Barça terrible, Messi, Suárez, Neymar poor, Rakitic, Bartra and Alba great. Granada doing very well and unlucky not to have scored by now, also quite unlucky with the goal they conceded.
La Liga - 2014/15
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Yeah, would agree with that. I think Bartra deserves to play more after his recent performances, certainly over Mathieu anyway.
Brilliant assist from Rakitic, clever finish by Suárez, 2-0
My stupid stream is delayed by like 3 or 4 minutes now since half time, got a notification about the goal before I watched it 
Excellent dribble from Lass, wins the pen
Fran Rico puts it away, Granada pull one back, 1-2!
Fran Rico puts it away, Granada pull one back, 1-2!
Granada score a penalty. Maybe a bit soft but hard to argue too much against it.
Neymar has been beyond useless today..
Nah, deserved. Bartra has been great, but too rash a couple of times and was bound to give a pen away like that.
Now booked, and suspended...
Suárez looked well onside there to me. Strange call by the linesman.
Suárez has a ridiculous amount of offsides this season.
Mathieu gets so lucky there, not with the call, but with the Granada player being off balance, because he'd been totally done.
Barça really struggling, Granada in the ascendancy, Messi needs to step up... Neymar complete non-factor and Suárez is 50/50 whether he'll be onside or not 
Rakitic their saviour so far.
They need Busquets and/or Iniesta to get some control over the centre of MF. Lucho puts Rafinha in...?
Rakitic their saviour so far.They need Busquets and/or Iniesta to get some control over the centre of MF. Lucho puts Rafinha in...?
Strangely unselfish there by Suárez. Sets up Messi for 3-1 when he could have just tapped in.
Great again by Rakitic, and Suárez was probably leaning offside...
Great again by Rakitic, and Suárez was probably leaning offside...
What the fck Suárez... if they'd fcked that up... as it stands that's a good confidence booster for Messi, but way too risky given the situation
Granada refusing to back down still..
if they'd fcked that up... as it stands that's a good confidence booster for Messi, but way too risky given the situationGranada refusing to back down still..
Rakitic MOTM by a mile. ... and Messi tapped that in with his right foot I think? hah
Hah, Messi was offside for the goal, beyond the GK and only one defender in front. Similar to one of Cristiano's goals v Depor earlier in the season... those are hard to call for linesmen though
And yeah if Cristiano also had an offside goal, it instantly makes it better. Was offside but it was hard to call
Messi has been poor today, just scuffed another chance (though he did play Neymar in nicely a few mins ago).
Suárez not happy at being subbed.
Suárez not happy at being subbed.
Messi terrible today, what a miss.
No need to get defensive, I was just using that example because it's the only one in recent times that I could recall of a similar situation (player receiving a ball behind the GK) where it was extremely complicated for the linesman to judge the offside.
Yeah it's been a day to forget for Messi, inexplicably bad.
I´m not defensive at all. I just found it funny you had it on your memory. After losing to Wolfsburg in the Europa League i've been with a dire sense of humorNo need to get defensive, I was just using that example because it's the only one in recent times that I could recall of a similar situation (player ahead of the GK) where it was extremely complicated for the linesman to judge the offside.
Suarez seems to be coming into form at the perfect time for Barca
I love the "best league in the world" intro before the games but then i watch Licá and Manucho playing and i get confused
Whoscored demonstrating the problem with only using stats to evaluate performances...They say Messi was MOTM 
His 2nd half of the season disappearing act, or what we locally refer to as Cescing up, should be a concern. Although he should've been credited for an assist when Messi inexplicably missed a sitter (Words rarely uttered). Suarez has to get MOTM, because he was involved in all 3 goals but very nearly the best match for the Suisse/Croat in blaugrana colors. Rakitic's influence has been absent for a long time and I started to wonder if he was ever going to creep back into the forefront - great character & spirit. I hope it's a sign of things to come.
Luis had every right to be pissed at the substitution, Lucho got that one very wrong - should've been Pedro on for Neymar. Even teammates had to question that choice.
Midfield remains an issue for me as Barcelona are often reduced to counterattacks or 'lump & dump', bybassing any control or influence via the midfield and rely on the genius of the trident. There's more scrap to their game now but they still look like a team lacking control and it's clear that it stems from the midfield
Alberto Bueno just scored 4 goals in a 14 minute period to turn the game from 0-1 down to 4-1
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Anyone mentioned that Rayo Vallencano player Alberto Bueno just scored 4 goals in a 14 minute period to turn the game from 0-1 down to 4-1 up?
Rakitic is underrated
Whose next up for Moyes?
Away at Valencia tomorrow, on Sky I think.
Defeat beckons. Away to a strong side. Strangely enough Moyes's Spanish adventures has got me into watching more Spanish football. Two mid table Spanish clubs is a fun game to watch.
Harsh calling Valencia mid table
Just a heads up, the match is at 11am UK time tomorrow if you were planning on watching it, just in case you were expecting an evening kick off...
Wouldn't call Valencia mid table. Fourth in the league, only 3 points behind Atlético.
"Defeat beckons. Away to a strong side."Harsh calling Valencia mid table
Just a heads up, the match is at 11am UK time tomorrow if you were planning on watching it, just in case you were expecting an evening kick off...
Thanks for the heads up @Bob Loblaw
Rakitic was 0.04 away from being MOTM. I think it's been mentioned somewhere before that Whoscored seems to have the balance off when it comes to dribbles. On the whole though it tends to get it right and the MOTM awards are fairly varied.Whoscored demonstrating the problem with only using stats to evaluate performances...They say Messi was MOTM
Fair enough, I misunderstood the last line!
Moyes Boys have no chance against Nuno, it´s 2-0 Valência 2x Piatti Atlético has to be careful with their 3rd spot
Torres has such odd hair