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Surprised there was no thread for this. Thought I'd set it up. Valencia are currently leading the table with a win and a draw. But Barca, Real, Celta De Vigo, Villareal and a few other teams that won their first matches are yet to play their second game. Surprisingly, Athletico Madrid, tipped by many as pre-season favorites, dropped points in their first game to settle for a draw.

Don't think any have said Atletico are favourites. They've got a good chance of winning again but Real Madrid have to be favourites with their squad.

dan08 wrote:Don't think any have said Atletico are favourites. They've got a good chance of winning again but Real Madrid have to be favourites with their squad.

Will try and watch as many of Reals games as possible partly to watch the progress of Gareth Bale. Have they done any strenghtening of their back line in the off season?

budgetmeansbudget wrote:

dan08 wrote:Don't think any have said Atletico are favourites. They've got a good chance of winning again but Real Madrid have to be favourites with their squad.

Will try and watch as many of Reals games as possible partly to watch the progress of Gareth Bale. Have they done any strenghtening of their back line in the off season?

Nope, that's their only concern really. Defence and goalkeeper are okay but could be better if they played Varane and Keylor Navas instead of Pepe and Casillas.

Even if they let in a lot of goals, i'm sure they'll back themselves to outscore the opposition.

Should be some entertaining games this season, involving Madrid and Barca, who are currently drawing 0-0

Dr Robert wrote:Should be some entertaining games this season, involving Madrid and Barca, who are currently drawing 0-0

Ends up 1-0 to Barca with debutant Sandro scoring the only goal.

fast start from real tonight anyway

dan08 wrote:

budgetmeansbudget wrote:

dan08 wrote:Don't think any have said Atletico are favourites. They've got a good chance of winning again but Real Madrid have to be favourites with their squad.

Will try and watch as many of Reals games as possible partly to watch the progress of Gareth Bale. Have they done any strenghtening of their back line in the off season?

Nope, that's their only concern really. Defence and goalkeeper are okay but could be better if they played Varane and Keylor Navas instead of Pepe and Casillas.

Even if they let in a lot of goals, i'm sure they'll back themselves to outscore the opposition.

Ramos continuing where he left off last season.

budgetmeansbudget wrote: Ramos continuing where he left off last season.

and so close to a second for him

could be a long night for sociedad now

Quality goal from Bale, Sociedad look awful.

2-0 already. i'm gonna go mad and predict a Madrid win.

Dr Robert wrote:2-0 already. i'm gonna go mad and predict a Madrid win.

that's almost as reckless as an England selector

rich1uk wrote:

Dr Robert wrote:2-0 already. i'm gonna go mad and predict a Madrid win.

that's almost as reckless as an England selector

What will we do next?

Can see Real Sociedad finishing in the bottom half this year.