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Penal Madrid
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Nice try mate.
KingLeo10
Senior Member
RM copying the barca blueprint to the letter:
1) create dominant team with backbone of world class midfielders and fullbacks. CHECK
2) after success, don't reinforce and instead start to trim squad. on top, hand out 5 year contract extensions like its a charity. CHECK
3) come out next season with unfounded arrogance, star players completely lose any motivation and team falls off a cliff. CHECK
1) create dominant team with backbone of world class midfielders and fullbacks. CHECK
2) after success, don't reinforce and instead start to trim squad. on top, hand out 5 year contract extensions like its a charity. CHECK
3) come out next season with unfounded arrogance, star players completely lose any motivation and team falls off a cliff. CHECK
JamDav1982
Senior Member
2) after success, don't reinforce and instead start to trim squad. on top, hand out 5 year contract extensions like its a charity. CHECK
The popular idea a few months ago was that they had amazing depth and young players having them set for the future.
Except Barca always wins the league, even if they get trashed in the CL and just looks plain average.
Its just a machinery that never stops working.
i_bleed_blaugrana
Senior Member
Defensively they are really missing Carvajal. Big blow to them. I'm honestly surprised we didn't see any of this last season. Never as dominate as us during Pep's time; they've just been massively fortunate while we had no luck in the world with Pep outside of the miracle at the Bridge.
I think it bares mentioning that their first CL under Zidane was soooooooooo lucky and their repeat of the CL is what has created this aura around them. They missed Pep's Bayern in the semi's (he was on a war path to get them a CL and Saul's stunner really flipped that tie on its head) while it took an own goal for them to get past City. Where it took PKs for them to beat Atleti. Ordinary. Lucky. In comparison, closest tie Pep's Barça ever faced was Chelsea 2009. Otherwise, I'd say Barça looked overwhelming dominate in every major CL game they played. Inter 2010 and Chelsea 2012 were shams and again, we were massively unlucky not repeat those years while Real have continuously rode their luck under Zidane.
So it's about due time that the wheels start to fall off for them. Carvajal, Morata and James' absence is demonstrating how important those players were to them. And two of them, they pulled another Makelele and sold them off after winning. They never learned from that, did it with di Maria as well.
I'd just say we need to top our group now to have a chance to knock them out in the 16s. If we could beat them in Christmas to solidify La Liga and knock them out of Europe in February, it would be the final nail in their coffin and it'd be massive for our confidence. Dembele' return will be big for us; if he can either help Luis start producing or bench him, I think we would be strong enough, with the form Messi is in, to kill Madrid's season, if we get chance.
I'm just worried about Tottenham atm. They are extremely impressive.
I think it bares mentioning that their first CL under Zidane was soooooooooo lucky and their repeat of the CL is what has created this aura around them. They missed Pep's Bayern in the semi's (he was on a war path to get them a CL and Saul's stunner really flipped that tie on its head) while it took an own goal for them to get past City. Where it took PKs for them to beat Atleti. Ordinary. Lucky. In comparison, closest tie Pep's Barça ever faced was Chelsea 2009. Otherwise, I'd say Barça looked overwhelming dominate in every major CL game they played. Inter 2010 and Chelsea 2012 were shams and again, we were massively unlucky not repeat those years while Real have continuously rode their luck under Zidane.
So it's about due time that the wheels start to fall off for them. Carvajal, Morata and James' absence is demonstrating how important those players were to them. And two of them, they pulled another Makelele and sold them off after winning. They never learned from that, did it with di Maria as well.
I'd just say we need to top our group now to have a chance to knock them out in the 16s. If we could beat them in Christmas to solidify La Liga and knock them out of Europe in February, it would be the final nail in their coffin and it'd be massive for our confidence. Dembele' return will be big for us; if he can either help Luis start producing or bench him, I think we would be strong enough, with the form Messi is in, to kill Madrid's season, if we get chance.
I'm just worried about Tottenham atm. They are extremely impressive.
ricknattery
New member
They are the only team that can win trophies by being mediocre because the refs will show up to keep them on the game. Case in point, the Bayern game and the dozen of offside goals they score in last la liga
aaron101
Active member
Yeah, that's how things work for them. 2 years ago, they qualified as 2nd in their group and won the Champions League.
Aryagorn
Improvin' Perfection!!
Cannot face a club from the same country in the 16s. Or may be the rules changed?
i_bleed_blaugrana
Senior Member
Good call. That's a weird technical rule that I forget sometimes.
Ousmane Dembélé
Banned
Do you know why the horse faced cunt was chosen as the captain of the Spanish NT over Iniesta? Disgraceful really, the most elegant, likable player in Spain who has seniority over basically everyone on the Spanish NT is snubbed for some diving cheat like Ramos.
It's not like Iniesta is Catalan either or anything.
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