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Anyone watching La Liga's El Clasico tomorrow?
Debut of El Pistolero, Luis Suarez!
Main Story going into the Clasico: Lionel Messi has to score 2 Goals to break the La Liga All-Time Scoring Record, if he does, will he get an ovation from the Bernabao faithful?
Stay tuned.
Debut of El Pistolero, Luis Suarez!
Main Story going into the Clasico: Lionel Messi has to score 2 Goals to break the La Liga All-Time Scoring Record, if he does, will he get an ovation from the Bernabao faithful?
Stay tuned.
Too bad, Rusty. Guess you're in for some disappointment tomorrow, cuz it is gonna be all about Barcelona.
Leo Messi for a second Liga Clasico Hat-Trick in a row.
May the Best Team(Barcelona
) win. 
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Karanka needs to stop tinkering with the fucking team already.
See that! You started Kike and Kike just scored.
See that! You started Kike and Kike just scored.
Dowdsy McDowds
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What the tits!? Switch over to Sky bang on 5 with a pint in hand and anticipation in my belly for El Clasico, only to find out that Sky can't start broadcasting it until 5.15?! Guillem Balague is a nice guy but I had to tell him to fuck off for just telling me that Neymar scored in the 3rd minute, rather than see it for myself.
At least Berahino scored in my Fantasy team to off-set the 4 point penalty I took to bring him and Tadic in. Silver linings eh?
At least Berahino scored in my Fantasy team to off-set the 4 point penalty I took to bring him and Tadic in. Silver linings eh?
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I had Tadic come in as well as Chambers so good news there.
Fucking Pool though, had Sterling, Coutinho thinking Hull at home would be alright. But to be fair, Coutinho was the best attacker out there for me.
Fucking Pool though, had Sterling, Coutinho thinking Hull at home would be alright. But to be fair, Coutinho was the best attacker out there for me.
meh, lost it at the start with Pique and Mascherano in the middle. Mathieu at LB(and awful on the ball) because other LB, Alba is also sucky at defending....
Xavi started also....don't quite get that.
Madrid totally deserved their win.
Still 1 point ahead of them tho.
Until next Clasico, Rusty.
Xavi started also....don't quite get that.
Madrid totally deserved their win.
Still 1 point ahead of them tho.
Until next Clasico, Rusty.
As for Lpool:
I said at the start of the season, that B.Rodgers buying players for depth and Not replacing Suarez adequately would bite them in their Arse, and it has proven true, especially since Sturridge got injured.
Look at the MF, and besides Stevie G, everyone else is inexperienced. Would it have hurt to throw maybe 10-15mil at Real/Barca for a Xabi Alonso/Mascherano?
The likes of Di Maria, Falcao, Alexis Sanchez(who has excelled),etc...were available and the guys buys.....Balotelli(for less than 20mil, who AC Milan of all teams Didn't want)...
pity, pity, pity...
Also, ManCity:
Will also have it harder since they also should have bought a Top guy for their attack as well. Yaya is obviously not giving his all given the kind of summer shit that occured with the birthday farce,etc...whilst Aguero is injury-prone.
Guess FFP has hurt their chances big time, whilst Chelski march on.
I said at the start of the season, that B.Rodgers buying players for depth and Not replacing Suarez adequately would bite them in their Arse, and it has proven true, especially since Sturridge got injured.
Look at the MF, and besides Stevie G, everyone else is inexperienced. Would it have hurt to throw maybe 10-15mil at Real/Barca for a Xabi Alonso/Mascherano?
The likes of Di Maria, Falcao, Alexis Sanchez(who has excelled),etc...were available and the guys buys.....Balotelli(for less than 20mil, who AC Milan of all teams Didn't want)...
pity, pity, pity...
Also, ManCity:
Will also have it harder since they also should have bought a Top guy for their attack as well. Yaya is obviously not giving his all given the kind of summer shit that occured with the birthday farce,etc...whilst Aguero is injury-prone.
