Ronaldo generally gets better nearing the Ballon d'Or months.

Bit pointless if he does since March - April are the key months.

arsedoc md wrote:

crazy. I believe he has caught up with ronaldo's hat tricks too? Plus I haven't watched madrid much but I've read in various places that ronaldo has gone to shit except for his goals, hard to imagine but is that true?

No, not true. He was good in 2014, and had plenty of assists too. He has changed his game though, from "a scorer of great goals" to a great goalscorer. More goals, more tap-ins. In 2015 he has turned to shit, but not "except for his goals". He's scoring very few goals at the moment. 

And yeah, Messi passed Ronaldo on the hattrick list. Messi 24 league hattricks (32 total), Ronaldo 23 league hattricks.

it's too easy to get a hat trick in this joke league.

Those guys, in their teams, would score similarly in England I reckon.

Similarly perhaps, but still less.

Campbell started again for Villareal. Plays on the right tonight.

I reckon Messi would score even more in an ADHD paced joke league like the EPL.

Atlético - Valencia on now, looking to be a terrific match.

He would probably score less, but because of the PL using goal difference instead of head-to-head. In Spain, since goal difference doesn't matter, the bottom teams don't really have any reason to fight back once they're under by two to three goals.

My point is, he would not score less because the PL is better. It's really not that good.

Messi's hat trick today was against the type of defending you expect in a charity match.

Otamendi looks to be the best purchase in Europe this season, 10m and he looks worth double or triple that.

Bit envious watching this match, never mind Barcelona or Real, Atlético and Valencia would be challenging for the title in England.

jones wrote:

Otamendi looks to be the best purchase in Europe this season, 10m and he looks worth double or triple that.

Bit envious watching this match, never mind Barcelona or Real, Atlético and Valencia would be challenging for the title in England.

His performance vs. Real was incredible. I remember he caught up to Bale and tackled him last minute and scored a goal.

It's ridiculous he wasn't called up to the world cup

Bad decision from Sabella, but to be fair to him Otamendi was nowhere near his level before the WC, he lost his starting place at Porto and was even loaned out to Atlético Mineiro. Don't think many have expected him to explode like this.

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He also scored with a diving header from a corner.  😆

Leading goalscorer in Europe now too, despite the huge advantage Ronaldo was working up at the beginning of the season.

apparently ronaldo was being a little bitch today.

Isn't he always?

Getting mad when Bale scored because he didn't get the goal himself was a little over the top, even for him. 😆

I'm not totally convinced that's what's going on in the video tbh.

What do you think happened?

I'm not either,but at the very least he's not elated at his team taking the lead,nor even neutral but concerned of something else. Contrast with how he reacts after him scoring a goal. He really is a piece of work.

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Mega match tonight, think Barca will steamroll Real.

I don't usually care for the El Clasico...but today i'm actually excited, gonna be good game.

Yep, I'm looking forward to sitting down and watching this tonight. Intrigued to see if Madrid can compete with Barcelona because last time I watched Cristiano and his mates, against Schalke two weeks ago, they were utterly shambolic.

It'll be good to see an El Clasico with the league actually at stake - usually Barcelona or Madrid are comfortably ahead by this point.

Just reading through the BBC'S live coverage of the build up to make sure it was definitely an 8PM kick-off, and they're asking which players from the Premier League would get into Barca or Real's team - there are people, as in more than one idiot, legitimately suggesting Kane would get in their teams. I just don't know what to say to that.... :brow:

And some of the other suggestions also, holy fucking christ! I forget how stupid the average football fan is sometimes. Honestly, mind boggling stuff. They're just so thick and taken in by the bullshit that MotD, Sky Sports and the media in general churn out. It's like they haven't watched all the English sides crashing and burning in Europe in the last month.

Hmm should a good game because of the rivalry and league positions. The quality has dropped from a few years ago though

hating on comcast america. hope the internet holds up for for the duration of the match.

Song and Clichy in the studio 😆

El Clasico is always one of the highlights of the season. Unreal quality.

Is James Rodriguez no longer first choice at Madrid?

Song and Clichy? Wtf!!

I can just about understand Song but the latter?

So so random.