku should've gone for the volley.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

You'd think Real Madrid fans would pile in to Getafe's ground for this game - sad to see so many empty seats.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Oezil hits the bar! That is a ridiculous sitter. :haha:

[Boss]

Ozil :haha: :haha:

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The replays are amazing, he was about three yards out. :haha:

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Ronaldo freekick, goes like a skimming stone, Moya pushes it away for a corner.

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Getafe 0-1 Real Madrid, Higuain. Bit scrappy.

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So nearly 1-1, Abraham heads it wide. Casillas completely missed it coming out for a punch.

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Granada 1-0 Sevilla, Mikel Roco.

Jesus Navas. :pray:

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Sevilla equalise

Negredo

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Fuck.

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Xabi Alonso is holding his metatarsal...

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They should call Sahin back

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:lol: That'd be hilarious.

Xabi Alonso is back on though, sadly.

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Getafe 1-1 Marketing, Valera!

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Lass hauled off, Benzema on.

[Young Guns 11]

Ozil :bow:

He is so sick

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Ronaldo with the pointless stepovers. :lol:

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Moya saves from Ronaldo's weak snapshot. Good turn to make the chance though.

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Di Maria. :haha:

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Excellent block by the Laporta. :bow:

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Marcelo off, Callejon on.

[Boss]

2-1 Getafe! :bow: :bow:

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Getafe 2-1 Real Madrid, Barrada! Excellent counter-attack.

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Casillas makes a save from Xavi Torres, Real Madrid all over the place.

[GP]

:lol:

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Di Maria was hauled off for Morata.

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Superb concentration from Moya.

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Sergio Ramos has been horrific. :haha:

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Four added minutes.

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What a tackle on Oezil, whoever it was by.

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Coentrao has been sent off. :lol:

He was in the dugout.

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Getafe 2-1 Real Madrid, FT!

:haha:

[GP]

Jose :haha:

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Getafe :bow:

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Real Madrid are languishing in 15th. :lol:

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Valencia v Deportivo just started

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Nelson Oliveira is getting familiar with the bench again.

[Master Splinter]

Mourinho :haha:.

He'll be sacked before Di Matteo.

Worst title defence ever?

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Hope so and he comes here :pray:

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Real Madrid's worst start since 1973.

Record breaker. :bow:

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Valencia 1-0 Deportivo

Soldado

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Sign him up, Arsene.

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2-0

Soldado again

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Sign him up, Brendan.

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Valencia 2-1 Deportivo, Aguilar.

Soldado. :lol:

Alwful defender.

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2-1

Aguilar

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3-1

Feghouli

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3-1, Feghouli. :bow:

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Jose :haha:

:gp:

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Hope so and he comes here :pray:

haha yeah our board will go for someone who likes to spend big, you got many more jokes.

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Valencia 3-2 Deportivo, Aguilar with his second. :blink:

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Deportivo took their keeper off at half time

Did he have a stinker in the first half?

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No idea but I guess so, unless it was an injury.

Valencia 3-3, Deportivo. Pizzi pelanty. :doh:

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Valencia also down to 10

Costa sent off for what i guess was giving away the penalty

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3-3 FT.

Come back Emery, all is forgiven.

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Cesc begins by mentioning that “Tito has told me that I have to play the way I know how to. During the preseason I have noticed the difference, I am not playing too static as a left interior as I was before. My game involves getting near the goal, coming back to the midfield, associating with the other interior (probably Iniesta) and with Leo… I am feeling comfortable this season. I want to use my ability to move around the attacking line, something I have done since I was a kid. And Tito has known me since I was a kid.”

Cesc remembers that last season ”I didn’t get some things about our system. I was comming from a different kind of football, so it wasn’t easy to get used to the game. The last months of the season I was situated as a left interior, but I didn’t have much of that mobility that I have always had in my game. I need to keep moving. Tito knows that, he knows how to get the best out of me and so do I. I need to recover that quality for the benefit of the team.”

Last season a change was evident in Cesc, from an explosive start to a second part where he didn’t contribute to the team as much as he had at first. The change was not only in terms of scoring, but also in his playing. He stopped being as determined, as he was during the first part of the season. What happened to create the change? Cesc has the answer and he only points at himself. ”It was my fault, I tried to fit in as much as I could… I tried to be like them, but I am not Xavi, Iniesta, or Thiago, I am a different player, and need more movement. I don’t have to be anarchic and made pointless runs from one place to another, I can be in my position, helping Leo, Xavi and Andrés, but adding movement, and being once again that kind of player that also gets into the scoring, like I was in England. Maybe I got stuck trying to be someone I am not, and that played against my efforts,” reflected Cesc.

However, Cesc is not dissapointed with his first season at Barça, on the contrary, he said, “I am satisfied, the stats show I had a good season, despite that there are some people that do not believe so. In the last four months I kind of blocked myself a bit. It would have probably been better to end the season well as people usually remember the last games more, but I still think it was a good first season. If Barça signed me it was because of my game. The confidence I have in myself won’t go away.”

Cesc’s struggles within this team show just how difficult it is to make it at Barça. Even being a “canterano”, a player that knew Barça’s philosophy from a young age, he is still adjusting and adapting to the team, despite being a world class midfielder. It is that difficult to be an undisputable starter in Tito’s team.

Finally, Cesc was asked about the new coach, saying some things that are important to take note of: “Tito has a lot of character as a coach, a lot more than people think. He will help us tremendously, as he knows a lot about football and tactics, and we have to return this with sacrifice, giving our best, being disciplined and playing the way he wants us to perform. If we help each other and work as a team, I think this could be a good season.”

http://www.totalbarca.com/2012/news/cesc-this-could-be-a-good-year/

Cesc. :lol:

Give it up, you're a squaddie.

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Real Valladolid 1-0 Levante, Victor Perez pelanty.

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2-0, another pel, from Perez again. :lol:

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2-0 FT.

Atleti vs Athletic next. :popcorn:

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Atletico Madrid: Courtois, Filipe Luis, Godin, Miranada, Juanfran, Suarez, Gabi, Koke, Arda Turan, Rodriguez, Falcao

Athletic Club: Iraizoz, Inigo Perez, San Jose, Gurpegui, Iraola, Iturraspe, De Marcos, Susaeta, Herrera, Lopez, Aduriz.

[Marc Overmars]

Llorente still frozen out then.











http://redgunners.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/arsenewengersmiling.jpg

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And Javi Martinez.

:popcorn:

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1-0 Atleti, Falcao. :cloud9:

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Falcao heads it over, that's a sitter for someone like him.

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2-0 Falcao again, he is awlsome.

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Ridiculous Levante are playing on a monday when they have a European game this week

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They had one last week too though so this is the best they can hope for.