Again, no Yamal, no party. Take MVP. On a side note I watched the last 10 minutes only but that intensity from both teams was mind blowing. Barcelona was attacking at full speed every attack. All attacks ended no where but it was insane intensity. I havenโt seen our team play like this probably from Mourinho (when we are chasing a goal).
Indeed, tell that to the fans on here who have already decided that the season is over, in November, they know who they are
Sorry, is the league still over? Asking for a friend. Someone check on the nutcase Nir_O and make sure they're still alive. Barca lost.
I don't see Barca carrying on this form 2nd half of the season. Lamine already sitting games out for muscular overload and its only November. It's really up to Carlo and the board on how we respond to our setback these next few weeks/months.
Hmmmmmm, If true, that's two "one man" teams out there nowadays apparently, and not just any regular ole teams, big super teams with playing styles and clear identities and systems with all players knowing their roles and whatnot......
We win next game and itโll be a 3 point gap. Itโs a long season yet some here start hyperventilating when Barcelona win 4-0, 5-0.
Barcelona is in for a long season. Their highline like the Xavi first season only works with extreme defensive output by the players. The moment they take rest in a game they start conceding chances. This loss was because of lack of lamin to pin sociedad back and also due to fatigue. Flick ball needs unlimited energy.
My family and Arsenal fans and it's times like this where I realise how Real Madrid fans only really have first world problems when you think about it. Obviously very early in the season, but Arsenal are 9 points off the top and it's not even Manchester City who are top of the table. They last won the league 20 years ago and though things are getting better with Arteta, they still have a long way to go. Meanwhile, we're in crisis mode and below are our problems after winning a double. Mbappรฉ signed for us, but isn't performing as expected. We're 6 points behind Barcelona with a game in hand. Ancelotti won coach of the year, Real Madrid team of the year but Vini and Bellingham only finished 2nd and 3rd in the Balon D'or rating respectively.
While this is all true we have pretty much played like dogshit this season. People aging Liga over are clowns but we need to start fixing this before itโs out of reach and the drama begins. This weekend was a start.
Can old man Lewa handle 65+ games this season? He turned 36 last August. ๐จ๐จ๐| Frenkie De Jong limped out of the dressing room, as did Lewandowski with a knock to his back. @AdriaAlbets pic.twitter.com/CcxOqGFu9W— Managing Barรงa (@ManagingBarca) November 10, 2024 Frenkie De Jong limped out of the dressing room, as did Lewandowski with a knock to his back. @AdriaAlbets
We were criticizing VJ around this time last season. He came back from a minor injury and was not the same. Then, Bellingham had to save us again and again. Yes, our league position was better at that moment than now. But we are not far behind Barcelona. Let's go back to the 2014-2015. We were the defending CL Champion. We brought James after the World Cup. He was playing liked a future Ballon D'or winner. I recalled things were looking okay before the winter break. But we surrendered our lead in La Liga on March 1st, 2025, where we would finish second behind Barcelona. We reached the semifinal of the CL but lost to Juventus. I had no recollection of the series. So, the real season begins in February.
Yeah, that was wrong. Lewandowski would have to be wearing a US size 30 shoe for that to have been his toe ahead of the defender's. ๐จ๐ฅ ยก๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฒ๐น ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฑ - ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ!โช๏ธ El fuera de juego semiautomรกtico ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐๐จ๐ก๐๐๐๐ข a defensa y atacante.โ ยกEl VAR ha representado la bota de Nayef como si fuese la de Lewandowski! pic.twitter.com/4HpGKqnp89— Archivo VAR (@ArchivoVAR) November 10, 2024
Interestingly if we compare to last season we have this season registered 1 loss and 3 draws up until this point. Last season we had 1 loss and 2 draws by this point in the league. Barca have just been far better this season than they were last. Overall play was just as bad last season but we're far more solid defensively. We had only conceded 8 goals by this point last season (3 of them against Atleti) to this seasons 11 and scored 23 goals, similar to this season (with a game in hand) where we have scored 25 goals. This wouldn't be so bad if Barca hadn't been on a roll or if we managed to squeeze wins in the CL too which is where our struggles have reflected more in the results.
CL results have been bad so far. Went unbeaten the whole campaign last season. Lost to Lille and Milan at home with Liverpool and Atalanta away left. Brest away won't be easy either.
The new format has provided a lot of upsets i feel because clubs don't lock up on three opponents and focus on them week to week like they used to.
Osasuna, who we beat this weekend handedly, are 3 points ahead of La Real. I swear a lot of times i get criticized for being snarky here, but you don't know how many times i wrote and deleted my response to this to make it somewhat acceptable with the guidelines.
Sociedad played well against us. Severely depleted defense could be a major issue for us, none of the games will be easy.