Real Madrid (old thread)

[Maria]

Actually for this season trophies , you won nothing till now
As the CWC & supercups are counted as part of last year trophies (that's why you said you won 6 trophies in one season )
You might be if you beat Bilbao

Actually, we were the first team to win 6 trophies in a YEAR.

*On 19 December, Barcelona was crowned FIFA Club World Cup champion with a 1–2 win over Argentine club Estudiantes in the final, making it the sixth title they've won in 2009 and the first club to accomplish that feat within one calendar year known as The Sextuple.

There is no reason to trash your season , it's already trashed.. you are trying to save face..
You can name what you want but at the end your overhaul for this season remain till now a final place in the copa

as someone said it's called season 2011/2012 for a reason also last season is called 2010/2011 for a reason.. the super cups and the CWC were played in 2011 as Messi10 mentioned

This has nothing to do with the us trying to save face..it's pretty obvious that our season was pretty bad(although if this was a trashed season, I don't know how 2007/2008 was for us). The fact that those 3 MINOR trophies were won in 2011 doesn't mean that they are part of 2010/2011 season(otherwise we would have just called it 2011 season). A season for a football team starts in august and it's finished in may, next year..also this is our team's photo session from last year:

*The first team players had their photo taken on the Camp Nou turf this morning, posing for photographers with the European Cup, the Spanish League Trophy and the Spanish Super Cup, which were all won this season.

Unless they knew that we will win the Spanish Supercup against RM in august, I can only assume that the Supercup from the picture is the one we won against Sevilla in august 2010, trophy that belongs to the 2010/2011 season.

 

[DucdeOrléans]

Why is this issue about whether the 3 trophies won this season belong to this season or not still discussed?

Officially they are part of this seasons trophy haul. That's all that matters. Not personal interpretations.

Not that it makes our season great by any means. If we win the Copa as well then it will be a OK season but nothing more than that.

 

[mitkoa7x]

lol Real, choked when had 2:0 advantage, so much fail

Familiar

 

[Yugi]

Familiar

not even close
they had 1 goal away and scored 2 early goals (around 12 minutes), could have finnished them when they, I am pretty sure were mentally down
they didnt even park a bus and played open game, Chelsea parked Inter 2010 airbus

 

[ricknattery]

Why is this issue about whether the 3 trophies won this season belong to this season or not still discussed?

Officially they are part of this seasons trophy haul. That's all that matters. Not personal interpretations.

Not that it makes our season great by any means. If we win the Copa as well then it will be a OK season but nothing more than that.

That's because we are spoiled to just winning major trophies since Pep took charge, the man himself said it after the game in Stanford Bridge, even if we do not win from now on, our season would be great. I consider it the same because the team is still competing in all fronts after winning everything repeatedly since 09. Whenever you win stuff and get praise you tend to relax, the more things you win the more praise you get the more relaxed you get. We continue winning titles despite not having the hunger you get when you haven't proved yourself yet. To mantain this pace after all the games we have played last 4 years, all the titles we have won, injuries we had this season it's an achievement on itself. Let's not take that from the team

 

[DucdeOrléans]

That's because we are spoiled to just winning major trophies since Pep took charge, the man himself said it after the game in Stanford Bridge, even if we do not win from now on, our season would be great. I consider it the same because the team is still competing in all fronts after winning everything repeatedly since 09. Whenever you win stuff and get praise you tend to relax, the more things you win the more praise you get the more relaxed you get. We continue winning titles despite not having the hunger you get when you haven't proved yourself yet. To mantain this pace after all the games we have played last 4 years, all the titles we have won, injuries we had this season it's an achievement on itself. Let's not take that from the team

I agree. People have become spoilt but that is understandable considering the unprecedented amount of trophies won by a big club in such a short amount of time.

Personally I am obviously disappointed about how the past 7 days have been football wise but you can't win it all despite having one of the best teams in football history. I am by no means saying this season is a fiasco like others who somehow think we can fin El Triplete every season. It's an OK season, not bad nor great (compared to the other seasons during Pep's reign).

 

[Der Kaiser]

What are Madrid´s transfer targets this summer? Does any of you guys have any sources? I´d really like to know where they want to improve the squad, who has to go etc...

From what I´ve read the last couple of pages Higuain and Kaka are to leave sooner or later, who else?

 

[Beast]

How did you actually feel after the ramos penalty beast ?



And is it 10th anniversary of Real Madrid for not being able to reach CL finals ???

