Real Madrid (old thread)

[XaviMessiGirl]

My stomach hurts. It's Rafa's fault.

He also condemned the team to mediocrity for the near future.

Actually that's Roy Hodgson. And it's worse than mediocrity at this point.

 

[dalitis8]

U guys are having serious problems with Mou, but I don't blame you. I simply state the fact.

We have serious problems with a billion dollar team,and most importantly with our own team and Xavi's injury.

These are the problems.

 

[ricknattery]

The only achievement of Real Madrid is to be billionards

 

[Warik]

Probably that's why he changes leagues that often, that way he ensures teams don't learn the way to stop him.

That is pretty spot on, especially to anyone who recalls when he left Chelsea. For the last year and a half of his time there (particularly the start of 07-08 before he left) teams seemed to have found him out tactically, and he struggled to reproduce the form that had seen them win two championships.

Actually it seems a theme in modern football in Spain and England. Teams do well for two seasons, and struggle in the third even if they win a trophy in the end. Then in the fourth unless you change something fundamentally you're doomed, pretty much.

 

[La Furia]

That is pretty spot on, especially to anyone who recalls when he left Chelsea. For the last year and a half of his time there (particularly the start of 07-08 before he left) teams seemed to have found him out tactically, and he struggled to reproduce the form that had seen them win two championships.

Actually it seems a theme in modern football in Spain and England. Teams do well for two seasons, and struggle in the third even if they win a trophy in the end. Then in the fourth unless you change something fundamentally you're doomed, pretty much.

Does seem that way....

 

[Daemul]

Well the good news is that Madrid seem to be conceding goals to weak teams, something which Mou will obviously be concerned about. I have a feeling that if Madrid had played a good team in form, not Milan, then they could have lost the game tonight. So I say just wait until the face Atletico, you'll see them crumble.

 

[La Furia]

Well the good news is that Madrid seem to be conceding goals to weak teams, something which Mou will obviously be concerned about. I have a feeling that if Madrid had played a good team in form, not Milan, then they could have lost the game tonight. So I say just wait until the face Atletico, you'll see them crumble.

I think a team will give them a reality check sooner or later, but I wouldn't hold my breath on that team being Atleti.

 

[Daemul]

I think a team will give them a reality check sooner or later, but I wouldn't hold my breath on that team being Atleti.

Yeah, I remembered that Atleti always seem to underperform against Real Madrid right after I clicked the post button. So scratch that, when they face Valencia, they will crumble.

 

[Warik]

The only team in the league that might give them a reality check is us. But on our current form the thought of that is laughable unless Pep motivates them the way he did at half time against Valencia.

 

[dalitis8]

I think a team will give them a reality check sooner or later, but I wouldn't hold my breath on that team being Atleti.

Atleti if they are all fit and ready.Especially El Kun. But maybe it won't be Atleti,they have a disastrous recent record against Real. But they tied them in 08/09 in the Bernabeu.

 

[Metaphysical]

That is pretty spot on, especially to anyone who recalls when he left Chelsea. For the last year and a half of his time there (particularly the start of 07-08 before he left) teams seemed to have found him out tactically, and he struggled to reproduce the form that had seen them win two championships.

Actually it seems a theme in modern football in Spain and England. Teams do well for two seasons, and struggle in the third even if they win a trophy in the end. Then in the fourth unless you change something fundamentally you're doomed, pretty much.

that's mostly a trend throughout the world of modern football, to be honest. there are exceptions like inter (calciopoli destroyed the competition) and lyon (there was no competition) but mostly teams have a life-cycle of two/three years between major changes.

you very rarely see three or four titles on the spin now - when back in the day you'd see that sorta shit all the time.

but that's why pep changed eto'o after the treble, and why he changed zlatan after a season. these sorts of major changes keep us fresh and hungry.

The only team in the league that might give them a reality check is us. But on our current form the thought of that is laughable unless Pep motivates them the way he did at half time against Valencia.

bar the hysterical fuckup against hercules and the disappointing draw against mallorca, we have raised our game to combat whatever opposition we've faced.

when we've had to excel and beat a good team (sevilla, atleti, athletic, valencia) we have done so.

reial are destroying teams right now, yet we're just one point behind them in the league and have really yet to play anything like our best stuff consistently.

 

[Warik]

Beast was saying that a couple seasons back in all fairness Meta. Didn't change shit. I'm worried because frankly we are short on adequate cover especially upfront.

 

[La Furia]

Meta, the problem is we play to the level of our opposition while Madrid's machine-like performance is the same week in and week out. We stand the same chance of losing to every team, Madrid will crush crap teams but struggle against teams that actually try to outwit them. The problem is there are much more crap teams out there than good ones.

 

[Daemul]

Beast was saying that a couple seasons back in all fairness Meta. Didn't change shit. I'm worried because frankly we are short on adequate cover especially upfront.

What I don't get is that we have Kerrision on loan to Santos, which I for one was a clever move since he is linking up with Ganso and Neymar which will only improve him, while we are short of strikers.

If everyone was fit and in form our striking options would be:-

Villa
Bojan
Messi
Kerrision
Pedro(I'm relunctant to put him here since he's not really a striker but it makes the list longer)
Jeffren(Same as above)

So we have two established class strikers and two future superstar stirkers, so in case of injuries we may need one more striker to finish the set, one who won't mind rotating, Suarez maybe?

 

[Barcaman]

LF - Villa, Nolito
CF - Messi, Bojan
RF - Iniesta, Pedro

Mix it up if you have to. Looks alright to me.