Real Madrid (old thread)

[Beast]

Please Villareal,win,don't let Mourinho's bitches go top.

Tough luck for you and also through the hands of our boy Drenthe... now watch us and weep
Top of the table

And Joao..Many reputable auditing firms and forbes already back that

Sergio Ramos is out of Milan game. Didn't manage to get fit on time.

I think it might even strengthen our right side of defence. Over the last month Ramos was less than average and Arbeloa gave same or better performances at this position.

Also Sergio Canales did not make it to the squad by Mourinho's decision. Instead he chose Mateos to fly to Milan.

Are you watching the same game like everyone else ?

 

[yusuf]

noooo we will not get to see ramos vs dinho (if dinho starts)

 

[El Gato]

Are you watching the same game like everyone else ?

? He was clearly the weakest link in defence and most of the time didn't cause much trouble in offense. U trying to say he was better than Arbeloa at RB this season ? Lol.

 

[Beast]

? He was clearly the weakest link in defence and most of the time didn't cause much trouble in offense. U trying to say he was better than Arbeloa at RB this season ? Lol.

lol.. no he wasn't the weakest link.. what sort of weak link you are expecting !! wtf man

we conceded 2 goals in the 9 games we played in all competition.. Ramos was brilliant except for one game
i suggest u give the game a closer look
His new role involve staying at the back to allow Marcelo to help Crisitiano.. i thought this was pretty obvious like the ABC or Jose tactical book.. same way Maicon was allowed to move forward and the other 3 stay behind.. same way Alves move forward and the other three stay behind.

It's pretty obvious

 

[Poor_Sunyol]

Except we don't do that exactly. Both our fullbacks go forward with our DM dropping back to create the back 3.

 

[Beast]

It's not like Ramos sit back for 90 minutes Sunny.. but like Barca Abidal is the more stay @ the back FB

 

[Poor_Sunyol]

I am agreeing with you on how you play. I am just saying that we don't do exactly the same thing, but we both end up with three at the back.

 

[El Gato]

It's not only about not conceding goals, it's also about overall display of the player and whether he lets the opposite team create chances from his position. Ramos was weak against Sociedad and few other games which you could't say about Arbeloa. I'm majorly talking about defence, because a defender is supposed to defend, if he attacks well, fine, nothing wrong with that, but his major responsibility is to be solid at the back. Ramos wasn't solid at all, it is only due to Pepe and Carvalho great cooperation in the center which allowed his mistakes to go without consequence. I still recall him getting yellow cards, making silly, irresponsible tackles and at times even giving up marking (which he is probably best at when he plays in the center, that shows his weak form).

Tactics are new and he does have a new role which involves more contribution in defence, but it's not hard to notice that Ramos is more often better in offense than in defence while playing as a fullback. He still needs to up his game to be more efficient in his role as he was the one having trouble with his matchup wingers more than Marcelo did.

It's not like I'm looking for the weakest link in the team or someone who consistently causes trouble for our game, but Sergio was definitely the one who made most mistakes out of our current first team and I see nothing wrong, actually I'm glad to see Arbeloa play against Milan at RB, because you can hardly find a game where he was dodgy enough to be the weak link. He is more consistent than Ramos at RB and contributes more to defence than in offense + with current tactics which involve Marcelo having more of both offensive and defensive work, he would be the perfect kind of player to focus on defence more than on offense.

 

[Beast]

The only bad game he has was Sociedad (or was it Mallorca ? i think it was Sociedad ) when Jose stood up and shouted @ him and he was taken apart several times by the wingers ( yeah Sociedad ) other than that Ramos was damn solid for the rest of the 8 games
Arbeloa was not good in the last game man

 

[El Gato]

Arbeloa was solid enough not to let Quincy cause as much danger in both halves of the game as Ramos probably would have done, can't prove that but well... He was so-so, but I liked his game a lot more than Ramos' over the last month or so. Just my point of view.

 

[Raed]

I don't know what you remember Wolfe but Ramos had a slow start to the season but then he became pretty good. Arbeloa had a shaky match against Malaga. Had Quincy focused on Arbeloa's mistakes more, he would have exploited that advantage. But Quincy was running down the middle and was stopped often.

 

[IbraFTW]

Beast, what's your prediction for tonight?

 

[Ode to Django]

I know my names not Beast, but im thinking a 1-1 draw

 

[Poor_Sunyol]

It is their first proper test under Jose, so it will be interesting to see what happens. A lot will depend on which Milan side turns up.

 

[IbraFTW]

I know my names not Beast, but im thinking a 1-1 draw

Optimistic You think your midfield and defense can handle Real? You think Antonini will be able to handle Ronaldo, for example?

It is their first proper test under Jose, so it will be interesting to see what happens. A lot will depend on which Milan side turns up.

There's only one side that can turn up, Milan's bench sucks.