Surprised that he was picked in the first 5!!! Higuain & Granero are usually ahead of him by a country mile
Higuain was for sometime the main PK taker he has nerves of steel in those penalties... so the choice is quite strange , i remember i wrote my prediction of the Penalty takers for Eddie and Ramos was naturally not included

However as i wrote before the penalties , beating the Germans is a really long shot.. they are superior than any country in this so Kudos to them.. my team won the game but lost the battle .. i cannot fault the players they did what they can and won the game but crashed out

 

[Ryan_Cule]

Surprised that he was picked in the first 5!!! Higuain & Granero are usually ahead of him by a country mile
Higuain was for sometime the main PK taker he has nerves of steel in those penalties... so the choice is quite strange , i remember i wrote my prediction of the Penalty takers for Eddie and Ramos was naturally not included

However as i wrote before the penalties , beating the Germans is a really long shot.. they are superior than any country in this so Kudos to them.. my team won the game but lost the battle .. i cannot fault the players they did what they can and won the game but crashed out

and the second question ?

 

[Beast]

and the second question ?

I thank god my team didn't wait 39 years to win the first Champions league

 

[Pepe Silvia]

Surprised that he was picked in the first 5!!! Higuain & Granero are usually ahead of him by a country mile
Higuain was for sometime the main PK taker he has nerves of steel in those penalties... so the choice is quite strange , i remember i wrote my prediction of the Penalty takers for Eddie and Ramos was naturally not included

However as i wrote before the penalties , beating the Germans is a really long shot.. they are superior than any country in this so Kudos to them.. my team won the game but lost the battle .. i cannot fault the players they did what they can and won the game but crashed out

Higuain was the natural choice, and seeing him on the side in agony with each miss was the most confusing thing. His job entails getting the ball in the net ffs. That's Mourinho's problem though. His dark horse mentality came back and bit him in the ass. It got him and Real Madrid a La Liga title over this Barça though, so for that, Congrats big man.

:beer2:

 

[Ryan_Cule]

 

[AnfieldEd]

Yeah I was surprised Ramos took one. I did predict a Real defender to take a pen, but I picked Pepe because of his power so I thought he may have taken one.

What do you think Gio needs to be added to the team. Personally I'd sell Kaka, Carvalho, Albiol, Marcelo, Lass and Altintop.

Either give Varane more playing time and promote him to No.3 centre back or buy a centre back. Then I'd buy a DM to play alongside Xabi. Xabi works best when he has a proper DM alongside him like Sissoko and JM with us. So I'd look at someone like M'Vila. Then with Sahin back into the squad and Granero and Khedira you'd have 5 good quality central/defensive midfielders. But I'd definitely buy a more physical midfielder with good energy levels like M'vila.

Whether you like it or not I think Higuain is off. But never the less I'd sign not one but two forwards. Aguero would be one and Llorente another. As this gives you two different facets of offensive game plans with Cronaldo and Di Maria on the wings. Or play Cronaldo though the middle and buy Hazard. In fact I'd probably do that as Athletic won't sell to you. So buying Aguero and Hazard would be fantastic.

 

[ricknattery]

Yeah I was surprised Ramos took one. I did predict a Real defender to take a pen, but I picked Pepe because of his power so I thought he may have taken one.

What do you think Gio needs to be added to the team. Personally I'd sell Kaka, Carvalho, Albiol, Marcelo, Lass and Altintop.

Either give Varane more playing time and promote him to No.3 centre back or buy a centre back. Then I'd buy a DM to play alongside Xabi. Xabi works best when he has a proper DM alongside him like Sissoko and JM with us. So I'd look at someone like M'Vila. Then with Sahin back into the squad and Granero and Khedira you'd have 5 good quality central/defensive midfielders. But I'd definitely buy a more physical midfielder with good energy levels like M'vila.

Whether you like it or not I think Higuain is off. But never the less I'd sign not one but two forwards. Aguero would be one and Llorente another. As this gives you two different facets of offensive game plans with Cronaldo and Di Maria on the wings. Or play Cronaldo though the middle and buy Hazard. In fact I'd probably do that as Athletic won't sell to you. So buying Aguero and Hazard would be fantastic.

The reason Higuain is leaving is because there is not enough room for strikers. Why would they add an extra striker if they are covered on that department? They need a striker who is willing to play few minutes to keep rotation. If Higuain is not happy with that he will go and madrid will sign a striker to play second fiddle. Aguero nor Hazard would be one of those options, let alone the 2 of them

 

[Beast]

Thanks Pepe my man...

Eddy won't be much change as people think .. we need small adjustment and Rick is spot on regarding Higuain
we already have a player who score plenty of goals and Benzema was better this season than Higuain (forget the stats of minutes per goals)
An old dog like Drogba etc can do the trick but not Aguero or Hazard (we already have the efficient Callejon so why buy Hazard ? )
maybe another playmaker to rest Ozil and sell Kaka , Ricardo is surely gone he hasn't featured in any game since his disaster clasico, Ditto Altintop
Another young RB would be an excellent idea for Arbeloa to be rested ( unless he keep Lass ) .. and Lass