Pre-Temporada 2024-2025 Games and Trainings

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  1. Saeta Rubia

    Saeta Rubia Member+

    May 28, 2010
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    Alaba had similar offers from PSG and PL. Apart from VVD, "one of the best CB" during then is subjective. Ramos was past his prime, City starting CBs Stones/Laporte used to get benched the following year.

    Alaba was very good in Flick's system where his ability to build from the back was crucial. So he was in high demand as free agent in 2021.
     
  2. .halamadrid2.

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    Nov 5, 2010
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  3. Ahmadi8

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    Apr 14, 2005
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    Yea, so what? This transfer will only be remembered for the chair celebration. That's his contribution to the club.
     
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  4. 4x4s

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    Nov 26, 2006
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    He had an absolutely excellent first season in which he contributed to our success. I don't know what you're talking about.
     
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  5. Saeta Rubia

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  6. Nir_O

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    Mar 16, 2019
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  7. Saeta Rubia

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  8. 4x4s

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    Nov 26, 2006
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    I don't expect a single thing from those young players which is the best way to go about it. The youth department should be a reliable addition not the foundation. If one of them works out it's great, if they don't they shouldn't be viewed as failures.
     
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  9. Nir_O

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    Mar 16, 2019
    We need players like Casillas, Carvajal, Nacho, Raul, Guti. Home players
     
  10. Saeta Rubia

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    May 28, 2010
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    Some training vids:









     
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  11. 4x4s

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    Nov 26, 2006
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    These come around once every 30 years. Fran Garcia is a home player. Don't see too much support for him here.
     
  12. Saeta Rubia

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    May 28, 2010
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    Managing Madrid guys said Fran always plays at a frantic pace when you watch him live. He's talented but would do him good to slow down a bit, look up rather than put in that first time cross always. I agree.

    Calming down a bit can help Fran's career at RM. Lucas has that temperament and that's why all the RM coaches counted on him.
     
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  13. Saeta Rubia

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  14. Ahmadi8

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    Apr 14, 2005
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    He contributed in the team needing to pull off incredible comebacks. He should hand over half that's seasons salary to Courtois.
     
  15. Saeta Rubia

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    May 28, 2010
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    We needed comeback at Bernabéu vs City last season, in both Bayern games as well. Maybe keeping clean sheets and winning isn't RM way. You also deal with the best attacks in CL.

    Juve had their BBC defense hype because of them keeping MSN Barca scoreless for 180 mins. RM toyed with them in the final. That's how hard it is for the defense at the highest level.

    We had Pepe, Ramos, Varane, Militao, Alaba, Rudiger and Nacho as starters at various points during our CL golden era. Quality drop off will only be noticed if we have to depend on defenders from a different tier like many rich clubs do (Chelsea, Utd to name a few).

    Even Tchouameni looked the part at CB as makeshift option because his height, athleticsm and ability to build from the back.
     
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  16. Nir_O

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  17. REALFOREVER

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    It may just be the players available, but its definitely looking like a 4-3-3 formation will be the default formation which is what I expected. Carlo will probably pull out the diamond in big games where necessary.
     
  18. Dr. MvN

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    Oct 22, 2018
    Estados Unidos
    Fran's bigger problem is his lack of defensive IQ more than his freneticness if you ask me.
     
  19. AppleBob86

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  20. .halamadrid2.

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    Nov 5, 2010
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    Rudiger not holding back in training. First Endrick then Arda then Latasa
     
  21. Saeta Rubia

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  22. .halamadrid2.

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    Nov 5, 2010
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    Exciting times

    Valverde would be excellent as a LCM and would be very needed there with both Vini and Mbappe doing little defensive work

     
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  23. Nir_O

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  24. Saeta Rubia

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  25. Doni

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    Dec 4, 2010
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    If we can’t find solid rotation players for the first team from our academy I’d consider the overall adventure a failure on our part.

    For me, one of the necessities of an elite youth programme like ours should be to find at least the Lucas Vazquez’s, Nacho’s of the world because they’re very very much needed in the first team.
     
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