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mackintosh
Aug 18, 2007


Semper Fidelis Poloniae
Very happy with the game, pity about Morata missing that sitter, but what can you do. Ronaldo in exquisite form.

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El Hefe
Oct 31, 2006

You coulda had a V8/
Instead of a tre-eight slug to yo' cranium/
I got six and I'm aimin' 'em/
Will I bust or keep you guessin'
Interesting line up for the game against Betis today,

Valdés,
Alves, Bartra, Puyol, Montoya,
Song, Xavi, Cesc,
Pedro, Messi, Neymar.

Chas McGill
Oct 29, 2010

loves Fat Philippe
The pitch... Amazing. 'Mon Betis.

Edit: Valdes is some keeper and deserves to be Spain no 1.

Chas McGill fucked around with this message at 21:19 on Nov 10, 2013

El Hefe
Oct 31, 2006

You coulda had a V8/
Instead of a tre-eight slug to yo' cranium/
I got six and I'm aimin' 'em/
Will I bust or keep you guessin'
Neymar is completely alone on the left there, Montoya really isn't a left back we need Alba or Adriano to team up with Neymar on that wing.

Betis with some good chances.

El Hefe
Oct 31, 2006

You coulda had a V8/
Instead of a tre-eight slug to yo' cranium/
I got six and I'm aimin' 'em/
Will I bust or keep you guessin'
Please don't be injured Messi.

El Hefe
Oct 31, 2006

You coulda had a V8/
Instead of a tre-eight slug to yo' cranium/
I got six and I'm aimin' 'em/
Will I bust or keep you guessin'

El Hefe posted:

Please don't be injured Messi.

:qq:

Chas McGill
Oct 29, 2010

loves Fat Philippe
Bartra's having a good game as well.

El Hefe
Oct 31, 2006

You coulda had a V8/
Instead of a tre-eight slug to yo' cranium/
I got six and I'm aimin' 'em/
Will I bust or keep you guessin'
Montoya has been beyond awful my goodness.

Chas McGill
Oct 29, 2010

loves Fat Philippe
OK that was a brilliant pass from Song.

And that was great stuff from Pedro.

El Hefe
Oct 31, 2006

You coulda had a V8/
Instead of a tre-eight slug to yo' cranium/
I got six and I'm aimin' 'em/
Will I bust or keep you guessin'

Chas McGill posted:

OK that was a brilliant pass from Song.

That was great, easy tap in for Neymar 1-0.

Now Pedro 2-0.

Chas McGill
Oct 29, 2010

loves Fat Philippe
Neymar should've been selfish there.

Betis have been so poor since the first goal.

El Hefe
Oct 31, 2006

You coulda had a V8/
Instead of a tre-eight slug to yo' cranium/
I got six and I'm aimin' 'em/
Will I bust or keep you guessin'
Messi with a muscle tear in the biceps of his left leg kill me now

JFairfax
Oct 23, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
messi dead?

El Hefe
Oct 31, 2006

You coulda had a V8/
Instead of a tre-eight slug to yo' cranium/
I got six and I'm aimin' 'em/
Will I bust or keep you guessin'

JFairfax posted:

messi dead?

He died

El Hefe
Oct 31, 2006

You coulda had a V8/
Instead of a tre-eight slug to yo' cranium/
I got six and I'm aimin' 'em/
Will I bust or keep you guessin'
Song and Valdes MOTM too bad about that penalty at the end.

Messi and Cesc injured sucks a lot.

sircozzie
Jul 8, 2011

Release the Meerkat
Messi out for 8 weeks apparently. I basically only watch Barcelona matches in case he does something utterly outrageous so this is a big shame.

Chas McGill
Oct 29, 2010

loves Fat Philippe
It's Big 'Mar's time to shine.

sircozzie
Jul 8, 2011

Release the Meerkat
With Cesc injured too, who plays up front? Do Barca even have a proper striker on the books at the moment? Not sure if Neymar or Alexis count

emanresu tnuocca
Sep 2, 2011

by Athanatos
Neymar is a diving oval office and is not half the player Messi is but he's a much more entertaining player to watch. Not as cool as Bale or Ronaldo though.

Suqit
Apr 25, 2005

Stars Stripes Freedom Jozy
(Jozy not pictured here)

sircozzie posted:

With Cesc injured too, who plays up front? Do Barca even have a proper striker on the books at the moment? Not sure if Neymar or Alexis count

They don't play with a "proper striker" they use three forwards. They have plenty. Pedro, Alexis, Neymar, Tello, and still Cuenca.

Hegay
Jun 29, 2012

The next tough match for Barcelona is Atletico in like two months, I'm sure they'll be just fine.

Chas McGill
Oct 29, 2010

loves Fat Philippe
Neymar is probably the closest. I could see them playing a front 3 of Neymar, Alexis, Pedro, with all three interchanging throughout the match. It'll be interesting to see if Neymar drops deeper or plays more centrally without Messi.

emanresu tnuocca posted:

Neymar is a diving oval office and is not half the player Messi is but he's a much more entertaining player to watch. Not as cool as Bale or Ronaldo though.
I was doubtful of him but I'm glad he's playing in a league I regularly watch now. He's like a weedy Ronaldinho.

