2011-12 La Liga: Real Madrid Wins

Pharmcat · Post #61 » by **Pharmcat** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 7:19 pm

Don Draper wrote:lol at Mourinho. Poking a coach in the eye? Really? That being said I would love to play for this guy. It's amazing how every team he manages takes on his us vs the world mentality.

Marcelo' tackle wasn't that bad to me. Those type of tackles are common in the BPL.

imo to beat barca you have to be physical with them

some of their star players are very short in stature

but taking it off the field is wrong

J-Mezzy · Post #62 » by **J-Mezzy** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 8:13 pm

When will the season start?

Post #63 » by **Slava** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 8:27 pm

Supposed to start last week but players on strike over unpaid wages.

J-Mezzy · Post #64 » by **J-Mezzy** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 8:28 pm

any idea on when that will end?

Post #65 » by **Slava** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 9:07 pm

Its indefinite as of now and its reported that 20% of the players didn't get paid in the league in all tiers.

Foye · Post #66 » by **Foye** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 9:32 pm

SlavaMedvedenko wrote:Its indefinite as of now and its reported that 20% of the players didn't get paid in the league in all tiers.

Kinda unsurprising. Spain's cash is going to Barca and Madrid. Lower level PD clubs don't get enough money from the league's broadcasting deal.

Post #67 » by **Slava** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 9:36 pm

I don;t think there's a league broadcasting deal like other leagues. Individual teams sell broadcasting rights for their own games. If English teams could do this, they could get record money from each different country.

Revenue sharing goes a long way to keep parity in the league.

Foye · Post #68 » by **Foye** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 8:24 am

SlavaMedvedenko wrote:I don;t think there's a league broadcasting deal like other leagues. Individual teams sell broadcasting rights for their own games. If English teams could do this, they could get record money from each different country.

Revenue sharing goes a long way to keep parity in the league.

Ah, well. Then that's a big problem because smaller teams don't get enough moeny out of their broadcasting rights. At least I've heard it numberous times that the smaller teams can't make much money that way in Spain.

Post #69 » by **5DOM** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 11:17 pm

Wouldn't be surprised to see these teams go undefeated until they face each other.

And

Sevilla chairman Del Nido "Our league is not the biggest crap in Europe, but the world." Also complains about the duopoly's TV domination.

He mad.

Post #70 » by **magik9113** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:17 am

Barcelona 5-0 vs Villareal

and these guys are in the same champions league group

Foye · Post #71 » by **Foye** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 10:13 am

magik9113 wrote:Barcelona 5-0 vs Villareal
and these guys are in the same champions league group

Yeah, pretty crazy. Villareal probably had a used day where they somehow couldn't go 100% and Barca had a good day. Then it usually ends in a blowout. :dontknow:

Post #72 » by **Slava** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 2:37 pm

The Sky commentary team is bad, like really bad for La Liga. One of the guys didn't know who Ozil is and he's covering a Madrid game, atleast they didn't ask him about one of Zaragoza's players.

_SRV_ · Post #73 » by **_SRV_** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 8:30 am

5DOM wrote:Wouldn't be surprised to see these teams go undefeated until they face each other.

And
Sevilla chairman Del Nido "Our league is not the biggest crap in Europe, but the world." Also complains about the duopoly's TV domination.

He mad.

The situation was created because of Barca's team, who lucked into 3 of the to 6-7 guys in the world, with very solid supporting crew, all of that created the best team in the world, Real didn't stand behind and bought a lot players to match them.
It's not the Spanish league, it's 2 teams that are head and shoulder above the rest of the world.
There is no real solution but to wait 2-3 years, until Xavi, Messi and Inniesta slow down.

Post #74 » by **5DOM** » Thu Sep 1, 2011 12:49 pm

SlavaMedvedenko wrote:The Sky commentary team is bad, like really bad for La Liga. One of the guys didn't know who Ozil is and he's covering a Madrid game, atleast they didn't ask him about one of Zaragoza's players.

That's better than having to listen to Ray Hudson masturbating to Messi for 90 minutes.

Post #75 » by **magik9113** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 6:30 pm

Barcelona tied Real Sociedad 2-2
...i'm serious

Post #76 » by **5DOM** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 6:57 pm

Messi, Villa, Iniesta, Puyol, Abidal and Mascherano all started on the bench

It's Real 1, Getafe 1 at Bernabeu right now btw

Post #77 » by **5DOM** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 7:09 pm

Ronaldo with a brilliant overhead attempt that hit the post. Not sure how Coentrao missed that.

Post #78 » by **magik9113** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 7:37 pm

5DOM wrote:Messi, Villa, Iniesta, Puyol, Abidal and Mascherano all started on the bench

It's Real 1, Getafe 1 at Bernabeu right now btw

I was surprised they did that but they're obviously taking the Milan game very seriously. Should be a fun game.
What Serie A did instead is give Milan an extra day of rest by making them play yesterday :lol:

Post #79 » by **5DOM** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 8:39 pm

Courtois looks good

OBF-MKE · Post #80 » by **OBF-MKE** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 9:22 pm

Barca gifted that game away. Villa since January has been trash save for two strikes -- CL Final, and the Supercup.