Getafe Club de Fútbol
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Hello everyone, it seems the technical issues haven’t quite been worked out yet, but here’s a quick little post to let you all know that I’ll be holding a live blog tomorrow for tomorrow’s match against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu. Kickoff is at 4pm EST, so I’ll fire up the blog around 3:40! Apologies on the lack of preview, but like I said it seems the Offside has been having some technical difficulties behind the scenes. If you need something to read, here is ESPNSoccerNet’s preview of the clash. As we all know, if Getafe wants to remain in the first division, Los Azulones will need some points out of these last few games left in the season, and although there are easier teams left to do it against than Madrid, despite Karanka’s assurances Los Blancos may be in danger of complacency or ambivalence now that there is effectively nothing left for them to play for. In related news, the young Sergio Canales is apparently one of the players that Getafe has its sights set on for next season.
-Macca
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I bet you never thought you’d hear from me again… Not only that, but until this weekend, Getafe CF seemed destined to slip into relegation, an unprecedented disaster for a club that reached sixth place last season. However, after a nine game (yes, you read that correctly- 9 games) winless streak, los Azulones were able to scrape a 1-0 win against Sevilla on the weekend and get three points that will likely be very important in keeping the club in La Liga Primera for the upcoming season. However, the rest of this season is largely superfluous for Getafe, assuming we do stay up, and the real news of the week is something that could indeed have a great effect on the club for years to come. Read the rest of this entry »
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Hey all, it’s been a while, but I’m hosting a live blog tomorrow for the match against Athletic Bilbao, and hopefully some of their fans will be joining us (thanks to Zizou, who graciously went out of his way to help organize a joint live blogging effort, which was a great idea by him). I wanted to go ahead and get this post up, but in the mean tim, here’s a link to the Athletic Offside blog’s preview of the game, and ESPNSoccerNet’s preview can be found here.
Unfortunately, and frustratingly, I’ve been unable to find lineups of players who were called up so far, but that should be available by tomorrow, and the live blog will be open about twenty minutes before kickoff per usual.
-Macca
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Hey all, I’m going to be trying the live blog thing again tomorrow for our match against a visiting Racing side that is only just out of the relegation zone. In case you missed it, here is the link to my quick review of our last two games. Anyway, the live blog will hopefully open up about twenty minutes before the 11:00 AM kickoff, barring any technical issues. I went ahead and checked and fortunately it appears that this match will be broadcast live on ESPN3.com for all of my fellow Americans. Finding a stream has proved difficult in the past, but this time someone was looking out for us. I’ll post the starting lineup once I get a hold of it. Anyway, I hope to see you all tomorrow.
-Macca
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I’m back, that’s who. Sorry for the MIA period; I had my first round of exams which went mostly well, visiting family members over the weekend, meaning that I couldn’t watch the Malaga game, difficulty finding streams, and a couple of dates that ate up the remaining time I might have otherwise used for writing articles. I realize that my blogging form has been as patchy as Getafe’s on the pitch, but I’m doing the best I can. Also, it seemed that live blogs were indeed bad luck as I suspected after our 4-1 victory against Deportivo, but our inability to hold onto the lead against Malaga implies otherwise. I’d love to get another live blog going this Sunday for the Racing game, but for this post the order of business is reviewing all I’ve missed. That said, make sure to check back over the weekend for more updates.
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I hope everyone is enjoying this weekend, and for your personal entertainment, a discouraged Getafe side will face Levante in Valencia at 12pm tomorrow. Los Azulones recent results have not been too impressive leaving them in a mediocre tenth place, but hopefully they can start to turn things around here. Gavilan should probably return after missing the embarrassing defeat at the hands of Espanyol, but I’m not sure whether he’ll start. I can’t foresee many other changes from the lineup that started last match (Torres, Cata Diaz, Rafa, Marcano, Victor Sanchez, Boateng, Parejo, Pedro Rios, Manu, and Miku), but I would think Codina would be back in goal perhaps. Ustari was certainly not to blame last weekend, but he was unable to reproduce his first half heroics after the break. Parejo is one of the players I’d like to see more from tomorrow, and hopefully we are more solid defensively, although it’s not exactly as if we have an excellent group of defenders that are merely under-performing, so I should probably cut them some slack. Anyway, that’s all that I can think of for this mini-preview, but as this post’s title indicates, I’ll be holding another live blog for this match (the first one was just too much fun, despite the dire circumstances of what actually happened on the pitch), so please come join me as we cheer the Burger King boys on to victory.
-Macca
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Please join me at 11:00am tomorrow for what should hopefully be a fun liveblog experience for all. Also, read my quick preview of this match over here, and tell me what your thoughts and scoreline predictions are. Thanks,
-Macca
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This Sunday Getafe takes on a visiting Espanyol side that has proven its many doubters wrong this season. In fact, Espanyol sit at fifth place in the league, a far cry from battling against relegation as many seemed to expect them to be. Getafe this season, on the other hand, has had patchy form at best. As I have said before, the season started somewhat shakily, but we seemed to hit a nice run of form that ended with goal differential the only thing separating us from sixth place. However, now we are on a three game winless streak, including the surprise thrashing at the hands of Real Sociedad last match. The recent run of results has been especially discouraging given that La Liga is the only thing left we have to play for, but I guess it suits how our game has been this season- for the most part, nice passing and possession in the midfield, but no steel in defense and a lack of a real cutting edge up front.
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As I said in my previous post, which you can find here, I’m going to be trying something new for this game; I’ll be watching the game live and taking notes, and at halftime and full time I’ll publish them.
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Hey everyone, as of now I’ve gotten through my first week of classes for this new semester. Many of my courses look to be very interesting, but as you might guess it can be a bit difficult to get back in the swing of things. Nevertheless, I think I’ll have plenty of time to focus on blogging, and the reason that I haven’t posted in the last week is that there really hasn’t been that much to post about. Arizmendi is out for a few weeks due to a ligament injury, but I really don’t think that is a huge blow, as neither he or his competitors at the striker position have played an essential role yet this season. Regardless, let’s hope for a swift recovery. In terms of potential transfer targets, Roque Santa Cruz of Manchester City and Juan Rodriguez of Deportivo have been mentioned. At the moment the latter seems more likely, and although he is experienced and could probably bring something to the squad, in my opinion, if we want to continue to grow as a club, we should pursue a reliable goalscoring striker or better defenders, as our midfield already seems to be relatively strong. Our match last weekend against Osasuna ended 0-0 following a fine performance from their goalkeeper Ricardo, which while not a bad result per say means that after going on an undefeated streak to turn the season around, we now have played three matches without a win (including the defeats against Real Betis and Real Madrid). We currently sit at a respectable seventh place in the La Liga table, tied on 27 points with Atletico and Mallorca. If we want to think about advancing further up the table, then it’s essential that we take three points today against Real Sociedad. That match kicks off at noon (I apologize that I didn’t get this post up earlier so that you guys could have more notice), and I hope to be watching and taking notes today. I’m going to try something different for the review, but I’m not going to put that up immediately following the match so that you all have a chance to read this post first. Cheers,
-Macca
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