The New Era of Financial Frugality - The Transfer Thread

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  1. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
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    Nov 26, 2006
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    The guy that's telling us about Milan's collapse now was championing the Ronaldo transfer to Milan back then. Comedy.
     
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  2. Ahmadi8

    Ahmadi8 Member+

    Apr 14, 2005
    Bahrain
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    Bahrain
    Nice way of taking a legitimate criticism on the club to the extreme. Accusing fans for being entitled for asking to get a Castilla product back to cover a clear position of need, not just for the reason of upgrade because of the shit form that we've seen but actual injuries, so much so we are seeing a CM playing out of position.

    Management has failed and Ancelloti is failing to introduce options from the youth team to mitigate the problem, plenty of blame to spread around.

    But yea the FANS it's them because they impatient with youths and entitled about winnings.
     
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  3. Hendrix22

    Hendrix22 Member+

    Feb 28, 2010
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Ronaldo was great for Milan before he got injured. But thats beside the point, because nobody is asking Florentino now to buy 30+ year old washed up stars. Its just an example of what happens when a club rests on it laurels. But of course you will completely distort the argument and use irrelevant ad hominem (this time about something that happened 15 years ago). I don't know how anyone can still fall for your bs at this point.
     
  4. petros93

    petros93 Member

    Real Madrid
    Greece
    May 27, 2017
    Nat'l Team:
    Greece
    If you believe our team is supposed to win the ucl every year and cannot understand that transitional seasons exist or that other teams are good too I don't know what to tell you.

    If all you care about in football is transfers and believe this is the way to run a club stick to playing FIFA career mode. Or become a Chelsea fan they seem to be doing that right now.
     
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  5. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
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    Nov 26, 2006
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    The clubs success speaks for itself.

    Your track record does as well.
     
  6. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
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    Nov 26, 2006
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    Management has failed for delivering another CL trophy, a trophy other clubs win once every two decades.

    Brother, what the hell.
     
  7. Hendrix22

    Hendrix22 Member+

    Feb 28, 2010
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    If the team can win the UCL, but is not maximizing its potential to do so despite having the means for that, yes we can complain and its completely justifiable. If we don't win in the end, we can say well we did everything right but it wasn't to be. That is not the case in this moment, so stop twisting the argument.

    And yes, transfers are a major part of the game, a major reason why many here have become Madrid fans in the first place. So enough with the 'if you like transfers so much play FIFA' guilt tripping bs. Nobody is supposed to feel guilty for enjoying a major aspect of the game, especially knowing Madrid's history. Nobody can refute that we used to pride ourselves for our moves on the market.

    It might be news to you, but its possible to care about the game/current players, and also care about transfers. More shockingly its also possible to be in between the Madrid way and the Chelsea way when it comes to doing transfers. Making it sound as if its either one or the other when they are two extremes on the spectrum is disingenuous.
     
  8. Ahmadi8

    Ahmadi8 Member+

    Apr 14, 2005
    Bahrain
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    Bahrain
    They failed the with their transfer targets and boosting an injured squad.
     
  9. Ahmadi8

    Ahmadi8 Member+

    Apr 14, 2005
    Bahrain
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    Bahrain
    What is the excuse for not bringing in a cheap alternative for LB that was available? What is the excuse for not integrating capable youth players?

    No one expects to win every season. But there is absolutely an expectation to try every season. That demand will never change at this club.
     
  10. boeder

    boeder Member+

    Real Madrid
    Brazil
    Feb 27, 2013
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    Brazil
    #2710 boeder, Feb 2, 2023
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    Dis guy...

    Gotta love the argument of not bringing new players to plug in our chronic deficiencies because we won La Liga and UCL last season.

    Our squad is severely limited, we are using midfielders in fullback positions including a 19 year-old starlet, but hey, we won the UCL last season so Flo knows wtf he's doing.

    Vini has to play every minute of every single game because the only other good LW (Rodrygo) is covering RW because we don't have one. And if Rodrygo is covering for the other forward positions (e.g. Benzema is injured), one of our most promising CMs plays RW.

    RB has been problematic for a couple of years; Carvajal is a$$, old and injury-prone, and his cover? A 31 year-old winger.

    Benzema cannot afford any mental breaks or lapses in form at 35 because we have 0 backups for him. He has to bust his butt in 4 competitions on 3 continents.

    Our attacking depth? A bunch of donkeys that sit in the dugout shoeless. We don't rescind their contracts because oh-em-gee what would the world say about the noblest club in all the land? Gotta set an example for the generations.

