Uncle Leo
This cook is an anti-semite
Just the 23 career red cards for Sergio Ramos now :smile::smile:
Never a second yellow for me, though how on earth he only saw yellow for the slap I'll never know.Just the 23 career red cards for Sergio Ramos now :smile::smile:
Nice to see Barcelona get a win, albeit not that impressive, after the events in mid-week (though you may disagree given it was against Betis!).
I always write off the four games against Real and Barcelona at the start of the season as no-pointers so wasn't too worried! Although we should have made it 1-1 just before their second.
I thought it was a fitting tribute made at the Camp Nou though.
My son was watching it with me, but my wife and daughter were nattering in another room. not quite getting the point of what was going on he ran in to their room shouting "MINUTE'S SILENCE, BE QUIET!" :facepalm:
See Betis have got a couple of ex-Montpellier players with them now.
Quite a high player turnover this summer. No point judging them on the weekend as defeat was always highly likely but am interested to see how we go under the new coach.
Last year we did a bit of a 'Watford' - safe by February, put our feet up and finished a good few spots lower than we should have.
Would make a pleasant change to keep a coach for more than four months as well...
For those interested in Catalan football outside of FCB and Espanyol, there is a good feature in this month's When Saturday Comes on a few of the area's 'lesser' teams - CE Europa, Sabadell and Badalona.
Thanks for the tip.Used to subscribe to WSC but have just odered this copy.
Been to Sabadell and our younger daughter ifs friendly with one of CE Europa's female players.
As Matt says though Gerona seem to be the sucess story of Catalan football (so far) this season.Looking forward to their visit to Cornella.Might even go to the away game.My Espanyol mate's been there and says it's quite a good ground.
There is a nod to Girona in the piece but it's part of a series about 'smaller clubs' in big cities so Girona can't get a look-in now they are in the top flight! Amsterdam, Rome and Berlin have all featured in previous editions. Always an intriguing feature.
Europa's ground looks interesting. It is almost completely in the shadow of a tower block (the folk in the flats behind our South Stand have nothing on these guys) and also, given its location between Parc Güell and La Sagrada Familia, most tourists have probably strolled nearby without knowing it is there - I know I have.
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Watched it on Sky......Espanyol got spanked.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/sep/21/zinedine-zidane-frustrated-real-madrid-lose-betis
Quite a turn up for the book.Congratulations to Betis!