Spanish Football 2011-2012

Away form has been the biggest difference at the top this season, and Madrid have simply been better in this regard.

Sanchez continuing his diving in the box from the last game.
 
I love that a "bad performance" for Barca is dominating the game and just not quite getting the winning goal against another Champions League side in la liga :p
 
All over twitter that Maureen has agreed to leave Madrid at the end of the season, because there's a PL job offer on the table.

Chelsea, United or City. Hmm
 
According to Duncan Castles (who reportedly is very well connected regarding all things Mourinho), Mourinho will leave Real at the end of the season and return to England.
 
Owenb said:
League was over months ago. Been saying it for months- Barca won't score enough goals this season as all their attacking player's barring Messi have been sub-par.
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Cutting and changing their forward setup for inferior players is probably to blame.

Villa had a bad end to the season, but he had 20+ despite being crap since the end of Jan so he knows where the net is and surely would find his touch again.
Pedro last year was immense, as he was the year before, all this in and out the team to accommodate Sanchez who imo has been average at best has hurt the team.
 
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Fabregas has come in and got probably double figures in goals? Writing off Barce months ago is silly, they could still do it. It may go to Madrid's heads an they may implode. Who knows, Barce have nothing to lose now, basically no pressure as no one will expect them to achieve anything. No doubt they will beat RM when they meet again.
 
Alpherah said:
Cutting and changing their forward setup for inferior players is probably to blame.

Villa had a bad end to the season, but he had 20+ despite being crap since the end of Jan so he knows where the net is and surely would find his touch again.
Pedro last year was immense, as he was the year before, all this in and out the team to accommodate Sanchez who imo has been average at best has harmed the team.
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Meh, a decent number of their dropped points have come when playing 3-4-3 for no real reason. Guardiola has pushed Alves forward as a midfielder and left the hapless Pique at the back a few times, Pique has probably cost them more points than any other single player.

Sanchez had picked up a bit of form lately but he also missed the best part of two months(though for me looked crap before the injury) and doesn't really suit the Barca way. Cesc has scored a buttload for him and has gotten very unlucky to not get at least a few more. Iniesta has been pretty poor, Xavi has been awesome.

Villa has broken his leg so dropping him really wasn't...... unexpected :p

They've had a fair few injuries, and Puyol hasn't been close to his best which really leaves Pique looking like a bit of a joke.

Realistically they are a team that really hasn't faced "real", or Real pressure for a few years. They were champions and solid as a rock when he took over and though Real came closer, they were basically ahead the whole season with the better head to head record and really never in danger.

Guardiola tried a few things, lost a few points, Real are stronger than last year, so going a few points down its really the first league pressure they've faced for 3 years and they are now playing like a team not as relaxed or freeflowing as they were.
 
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