La Liga 25/26

[JamDav1982]

The way they played today and if had a controller in midfield would be better off with Vaverde in one of those AM roles and let him use his legs and ball striking.

His best times at Real have largely been when RW or drifting there to date.

 

[jamrock]

I can't believe an Atleti player didn't do this

Such losers, they don't even know how to win big properly.

opportunity lostm

 

[Porque]

Relegation battle is back on chaps.

 

[jamrock]

Should I say it?
I'm honor bound to say it

Mister is mistering.

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

Sickkk score Atletico. I can't believe it!! 😮

 

[Birdy]

Usual reminder after this display by Julian Alvarez:

In the winter of 2021-22 Barcelona had the chance to sign Alvarez from River Plate for 20m or so, but Xavi, the de facto SD of the club in the dark years 2021-2024, thought Ferran Torres for 50+10m was much better option

Txiki snatched him for City, and the rest is history...

 

[soul24rage]

Usual reminder after this display by Julian Alvarez:

In the winter of 2021-22 Barcelona had the chance to sign Alvarez from River Plate for 20m or so, but Xavi, the de facto SD of the club in the dark years 2021-2024, thought Ferran Torres for 50+10m was much better option

Txiki snatched him for City, and the rest is history...

100%

I think if we paid 10m more, we could have got both Luis Diaz and Julian in the same window instead of Torres.

 

[jamrock]

Torres has 4 goals in La Liga this season.

Torres W

 

[MasQueCulé]

Usual reminder after this display by Julian Alvarez:

In the winter of 2021-22 Barcelona had the chance to sign Alvarez from River Plate for 20m or so, but Xavi, the de facto SD of the club in the dark years 2021-2024, thought Ferran Torres for 50+10m was much better option

Txiki snatched him for City, and the rest is history...

Damn

 

[Birdy]

Torres has 4 goals in La Liga this season.

Torres W

No, it's not.
Torres is (now) fine for sub.

But the money spent, the importance of that transfer midseason 21-22 when he had all kinds of restrictions, and the eventual development of Alvarez speak to the fact that it was a brainless decision by someone incompetent to take decisions for a club as big as Barca

 

[jamrock]

No, it's not.
Torres is (now) fine for sub.

But the money spent, the importance of that transfer midseason 21-22 when he had all kinds of restrictions, and the eventual development of Alvarez speak to the fact that it was a brainless decision by someone incompetent to take decisions for a club as big as Barca

1. I was joking about Torres, but still credit to him for turning into a solid sub.

2. We definitely should have signed Alvarez, but highlight is 20/20 at the time talks were of villa being the next Villa, it obviously didn't work out like that.

I'm no Torres fan and my record on us spending 65m on him is clear.

But just a bit of prospective.

 

[jamrock]

Alvarez said he watches Messi in training and copies him and that was the style of freekick he took today.

He is inevitable vs Madrid

 

[RedxMAK]

Most competitive period in LaLiga history

 

[Barcaman]

Most competitive period in LaLiga history
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Also, Atletico under Radomir Antić won it in 1996.

 

[Birdy]

Most competitive period in LaLiga history
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Well, that's wrong parsing of periods.

from 1990-99 it was all Barca and Madrid, with the exception of Atletic in 1996 (once every 10 or 20 years Atleti wins)

But from 1999 up until 2004, it was a strange 5-yr period (that is the correct period) where Barca was in steep decline, and only Madrid was there. But they managed to fuck up many LLs those years to Deportivo, and twice to Valencia.

More like Barca declined and failed to compete with Madrid, than LL being so competitive that the rest reached the levels of Madrid and Barca.