Real Madrid (old thread)

[AnfieldEd]

After watching the game I have changed my mind.

Real Madrid will win the league. They have better depth. Unless barca buy 2 or 3 squad players to supplement the first team I can see them dropping points. Oh Barca definitely have the better first team, but its a squad game and imo Madrid have the better squad.

 

[Super Pippo]

I've felt the same for some time, Barca have a better first team, but in reserve they have too many overrated youth players like Pedro, Busquets and Bojan. Very mediocre players that are lauded by virtue of playing for Barca and nothing more.

 

[Beast]

What if we sold players like Guti & Gago ?
i still have my confidence that Barca will win the league , when you reach that stage and fame sometimes u win games without knocking the ball , it happened with their dream team , our galactico , di stefano era ..
several clubs fear them and can crack under pressure from the first goal , Pep is a smart cookie and he know this from his dream team days that's why he emphasis on scoring early..

Real is still work in progress and we can be beaten , we don't have a clear ideas still despite the dominance of 4-2-3-1 which provided very good displays

 

[Cule Angles]

After watching the game I have changed my mind.

Real Madrid will win the league. They have better depth. Unless barca buy 2 or 3 squad players to supplement the first team I can see them dropping points. Oh Barca definitely have the better first team, but its a squad game and imo Madrid have the better squad.

We've known this since September haven't we? Barça's squad has been a concern ever since the transfer window closed with madrid seeming to have more strength in depth in several areas. Meanwhile madrid's first team has problems dealing with top level sides so I'm confident that they'll continue to drop points but I think the league will be close.

 

[yusuf]

true madrid have a better squad in terms of depth but our team play i believe will prevail in the end as beast said, madrid are still struggling what formation to play and there players do not have chemistry yet either.

 

[Beast]

Congratulations to our Captain Raul for his first daughter Nace Maria Gonzalez , first daughter after his four sons Jorge (named after Valdano ) Hugo (named after Hugo Sanchez ) and the twins Hector & Mateo

 

[Cule Angles]

LOL Beast, "nace" is the 3rd person singular conjugation of the verb "nacer" in the present tense, her name is María Gonzalez Redondo.

 

[Esteve]

I also believe that Bojan is overrated by culés & I'm not Busquets's biggest fan but they're not very mediocre players. They're both decent squad players and Pedro has been very impressive this season too. Coming from a Milan supporter, ffs.

 

[Cule Angles]

In all fairness Busi and Pedro have both proven beyond all doubt that they're worthy of their place in the squad as first choice backups to the first XI at the very least. Bojan's career has stalled though and he isn't a player we can rely on should Ibra be KO'd for a significant period of time.

 

[Beast]

LOL Beast, "nace" is the 3rd person singular conjugation of the verb "nacer" in the present tense, her name is María Gonzalez Redondo.

lol thanks for that CA

 

[Esteve]

I agree, Adam. Bojan hasn't progressed as most culés were expecting him to. He's such a lightweight. It's frustrating to watch him being pushed off the ball so easily. Definitely wouldn't feel at ease with him standing in for Zlatan, should he pick up an injury. We'd more than likely play Messi in the middle as we have done a few times this season. And yeah, Pedro & Busquets have proven they're able to fill in when needed and do a decent job of it.

And btw, can't blame Beast for that one, would've been lost myself

 

[Super Pippo]

I also believe that Bojan is overrated by culés & I'm not Busquets's biggest fan but they're not very mediocre players. They're both decent squad players and Pedro has been very impressive this season too. Coming from a Milan supporter, ffs.

They are mediocre players, in the sense that were they presently playing for any other of the 18 teams in the lega no one would pay any great notice of their abbilities.

It can be seen in substitutions, were you to bring any of them on they rarely, (I would say never but I haven't been to all of Barcas games this season or last), come in and change the course of, and raise the performance of the team. I believe Madrid have more options on the bench who can do that in a game.

Being a Milan fan has no bearing on this view, if Barca are so easily offended by people criticising their team, perhaps they should play behind closed doors and remove cameras from the stadium.

 

[yusuf]

true but madrid spent excessive amount of money on their squad so it is reasonable to understand why they have a deeper squad but we should have made 1 more signing to get more depth in the team but we will have to see if it backfires on us. but so far so good

 

[Esteve]

They are mediocre players, in the sense that were they presently playing for any other of the 18 teams in the lega no one would pay any great notice of their abbilities.

It can be seen in substitutions, were you to bring any of them on they rarely, (I would say never but I haven't been to all of Barcas games this season or last), come in and change the course of, and raise the performance of the team. I believe Madrid have more options on the bench who can do that in a game.

Being a Milan fan has no bearing on this view, if Barca are so easily offended by people criticising their team, perhaps they should play behind closed doors and remove cameras from the stadium.

But what I'm saying is that for the most part, when they've been used, either as a sub or as a starter, they've been at least decent. Even in important games, they've been very good (Busquets in the CL final, Pedro against Inter recently). For that reason, I don't think they're mediocre players. There is definitely a case to be made for Bojan being quite an average player, unfortunately. I expect some people to be pissed at me for saying that, but sadly it's the truth.

And I'd prefer if the cameras stayed, I'd miss my beloved Barça otherwise

 

[Gnegneri]

Did somebody just say that Busquets is a mediocre player?