Dear, Oh Dear. Relegation guide.

By: Shane | April 7th, 2008

Dear oh dear, Osasuna’s route to salvation will be as hard as the Olympic torch reaching china, they are both destined to suffer till the end.

Once again the three points have escaped Pamplona. Once again, the opponents did nothing to deserve the 3 points, one shot one goal. Once again it was a Liverpool reject, cinema pongolle, who nailed the coffin. Once again the referee as well as his marry men linesmen should have gone to specsavers. And more importantly once again we were simply not good enough and thus are now involved in a relegation battle set to continue until the last day of the season.

And it all could have been so much different. The scene was set for Osasuna’s victory. The tickets were reduced to €10 to successfully fill up the stadium. The match was on a saturday night. The opponents were in the relegation zone and with a home victory Osasuna could distance themselves from recreativo by 7 points. But Osasuna forgot one major detail to start of the celebrations, that’s right, Osasuna forgot to win. Thats the last time Ziganda organises my party, I tell you.

I could easily sit here and support Ziganda in his statement that we suffer from bad luck, or even agree with some of the fans in thinking that week after week the referees rob us from a penal or a goal. Osasuna did play ok and probably deserved something from the game, at least a point. Flanos goal early in the first half was incorrectly disallowed and would have certainly changed the game. Furthermore Osasuna managed to hit the post in a couple of occasions and Recres keeper Sorrentino had a fantastic game. Add the fact that Recreativo had one decent chance in the whole game compared to osasuna eight. Then the fact that the referee was completely inept and we start to see what ziganda and co are talking about.

But as they say in football, you create your own luck. And the fact is that Osasuna have not been able to kill off the game at home for two weeks running against near rivals which has allow for them to find some hope and for us to loose faith.

Questions must also be asked about “cuco” Ziganda. A great part of the crowd are calling for his head but for now I will sit on the fence and see how the season pans out. Nevertheless is easy to see that this man is Navarran as his stubbornness matches no other. He continues to play with a lone striker. Which I find baffling as scoring goals is Osasunas major downfall this year. As for his player selections, a sex scandal involving Portillo, Vianna and Pandiani and Zigandas wife, is the only explanation for ziganda continuous choice to totally overlook these good players.

So here we are, the dreaded guide to the relegation battle.
This week results concerning the lower table are:

Levante-Valladolid 0-3
Zaragoza-Betis 0-3
Racing-Deportivo 1-3
Murcia-Valencia 1-0
Osasuna-Recreativo 0-1
Barcelona-Getafe 0-0

We are please to welcome Valencia to the mix. The more the merrier. Assuming that Betis Getafe and Mallorca are more or less save. And that levante are already planning trips to Vitoria and Albacete. The real fight is between Deportivo (more or less saved), Valencia ( They surely cant go down, can they?), Valladolid (lifeline, over the weekend with 0-3 against levante), Osasuna (dear oh dear), Recreativo (resurrected again thanks to us), Zaragoza ( surely to good to go down and have enough quality to save themselves, but are they leaving it too late?) Murcia (one foot in the second division) and levante (F*cked).

which leaves the table like this.
11. Betis 31 11 8 12 39 43 41
12. Getafe 31 11 7 13 37 39 40
13. Deportivo 31 11 7 13 39 43 40
14. Valencia 31 11 6 14 34 47 39
15. Valladolid 31 10 8 13 38 50 38
16. Osasuna 31 10 7 14 32 34 37
17. Recreativo 31 9 9 13 33 49 36
18. Zaragoza 31 8 9 14 41 54 33
19. Murcia 31 7 8 16 28 48 29
20. Levante 31 5 4 22 25 60 19

Next week, espanyol who have lost and not scored in three consecutive games.
AUPA Osasuna!!!!