La Liga 11/12

[La Furia]

Go Villarreal, avoid relegation!

[Razor]

Atletico 0-0 Valencia

Fucking Diego Alves was a gem against any team this season except one you know who! Fuck!!

[evilhita666]

This is the ball for next season:

[Anidubey]

Dont think its bad at all..

[Raed]

I think it will give goal keepers seizures.

[gingerless]

I think it will give goal keepers seizures.

this is what it's designed for, the game needs more goals to get more fans which = more money

[antonnn]

Saturday, February 11, 2012
04:00 EST Racing Santander v Atlético Madrid
06:00 EST Osasuna v Barcelona
08:00 EST Real Betis v Athletic Bilbao

Sunday, February 12, 2012
22:00 EST Espanyol v Real Zaragoza
02:00 EST Málaga v Mallorca
02:00 EST Rayo Vallecano v Getafe
04:00 EST Valencia v Sporting Gijon
05:45 EST Villarreal v Granada
07:30 EST Real Madrid v Levante

Monday, February 13, 2012
07:00 EST Real Sociedad v Sevilla FC

Come on Osasuna!

[mitkoa7x]

Come on Osasuna!

I swear its the same thing every week, you are the 2nd worst troll here after Viva ofc.
Where is Viva btw?

[Clockwise]

that ball has red and blue on it.

VILLARATIO!!!!

[gingerless]

that ball has red and blue on it.

VILLARATIO!!!!

but more white... it must be a direct reference to how biased the refs are toward each team

[Antimilan]

that ball has red and blue on it.

VILLARATIO!!!!

[IrvDizzle]

Jose Mendilibar epitomises Spanish Football

[dalitis8]

I don't know how many people have noticed, but there is a very interesting fact about the current La Liga table.

Real, Barca and Valencia are well spaced out in the top 3 places, but from there on then, all hell breaks lose. There is just a 7 point gap between 4th place and 17th. And a 9 point gap between 4th and 18th.

It seems that relegation and European places (especially a singular CL spot) are not far apart.

By comparison, the homologous difference between 4th and 17th in the other major European Leagues is:

EPL - 22

Bundesliga - 23 (18-team league)

Serie A - 18

Ligue 1 - 17

[La Furia]

Well I've said it all season that there's as big of a gulf between Valencia and the rest of the league as there is between Valencia and the old firm, and people have accused me of being a Valencia fan boy for some reason. Statistically they aren't a class apart the way the old firm is but the point gulf is growing and even goal difference has become markedly different. Valencia might not be contenders but they are a class apart from the rest of the competition.

Atletico is in an interesting position. Since Simeone has taken charge their defense has looked a lot better and they suddenly aren't far removed from Valencia in quality. They have got to be favourites for 4th, though they are unreliable enough that Athletic or even Espanyol might take it from them.

After that things get dicey. There's actually a lot of quality spread out around the league but none of these teams have depth on both attack and defense. Some of these teams (Athletic, Malaga, Sociedad) have better cores than others, but teams like Levante and Espanyol are scrappy as hell.

[dalitis8]

I think that it is at one and the same time both a sign of strength and of weakness. Difficult to tell which one applies the more, exactly. But Spanish clubs seem to be doing well in Europe (even threatening to unseat the mighty EPL from the number one spot)

Valencia (something that I did not expect) are indeed a notch above the other 17. But Atletico maybe (finally) getting some of their shit together. But I don't know who would count on that.