Bale's just a supercharged Stewart Downing.

Chas McGill fucked around with this message at 14:36 on Nov 11, 2013

Suqit
Apr 25, 2005

Stars Stripes Freedom Jozy
(Jozy not pictured here)

Chas McGill posted:

Neymar is probably the closest. I could see them playing a front 3 of Neymar, Alexis, Pedro, with all three interchanging throughout the match. It'll be interesting to see if Neymar drops deeper or plays more centrally without Messi.

I was doubtful of him but I'm glad he's playing in a league I regularly watch now. He's like a weedy Ronaldinho.

Bale's just a supercharged Stewart Downing.

He's not nearly as selfish as Ronaldinho. Plus as good as Ronaldinho was he would kill the flow of the attack and I never liked him.

I think Neymar is going to be better for Barcelona than Ronaldinho was, though he may not get the individual accolades for it.

Hegay
Jun 29, 2012

Suqit posted:

He's not nearly as selfish as Ronaldinho. Plus as good as Ronaldinho was he would kill the flow of the attack and I never liked him.

I think Neymar is going to be better for Barcelona than Ronaldinho was, though he may not get the individual accolades for it.

Holy poo poo

Hegay
Jun 29, 2012

How can you not like Ronaldinho :wtc: he single handely put Barcelona back on the winning course

Suqit
Apr 25, 2005

Stars Stripes Freedom Jozy
(Jozy not pictured here)

Hegav posted:

How can you not like Ronaldinho :wtc: he single handely put Barcelona back on the winning course

I never liked Deco either.

Chas McGill
Oct 29, 2010

loves Fat Philippe
I thought everyone likes Ronaldinho.

I bet even Hegav likes Ronaldinho.

The Bernabeu liked Ronaldinho.

Hegay
Jun 29, 2012

Chas McGill posted:

I thought everyone likes Ronaldinho.

I bet even Hegav likes Ronaldinho.

The Bernabeu liked Ronaldinho.

It's borderline blasphemy tbh

El Hefe
Oct 31, 2006

You coulda had a V8/
Instead of a tre-eight slug to yo' cranium/
I got six and I'm aimin' 'em/
Will I bust or keep you guessin'

Suqit posted:

He's not nearly as selfish as Ronaldinho. Plus as good as Ronaldinho was he would kill the flow of the attack and I never liked him.

I think Neymar is going to be better for Barcelona than Ronaldinho was, though he may not get the individual accolades for it.

what the christ

Barcelona was utter poo poo until Ronaldinho arrived, it's impossible to not like him.

El Hefe
Oct 31, 2006

You coulda had a V8/
Instead of a tre-eight slug to yo' cranium/
I got six and I'm aimin' 'em/
Will I bust or keep you guessin'
We are definitely buying a striker in January, Tata Martino even said so as much a few weeks ago, he wants a striker.

Simone Poodoin
Jun 26, 2003

Che storia figata, ragazzo!



If you don't like Dinho you have no soul imo

Chas McGill
Oct 29, 2010

loves Fat Philippe
When Ronaldinho smiles, I can't help but smile in return.

mila kunis
Jun 10, 2011
Ronaldinho almost made Barcelona likeable

Mean Bean Machine
May 9, 2008

Only when I breathe.
Not enough triangles with Ronaldinho.

Ho Chi Meeeeee
Jun 13, 2008

let me shovel out your brains
hang my image in your skull
so I can be the vision
in your nightmares from now on
Is Messi just finally breaking down or is this just an injury blip? I only remember him being injured this frequently when he was first coming on to the scene.

El Hefe
Oct 31, 2006

You coulda had a V8/
Instead of a tre-eight slug to yo' cranium/
I got six and I'm aimin' 'em/
Will I bust or keep you guessin'

oh em gee bee ess posted:

Is Messi just finally breaking down or is this just an injury blip? I only remember him being injured this frequently when he was first coming on to the scene.

They keep rushing him back, I just hope they don't Torres him.

ephex
Nov 4, 2007





PHWOAR CRIMINAL

Suqit posted:

He's not nearly as selfish as Ronaldinho. Plus as good as Ronaldinho was he would kill the flow of the attack and I never liked him.

I think Neymar is going to be better for Barcelona than Ronaldinho was, though he may not get the individual accolades for it.

You monster.

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

Suqit posted:

He's not nearly as selfish as Ronaldinho. Plus as good as Ronaldinho was he would kill the flow of the attack and I never liked him.

I think Neymar is going to be better for Barcelona than Ronaldinho was, though he may not get the individual accolades for it.

This is the worst thing ever posted in a La Liga thread

Chas McGill
Oct 29, 2010

loves Fat Philippe

Scott Bakula posted:

This is the worst thing ever posted

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Eric Cantonese
Dec 21, 2004

You should hear my accent.

Suqit posted:

He's not nearly as selfish as Ronaldinho. Plus as good as Ronaldinho was he would kill the flow of the attack and I never liked him.

I think Neymar is going to be better for Barcelona than Ronaldinho was, though he may not get the individual accolades for it.

Do you think maybe the memory of his later days at Barca might be contaminating your memory?

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