Real Madrid (old thread)

[Metaphysical]

djila/xabi is a trade up from badger/xabi. it's pretty sick double pivot and you'd be hard-pressed to find a better midfield two in the world.

 

[Beast]

that's right.. and i think that could possibly be what happen in few month those 2 would enable 5-6 players going forward with no strings attached to the back

 

[jairzinho]

what about Mahamadou Diarra Beast...is he still around..???

 

[Beast]

mate.. that's what we are talking about the last 2 pages

that Diarra (Djila for meta ) we mentioned is Mamadou Diarra not Lass Diarra

 

[John Antonio Bilboa]

What about your back line? There could be some many different defensive permutations.

 

[Beast]

i think
Ramos----Albiol---Pepe-----Marcelo /Drenthe or Arbeloa

 

[John Antonio Bilboa]

Or Ramos could go back to being a center back.

Arbeloa----Pepe----Ramos-----Drenthe

 

[Beast]

^^^that's what i believe is more likely.. it will be mostly a majority of Spanish defenders
Tomorrow could be the first game for Ruud after 292 days.. a lot for the old Dutchman who is 33 and turning to 34 .. however no one can dispute his goal scoring record of 63 goals in 92 games..
M diarra could get some minutes as well, it will also be the official send off for Michel Salgado one of Real loyal troopers

 

[John Antonio Bilboa]

He is a true professional can't wait to see him play in the PL.What formation do Real use ?

 

[Beast]

He is a true professional can't wait to see him play in the PL.What formation do Real use ?

4-2-3-1 , 4-2-2-2,4-2-1-3,4-3-3

that's all we played

 

[John Antonio Bilboa]

-------------------------------Casillas---------------------
Arbeloa---------------Ramos-------------Pepe-----------------Drenthe

-------------------------------Lass--------------------------------
---------------------Kaka----------------Xabi Alonso--------------------
Ronaldo-------------------------------------------------------A.Robben

-----------------------------Benzema---------------------------------------

Real Madrid's best XL without the omission of Pepe?

 

[Beast]

well it's more like

-------------------------------Casillas---------------------
Arbeloa---------------Ramos-------------Pepe-----------------Drenthe

-------------------------Diarra------Xabi Alonso------------------------------
------------------------------Kaka------------------------------------
Ronaldo-------------------------------------------------------A.Robben

-----------------------------Benzema---------------------------------------

And considering Ramos almost missed all pre-season for Injury and Pepe is suspended in the first 5 games.. it will be Metzelder (who I and from what we seen Manu highly rate ) -Albiol

so
Arbeloa------Albiol------------Metzelder--------Drenthe

 

[John Antonio Bilboa]

It seems as though he also prefers Drenthe on the left.What about Eze Garay who he has used sparingly during the the preseason, will he have a part to play for Madrid this season?

 

[Beast]

It seems as though he also prefers Drenthe on the left.What about Eze Garay who he has used sparingly during the the preseason, will he have a part to play for Madrid this season?

Drenthe has provided Edgar Davids performance all pre-season .. he tackled well , attacked well and defended well he was like a small pitbull . on the other hand Marcelo like Ramos missed most of the pre-season to injury and he was used in the last game and didn't present the best image .

Garay is Madrid version of Caceres IMHO and i've said this since last year on another forum , i don't have any confidence in him as a CB ( i think he will be good DM ) but at the end it's a long long season and u need players with good experience to cover up for injuries but i think out of the 4 possible 5/6 (if u use Ramos and Arbeloa) center backs he is the last one in the list .

 

[John Antonio Bilboa]

True, there are several Real players who i don't see as starters rather as squad players really Gago especially, i don't see what he brings to Real.
Though Caceres was not given an opportunity to play for an extended period, but when he did he played he was quite competent in the back.I think the same can be said for Garay though he played regularly