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2015/16 Spanish football thread

Postby dan08 » Fri Aug 14, 2015 10:56 pm

A thread for all things happening in Spanish football in 2015/16 - La Liga, Copa Del Rey, Supercopa etc.
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Re: 2015/16 Spanish football thread

Postby dan08 » Fri Aug 14, 2015 10:57 pm

To start things off...

Athletic Bilbao beat Barca 4-0 in the 1st leg of the Spanish Super Cup!!

Barca played a weakened side but still an astonishing result. Looks like their chances of winning the sextuple is over...
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Re: 2015/16 Spanish football thread

Postby Alviro Patterson » Sat Aug 15, 2015 12:35 am

Nice to learn the Spanish equivalent of Fleetwood Town are re-instated in La Liga after Elche got demoted for financial mismanagement.
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Re: 2015/16 Spanish football thread

Postby dan08 » Mon Aug 17, 2015 10:07 pm

Sky are showing every La Liga match this season (apart from 3pm Saturday kick offs).
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Re: 2015/16 Spanish football thread

Postby SaintPowelly » Mon Aug 17, 2015 10:25 pm

Barca are AWFUL
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Re: 2015/16 Spanish football thread

Postby dan08 » Mon Aug 17, 2015 10:34 pm

Barca are really missing Neymar and Alba.
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Re: 2015/16 Spanish football thread

Postby SaintPowelly » Mon Aug 17, 2015 10:38 pm

Madrid have one hand on the title already
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Re: 2015/16 Spanish football thread

Postby dan08 » Mon Aug 17, 2015 10:45 pm

Barca are still favourites.

Madrid's depth is just as bad. They have one striker in their whole squad.
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Re: 2015/16 Spanish football thread

Postby SaintPowelly » Mon Aug 17, 2015 10:48 pm

Probably not going to ship goals though.
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Re: 2015/16 Spanish football thread

Postby dan08 » Mon Aug 17, 2015 10:55 pm

Barca's defence does look all over the place. But once Alba comes back and Bravo remains keeper, they'll be fine like last season. Any defensive injuries though and they could struggle. Although even if they do leak goals like a few years back, their attack is so strong that they can easily outscore teams.
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Re: 2015/16 Spanish football thread

Postby Aidan11 » Tue Aug 18, 2015 7:57 am

Couldn't believe how bad Barca were last night.


They'll soon be back to their best I reckon.
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Re: 2015/16 Spanish football thread

Postby dan08 » Sun Aug 23, 2015 9:18 pm

Real Madrid held to a 0-0 draw against newly promoted Sporting Gijon. Sporting haven't spent a single penny in transfer fees on their current squad. 15 of their 18 today came up from the academy. Sporting were outstanding and should stay up if they play like that.

Elsewhere, Barca held on to a 1-0 win over Athletic Bilbao while Atletico also won 1-0.

Not the easiest of starts for the big teams...
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Re: 2015/16 Spanish football thread

Postby dan08 » Sun Aug 30, 2015 11:26 pm

Barca win 1-0 with Vermaelen scoring his first goal. Still far from their best.

Real Madrid win 5-0, James and Bale on form. Ronaldo and Messi yet to get off the mark.

Atletico win 3-0 away at Sevilla which confirms they are definitely title contenders.
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Re: 2015/16 Spanish football thread

Postby backfootpunch » Wed Sep 02, 2015 3:56 pm

Some of those goals from Madrid were spectacular

The keeper made some very good saves to keep Ronaldo out who could have had 2 or 3 goals

Barca have taken a big risk letting Pedro go as the quality of cover in case of injury is quite low until January when the likes of arda turan can play
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Re: 2015/16 Spanish football thread

Postby Gingerfinch » Sat Sep 12, 2015 4:59 pm

Five goals for Ronaldo, in Madrid's 0-6 thrashing of Espanyol.
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