Barcelona, Madrid and Maybe Some Other Teams - OTT [R]

Wow, how did Benzema not score there?

 

I just realized the best goalkeepers come from the most attack-minded leagues. Week after weeks facing the most attack minded players and teams has got to mold you into a consistently good goalkeeper.

 

I know we have and will praise Valencia and Scholes for our recent success and rightfully so, but with the proper partner, Carrick has been great too and should be given props.

 

I never thought about it that way, but watching this match and De Gea this season makes me think you are definitely on to something. It has to sharpen the reflexes.

 

What about Rooney, Rio and Evans?

 

Who made you think of that?

 

Madrid are choking this title away.

 

the best goalkeeping performances have consistently been in La Liga and Bundesliga. Moreover the best goalkeeping prospects that keep popping up are from the same leagues. There absolutely has to be a correlation between the two.

 

It has been a tremendous weekend.

 

I'd agree with SirManc's statement, simply because in an attack minded league it would seem that the keepers have more responsibility than the occasional stop in 0-0 stale draw.

 

Also, I dive, i saw what you said about Raul and I fully agree. I read that there was some tension between him and his manager in Germany but he's really seemed to be at home there and I hope he stays.

The thing is, I don't think alot of United fans realize how close he was to joining us after he left Madrid. Sid Lowe has mentioned on twitter how close the deal was until it fell apart at the end. Can't talk shit about Michael Owen regardless after his City goal but Raul would have been far more useful or available. However he wouldn't have gotten to play as much as he has at Schalke.

 

No. That didn't even happen with Larsson who was 86757 years old when he played for us on loan!

 

Watching MOTD2 now. Lost in all of this today is the most significant occurrence possibly in the history of football and medicine. Arsene Wenger has recovered his sight. He actually saw Balotelli's tackle on Song

 

I think Raul would get alot of respect here. We did clap Ronaldo after his hat trick, and I thought Raul got some applause when Schalke played against us last season? Maybe I'm making that up.

 

Because Beanyoun missed and you're the only Israeli bloke that posts on here.

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When your own players are to telling you to get up you must be doing something wrong.

 

I rest my case.

 

To be fair the only difference between this and any Barcelona player is that Madrid had one guy who was willing to say "Not the time or place for this BS, let's go". Every Barca player would be crowding the ref begging for a card.

 

So you're saying Barcelona are united and have a great team spirit? I agree.

 

The spin is strong with this one.

Try politics.

 

And the idiot abroad just scored on spuds!

 

Norwich and Swansea are two of my more favorite promoted sides in recent memory.

 

Spuds equalize.