Barcelona

[Earl Hafler]

Averaging three goals a home match and running away with La Liga. I've always had loads of respect for Pep Guardiola as a player ( even wanted us to sign him when he left Barca ) and now he's a very promising manager.

 

Check out this goal from Toure

 

http://www.101greatgoals.com/videodisplay/1930757/

[allawee]

Everything looks better when you play inferior teams, just look at Celtic in the SPL!

 

I don't think that the Spanish league has the depth of the PL. Their champion league group was the weakest.

 

I still think they are good, but us, Chelsea or Man U are still favourites IMO.

 

Wait and see in the next CL round.

 

 

Don't understand me wrongly, they are class, but they not better than us!

[Earl Hafler]

I think you underestimate the quality of La Liga.

[_00_deathscar]

Just noticed that today. 51 goals in 17 games is mad.

[Sion]

I think you underestimate the quality of La Liga.

 

I would say on the whole the quality of La Liga is very much over-rated.

There are hardly any teams that set up to stop the opposition playing, there are at least 10 in the PL.

That means it's easy for teams like Barca to outclass them

[Leo No.8]

Great footballing side but I bet they want to play us less than we want to play them in the CL...

[Nebraska Red]

Messi took Athletico to the cleaners, 3 goals (albeit 1 from the spot) and a cracker that hit the bar.

 

Ray Hudson actually orgasmed, or he sounded like he had, on Gol TV this afternoon after Messi hit the bar. The man wants locking up for some of the crap he comes out with.

 

Even playing a bunch of squaddies, Barca still looked head and shoulders above Athletico, who are 5th in La Liga.

 

La Liga is poor this season, once you get past the 7th place team, you are looking at a bunch of very average and below average teams.

[Sion]

squaddies? they were only missing about 3 players

[Nebraska Red]

That's tinkering if you use the standards aplied by SKY to Rafa.

 

the only regulars were Toure, Alves and Messi. Iniesta is just back from injury and all the others are not starters.

[Minder78]

On a pure skill level mid table or lower La Liga teams have a greater skill level than EPL teams in similar positions. Remember last year a perceived weak Barcelona team played United off the pitch for two legs and if Samuel Etoo hadnt been such a lazy, useless t*at they would have beaten United.

[_00_deathscar]

I thought Man Utd let them have the ball to be honest. It was very much an Arsenal like performance from Barcelona.

[£440,000]

They've got a goal difference of plus 49 after 20 games. That's phenomenal. If they carry on the way they are they might well rack up 100 points this season and score well over a hundred goals. They really are different class at the moment.

[Cam]

Aye, but would they get a draw away at Wigan, eh? Eh? EH??!!!

 

Would they bo11ocks; the over-rated, workshy ponces. Drawing games is where it's at.

[Tosh]

Messi with a stunning winner tonight

 

And they finished with 9 men (as should Chelsea)

[Ombudsam]

two from Messi with his right. his second was sensational, they should have given him two goals for it and he should have one a penalty in the process. That's 3 (three) goals from one shot. This boy's special.

[Nebraska Red]

two from Messi with his right. his second was sensational, they should have given him two goals for it and he should have one a penalty in the process. That's 3 (three) goals from one shot. This boy's special.

 

how long before Citeh offer Barcelona 1 billion dollars for Messi?

 

we should have tried to do a swap for him and dangled Keane as the sweetener in the deal.

[Nebraska Red]

nice goal by Henry from a superb Bojan cross to give Barcelona a 1-0 lead in the Kings Cup game.

 

HT

 

not a hoofball in sight, except by the keeper!

[Rory Fitzgerald]

Have 40 quid on Barca to win by 2 or more goals at 7/10

 

If they go 2-0 up I will be putting £8* on Mallorca to score the next goal in order to hedge my bet and not lose anything

 

*At present they are 5/1 for the next goal so I assume they will be at least the same if Barca are 2 up

[Sion]

PSV to win -2 and Barca to win -2 was 5/1. PSV won 6-0

didn't get on it though, stupid non-gambling idiot that i am, although Barca could easy not win by 3 I suppose

Edited February 5, 2009 by Sion

[Rory Fitzgerald]

Just hedged out, happy days

[Sion]

2-0 down away to Betis after 25 minutes

 

Mark Gonsales scored the 2nd

[Zoob]

2-0 down away to Betis after 25 minutes

 

Mark Gonsales scored the 2nd

 

You had better hope that Will isn't anywhere near.

 

Barca to comeback and win 4-2

[Sion]

50p says it ends a draw

[Zoob]

barca get a pen just before HT...

[Zoob]

Really good save from Eto'o's pen, buy Eto'o follows up rebound to score