    But bro, we can use our Castilla boys, right? No. Carlo is here to win and not to give minutes to players. His words.

    Our calendar? Easily one of the most difficult in recent memory yet we are almost set-up to fail. You cannot win competitions with 14-15 players.

    Who cares if the squad is getting thin, old, fatigued, stretched and injured..because we won La Liga last season! Our success record, homie!

    Buying players after we potentially fail IS NOT a competent strategy of running a club like RM.

    But hey, I'm just an entitled fan that doesn't want this c*nty lever-owned Barcelona dethroning us.
     
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  11. Anon.

    Anon. Member+

    Sep 4, 2007
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    We don't often have or want a Plan B, so I think it will be Bellingham or nothing. The club can always extend Ceballos' contract too, and whilst this shouldn't be impacted by the potential arrival of Bellingham, it may help to soften the blow if he chooses to move to the PL instead.
     
  12. Hendrix22

    Hendrix22 Member+

    Feb 28, 2010
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Pretty much this.
     
  13. AppleBob86

    AppleBob86 Member+

    Real Madrid
    Jan 11, 2018
    Aside from 4/5 players, our squad is average and I wouldn’t be arsed if they left tomorrow.

    We need investment. We’ve invested in the stadium so now it’s time to reinvest in the squad.

    We’re not Tottenham ffs.
     
  14. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
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    Nov 26, 2006
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    Real Madrid
    This is an insanely expensive squad, for our limits. If you want to argue that Uefa are not doing us any favors(and they aren't) we have to be top polish clean and tip top with our finances.

    I'm expecting some fine tuning should we get to move some boulders off the roster like Mariano and Hazard.
     
  15. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
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    Nov 26, 2006
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    Real Madrid
    Just 4 players? The rest average? I can only agree with that if we consider about 85 to 90% of top tier football average.
     
  16. Ahmadi8

    Ahmadi8 Member+

    Apr 14, 2005
    Bahrain
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    Bahrain
    So expensive that management was happy to bring in the most expensive player in. We know how that went.

    I don't buy that theory.
     
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  17. RMadrid2222

    RMadrid2222 Member

    Real Madrid
    Mexico
    Feb 1, 2023
     
  18. RMadrid2222

    RMadrid2222 Member

    Real Madrid
    Mexico
    Feb 1, 2023
    This here is the prime example. Some people would have probrably sold carvajal a few seasons ago. If we sold carvajal, nobody else in The planet was putting in that cross to rodrygo vs city. Infact had we fielded another team that was just as talented we probrably gey destroyed. RM players who have won 3/4 CLs know whag they are doing. Ill hold off asking the club For more until there is more for them to give us. Right now we are CL and spain champions, dont even know why people are complaining. If the meta in european soccer is to be financially stable while winning top tournaments and leagues, RM is the best run club in Europe by a long stretch. Cant people just enjoy a little?
     
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  19. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
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    Nov 26, 2006
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    If you'd only read this forum without following the results you'd believe it's an ipswich or Luton forum.
     
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  20. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
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    Nov 26, 2006
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    Real Madrid
    We're experiencing a golden era of success.

    This panic stuff is comical.
     
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  21. petros93

    petros93 Member

    Real Madrid
    Greece
    May 27, 2017
    Nat'l Team:
    Greece
    People act like we don't all support the same team. But as you can see the club doesn't panic. And if you haven't noticed the club is massively successful. So what we are saying is closer to what the most successful club in the world is doing than what you are requesting.
     
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  22. YOUNGSTARS87

    YOUNGSTARS87 Yellow C@rd Bandit

    Dec 21, 2005
    This is all about preference. When Florentino prefers you he makes it possible. When he doesn't have a preference for you it is because financial restraints lol.

    That isn't to say there are financial restraints and we don't need to budget and stay measured but I will repeat we're talking about €5M previous academic talent at FB, not a man child class clown that goes for €100M.
     
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  23. temesgen

    temesgen Member+

    Jun 27, 2004
    funny thing is I see this said all the time about the club wrt Bale..... :D:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
     
  24. boeder

    boeder Member+

    Real Madrid
    Brazil
    Feb 27, 2013
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    Brazil
    Maintaining and building on said success is art that is not achieved by a concoction of idleness and inaction.

    What's comical is that necessity is labelled as "panic" while hoping for miracles when willfully playing with fire.
     
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  25. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
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    Nov 26, 2006
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    Real Madrid
    I think the current team leading the club has earned themselves the trust to navigate the current situation.

    Or, they could hire the big soccer big brain think-tank instead.
     
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