La Liga 13-14

[Vermilion]

[RichC]

Small expensive fish in a big pond.

He's a good player but massively overhyped

[ChesterDave]

<Pcture of a member of the primate family looking unhappy>

Awww, poor Gareth

[BobTheCharmer]

Biggest waste of money.........ever!

slightly OTT. Blimey he hasn't had a preseason and isn't properly fit yet. Way too early to judge him.

[Vermilion]

Just watched this, Alves nutmegs Ronaldo, and you can see he hates it and chases after Alves into the box, he's dying to trip him but knows he daren't.

That Alexis Sanchez goal.

If he was called Alex Sturridge, everyone would be raving about it!

[RichC]

13 seconds gone Athletico are 1 up against Betis

[Fernandinho]

Diego Cost was excellent again for them. So rare to see a player with such strength/height and power able to go past defenders with pace so often.

[RichC]

He's class isn't he, shame we couldn't get him in.

[badpiggy]

[Roboklopp]

Hahaha.

[Darkon]

Diego Cost was excellent again for them. So rare to see a player with such strength/height and power able to go past defenders with pace so often.

As I've said earlier, he has benefited hugely from Falcao leaving giving him much more focus up front, and now playing with more teamplayers around him.

[Lee]

The tan lines around his eyes.

[RichC]

It's not taken long It's a bit harsh really, he's not been good for them so far but then they could have gone balls out to get Suarez and kept Ozil (would be so much stronger for that IMO)

Spanish media describe Gareth Bale as the 'worst performer' for Real Madrid in the 2-1 El Clasico defeat by Barcelona
Welshman played 61 uneventful minutes in the loss at the Nou Camp



Madrid-based newspaper Marca was far from impressed with Gareth Bale’s debut Clasico performance for Real Madrid, labelling the world’s most expensive player the away side’s “worst performer” in the 2-1 defeat at the Nou Camp, who “does not have enough spark”.


The Welshman’s £86m move from Tottenham to the La Liga side has been fraught with problems, most notably injuries, and after playing 61 uneventful minutes in the loss before being replaced, it seems the patience of the Spanish media is already wearing thin.

Ruben Jimenez of Marca described him as a “tense and late signing”, who did not take advantage of the international break in September soon after he joined to get himself back to fitness, instead travelling with Wales, where he made a 32-minute cameo in their 3-0 defeat against Serbia.

The newspaper has even suggested that Bale’s refusal to train with Spurs in August to force through his move has contributed to his poor form, calling it a “personal revolt”.

El Pais, meanwhile, said that Madrid play better when Bale is nowhere near his team-mates. “The team continue to play better when their star signing is not on the pitch,” it wrote.

[Liverpel]

Bale has just scored his first goal.

The Sevilla coach has fantastic red elbow patches on his jacket.

[Liverpel]

He's just got his second. 28 minutes gone.