Exactly only Hazard is the starter but even he is injured so all the spaces are up for grabs at the moment
Rodrygo has been passive for a while now despite starting several games. Brahim should be above him in the pecking order imo. He showed great work ethic last season as well. Early season injuries derailed his season, but he seems to be back to his best. Only Hazard in our squad can do this.
Loan Jovic and get an experienced backup STRIKER next year. The guy needs experience and he needs to wake the ******** up.
I don’t think any serious football fan does not rate Toni Kroos , just A few fans here saying he only passes sideways all the time and that’s it, ( haven’t seen one of those fans for awhile actually) he had a period where he struggled , the whole team did and he was rightly called out here for it, but now he seems to be back to his best, great player
The problem for Brahim is that ZZ doesn’t seem to think he is ready and needs minutes on loan to improve, that’s his stumbling block right now, unless ZZ changes his mind, after Brahim’s last performance which included a goal, ZZ said nothing had changed for him with regards to Brahim, Sorry, not that Brahim isn’t ready but that ZZ seems to think other players are ahead of him in terms of ability to contribute at least that’s what it looks like to me.
Really nice goal by Vinicius. Scored a similar goal against Club Brugge. Hope he gains in confidence slowed slowly because I love watching him play
Goals in 2020:Lionel Messi - 2Raphael Varane - 3 pic.twitter.com/e2ssvcwG3k— GOAL (@goal) January 29, 2020
He should be given a proper chance to compete, Zidane said that anything could happen until January 31 so maybe he believes he could still go out a loan but if he doesn’t he should be used, kid is too talented to be behind everyone in the pecking order.
The club sees his pushback to any suggestion from their side as a bother, he was recently mentioned alongside Mariano as a "small Bale case" a player the club has certain plans for but the player will not cooperate. The "either play me or sell me" mentality was what got him to Madrid. In hindsight we signed up for this.
That would be silly of Zidane because Brahim’s play is more mature than that of Vini and he works harder off the ball but you could be right, maybe Zidane sees something in training that we do not.
Maybe, but just looking at the squad lists for the season we can see that Brahim barely fares better than Mariano right now, maybe 4x4’s interpretation of what’s happening re the club has some legitimacy, personally I had no doubt that we’d see him and James more in the Copa, James for sure, Brahim at least as a sub and not left out altogether but still down the order, let’s see if anything changes re his situation
Already dreading the weekend game against Atleti. They should pay fans to have to sit through Simeone’s tactics. I really hope our guys step up and shithouse a win. We really need to beat Atletico and keep this run going.
These are the takeaways from yesterday's game : 1. Love Zidane, he is the Midas of modern football 2. Benz scoring is a major major thing 3. Vinnie showing calmness in finishing, guy will be a monster once he gets that regularly 4. Our defence is so damn strong 5. Brahim is frikking insane, we need to do everything in our power to keep and use him I know it was CDR, but as a fan could not have asked for more, we are picking up hot form at the right time of the season
Not crazy about Valverde and Kroos putting in 90 minutes (and do not want to see Modric start on Saturday), but good game. Fun to see James make some pretty neat passes. I have been down on Vini for a while but even before the goal have been impressed these last few games. He is still frustrating to watch from time to time but the kid brings something almost no one else in or squad can bring. I want to see him play against Atleti because his ability to take players on will be useful.
Well to be fair being a defender seducer is exactly what Benzema was championed for in his first 9 years at the club, with Zidane even going so far as to say that the most important thing for a striker is to be good at things other than scoring goals.
The main difference between Jovic and Benzema in one stat. They both had 16 touches tonight. Benzema came on for Jovic in the 73rd minute...Wrote about it in yesterday's column. Benzema is relentless. He has to be in every build-up sequence. In turn, not cold in front of goal.— Kiyan Sobhani (@KiyanSo) January 30, 2020
Very nice win.No injuries,another clean sheet,Vinicius scored a nice goal,Benzema ended his bad streak. Zaragosas place is in La Liga,they are a historic team,they always try to play atacking football and La Rosaleda is a nice stadium. The usual suspects were the disapointments of the game......Jovic is trash,no excuses for this guy,unless he score some DECISIVE goals that help us win some trophies....he will not be a RM player next season . James is the worst midfielder in the team,so slow ....the way he plays it looks like one of these Real Madrid-United legends games .....he plays like he is 45. Marcelo is a fn legend,but he is so far behind Mendy at this point,his first half performence was hillarios. Overall it was a good game,if there will be El Clasico in the cup,i prefer it at the 1/4 finals in 1 game
I've been going at Karim the hardest for it. He checked every box, delivered every single piece of the puzzle that I thought was missing. I can only respect him now. A very very different player and personality.
I can't believe Brahim is getting so small amount of playing time. He is such a talent and whenever he plays, he does very well. Looks like upgraded version of Isco that can dribble with the ball vertically.
Brahim, Rodrygo and Vinicius should get a fair and consistent rotation as starters. At least against smaller teams at the SB.
A similar argument can be made for James and Mariano. Zidane seems to be pretty ruthless when it comes to players he simply does not see having a future at Real Madrid. Ceballos scores a couple goals, doesn't make the bench the next game. Brahim scores a amazing solo goal, we don't see him for months. Regulion blatantly up-stages Marcelo, we send him on loan and spend big money on another left back. Struggling for goals and creativity in the midfield? Don't even bother with Mariano and James.