Pharoh:

Saw the news already but i do not like how they want the team name to be changed, this is not good for la liga.
The clubs in England and other leagues do not have to change their names or is it because getafe is a small club?

These three matches for the weekend will be very interesting, madrid might fed a weakened team or a strong team depending on their la liga goals. Valencia will not want to slip up because Villarreal will just pounce on the third position if they win their match against sevilla. Now to osasuna one of the teams that has been a stumbling block to real madrid this season, well barcelona should just be careful of this team because they are really good defensively and play on the counter as well. I believe sevilla is going to win or Villarreal will like to settle for a draw as they just want to maintain their fourth position and concentrate on the Europa league.

Anyway i am looking forward to these three matches starting from the valencia game.

Valencia ? - ? Real Madrid
Barcelona ? - ? Osasuna
Sevilla ? - ? Villarreal

My brother, I've never seen where that's is done o. I mean, clubs get taken over everyday but I have never heard a case where the club being taken over has to change its name. Getafe Team Dubai, wtf?
Meanwhile, there's really huge interest in Spanish footie coming from the Middle East, I wonder what's up.

As regards the weekend matches, Valencia vs Madrid is the pick of the bunch. Valencia are in form right now. 3 wins in their last 3 and of course, their is also red hot Soldado; 7 goals in his last 3 games. I'd go for a draw or Valencia win. I think Madrid have given up on winning league and I think they'll also rest key players ahead the CL clash with Barca and so they'll field a weakened side.

^^
Madrid have only lost in one of the last six visits to the Mestalla. Seven if you count last Wednesday, only that the team wasn't Valencia
Let's see how this pans out.

As for Osasuna vs Barcelona . . . well, Camacho will be looking to get some revenge on Barca for staining his impeccable record at Pamplona December 4, when they literally got off the bus, wasted his team, and got back on. Let's hope Barca can shake off the Copa disappointment and pull their hats on for the league tie.

As per Getafe and the money men . . . are you serious? Getafe Club Dubai?

Valencia is gone and this is good news for the champions league so only adan and pedro leon will be coming in for the second half.

Soldado strikes again. . . Valencia 1 vs Madrid 5

Well, the heated events of last midweek kind of made us forget about the rest of La Liga.
We already know that the Big Two lost. We also know that Villareal's quest for Europa glory is all but over, courtesy a certain Mr Falcao.

Last weekend was rather interesting. Both Sociedad and Zaragoza got some valuable three points from the Big Two (Lord knows with their points haul they can both afford to give some away). Also, Valencia suffered a shock loss to Osasuna at Pamplona, and are now just three points above the Yellow Subs, who put their midweek horror behind them with a 2-1 victory at struggling Getafe.

Malaga also managed a win (3-1) over Hercules, their first break in ages.

glorified SPL

mbulela:

glorified SPL

The league where the best players in the world play?
EPL didn't even have a single player in the FIFA XI 2010. With all the mouth.

Where have you been anyways? Been a while.

Valencia are trouncing Sociedad 3-0. . . Soldado with a brace. The boy's scoring with ease.

^^
Hardly a hope of Villareal catching them for 3rd.

@Topic,
In search of the Holy Grail yet again:
Porto's Falcao linked with Real Madrid transfer

The quest for Europe is really showing in today's matches and some clubs need to fight the relegation battle with all they have right now.

Pharoh:

The quest for Europe is really showing in today's matches and some clubs need to fight the relegation battle with all they have right now.

I think we can safely discount Sevilla from that. Sorry, Ruudie.

The relegation and europa league spot battle is on in la liga, who is going down and who is qualifying to europe. I am routing for A.madrid because we damn need two clubs in europe if valencia can have two teams.

You can follow the live table as the match progresses from this link.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/tables/live/_/league/esp.1/spanish-primera-division?cc=5739

I'm not too pleased that Bilbao are back in Europe. They are unlikely to do well in the Europa League. But let's see.

AjanleKoko:

I'm not too pleased that Bilbao are back in Europe. They are unlikely to do well in the Europa League. But let's see.

my oga, please check your mail box.

Cristiano Ronaldo now has 40 league goals [/b]this season and is in pole position to win the Pichichi

Ronaldo, who had scored nine goals in his previous three games heading into Saturday's fixture, has now [b]netted 53 in all competitions for Madrid this season. Congrats to CR9!!

^^
You mean CR7.
I don't know why they keep listing him as a 'midfielder'. He scores goals with reckless abandon.

AjanleKoko:

^^
You mean CR7.
I don't know why they keep listing him as a 'midfielder'. He scores goals with reckless abandon.

That is why i call him CR9!!

Deportivo have been relegated. 11 years after they won the league and 7 years after they reached the CL semis. . . very sad. I hope they get back up next season.

^^

I really hope they comeback and maybe Sevilla will take the third slot for Europa league qualification since they were in the semis with Almeria who has been relegated now. Real betis, real vallencano and a third team from the playoffs will be promoted to laliga.

After 2 decades in the top flight, Super Depor finally go down. Tragic, for a team that paraded once the likes of Jardel and Bebeto, and the team where Rivaldo cut his teeth.

As for Hercules, one expected some more for them after they surprisingly beat Barca in Journada 2. I wonder what happens to Nelson Valdes, he's a very good player. Trezeguet was kind of washed out anyway.

Almeria is the most awful of the pack. Losing 8-0 to Barca at home, and 8-1 to Madrid away . . . really bad form. But surprisingly they did well in the Copa, getting all the way to the semis. I wonder what happens to our Kalu Uche. I hope another La Liga side picks him up.

