Without hindsight, I would have put my money on Mariano to outscore Jovic in the German league. For that reason, we should have just stuck with Mariano but we got sucked into the hype. Got similarly desperate and purchased Hazard.
Very, very controversial move. It seems to me that they weren't 100% certain either way even with VAR. VJ wasn't moving, he was standing in one place while that #24 defender was moving quite fast. It all comes down to properly timing down the moment the Nacho hit the ball.
Barca lost 1-0 to Bilbao with the supposed best player in the world. Real lost 4-3 to Sociedad with our B team backline and Casemiro missing. I ain't stressed. I hope our boy Odegaard wins it and puts in an MVP display.
If i'm being honest, i think that UCL is out of reach this season. You never know with Zizou and our guys but i think it's very unlikely that we win it. I'd be pretty content with a semi-final appearance. For me, La Liga is where it's at. We need to win it more than we need to win UCL.
Agreed. At the least though, I would like a deep run. An early exit may be too much adversity for this group. I don’t want the vultures coming for Zizou in March
So my theory is holding true that Zidane sets up James to fail to the detriment of the team. It's long been known that James doesn't fit in a 3 man midfield unless there is a DM and a B2B, yet Zidane repeatedly plays him when Casemiro is rested. Coincidence? He could also play him in a more advanced role in a 4 or 5 man midfield, like he has used Modric and Isco recently, but he just can't stand to put James in a situation to succeed. He's a sly one tho because now he can say he gave James "his chance" but there just aren't enough minutes to go around now that we're out of the copa, and he's not even taking the blame for getting knocked out.
Yes. Zidane also has James kicking rocks instead of a football during training so that he is always injured. After the halftime whistle yesterday Zidane tripped James so James ended up with another injury. Zidane is pure Evil. #BringBackSolari.
THIS. Even if I’m now almost sure we’ll win La Liga, (regardless of our form) we should still prioritize it the most.
I would have starteded the match: Benz James Isco-----------‐---Fede Kroos Then sub in: Benz-----Jovic Vinicius‐-----------------------------------------Rodrygo Kroos-----Fede And the team would have won: 3-0
What a collapse by Zidane and the team,im so pissed,disapointed...coudnt sleep,dont want to go to work. I was thinking about a domestic treble...what the hell was i thinking...we are a joke domestically,the last 12 years has been horrendus in Spain.The worst Barcelona in a decade and we cant even go to a semi with Bilbao,Mirandes and Granada.....and we have just 3 points lead. Zidane and the players really believe the hype and think that they are invisible....lets be real we have been crap in many games in this unbeaten run-Atletico twice,Getafe,Sevilla,Valladolid etc . This was Zidane worst game as a manager,his tactics were suicide-so many attacking players,our pressing was so easealy passed by Sociedad...No defensive midfielder-4/5 Cociedad players going against Militao,Ramos,Marcelo ..it was a disaster...nobody was defending it was unreal. Marcelo.....the worst performence form a RM player in the ZZ era,it was humiliating,it is sad to watch what has happened to him,but he is finished . James is a portugese league level,never RM quality...limited,slow N10...nobody uses players like this anymore. This could be a turning point in the season for the worst...if we dont win La Liga,there will be dramatic stuff happening in the club in the summer
What was really bizarre was how much time they spent on every one of our goals and yet the their goals were checked with much less scrutiny. I'm pretty sure Isak was offside in one of the goals (the one he assisted i think) and we didn't even get a replay of that but it looked quite clear in real time.
I think James is done now, he had his big chance yesterday but blew it, however we need another holding midfielder if we are to compete for everything. At one time we had Makelele, Celades and Helguera even with a lot of attackers in the squad.
Likely will depend on injuries and since we do not have a back up for Casemiro in addition we are short on a right back we could have issues.
Stat wise it's an okay performance. But whoever watched the game could see how special he was. Our players were always focused on him. Everything ran through him, he scored , he assisted an offside player but my god what a ball that was. Our players were constantly fouling him and double marking him. As soon as he was subbed ( Marcelo gave him a knock) I knew that we had a chance to comeback. He's so good under the pressure.
Ramos really has a knack for getting the youth integrated nicely. pic.twitter.com/l8dc54bMWu— Xav Salazar (@XavsFutbol) February 7, 2020
lol Ramos This is not 2014 anymore guys, James belong to the Colombian league. Let the guy retire gracefully.
More overreaction about James, he needs to play closer to goal, it’s as simple as that, all this Portuguese and Colombian league talk is just nonsense, as I said already, if ZZ thinks he can only be accommodated at CM then he should leave , he just cannot play there, I would definitely give him a chance to play the Isco role that ZZ continues to try , that roaming roles closer to goal, but it seems for ZZ that only applies to Isco. I don’t care how decent James has looked at CM in the past , he doesn’t have the stamina for that position, not capable enough defensively, too far from goal to affect the attack, and struggles to get up and down the pitch effectively to do either job
All the discussion about James and where he should play is irrelevant. He can't stay healthy long enough for that to be something we should seriously discuss. It's unfortunately the sad, sober reality. Vinicius is making a big play for a starting role, wouldn't mind playing him up front with Benz and giving Hazard a free role behind or along side them.