La Liga 2010/11

[Arn]

Harsh on La Liga, quite a fewteams play with a lot of aggression and press the ball strongly. It's a major part of their game plan to win the ball high up the pitch. Valencia and Espanyol are good examples of this. Look at how uncomfortable Man Utd were especially in midfield and at the back where Valencia were hassling and rushing them all the time at the back. It's the reason Carrick gave the ball away and they conceded. If you watch that game they really forced United into giving the ball away at lot more than they'd have liked.

They are like super ants that bites you all the time.

[dom9]

[Zapater]

Had a good game. Their best and only attacking threat.

I love him and Xabi Prieto. Both could easily be playing their football for much better clubs. Always makes them worth a watch, but I suppose this Barcelona team is just too good. I remember when we were linked to Prieto during Rafa's second season and I wished more than anything that we signed him, too bad because he had (maybe still has) the capacity to be a star. Can't believe he stayed loyal to La Real when they went to Segunda and rotted in the second tier for 2 or 3 seasons rather than leaving for top flight football.

[Fernandinho]

Zapater, you watch a ****ing ****load of football don't you?

[Arn]

I love him and Xabi Prieto. Both could easily be playing their football for much better clubs. Always makes them worth a watch, but I suppose this Barcelona team is just too good. I remember when we were linked to Prieto during Rafa's second season and I wished more than anything that we signed him, too bad because he had (maybe still has) the capacity to be a star. Can't believe he stayed loyal to La Real when they went to Segunda and rotted in the second tier for 2 or 3 seasons rather than leaving for top flight football.

[Zapater]

Zapater, you watch a ****ing ****load of football don't you?

Not anymore, I used to. I keep it down to 2 or 3 games per weekend now.

Actually soon I'm not going to be watching any, as I'll be going to Australia to watch the Ashes and I'll just have to see what I can find in bars etc.

[Fernandinho]

What test are you watching? I am going to assume the Sydney test?

[-V-]

Harsh on La Liga, quite a fewteams play with a lot of aggression and press the ball strongly. It's a major part of their game plan to win the ball high up the pitch. Valencia and Espanyol are good examples of this. Look at how uncomfortable Man Utd were especially in midfield and at the back where Valencia were hassling and rushing them all the time at the back. It's the reason Carrick gave the ball away and they conceded. If you watch that game they really forced United into giving the ball away at lot more than they'd have liked.

Yeah you have named 2 teams who are in the current top 6. Thats fair enough obviously im not trying to generalise on the whole division.

But you can't deny that most of the other 14 teams don't show enough aggression when playing against the likes of Barcelona. They stand off way too much and just don't often make attempts to tackle players like Messi and Ronaldo.

In the premier league, the likes of Messi, Iniesta and Pedro would get absolutely battered and it would certainly make him much less effective

[Shaggy]

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25 - Barcelona made 938 passes v R.Sociedad last night, 25 more than Stoke have made in their last 3 PL games put together (913). Diverse.

[Harv]

How good is Cronny

[Reece]

Not as good as Messi.

[Shaggy]

Nowhere near as good, but then he knows that ...he's just trying to wind people up

[Reece]

Oh I'm fully aware of that, the dirty Madridista.

[PTP]

barca are wonderful too watch - i am now a barcelona fan....liverpool under hodgson can do one

seriously though, i see a few people are saying that teams let barca do this...i totally disagree, sociedad weren't 'that bad' - it's just that this barca team in this form are just unplayable - there is nothing any team out there can do to stop this....they proved that against Real Madrid....

it doesn't matter who you are, how you set yourself up, or what tactics you try - right now, in this form, barca would destroy every single team in the world

[dww]

Sounds like some beautiful goals though. I could watch Barca/Spain pass the ball around all day.

I thought that and then I saw Spain at the World Cup. Most of their games were so tedious.