I think we should resurrect this thread so we can follow all matches and news relating to la liga.

La Liga is the biggest joke in the world' - Sevilla president lashes out at Real Madrid - Barcelona domination

http://www.goal.com/en/news/12/spain/2011/08/30/2643085/la-liga-is-the-biggest-joke-in-the-world-sevilla-president

Pharoh:

I think we should resurrect this thread so we can follow all matches and news relating to la liga.

La Liga is the biggest joke in the world' - Sevilla president lashes out at Real Madrid - Barcelona domination

http://www.goal.com/en/news/12/spain/2011/08/30/2643085/la-liga-is-the-biggest-joke-in-the-world-sevilla-president

Fully agree mate.
On this La Liga domination thing, I think possibly what some of the other clubs need is better management. When you think about the turbulent 90s, and you had the likes of Jesus Gil running Athletico Madrid, he built them into a serious side back then.

Of course the TV rights is an issue, but the problem is, the best players in the world is what TV wants to see right now. They want to see Messi and Ronaldo, Kaka, Xavi, Iniesta, etc. Doesn't help either that some of the very good Spaniards, like Silva, Mata, etc, are also moving to England.

Sevilla is a former winner in Europe, and so is Athletico Madrid. How have they developed from there?

Even though I'm in support of the joint tv deal, the truth is, it's not likely to change things so much.
TV money aside, Barca and Real make tonnes of cash from gate receipts, merchandising, sponsorship, etc. They are some of the most profitable sport franchises in the world. Barca has a deal with Qatar Foundation worth £125m(£25m p/a for 6 years) and Madrid's deal with Bwin is worth £20m p/a till 2013 and they just signed another deal with Fly Emirates. . . If there's a joint tv deal, how much will the likes of Sevilla, Valencia, Villareal possibly make? They don't even have a major shirt sponsor and that's the problem. They need to find a means to generate money.
Most of these La Liga clubs are poorly ran. Asides Barca and Real, Getafe are the only club properly managed and are making profit. Sevilla made some good money from the sales of Alves, Baptista, Ramos, Keita, Adriano, etc and they're still in huge debts.
Valencia were busy spending money they don't have that plunged them in debts. They signed Joaquin for €25m from Betis, Manuel Fernandes for €18m. They signed that Nigerian that represented Spain at youth level, Sunny, for some ridiculous fee. Their plans to move into a new stadium, Nou Mestalla, have been abandoned because of debts.

medjai:

Even though I'm in support of the joint tv deal, the truth is, it's not likely to change things so much.
TV money aside, Barca and Real make tonnes of cash from gate receipts, merchandising, sponsorship, etc. They are some of the most profitable sport franchises in the world. Barca has a deal with Qatar Foundation worth £125m(£25m p/a for 6 years) and Madrid's deal with Bwin is worth £20m p/a till 2013 and they just signed another deal with Fly Emirates. . . If there's a joint tv deal, how much will the likes of Sevilla, Valencia, Villareal possibly make? They don't even have a major shirt sponsor and that's the problem. They need to find a means to generate money.
Most of these La Liga clubs are poorly ran. Asides Barca and Real, Getafe are the only club properly managed and are making profit. Sevilla made some good money from the sales of Alves, Baptista, Ramos, Keita, Adriano, etc and they're still in huge debts.
Valencia were busy spending money they don't have that plunged them in debts. They signed Joaquin for €25m from Betis, Manuel Fernandes for €18m. They signed that Nigerian that represented Spain at youth level, Sunny, for some ridiculous fee. Their plans to move into a new stadium, Nou Mestalla, have been abandoned because of debts.

It's a reflection of the Spanish economy, and the way they do business.
That's why, outside England, the only profitable league is the Bundesliga.

Valencia have signed Antonio Barragan from Valladolid and ex Barca canterano, Vitor Ruiz from Napoli. Ruiz joined Napoli from Espanyol in January.
Long standing right-back, Miguel Brito is likely to be released.
Good thing Valencia have decided to strengthen their defence. They have a very poor defence.
They've made some very interesting signings this window bringing in Pablo Piatti, Dani Parejo, Sergio Canales(loan), Adil Rami, Diego Alves and they've promoted the very promising Paco Alcacer from their youth team and also Juan Bernat.
They did very well against Santander in the weekend coming from 3-1 down to win 4-3. Soldado scored a hatrick and also an own goal. He was also the captain. Their defence was the real problem. All the goals they conceded were defensive blunders.

Some deadline day deals:
Jonathan de Guzman to Villareal from Mallorca
Diego from Wolfsburg to Atletico(loan)
Ikechukwu Uche from Zaragoza to Villareal. Villareal has loaned him to Granada.
Mohammed El Hammadoui to Espanyol from Ajax.

http://www.espnstar.com/football/primera-liga/news/detail/item665039/Roig:-Change-or-La-Liga-will-die/

that is from the president of Villareal.
the other clubs are really trying their best but its just way off the minimum baseline for top flight football in europe.

I just hope the LFP will take note and supervise the league more better and objectively too.

Sevilla president slams 'prostituted, altered and corrupted' Primera
http://fourfourtwo.com/blogs/laligaloca/archive/2011/08/31/sevilla-president-slams-prostituted-altered-and-corrupted-primera.aspx

Nice thread. A nice haven to discuss the beast league in the world.

Mcleo007:

Nice thread. A nice haven to discuss the beastbest league in the world.

cules and their terrible spellings sha

usbcable:

cules and their terrible spellings sha

C'mon dude, we both know its a typographical error! The 'a' is a slight touch.

just poking your eyes pulling your legs.lols