Athletic Bilbao Vs. Real Madrid | La Liga Fixture 16 | Estadio San Mames | 04/12/24 21:00 CET

But I think the takers are assigned though. When Vini is on the pitch it's he who gives the ball to others or takes them himself. Now it's Mbappe doing that. what you want perhaps is Jude swapping places with Mbappe and being in charge of taking penalties instead of Mbappe.

 

this really isn't hard, CA simply needs to say Jude takes the penalties if he is on the pitch. If Jude isn't on the pitch he can say who he wants to do it, but it really shouldn't be the guy who lacks confidence.

 

No this is actually what the board and the coaching staff want. They want the guy who lacks confidence to take the penalties to see if it'll kick-start him

 

this makes no sense, he's missing which only hurts his confidence, and making himself look selfish.

 

Then we are in agreement.

It's one thing what Carlo portrays in the media and another what we actually see on the pitch.

Right now it's very clear that Mbappe is the assigned penalty taker.

What we all want is for Jude to be the assigned penalty taker.

I think that's what will happen now. We aren't QSG, Jude has probably got the penalty kick duties until Mbappe works up some level of form.

 

I'll repeat, what manager wants to come here and embarrass himself with a squad that isn't complete and a CF that refuses to put in a shift? The only coach who would do that is someone who wants to get sacked and take a payout. We should stick with CA and hope he makes the adjustment -- assign penalty taker and put Mbappe on a much shorter leash.

 

Btw why take Ceballos off and keep Tchouameni on?

 

Because it was Tchouameni's first game after the 1 month injury..must play the full 90..because yeah..are you going to teach Carlo about subs when he's made +3,000?

But riddle me this: why was a defensive LB introduced before the only attacker on the bench in a game that we were chasing and had to win?

 

I seriously doubt Tchouameni is 100%, Ceballos otoh has been doing well.

 

Because Carlo is scared of his big name players and won't sub them off.

 

And Carlo has a bullshit answer im sure

 

Clear as day this guy over marinated in Ligue 1. It's quite mind boggling the club didn't move on after 2022.

 

Next Cristiano. Trust.

 

I missed the first half of the game so I'm rewatching lol.

The subs especially were bizzare. I thought Ceballos played well.

The reality is Carlo is on auto-pilot when it comes to subs. He isn't going to pull the guys he trusts even if they're not playing that great while guys like Ceballos and Fran are expendable.

I thought Tchou should have came off especially since he just came back from injury.

 

Don’t understand the people calling for Carlo to be sacked. This guy is our most successful coach - arguably ever. In a 120+ year history.

The squad he has been given is hopeless. On top of that he has 3 starters out with ACL injuries, no midfield conductor, and our best player injured. Our losses in the league have been to Barca at home and Athletic club away.

Right now we just need to dig in while the going is tough, grind out wins, stay in touching distance for the league and next round of the CL. I hope when we have some starters back by Feb we are playing better football and also in a better position to judge Carlo’s season. I would extend him again if it were up to me.

 

How would you know that?

1. It's not merely about the results, it's also about the disgraceful cowardly football on display. These subpar performances were a problem even before 2 out of those 3 ACLs.
We struggled a lot against Sociedad, Stuttgart and Mallorca, barely created anything against Atletico, and lost to Lille.
You can't pin this on missing a particular midfield profile.
2. Just LOL. If you like what you're seeing that's on you I guess.

 

I'm sure this had nothing to do with going a goal down and Bellingham pushing to equalise.

 

The thing people who want CA gone need to be able is his does the team improve? We have huge holes in the squad, a new coach won't change that.

 

They might have targeted him because they know Mbappe isn't going to help him out in anyway.