Guess FFP has hurt their chances big time, whilst Chelski march on.
Dowdsy McDowds
Sally was here
Swansea don't concede a goal while Sigurdsson is on the pitch or concede one after he has left, yet I don't get any clean sheet points for him in fantasy football. What's that about?
I think its because he was only on the pitch for 57 minutes. Clean sheets are for 60+ minutes.
It was also an issue to replace the best player in a team. They needed depth due to having a European campaign now. Look at how they are overworking Sterling at the moment.
The midfield is the same as last year, I don't know what you are getting at. How is it inexperienced now when they are the same players with one more season of experience? Xabi was always going to join up with Pep Real deem him surplus to requirement. You really think Barca would sell Mascherano this year?
Di Maria, Falcao, Sanchez all are good but they cost a lot more in wages. Transfer fees are the only costs here. We aren't living in the 90's anymore. Wages make up a lot more of the player's cost to clubs. Agree on the Balotelli thing though, when even AC Milan don't want him there has to be deeper issues.
Man City issue is they slacked off this year. It could probably be due to a world cup hangover. Yaya being less than superhuman also hurt them. FFP probably only hurt them in having to let Negredo go out on loan but they probably figured a fit Jovetic is an able replacement. Too bad he is still injury prone. I think they are actually deeper this year than last year. Sagna is a better back up at RB than Richards. Mangala is a quality young CB that is an improvement over Lescott in fighting for a CB spot. Fernando is better than Garcia.
Too bad, Rusty. Guess you're in for some disappointment tomorrow, cuz it is gonna be all about Barcelona.
Leo Messi for a second Liga Clasico Hat-Trick in a row.
May the Best Team(Barcelona
Don't back against Rusty this year, my teams are in fine form for once.
Diego Costa to rip out 4 goals against Manchester United.
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Isn't Diego Costa unlikely to play
Dowdsy McDowds
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It's a trick he stole from SAF. The amount of times that Rio or Giggs was "ruled out" only to then play was ridiculous.
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Well, its a good thing for Man U Costa didn't play. They should've put that game to bed.
I understand the need for depth, but replacing your best player with Balotelli(don't believe BR's BS about Balo not being the replacement) doesn't make sense if they wanted to challenge again. Also, given that the likes of ManU and Arsenal invested in new players also, Lpool should have taken note.
As for their MF; most of their guys aren't experienced enough for UCL, and Gerrard is also not ideal for 3 games per wk. Someone like an Alonso/Mascherano would have helped with that.
Masche was on his way out of Barca(to Napoli) and only agreed to stay after crunch talks with the coach.
Alonso, I feel, would have returned to Lpool had he actually been pursued.
Indeed, those guys cost a load, but Lpool had to replace Suarez and they had around 70+ mil to spend. Surely they could have done better than just get in players for depth, whilst their rivals all bought the Top Quality guys.
Fair enough on ManCity.
I feel FFP hurt them more than anything. They are staring down yet another poor UCL campaign as well.
I feel they are lacking in attack to an extent. Maybe they'll go after Reus for next season, and that'd shake things up well.
Agree with you on the Balotelli part. There were many other better options out there. He did go for Remy as first choice but somehow Remy 'failed' a physical. I just think Liverpool wanted a 'name' instead of finding the best fit.
Man U were desperate, and the premium they paid for the players showed it. Di Maria is a great player, but he isn't in the 60m bracket. 40m-45m is probably about right. Arsenal isn't doing that well either to be honest. Same old false crisis and then fighting and retaining the top 4 spot.
Liverpool just isn't the same name as Manchester United or Arsenal. When City were starting their evil empire they had to settle for the 2nd tier top talents as well first before the likes of Yaya Toure and Augero joined. You also have to consider who the manager is at the clubs. Van Gaal and Wenger has a lot more pull than Brandon Rogers at the moment for top tier talent.
Imagine you are Alonso, on one side is Pep asking for you and the other is Rogers, which one is more appealing to you?
