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Meh, just in time for the moan fest after a Farca win at the death against…….. Celta, poor us , yay Farca for their innovative planning, our players are rubbish Farca players are the bestest……… we win at the death, we barely make it moan, they do, they have a player who really makes a difference, we win trophies, bad planning lucky, they do, what a turn around, and Xavi, and good planning and blah blah blah, this…….on our board, whatever, again, don’t care what they do, just as long as we do what we have to, let’s see how it turns out at the end of the season,

 

IMO Vini should not play tomorrow, even if we're losing, the injury he's recovering/ed from is no cake walk..

 

Arribas with 2 goals against Valencia.

 

4 goals in 6 games.

 

Exactly.

 

I said this before and I'll say it again, Arribas deserved to be in the first team as our RW instead of Güler while putting part of that €35mil towards a top striker on loan, not belittling or dismissing the young Turk but we should have had priorities, I wonder if we went after him with such intent just to spite Barcelona.

 

Damn..I have to agree with you and 4x4s..

 

Arribas bringing in Bellingham tap in skills. [emoji7]

Sergio Arribas’ first goal against Valencia.

https://t.co/khOTKXvJDO

— Real Madrid Fabrica (@FabricaMadrid) September 23, 2023

Sergio Arribas’ second goal against Valencia.

https://t.co/mWNEQqf91W

— Real Madrid Fabrica (@FabricaMadrid) September 23, 2023

 

the literal difference is opposing teams are practicing bull fighting with their olé defending while we face teams that are fighting for their lives.

 

Or top teams were going after Guler because he's a can't miss talent. We don't need to save Guler's 20 M fee if club wanted to sign someone on loan. When elite talent is available for great price, get them. Worst would be gifting him to Barca as well.

 

Carlo wouldn't play Arribas last season even in dead rubber games. What's the point of having him waste this season with first team? It's obvious from his comments that he rates Arda far more highly. In fact he rarely praises talent of a young player like he did with Guler.

 

Celta crumbled against us, too, so did Almeria and Getafe.

 

You're right in saying that Perez would have got a striker on loan if he wanted to regardless of the other signings.

As for Carlo, he's a puppet and that's a big element of why he wasn't booted in the summer, he does what Perez and JAS tell him to do, he asks for a striker and a fullback (after getting Joselu) for the 2nd consecutive summer but is told to shut the f*ck up and make do with what he has. He is reportedly told to start the young midfielders ahead of his beloved Kroos and Modric and has done that so far, you can bet he still itches to start them together but for the most part he won't unless form drops and injuries happen.

If Arribas was promoted and Perez told Carlo to give the kid chances, you can be sure Carlo would give him minutes. It's not up to him.

I also don't think Güler is an "elite talent", he's a good talent but definitely not better than Arribas imo, I may be wrong and I hope I am.

 

Kroos is praising Guler a lot too and he's another one who isn't easily impressed by a young talent. Arribas is a good player, but I doubt the likes of Kroos were getting enamoured by his talent in training. Arda must be a special talent for Kroos to wax lyrical.

 

Really annoying to see the manner in which Barca keep winning. I mean they are broke, mortgaged half the club, brought in high risk players like Joao Cancelo who was bad off the pitch and Felix who was bad on it; but somehow they have fit in like a hand in a glove. Sold Dembele who hasn’t had a single goal participation so far and promoted Ferran who has 5, and Lamine who turns out to be another wonderkid. All while changing stadiums, sporting directors etc.

One could argue that our method of financial restraint, buying young players, and not buying anyone if it’s not a Top-3 superstar is the more prudent approach; but I have not yet seen the benefits of our approach. We lost the league to Barca by a landslide last year and they once again look like the team to beat this year. What is the point of healthy finances if it doesn’t translate into an advantage over our rivals? This team with Cancelo and Kane would have steamrolled the league

 

What was bad with Cancelo? he is baller, always was. To have him on loan would be ideal situation for every club

 

We can be annoyed all we can with Barca, but fact of the matter is the club and it's fanbase doesn't prioritize the league as much as they should. Madrid was even ahead if Barca last year before the team decided to drop the ball once again.

Heck, we could even see it in this forum when I showed that Barca has been gaining ground with regards to total Ligas won the last two decades. Not many seemed to care, lol.

 

Carva is way better than Cancelo. There's a reason 3 top coaches didn't want anything to do with Cancelo in last 12 months. Too lazy defensively and creates drama when he wasn't starter. Why would it work here when he'd be Carva's back up?

I wanted Kane too. I don't think they passed on him to save money. We can't afford Kane and then go for Mbappe after spending 100 ME+ on Bellingham. They punted for Mbappe again. Could backfire again or he comes for a huge signing bonus next summer.

 

Kubo scored in 2nd minute vs Getafe.

 

I was thinking Cancelo for LB actually, where we badly need a world class player. Fran has had a decent start, but has a lot more to prove.

Felt the Kylian thing was a mistake as well. We definitely couldn’t spend 100m on Kane and then spend again on Mbappe. But that should have been Mbappe’s problem, not ours . He had every opportunity to join this year, he just chose the money which means we continue to be cuckolded by him and his mom while one our main European rivals get strengthened and we miss out on the only viable Mbappe alternative.

Either way, Florentino has bought himself enough credit to see how this develops to the end of the season. If we go without a major trophy or don’t get in a star striker next summer, then I think it will be time to be a lot more critical.

North London derby on now, I am all aboard the Ange Postecoglou bandwagon!

 

Fran's problems have been defensively. Cancelo is bad in 1v1 situation too and won't track back at this stage of his career unlike Fran. Garcia has been decisive going forward and shows great energy. Maybe that will help him improve a bit more defensively.

I don't think PSG ever wanted to sell Mbappe. His only opportunity will be to leave as free agent, but he burned is in 2022 so it's possible that he could take money again in 2024. And if he has delusions like staying at PSG until he takes them to CL title, would be stuck in Ligue 1 forever.

 

Maybe Xabi can bring Boniface alongside if he's RM coach next season. In case Mbappe renews again.

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