Carlo Ancelotti
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DonAndres
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Trophies or lack thereof aside, Carlo's Madrid played some dangerously good attacking football on the pitch. One of two teams that has ever inspired fear in me (the other being Heynckes' Bayern in 12/13). Even in their lowest moments and our best one (the Clasico this march), they outplayed us in the first half and gave a very fierce contest. The only team in recent history (past 3-4 years) with a greater goalscoring momentum is the Barca team of these past 5 months. In a season deemed as a failure they've scored more goals than anyone in Europe and average 7.4 shots on target per game. That's a testament to how good Ancelotti's team was. This is all aside from the fact that he was also brilliant in the administrative aspect of things, making the Galacticos act as motivated professionals immediately after the Moudrid circus and gaining the love of pretty much all of his players (except maybe Khedira 
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Rafa may not be a total clown but I'd feel a hell of a lot better with him in Ancelotti's place. Can he really replicate the versatility that Ancelotti's side had with the 4-3-3/4-4-2 variations at will? Does he have the potential to make them as dominant of an attacking force as the side that put 5 past Neuer last season with little trouble? I very much doubt it. Carlo did a spectacular job with RM's footballing style and capacity, which I'm glad we likely won't see again with Benitez. Them winning 0 trophies this season was largely due to circumstance and Barca's abnormal rise, the only managerial flaw being a lack of some rotation.
). Rafa may not be a total clown but I'd feel a hell of a lot better with him in Ancelotti's place. Can he really replicate the versatility that Ancelotti's side had with the 4-3-3/4-4-2 variations at will? Does he have the potential to make them as dominant of an attacking force as the side that put 5 past Neuer last season with little trouble? I very much doubt it. Carlo did a spectacular job with RM's footballing style and capacity, which I'm glad we likely won't see again with Benitez. Them winning 0 trophies this season was largely due to circumstance and Barca's abnormal rise, the only managerial flaw being a lack of some rotation.
Ghostmaster
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JamDav1982
Senior Member
They should just go and get an ex Barca player.
Works for everyone else.
Works for everyone else.
6 Ballons for Messi
but what if he wins 7??
Dude, valverde is ours, not theirs!!
Trophies or lack thereof aside, Carlo's Madrid played some dangerously good attacking football on the pitch. One of two teams that has ever inspired fear in me (the other being Heynckes' Bayern in 12/13). Even in their lowest moments and our best one (the Clasico this march), they outplayed us in the first half and gave a very fierce contest. The only team in recent history (past 3-4 years) with a greater goalscoring momentum is the Barca team of these past 5 months. In a season deemed as a failure they've scored more goals than anyone in Europe and average 7.4 shots on target per game. That's a testament to how good Ancelotti's team was. This is all aside from the fact that he was also brilliant in the administrative aspect of things, making the Galacticos act as motivated professionals immediately after the Moudrid circus and gaining the love of pretty much all of his players (except maybe Khedira
Rafa may not be a total clown but I'd feel a hell of a lot better with him in Ancelotti's place. Can he really replicate the versatility that Ancelotti's side had with the 4-3-3/4-4-2 variations at will? Does he have the potential to make them as dominant of an attacking force as the side that put 5 past Neuer last season with little trouble? I very much doubt it. Carlo did a spectacular job with RM's footballing style and capacity, which I'm glad we likely won't see again with Benitez. Them winning 0 trophies this season was largely due to circumstance and Barca's abnormal rise, the only managerial flaw being a lack of some rotation.
I think you're overrating them. Came up short vs two good defensive teams this season juventus and atletico (I know they knocked Atletico out the CL but were poor against them in the league and copa)
Came up short in the league both times.
JamDav1982
Senior Member
I dont think they were all that poor vs Juve, they created a lot of chances that the players couldnt take. The manager can only do so much.
spark
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Torres and Gerarrd had their best goal scoring seasons with him. Unless Cristiano gets injured he will get more than 35.
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MaxY
Devil May Cry
I'm sad since Carlo is such a great and likeable person but it's not like everything went to shit. CL is pretty much all up to luck, any of the RM,Barca,Bayern have a good chance to win it; and La Liga is up to rotations so this won't be THAT bad. Our chances in CL will stay nearly the same and our chances in La Liga will raise imo. I'm really curious to who our coach is tho... There aren't any world-class managers available.
Ghostmaster
Danger Ahead
So maybe it'll be Zidane? Zidane vs Lucho that would be interesting
raskolnikov
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So maybe it'll be Zidane? Zidane vs Lucho that would be interesting
They wont push up Zidane just yet after he been mediocre with the b team.
Rahj
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