La Liga

[Gibbo]

Dani Alves' picture of Dani Alves on his locker.

Straight out the Rodgers book of self-love.

[Bender]

Look at Messi next to this lot

Silly Bitches

[Alex]

Dani Alves looks like someone taking the piss by dressing up like Dani Alves

[Tee]

Messi looks like he works in an office and has bumped into the backstreet boys on his lunch break.

[McDermotX]

Why wouldn't Suarez want to be part of a dressing room like that ?

Compared to our dressing room pics which usually consist of a Countinho post on instagram or some such, with relatively inferior players groping each other in various states of dress as they try to climb over Jose Enrique to get their face in the picture, with the players at the back having to put up with the sweat dripping from Skrtel's manly nipples running down the back of their neck.

[Yozza]

Why wouldn't Suarez want to be part of a dressing room like that ?

Compared to our dressing room pics which usually consist of a Countinho post on instagram or some such, with relatively inferior players groping each other in various states of dress as they try to climb over Jose Enrique to get their face in the picture, with the players at the back having to put up with the sweat dripping from Skrtel's manly nipples running down the back of their neck.

[peekay]

Really hasn't been looking good for a while. He has his qualities, there's no doubt about that. Athletic, good strike etc, but some decision-making has been criminal, and while you get away with that (even appear to excel) against the chuttle that makes up the rest of the league, when you're up against a field full of world class individuals such as last night, he looks out of his depth.
Lacks the ability and control, to create time and space for himself in comparison, and is a bit of a clogger relatively speaking.
Might seem strange for a 100m investment, but it's clear he's in his element when the ball is in front of him and he's in a foot-race.

He'll probably work well again for ManU next season......hoof -> run after that.

He was settling in well with the counter attacking style of last season. He is brilliant when he has space to run into. But this season Real are adopting a more possession based style. The opposition often plays deep and there is no space for the front three. Bale does not have the skills or the trickery to go past players in tight spaces.

Couple of other points.

Benzema was brilliant as the focal point of Madrid attack. I have not watched a lot of Real but I was surprised at how important he is for their style of play.

How good was that strike from Suarez - not just in terms of the quality but in terms of switching the dynamics of the game. Madrid were getting control, more and more chances. Barca were beginning to look out of ideas and out of nothing comes that goal. It was a killer blow for Madrid and they never looked like they could recover from that and Barca grew more and more in confidence.

That is what truly world class players do, I guess. Change the momentum of the game in one instant.

[Chazza]

Simeone has signed a new contract with Athletico Madrid running to 2020.

[Shaggy]

Ronaldo has just scored his 5th to put Real 9-1 up against Granada.

[Bender]

Real Madrid 9-1 Granada L
G BALE (25)
C RONALDO (30, 36, 38, 54, 89)
K BENZEMA (52, 56)
D MAINZ (OG 83

WHO THE **** ARE GRANADA?

[Shaggy]

It's a cobbled together XI from the regional broadcasters.

Fred Talbot in nets.

[Bender]

It's a cobbled together XI from the regional broadcasters.

Fred Talbot in nets.

Outrageous

[danperkins]

The gulf between the top teams and bottom ones in La Liga is absolutely ridiculous. These teams really are there just to make up the numbers.

[meffin]

It's a cobbled together XI from the regional broadcasters.

Fred Talbot in nets.

[ChesterDave]

Fake Ronny scores his first free kick for 347 days.