Spanish Football

Gearing up for a great end to the season. Reckon Madrid will get a draw or get beat tonight, Espanyol will roll over as usual at Camp Nou. Sevilla will do Mallorca I reckon.

Which game is Sky showing tonight - anyone know?

Originally Posted by Gypsum Fantastic

Gearing up for a great end to the season. Reckon Madrid will get a draw or get beat tonight, Espanyol will roll over as usual at Camp Nou. Sevilla will do Mallorca I reckon.

Which game is Sky showing tonight - anyone know?

Ruud and Becks to win the league for me. Well deserved too.

Originally Posted by TheNew

Ruud and Becks to win the league for me. Well deserved too.

It's a tough one, but i'm not sure about deserved.

Obviously there's the old adage that the best team wins the league, but Madrid were awful for 2/3s of the season. Fair play to them for their form recently, but there is definitely a strong argument that Sevilla deserve it. They've played arguably the best football throughout the season, got the least money, the smallest squad and gone furthest in Europe - managing to retain the UEFA cup.

Fantastic achievement and as much as i'd like to ex-reds win something I really want Sevilla to do it.

I really don't want to see Madrid winning anything. Ever.

I'm pretty sure they will, though. They've really got the bit between their teeth.


Barcelona blew it a few games ago. Narrow lead at the top of the league, 1-0 up at home (I forget against whom), playing poorly, conceded a last minute equaliser - they'd got away by the skin of their teeth in quite a few similar situations before, too; but not that time. Since then it's been out of their hands. They're on the same points as Real Madrid, with a much better goal difference, but head-to-head is what counts in Spain and Real Madrid beat and drew with them.



And to be honest, Barcelona don't really deserve to win it. They've been iffy and complacent for much of the season, especially away from home.



I'd like to see Sevilla take it, too. But mainly I'd like to see Real Madrid #@&%! it up. Most unlikely, sadly.



(Oh, and btw, it's Real Madrid vs. Real Zaragoza tonight, I think, with highlights from the other two games.)

Originally Posted by celtbion

I really don't want to see Madrid winning anything. Ever.

On the other hand, I'd love to see Beckham, and Ruud to a lesser extent, win a league trophy over there.Especially Beckham, though.

Originally Posted by shadowplay

On the other hand, I'd love to see Beckham, and Ruud to a lesser extent, win a league trophy over there.Especially Beckham, though.

Nope.

If Roy Keane, Scholes, Ole, Dinny Irwin, Steve Bruce and Ryan Giggs were turning out for Madrid I'd still like them to £#%&! it up.

love ruud to win it

Originally Posted by celtbion

Nope.

If Roy Keane, Scholes, Ole, Dinny Irwin, Steve Bruce and Ryan Giggs were turning out for Madrid I'd still like them to £#%&! it up.

Politically opposed to them huh?

I'll never forget the day they bombed the baltics. Hierro in the tank, firing tango's at the peasants in the village.

Terrible business

Originally Posted by Gypsum Fantastic

Politically opposed to them huh?

I'll never forget the day they bombed the baltics. Hierro in the tank, firing tango's at the peasants in the village.

Terrible business

The club was built on the back of a fascist dictator being a fan.

Too £#%&!ing right.

You just know if Madrid win the league, there'll be a snidey Ruud interview regarding United.

Fell in love with the guy for about 3 years, but he's a @#%&! of a man, end of.

Originally Posted by 24hr Leavesey

You just know if Madrid win the league, there'll be a snidey Ruud interview regarding United.

Fell in love with the guy for about 3 years, but he's a @#%&! of a man, end of.

Let's be frank, given how well both Utd and Van Nistelrooy have done this year, it puts his last year or so in a new perspective.

Come On Barca And Zaragoza

Pique not featuring in this presumably?

Originally Posted by celtbion

Pique not featuring in this presumably?

Of course he is, been one of their best players this season.

Originally Posted by legendary saf

Of course he is, been one of their best players this season.

He was injured the last time I sat down to watch a Zaragoza game.

£#%&!ing annoying it was.

I think Barcelona will still go on to win it (easier run-in)...but I want Madrid to win it.
I'd like to see Beckham & Ruud do well. I don't have a problem with our ex-players (unless they've said/done something that's really £#%&!ed me off) & neither of those have

It was probably time for both of them to move on as & when they did...it's obvious we're going for 'pace' in our attacking areas & Beckham & Ruud don't have it.
But they're both the best in the business at what they do.
Ruud makes goalscoring look laughably easy, but it certainly isn't (otherwise most strikers would get around 30 goals a season)...& Beckham is a United great as far as I'm concerned & still a terrific provider from out wide or with a deadball.

Looking forward to the games tonight..

After seeing Ruud tell Becks that United have won the league, and they were both made up, I now want Madrid to win.
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Originally Posted by celtbion

He was injured the last time I sat down to watch a Zaragoza game.

£#%&!ing annoying it was.

He made his comeback last week, hopefully he'll start tonight