It's not like Florentino didn't try to sign a striker. He went to Lewandowski personally post match and told him to join us.
What's silly is you incapable of grasping that we already have other strikers than Benzema. You do realize Mayoral is a forward, yes? You do realize Ronaldo spends half his time in that position as well, yes? If we replace Benzema with another forward, we've got 3 of them. What, you want 4 forwards in the squad? Yeah, you sound really clever, buddy.
You sound really mad though. Need a bit more meditation and some Tao Lu forms to find your balance for today.
I'm not sure the club planned to "delay" announcing the contract extensions as a way to "distract" from a string of poor results. I'm sure the rationale was that the signings would be well received; and as per Benzema, they could just squeeze him in under the radar without much of a fuss. But yeah, at this point maybe they shouldn't have conducted these elaborate ceremonies pretending as if everything is fine and dandy.
it is a stupid decision that was made 2 months ago, not the extension. Letting Morata leave was bad. you seem to think that we will get any good money on Benzema, he's price is very low now and will only continue to drop come next summer. all this is doing is making sure that promising young strikers, who don't have a problem with a fair competition on the spot, will not want to come and play for Real Madrid. Perez basically told the world, Benzema is my starter forever. Simple as that. Beside Perez, Zidane and a small group of delusional posters in here, nobody in the football business look at Benzema as a top striker.
Some people here championed Lacazette, and watching him at Arsenal he seems to turn slower than the seasons. So far Florentino has made offers for Lewandowski and Mbappe, which suggest that if the quality is there, he'll go for it. Judging by the kind of money the "football business" spends on players right now, it seems more likely that Perez, Zidane and the small group of posters are more likely in the right. Juve spent 90 mil. for a completely out of shape Higuain.
Thats exactly it. I understand people being frustrated by Benz, but I really cant think of that many options to replace him with. Lewa and Mbappe like you said we've tried and failed, and Suarez we didnt try for obvious reasons. If you look at the starting strikers for most big national teams, you will be severly underwhelmed. France has Giroud, Italy has Pele, Spain has Costa/Morata, Brazil went into a WC with Fred ffs lol.
But we already had Morata, twice, and both times we looked like fools for selling. And I can't think of a team in the world who would turn down Pele.
So an important question after tonights performance... should Benzema be an automatic starter when fit? Surely any starting lineup which includes all three of the BBC is inferior to 442 with Bale and Cristiano up top? Im sorry there is no question Benzema is a good player but he is not good enough to play at Real madrid (in my opinion), although perhaps he can prove me wrong if he re finds some form. I think the only reason he has stayed so long at Madrid is because ronaldo has a soft spot for him
Damn, the old man's still got it. He must be like 80 years old now. LOL, if Benzema isn't good enogh for Madrid, Bale sure isn't. It was a nice goal by Bale but Bemzema has scored that type of goal multiple times, I'm pretty sure he does it in his sleep because thats really the complaint about Benzema...that he looks like he's asleep at times.
Lol. Both offer different things to the team. I'd like to have both healthy for the coach to have that option.
Bale only has running on Benz, but lots of players run faster and more often the Benzema it's hardly worth mentioning. But yeah, sigh, definitely looking like BBC will be a thing again.
The best line-up and formation for this team right now is the 4-4-2 diamond like the one played against Dortmund tonight with Bale & Ronaldo up top. Both players actually played more wide than centrally (but not as far wide as RW/LW) and were more like RF & LF rather than RS & LS. It was perfect for the counter-attacking tactics we set-up. The great thing about this system is that everyone actually sticks to their position and I could count numerous times today where I could visually see us keeping our shape. When the BBC plays and Zidane opts for a 4-3-3; the shape looks a lot more lopsided as Ronaldo crams the centre with Benzema instead of sticking to his LW and Bale is isolated out on the RW. He looks a lot more dangerous out on the left particularly in that LF role. His goal and assist to Ronaldo today came from that position as did Ronaldo's 2 goals coming in from the right and some of his other little plays. This should be the midfield and forward line from now on when everyone's fit (4-4-2 diamond): Bale - - - Ronaldo - - - - Isco - - - - - - Kroos - - Modric - - - Casemiro - - - with Asensio being first sub off the bench to replace Isco & Benzema being the sub for Bale.
I would say Bale has pace, power, and perhaps even finishing over Benz. Benz is more technically gifted, but he chokes a lot of shots. Everyone chokes but I think Bale finishes more of his opportunities. What Benz has over anyone is fearlessness. That's the one trait I like in him. He could have 2 or 3 top class defenders in front of him and he will have no shame taking them all on if he sees a potential way through. The clearest example of that was his run in the semi final against Atleti that led to the Isco goal. The 4 4 2 worked today magically, leading many to believe that perhaps it is our best lineup. However, I worry that our offense can have its troubles without Benz, like we did in these last few liga games. We were lacking goals.
My preference with the squad we have at the moment is for 4-4-2 , unless rotating for rest, Luka, Toni, Casemiro, Isco must play and of course Ronaldo will always start, anyone else whoever is in the best form from there
He obviously meant Pelle (the Italian). It was just with on L less because you've taken so many of them over the past few seasons that we're running short right now.
Clearly benzema telepathically guided bale and Ronaldo to them goals the other night, only reason they scored. The selfless one ,lord benzema .
Logged into post this, beat me to it , hope he gets into rhythm and Ronaldo starts banging in the goals.