This week we will discuss round 8 games in La Liga and delve into Deportivo La Coruña v Valencia and Espanyol v Real Madrid.  We will review the table, talk gossip and news, round up the Internationals and Champions League. Check out our interviews Phil Ball author of Morbo and weekly contributor to ESPN Soccernet on La Liga and Tim Stannard blogger extraordinaire with laligaloca.blogspot.com. We will also announce our Book giveaways winners - Fever Pitch and Jamie Trekker World Cup book.

 

On today's episode of La Liga Talk we are joined by Phil Ball, columnist for ESPN Socernet and author of Morbo: a history of Spanish Football, White Story: 100 Years of Real Madrid, and An Englishman Abroad.

This week we will talk about round 7in La Liga and highlight a few choice games - Valencia v Espanyol, Barca v Atleti - a live report from Mando, and Sevilla v Deportivo and review the top and bottom of the table, and the top scorers in the league. We also get to hear about Mando's travels in Barcelona.

Today on La Liga Talk.com we welcome Tim Stannard, one of the primary voices for La Liga on football365.com, and on his personal blog La Liga Loca. He is very knowledgeable and is a great resource if you want to know the league and the players better. Hope you enjoy.

La Liga Talk podcast returns with an update on future programming and a brief episode.