Your right. I don’t think any of our midfielders are that good enough currently. Tchoumeni is the only one who consistently puts in a shift, but he’s still shaky positionally a times and is a liability with the ball. Very limited player, but hes saved a few goals this season, no doubt.
We need to start trying things. I remember Ancelotti trying Di Maria in midfield 3 and it working well. I remember him trying Jude as a false 9 and it working brilliantly when we had no center forward. That is the job of the manager. We dropped the ball in not signing a Kroos replacement but I really think we need to demand more from the managers also. Even last season Ancelotti tried Ceballos in midfield and it was the best football we played throughout the year before he got injured. I actually thought when Xabi tried Guler in the central midfield it worked better than when Jude came back and took over. He didn't stick at it. Or maybe they don't work well together. It's exhausting anyway.
There's a list of about 15 to 20 fantastic coaches we could hire but only very few of them, if any at all, has the potential to make rough decisions and risk a huge amount of money for the sake of preserving his vision and integrity. Mourinho's interpretation of football might be lagging behind but he's the only one that has entered Florentino's circle deep enough to be considered a friend/long term ally. We'll see, I'm honestly prepared for a lengthy drought/some big soul searching
Recordatorio de que todas vuestras peticiones fichajes, salidas, entrenadores, etc se supone que os tiene que hacer caso esta gente. pic.twitter.com/PRymqcWkqF— (fan) gam (@mbaafraude) January 15, 2026 Just ********ing look at them? Out of touch with modern day football. Wouldn’t be surprised if one think Puskas is still at the club
I wonder if Vini would trust sharing the ball with Cama more than he does Carreras/Fran. I feel like he does even when Cama is playing CM/DM. He can pass the lights out, but does he handle the ball under pressure well? Not sure I've seen that from him, but obviously he hasn't been put in those situations much. That was where Busquets truly excelled.
Relax, the club didn’t resort to hiring Mourinho things can’t be that bad. Now that’s a manager (re)hire draped in a whole red flag and hat. I could have sworn at first glance the one guy was the late, great Alfredo DiStefano. Thought it was throw back pick of the 50/60’s team members.
🚨 BREAKING: Real Madrid is seriously considering leaving EuroLeague to join Adam Silver’s new “NBA Europe” project. @Eurohoopsnet 🏀 pic.twitter.com/xlvrgtx6zT— Madrid Zone (@theMadridZone) January 15, 2026
It must be with how little attention to detail Florentino is giving the footballing ide of things. Well footballing outside of officiating, ESL and forcing the club to go public. All those things has Flo's full attention while JAS drives us off a cliff.
He got used to the squad and legendary coaches winning despite lack of investment so he thought that was the norm
I mean the story line writes itself? January 28th, Madrid travel to a Mourinho lead Benfica. Benfica grab the win, Arbeloa looks lost and defeated. Stories before and after the game talk about his semi-final trophies and his ongoing love for Perez and Madrid. We start talking about the New Mou, the calm wise Mou. Florentino loves a good story.
Zidane talks about his time at Real Madrid as a coach on Hamidou Msaidie’s YouTube channel: https://as.com/futbol/primera/zidan...mos-a-disposicion-de-los-jugadores-f202601-n/
The relationship with the players: “At Real Madrid, we were at the disposal of the players. For me, that’s what makes the team strong, you’re there for the player. If you have not understood, you cannot last in this profession. We’re there to support them; you have to prove that you’re there for them. For the locker room to accept what you want to implement, we have to like them. If the players don't agree with everything they're given, training, all that... something will always be missing. With us, I think they enjoyed it a lot at all levels. Don't show that to many users here that believe Xabi did a great job.
Xabi tried to patronize players post Clasico and things just got worse on the pitch. ZZ worked with a different group of grown men/generational legends. Ronaldo who was called manchild of that group did whatever it took to win even in his 30s.
This is an often ignored fact. Zizou had grown men and serial winners Xabi had a nursery Carlo had a mix of both, but even he struggled when more and more of the influential vets left
Those grown men serial winners you are referring to became what you view them as with time and through failures. Remember when Kaka, Cristiano and Ramos all lost their penalty at the same shootout? Again, not saying that I believe all our current players are top class and should stay but the way you guys have been shitting on everyone for the past few days is just unfair and honestly pathetic.
What he said didn't even make sense. Those same "grown men" were accused of these same things when Benitez got rant off and magically became heros when Zidane came in. It's basically irrational thoughts and misplaced anger at whomever they don't like
They didn't fail for the same reasons: Benítez failed because he wasn't a respected ex-player and lacked authority who played too defensively. Alonso despite his legendary status failed because his rigid, exhausting "system" clashed with the stars desire for freedom and disdain for sustained physical intensity. One treated world class players as if they didnt know how to play; see CR7 usb video and Modric story. The other, the player's didn't like because he demanded better work ethic after them being used to arguably the lowest training workload of any pro sports team.
We are interested in it because we are truly desperate for money and we're simply not leading the Euroleague, even as a founding member the was we used to - we are treated as if we're a regular "member". Florentino hoping to capitalize off a collective bargaining agreement and a centralized TV deal has me in tears considering that those two sound like holy water and garlic to a vampire for him when it comes to football.
It's not about failing for the same reason it's about the same excuse being used and in both cases being wrong. In both cases the players were blamed as being the divas then magically they aren't anymore because Zidane showed up? Nah, they always are. As an ex-athlete I can speak on this with certainty. Their is a certain arrogance/confidence needed to get to the top level talk much better dominant or successful... combine that with a President that enables and there is no manager on this planet that can curb them Hence why we always need a man-manager but people here who believe their own bullshit want drill sargents or tactician task masters which would never work. These players never changed, they are exactly who they have been. Trying to highlight that now as if it's the reason why we're losing is brainless gibberish pushed by a crap media and supported by the horrible leadership in Madrid who don't want accountability for being the root of all of this
Just stop. We’ve seen countless athletes give up and lose motivation after winning or achieving a certain level of success. Either they have the inherent motivation to continue to maintain the level or they need motivation from outside or just maybe…. They don’t care and won’t listen to anyone because they’ve done it already and know it all. You’re here absolving this squad of any responsibility is comical and delusional.