Why. We are in need of some changes and it's not likely to happen when we win it. It's called a perverse effect. Doesn't mean I wouldn't like us to win it.
Because it can suggest anything. Firing the coach, or figuring this group simply doesn't "have it" and simply surrounding guys with big salaries like kroos, Benzema, Ramos, with mediocre cheaper players until they are off the books to initiate a restart. I know people think "Florentino has to wake up!" translates into the club suddenly spending 500 mil. in three players and we're good to go but i consider that very unlikely, so my interpretation of "waking up" is going in a zig zag course with no real goal and just buying/selling/buying/selling until the solutions find themselves.
When they don't and we do then throw this nonsense in your face you will complain. It's as if "support" only works for some of you when everything is going well and the wins are rolling in. I really hope this is just how you react to sports and not how you go about your every day life.
It would be great if we'd ave any idea what we're supposed to do with te guys we're bringing in a lot of times. Feels kind of "well, if i buy 4 of them, one is going to hit big" but then we have Odegaard who looks ready at La Real and we bring him back and it's the same thing we've always done. We don't really know where he's supposed to play or how he is supposed to help the team.
We can debate the club's transfer strategy and our lack of financial competitiveness as much as we want. The reality is that we are missing real "game-changers" and "match winners". That is the type of player that will give us the edge over a long season of La Liga or CL football.
Probably, but they don't fall from the sky. We completely fumbled the Jovic situation start to finish and are paying for it now.
Don't worry I have an excellent life. Thank you. I respect your opinion. You seem to have a big love for the club and that is something we have in common. However , I don't like the way you argue about some things. You put me in this "I hate Zizou"-position which is just not rightful. I feel we should go with another coach. You can think I am stupid because of that but stay polite. For me the most important thing in football is the joy of the game. The way we play. And I feel ZZ coaches this team in a way that is very much result-based and there simply is no joy in watching us. You can say that comes down to personnel and that is Flo's fault but that just is short sighted. Zidane is at fault as well.
Okay I respect that. I just think we need to invest in a smart way and not necessarely throw all our money (or the money we dont have) on 2 players.
Kroos and Modric are world-class players. You can see how they pull a pass or a dribble out of their top hats. Their shots are precise, the passing too. The intelligence is there, the drive to win is there. Benzema is kinda like that as well, but he seems a little "softer". Toni and Luka hardly disappear. We need someone like them in our attack. We had Ronaldo, who could be very selfish but at least there was this drive in him. Now we have players like Vini, Rodrygo, Hazard (lol), Benzema (to a certain extent), Isco, Asensio who seem to be quite OK with the idea of passing the ball around. They all seem scared or incapable to shoot or create danger. We are not dangerous. I'd say right now that Kroos, Modric, and Casemiro are our biggest hopes when it comes to scoring. We are playing a 4-3-0 without Benzema. Lucas and Mendy are better wingers than the ones we have. I think almost 40-year-old Robben could create more danger than our wingers. Ibrahimovic is freaking 40 and could contribute more than our youngsters. If we really can't spend an extra dime on quality players, I fear for our future. Aside from Valverde, all these youngsters look like Valencia-level players right now. Benzema is not getting any younger and he's not the charging bull type of player we need anyway. In short, getting points from Real Madrid nowadays is very easy. Sit deep, watch we pass the ball sideways, counter-attack, score, see we pass the ball sideways again but more desperate. I don't expect us to remain on the top season after season. It's unrealistic. But I wish the matches were at least entertaining.
Real Madrid (2.41) 1-1 (1.52) Real Sociedad— The xG Philosophy 🇪🇺 (@xGPhilosophyEU) March 1, 2021 We created chances and failed to make them.
We have 2 strikers too. Just can't forget the day our club thought it'd be a sensible thing to give that prestigious no 7 to Mariano of all ffs! [emoji23]
One of them is in Frankfurt though. The day people realize that you can't choose whatever number you want in Spain so somebody would have to play wearing the 7 will be quite the day to behold.
I also think that number retiring is stupid. I'm glad La Liga forces teams to use the set of numbers.
I mean, sure but this was probably the first time where it didn't directly switch hands. Who do you give the shirt after Ronaldo? The last players that wore the shirt wore it for an eternity, realistically for a player to take it from Ronaldo we'd have to have signed Mbappe or something like that.
The people, it's always the people. Goddamn, you people!!! You know what he meant. If we had a 25-player squad, yes, somebody would have to pick the 7. Was that the case in Lope's season? If not, he could have picked another number. But I gotta say, I was kinda happy with Mariano's return. He had had a good season with Lyon and he was not a bad third striker during the Doblete season. I liked how he had the balls to pick the #7 jersey back then. His goal against Roma actually gave me hope he would have a good season. Then... he sucked. Then Zizou returned. Then he scored against Barça, lol. And now here we are. Even the most positive fans here have expressed how they don't want to see Mariano on the pitch ever again playing for us.
We had 30 registered players 4 of them being youth system double duty guys. Maybe Courtois could have gotten the number. It was widely publicized back then that eventually somebody would have to take the number.