Don't poke the bear
La Liga 2016/17
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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?
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Was going to watch Barcelona-Celta and as soon as I turned the TV I see Messi scoring... guess they'll win comfortably so I'm just going to skip it and play some videogames lol. Enjoy being at the top of the league while you can. 
Any gif?
What was that phone call bit in Leo's celebration I wonder?
Ok, just watched it
Easy for Barca. 2-0.
Great goal by neymar
What a finish
Messi-Neymar just beautiful. 2-0!
What the hell, Neymar
Casual lob over the standing keeper from eight yards. Christ that's good.
Wow I absolutely love that goal
Really great bit of skill but more impressively perhaps is how the signature Barcelona football is actually on display tonight. Fully deserved lead against a fantastic opponent that Barca certainly had circled in their calendar - great night of football still ahead
Look Wenger, announce you are leaving so we can finally start again.
Wow, just wow. The football from Messi and Neymar
"Worst Barça of the last years" and they're going to end with a 19 matches unbeaten run in the league alone.
I hate how opposing teams seem to be "tired" against Barça when they play in the camp nou. Celta were pressing beasts in Balaídos.
I hate how opposing teams seem to be "tired" against Barça when they play in the camp nou. Celta were pressing beasts in Balaídos.
It's normal for smaller teams to be less curageous away from home.
It is the worst Barca of recent years. The loss vs PSG would have never happened in 14-15.
I don't mind us losing the title as long as we see this type of football more often.
Barca drop Iniesta & they finally look like a team again.......
Neymar has looked fecking good in the last 2 games.
The key of this Team is Busquets. If he's playing well, Barcelona plays well.
Rakitic scores now.
3-0. Playstation move.
What was he doing up there? 4-0.
Super offside on rakitic though? Nevertheless; extremly underwhelming celta side. Typical. Like crazy wild dogs against atleti and real away, but at Camp Nou they nerver even bothered from game start.
4-0. 10 goals in the last 2 games for Barca. Do P.S.G. need to worry?
Messi with a 5th.
Does Aspas get an assist for that Messi goal 
So freaking easy for messi
It's supernatural
It's supernatural
Messi
Barcelona have hit some form lately.
Ahahah! Celta miss the easiest chance ever.
Let's hope for a surprising remontada. Because at this rate we should hand the title to barca already, since they will be rested every week.
La Liga has a massive influx of "philosopher" coaches that admire the way Barça plays and try to emulate them. British people have this misconception about the lower liga sides being shit for being trashed by Barça week after week but that's mostly on the extremely naive coaches. Imagine a league full of Wengers, that's what we have. We need more pragmatic managers ASAP if we want a more competitive league.
Edit: just remembering the days of the Super Depor... coaches like Cuper, Irureta, Clemente, Aragonés... I miss that type of coaches, they weren't impressed by bigger sides and did everything in their hand to win, instead of trying to play beautiful football first and hope for results second
Nice to see Barca play attractive football once again.
I wouldn't be so quick to wish for that. Bundesliga is basically the exact opposite, stacked with coaches who favour a rather cynical transition/pressing/counter attacking approach and it often does not make for entertaining matches.
And the top sides are so stacked with quality nowadays anyway that they'll win out any title race, no matter how the other teams set up, simply because their vastly superior squads.
Yeah, they look unbeatable again on this current form.
My point was that celta are a different team (and more pragmatic) when playing anywhere else, except for Camp Nou. As if they are too scared, and couldn't even bother to at least try. Remember them coming off a tight copa del rey leg and met atletico at vicente calderon couple of days later; they had intensity and lot more cojones and attitude compared to tonight.
In last 5 matches between the teams, Celta has 3 wins, including one at Camp Nou.
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