Malaga Vs Real Madrid - Sunday 11th Dec [R]

Absolutely!

 

i nearly forgot that Ronaldo was on the pitch!

 

You can only play Becks in the middle in this formation where Guti and Ramos are playing. Thats if he stops trying to force his passes.

He can't do what Robinho does as a winger.

 

End of first half.

It would be nice to see Gravesen for Guti.
The whiny blond isn't doing anything

 

I am a bit shocked that Guti has been in good position defensively.

I thought with Ramos occassionally taking off upfield we might get burned with Guti at the back.

 

They aren't relying on Ronnie. Its a nice change.

 

yeah i agree, gazzad, if we don't need Ronaldo to score every game , we will be much much better off. The team was massively dependent on his ability.

 

I still think Robi needs to pass the FREACKING ball!
I allways thought he is a great player but pass the damn ball!

 

I think Ronaldo is not really fit. I'd like to see Soldado on for him.

 

You guys should totally do a player ratings thread after this. I never get to see the games and it was always cool reading what you thought about the performances of all the players.

 

There's no need for that if the three men behind Ronnie do their job and Guti can remain deep distributing, which are probably his orders for today.

Finally some good wide play by Robi and ZZ, going from the wing to the area in daigonal.

 

pplive was supposed to show it on guangdong, ubcsport....but neither worked when I last checked em. PPSTREAM has never worked for me so I am just reading Livesport's.com commentary.

 

If we are sticking with the winger system, they might have to buy both a LW and a RW this summer, just in case someone gets injured.

Robinho can play either side and ZZ is practically retired. That way we would have Robinho plus 2 other wingers to cover 2 positions.

 

I spent 38 mins to find out it's on UBC37.

http://www.pplive.com/web/html/newversion__catof_v+0tPgtdszf4y7k0.html

The one with U37 at the end.

 

was putting up the xmas tree, so I missed the first part of the first half.

One thing that's quite surprising is the change in mentality of the team. Malaga is a team that plays quite physically and doesn't give Madrid much space. Kind of like Celta and Espanyol. Luxa's Madrid looked pathetic against that kind of opposition, but today the team is showing some mean fighting spirit. It shows that Casillas is actually the least confident part of defense today (yes, Pavon has had a god game, and Sergio Ramos is everywhere. Forget P. Garcia. This is the best signing of the summer).

Looks like the offensive third is still in some trouble -- maybe some more battling in midfield would be useful -- i.e. Gravesen for Zidane, maybe Baptista who's doing OK but still a little MIA.

And what the hell, maybe Soldado for Ronaldo. Soldado is much hungrier and runs around putting pressure on the goalie and ball-carrier up front.

And like the commentators are saying, it's tough to imagine Beckham fitting in anywhere in this team except maybe in Guti's spot. I have a feeling Lopez Caro will be benching him next week if the good play continues into the 2nd.


EDIT: Oh yeah. 43rd minute -- touch of old-time for Zidane. Thought that player was long gone.

 

thanks....hopefully more people get on so we can get a good stream with this

 

Yeah, Becks can only play where Guti is..but I am ok with that.

Guti and Becks can cover that position and they can bring in Graveson to defend late in games to go with two defensive players in the middle.

Caro is going to have problems with injuries. If Robinho goes down we have no wingers at all. He might have to go with Diogo or Cicinho the odd game up there. Cicinho I believe is going to be converted into a winger.

 

wow, what a game. what an amazing goal by robinho. that was the skill for which we bought him.

 

So does Caro continue after December as coach?

If he can win the Osasuna game, they will have a hard time not letting him continue.