Lliga: Barca - Rayo 6-1

[gatsu]

Eh,Real fans can say the same...without these two flops they would have a 5 point lead going into the classico.

Losing against Valencia, Athletic and Atletico is no flop, that's the big difference between us and Madrid, we lost against average team, while Real had it hard against top la liga teams.

 

[JamDav1982]

Losing against Valencia, Athletic and Atletico is no flop, that's the big difference between us and Madrid, we lost against average team, while Real had it hard against top la liga teams.

Or the big difference is that Barca have been able to beat the top la liga teams where Real have struggled.

 

[raskolnikov]

Sorry, but why should Bartra play in this match? Or Adriano in this moment?

This is like a match point, and we already play without Neymar and Busi.
And the next match is in 6 days.

No reason to rest anyone with 6 days of rest before the next match.
And since we already miss 1+1 player both from attacking line and from midfield line, why risk even further?

I don't care if we play a 4th div team.
We need 3 points and all big (an older) boys should play.

All matches till the end are like a final.

With the long run in mind, its important to rotate a bit in easier games. The season is still long, we can lose el classico and still win la liga. We can win this game easily with those players. This is different from Lucho's stupid Sociedad type choices.

 

[raskolnikov]

Losing against Valencia, Athletic and Atletico is no flop, that's the big difference between us and Madrid, we lost against average team, while Real had it hard against top la liga teams.

If we had won against Celta and Malaga we could have gone into el classico leading them 7 points, liga would have been over on march 22 with a win.
such a waste but in the end its still a god situation we are in now.

 

[JamDav1982]

If we had won against Celta and Malaga we could have gone into el classico leading them 7 points, liga would have been over on march 22 with a win.
such a waste but in the end its still a god situation we are in now.

Real will have 'what if' games as well though. Its nothing unique to Barca.

The league table tells the story, Barca have made up dropping points to Malaga and Celta by beating the like of Valencia and Bilbao away when Real couldnt.

 

[Science Kid]

Losing against Valencia, Athletic and Atletico is no flop, that's the big difference between us and Madrid, we lost against average team, while Real had it hard against top la liga teams.

Huh?

Malaga and Celta are 7-th and 9-th while Villareal and Bilbao are 6-th and 8-th.

Both teams had bad games they should have won.

 

[raskolnikov]

Real will have 'what if' games as well though. Its nothing unique to Barca.

The league table tells the story, Barca have made up dropping points to Malaga and Celta by beating the like of Valencia and Bilbao away when Real couldnt.

True but I feel our schedule is slightly tougher.

up and until round 32 they will have only easy winnable games apart from el classico, in the mean time we face Celta away, Sevilla at away and Valencia at home.

Then the last 6 games they will face celta, Sevilla away, Valencia at home, while we face Espanyol and Atletico on the road.

 

[raskolnikov]

Huh?

Malaga and Celta are 7-th and 9-th while Villareal and Bilbao are 6-th and 8-th.

Both teams had bad games they should have won.

Those 2 at home should Always be easy wins, Villareal and Bilbao away are difficult games which we have won thank god.

 

[JamDav1982]

Those 2 at home should Always be easy wins, Villareal and Bilbao away are difficult games which we have won thank god.

They drew with Villareal reserves at home.

 

[xavi_the_Boss]

True but I feel our schedule is slightly tougher.

up and until round 32 they will have only easy winnable games apart from el classico, in the mean time we face Celta away, Sevilla at away and Valencia at home.

Then the last 6 games they will face celta, Sevilla away, Valencia at home, while we face Espanyol and Atletico on the road.

Besides Atletico away and Depor at home we have pretty much the same opponents if i´m not wrong?
There isn´t much difference and Real Madrid seems very tired already.

 

[JamDav1982]

True but I feel our schedule is slightly tougher.

up and until round 32 they will have only easy winnable games apart from el classico, in the mean time we face Celta away, Sevilla at away and Valencia at home.

Then the last 6 games they will face celta, Sevilla away, Valencia at home, while we face Espanyol and Atletico on the road.

Barcas schedule and Reals is very similar other than Barca having Atletico away. Which is offset by having Classico at home anyway.

 

[raskolnikov]

They drew with Villareal reserves at home.

Yes, and they won in Madrigal, so in the end 4 points against Villarreal in la liga in a season is realistic.

 

[raskolnikov]

Besides Atletico away and Depor at home we have pretty much the same opponents if i´m not wrong?
There isn´t much difference and Real Madrid seems very tired already.

Espanyol away is also more difficult for us than for them.

 

[JamDav1982]

Yes, and they won in Madrigal, so in the end 4 points against Villarreal in la liga in a season is realistic.

Once they have won in Madrigal that game is gone.

Would love to have seen the players come out and say 'four points is reasonable'.

They drew with Villareal reserves which is a bad result, they away game is irrelevant.

 

[JamDav1982]

Espanyol away is also more difficult for us than for them.

So Atletico is a tougher game for Real? As is Getafe, Vallecano etc?

It doesnt work that way. Espanyol will go full out to beat both sides.