Valencia beat Atletico Madrid earlier today, and Messi and Neymar have scored for Barca.

In Germany it looks like their season is almost over as Bayern won easily, whereas Dortmund lost at home to Hamburg.

7 games in to the season and it's over already? Hummmmmm.

Roma/Juventus tomorrow, should be a cracker.

Is BT still the only option for Serie A that isn't dodgy?

The league is 7 games in, with Bayern 4 points ahead of Hoffenheim and 5 ahead of Borussia Mönchengladbach and Bayer Leverkusen. They're hardly running away with it.

Chelsea are currently 3 points ahead of Southampton, and they'll be playing their 7th league game tomorrow. If they win they'll be 6 points ahead of Southampton and at least 4 points ahead of City, assuming City win. Have they won the league already?

They're also currently 6 points ahead of Arsenal. They play them tomorrow. 6 points, could rise to 7 or 9, ahead of the team you thought would win the Premier League. So, yeah, maybe they are already champions.

Yeah.

Thankfully on BT Infinity so get it for free. Thank **** too, already paying Sky plenty.

My Sky box has got to the age where it's started refusing to show some channels, so if they insist I have to pay for a replacement I might play the field and half-heartedly threaten jumping ship.

Think the boxes are a ridiculous amount unless you've paid for their insurance policy (yeah, they want more money on a monthly fu**ing basis). Otherwise they'll try and charge you I expect. Good old jumping ship trick could work though some are saying they're trying to cut down on giving into people nowadays.

No idea as I haven't spoken to them in about a year since they kept trying to get more money off of me. Always worth a shot though.

I tried with o2 and they saw right through my obvious charade, but I wouldn't have much issue changing providers so I might actually make the threat serious. Me vs Rupert Murdoch, battle for the ages.

Can you (or anyone) see Hoffenheim, Monchengladbach, or Leverkusen really winning the league, yes it is really early, but Bayern's main competitor for the title (Dortmund) have really not got off to the best of starts, and it will take some really poor and very uncharacteristic results for Bayern to let them (or anyone else) back into the title picture from here.

If you think that those teams (or anyone else) has enough to overhaul Bayern and win the league, then fine, speaking only personally, (and I am allowed a personal view am I not?) I just don't see it happening, Bayern are too strong a side, with too many good players (as a collective squad, not just a first eleven) to allow other sides to over the course of the rest of the season to get more points then them.

What has Chelsea got to do with this, I was talking about European leagues away from England, for the record, no Chelsea have not won the league, as there are a lot of teams fighting for this title, and that unlike in Germany have the players, and expierence to push Chelsea all of the way.

Yes, things have not gone as well for Arsenal as I thought that they might, and it is looking a big ask for them to win the league from here, but there is plenty that can be done from here, so whilst I may in the end be proved wrong about them winning the league, it wasn't the worst pre-season prediction in world, it is not as if I predicted Burnley to win the league (no disrespect intended to them, I was just highlighting an unlikely league winner).

It is the same with Spain, Barca and Valencia have both started very well indeed, but is the league over there? No, it is not, as there is still plenty of top of the table games to be had between similar level sides, (Barca, Real, Atletico, with Valencia still a rung or two below overall) so a lot of points are still up for grabs, I don't think that we will see a team getting to 100+ points like has been done in recent times in that league.

Good luck with trying to get a new box or change provider, I couldn't leave Sky, as there are too many other channels that I like to watch that I don't think anyone else provides.

Television X is provided on all platforms mate.

No, I don't think any of those will win the league, and I do think Bayern will, but that's not the point. It's only 7 games in and they aren't miles ahead so it's too early to claim they've already won the league.



Is there any need for that? I'm not saying you can't have an opinion or even implying that you can't. I just responded to your post, as that's how discussions work. I don't agree with what you said so I said so. I'm not attacking you or getting personal or saying something that would merit such a response. No need to get defensive.




My inclusion of your Arsenal prediction wasn't entirely serious. Of course it wouldn't be as bad a prediction as someone like Burnley who are unlikely to win the league. You don't need to defend your use of them as an example since I'm aware of how examples work.

My whole point is it's way, way too early to start declaring that they've won the league. You'll only get stung for it like you have done with such statements in the past. While Bayern Munich will most likely win the league, the fact is the league is only 7 games in, with them not having a massive point advantage. On top of that, it's football, and as everyone knows football can be very unpredictable.

Milan won with their first clean sheet. I don't know what to make of them this season. They are so up and down and Pippo would have been the last person I imagined to become a successful manager, as he never understood the game as a player and didn't strike me as a natural leader. However, he seems to be doing well.

Inzaghi is a bell, and I hope that Milan crash and burn, until he's replaced.

Yes, I know it is very early to start predicting thread things, but unlike a lot of league in Europe, the German one does have one clear team that is head and shoulders above the rest in their league, and that team is Bayern.
Yes there are other teams that could challenge them, but they have all got a lot of disadvantages, which could hold them back from doing so fully.
Dortmund, the most likely candidates, have started their league season not at all well, and whilst they still could come back and challenge Bayern, it is looking like a long road back for them, and a lot would have to change there for them to do so.
The other teams that were mentioned earlier, all have something similar going against them, expierence of a title run, none of them have it, and Bayern most certainly do, so they would have to go against that to have a chance of winning it.

So whilst a lot could still happen, and other teams could still win the Bundesliga, speaking personally, from here on in, it is Bayern's to lose, now if it does turn out that someone else wins it, good on them I say, it is good to see a bit of plurality, and different teams winning that particular league, if that also means I look a bit silly, then I will take that on the chin.

That seems a bit harsh, yes he was "Mr Offside", but apart from that what has he done to make you not like him?

Pirlo in his book describes Inzaghi's odd eating habits and how he had to take several dumps right before a match out of superstition.

In what way did Inzaghi, a hugely successful striker who won everything, not understand football?

good to see marseille doing well in ligue 1. Really hope they can keep it up and challenge PSG all the way.

Not being in the europa league is gonna be a big plus for marseille this year.

Marcelo Bielsa has turned them around. Gignac scores goals.

I am a fan of Gignac, he is finally going some way to furfuil his promise that he showed earlier in his career.

How are Monaco doing at the minute?

Roma v Juve will be a good watch I think, not too sure which team will come out on top.

Juve/Roma an absolute cracker so far.

Wonder strike from Bonucci to put Juve 3-2 up and now all hell breaks loose, red for Moratta and Manolas. Referee hasn't had the best of games.

Had everything that game. 5 goals including a 20 yard volley from a centreback, three penalties, two red cards, and a mass brawl.