Still, even being at the right spot at the right time is an accomplishment for our boys this second half of the season. So while he could have done better, he still was at least positioning himself well. Anyways, Hong Kong, huh? Hope you’re living it up!

I think he’s a good young player, but his nose for goal is sorely lacking. I think it was the first one, his header, that really should’ve gone in, if only he had given the ball just a bit more of a touch to the side.

The second chance was a result of good movement, being in the right place at the right time, but come on, you HAVE to start putting the ball in the back of the net if you want to play as a forward.

To the Valencia supporter ‘Cesar’: I’m not sure what bad experiences you have had with RM fans, and I apologise on their behalf. May I suggest that you accept this apology, but please do not add fuel to the fire and create more bad feelings? I for one think Valencia are a great team and have been very unhappy about the problems at the club. I’m glad to see they are returning to the form I expect from a big team like them. I also don’t think RM fans have very much to feel arogant about, we have suffered from a terrible lack continuity and inconsistency for years now.

Finally: Corey, keep up the good work, I’m still reading. Don’t waste time worrying about people who are more interested in the art of blogging than they are in football and RM is my advice.

I choose to put something up and not let readers have no area to express themselves about the match. If you missed the match, then I think I covered it pretty well with stuff I found on the internet, its a one-stop spot for a recap. I put my two cents in Mac, I made a comment on Rauls form. But what Ryan said is exaclty how I feel. You know so little about what is going on behind the scenes for bloggers that if we have no time to put a post up you get on our case for it. If you wanted to know, I am actually working pretty hard on bringing more team bloggers for La Liga to the site as well as starting a main content driven page for La Liga on the site like Serie A and Ligue 1.

I also write for the Ligue 1 page, where I am putting together a mega post with contribution from all the France team bloggers which eats up considerable time. But I dont like to parade around saying I am so busy with my 19 credit semester or my two jobs or my social life, I do what I can for those that like reading this site, or atleast commenting here and talking to other Real fans from all over the world. While my opinion within the articles I write is what the site is based on, my writing is nothing without comments from insightful readers, its why I even bother writing at all, to see what you guys have to say. But sometimes I cant write, but the comments are still important, so I put this up. While I am in no way proud of a copy and paste type post, I dont credit it as my own work, and I certainly do not do it every time, so criticizing me for it unneeded and unappreciated. Thank you everyone for your support, regularly scheduled blogging will continue tomorrow.

Point conceded, man.

And I know that Corey puts way more into that based on the insight he posts.

Again, we don’t get paid to do this, but when I want to post but don’t have time, I try to compile something like Corey did so that people can at least have a place to leave a comment or two.

We have lives, we have girlfriends (some are more allowing than others, thank god mine actually likes that I blog), we have school (I know Corey does and I’m doing a ph.d).

The last thing we want to do is leave the blog in a eerie calm, so sometimes we post other articles. Corey says that they aren’t his, so who cares. Instead of me trolling around to find the articles he puts them here for you to read in one spot.

Seriously, if you want to complain, then you run your own place.

And on to other matters. Corey, since you didn’t get a chance to watch the game, let me assure you that Real played a fantastic match. Guti was special, taking chances and creating space (he was even back-tracking to take on defensive duties!), Raul was back in form (obviously) Sneijder was all over the pitch and two of Higuain’s efforts had to be cleared off the line. Honestly, if it weren’t for Hildebrand’s fantastic saves (13 total saves, no small number) Madrid would have netted at least 4.

Cannavaro definitely had a putzy day, responsible for 2 goals (including the penalty), and there were a couple other incidents where Valencia caught us off guard (with our ‘little white panties down’ according to Ray Hudson) with lightning fast counters and made our defense look pourous and fumbly. But in all, a solid match.

It’s a shame that the game we deserved to win was a loss (possesion and shots on target don’t tell the whole story, but seriously, that’s a pretty hefty margin), as opposed to all the games we’ve won that people say we deserved to lose.