Spanish Football thread

[m_vaughan]

It was a goal that should win any game. Robben is king. Huntelaar is far from match-fit and it showed. Dont think he is anywhere near RVN though. Lass, as expected, was very ordinary.

 

[Will_NA]

Madrid were class yesterday but their finishing was shite.

 

[King Pietersen]

Their defending was awful as well, in the half hour or so that I saw they were shocking. Rossi should have scored with a free header, they gave another Villarreal player a free header right at the end. Cannavaro and Pepe just went walkabouts, Heinze was left with 2 guys to mark.

Robben was class though, he's really getting back to the form that he showed early in his Chelsea career.

 

[m_vaughan]

Our finishing was far from good, but then Diego Lopez is one hell of a keeper. Heinze's mistake almost gifted Nihat a goal before Casillas came to the rescue.

 

[m_vaughan]

Madrid looks like Moscow at the moment. Hopefully the island of Mallorca will be a lot better.

 

[mattfb]

Whats this Huntelaar like? He was ranked 100th in Australians FFT top 100 players, but they had only good things to say for him.

 

[m_vaughan]

He has not done anything special yet. But I and a lot of the other Madristas have high expectations.

But dint we play awesome tonight? Raul's finish was class. Absolute class and vintage Raul. Really made my day.

Lass had a much better game as well, so all is good at the moment.

Hala Madrid!!

 

[m_vaughan]

Dont know what Mr.Balague is all about, but he is a dirty basque and is trying to distract us again, when we've started playing well again.

€115 million is insane for any player, let alone Ronaldo, who has been nowhere near last season's form this time around.

 

[shantanu_rooney]

Well it was gonna happen Ronaldo not playing the way he played last season...I think United should have sold him in summer and taken a huge some of money..

 

[m_vaughan]

So Calderon is gone. Hopefully it wont change much. Whoever wins the election during the summer should to stick with Ramos and his policy of using youth players like Palanca and Bueno.

I would be really disappointed if Perez wins.

 

[PhilD123]

Looks like Fergie wasn't too wrong with his Franco comments, eh?

 

[Will_NA]

Sometimes the world just sorts itself out - Karma, Mr Calderon.

 

[m_vaughan]

Whatever.

Anyways good comeback from a goal down. Good thing is we are playing to rhythm, and Robben's brilliant form continues. Was disappointed with Higuain missed that early chance but redeemed himself.

Really impressed with Juande's substitutions. Correct and at the right time. And I saw Osasuna play against Barca as well, and after watching them tonight I think they are too good to be in the relegation zone. Maybe one of those teams who lift themselves up against the big boys.

 

[Will_NA]

Barca are the best team in the world to watch at the moment. No doubting that. Henry, Messi, Eto'o, Bojan, Xavi, Iniesta, Puyol lol. Great to see Henry enjoying himself and scoring goals too.

As Gerry Armstrong said, the best thing about Barca is the percentage of players that came through the academy: Xavi, Puyol, Iniesta, Bojan. Even if they scrapped their defence and conceded 5/6/7 at the back, they'd still score more in attack. They are a top team and are the best in the world right now.

 

[m_vaughan]

But Barca are a different team without Messi. He makes a whole lot of difference.