Re: Are Madrid the Real Deal?

by Doc Mon Feb 17, 2014 5:11 am

Overrated and still relevant. Seriously, why bother posting something of no value, it would just get the thread locked faster.

I don't consider Real the real deal mainly because I've been down this road before. With that being said, the whole defensive line actually is clicking without the need to get dirty or nasty (under Mou). Di Maria would get exposed by teams with more potent midfield force but at this point, he is doing well. Modric is having a good season so far but he is a flaky peacock so I expect to see him suffer the same fate as Di Maria (hopefully not though).

Ronaldo is still Ronaldo, take that as you will. Benzema is actually doing the best he can possibly do at this point, fair credit to him. All in all, the signs are there but this song has been sung before...

by chad4401 Mon Feb 17, 2014 5:18 am

Its been since forever the last time i saw us consistently playing the ball out of defense so calmly, retaining possession, stringing 10-15 passes, team defending, the attack is coming together slowly hopefully the team work there improves, along with movement between the forwards.

Carlo is doing a good job, took him a while to settle on the 4-3-3, but it was understandable(isco,khedira injured). Our defensive shape is good for once, we can invite pressure without being cut apart 7/10 times Laughing

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by VivaStPauli Mon Feb 17, 2014 5:32 am

I feel like Madrid needs some kind of central, attacking midfielder. They'd need a sort of playmaker, who would support Bale, Cristiano, and Benzema with brilliant through balls, who's also great at keeping the ball, so they can sort their tactics whenever they get pressured. Give the opposition a fourth attacker to really worry about, draw defenders out of position.

That guy wouldn't even have to put in a lot of leg work, being covered by Xabi, and all, also the defese is looking great as a unit. If only such a player existed!

by Mr Nick09 Mon Feb 17, 2014 5:35 am

spot on Viva, it's exactly something we need. Di Maria is doing a great job atm, but in a ideal world, that role is for an attacking CM with a bit of work rate.

Well, when Kroos decides to jump ship we will be there. there isnt a tremendous amount of quality in footy in that role atm.

by VivaStPauli Mon Feb 17, 2014 5:37 am

by VivaStPauli Mon Feb 17, 2014 5:38 am

Okay, obvious trollery aside, Kroos would be the best thing to ever happen to you guys, especially because of the tactical flexibility he'd bring. But I really think Bayern are holding onto the kid. If not, I'd really throw all the cash at him you have, because he's basically Özil, except for 90 minutes, and with defensive work rate.

by halamadrid2 Mon Feb 17, 2014 6:48 am

Fußball wrote:

Buffondric.

Modric and Ramos were both a yellow away from accumulating 5 yellows

Next game Elche the game after Atleti hmm

Ramos tried the footballing way aka late fouls, multiple fouls, shirt tugs but the reff was having non of it lmao. The guys is obviously an Atleti fan because we all know how easy it's for Ramos to receive a yellow

To answer the OP, defensively we are doing extremely well but I think we can improve our passing alittle. Still alittle bit way ward probably because the front 3 is always changing. At the end of the season we will see how good/bad we have been but so far so good

by LeSwagg James Mon Feb 17, 2014 7:02 am

Doc wrote:Futbol: Exposing the fallacies of Mehdrid

Wtf? Who do you support? Suspect

by futbol Mon Feb 17, 2014 8:10 am

Doc: Getting lynched by the dirty Mehdrid mob. Proud

by Valkyrja Mon Feb 17, 2014 10:30 am

Beautiful Football wrote:Every year they are real deal, yet it almost decade they didn't win CL.Last five years they only manage to win 1 La Liga. we will see what happen end of the season.

Whenever,real madrid manage to play 10-15 good games, they are the best in every department. Modric? best midfielder,Pepe?best defender, is it even a question?.Marcelo? best left back in the world. Varane? you can only compare him to maldini.

IMO Most overrated club in the last decade.

Modric- ths season he has been one of the best, if not the best. he has performed incredible.
Marcelo- has been the best for 3 years now.
Varane- has the potential to be the best. everyone knows that.
Pepe-nobody said that. he has probably been the best in La Liga this season, though, that's not a hard goal.

by zigra Mon Feb 17, 2014 12:03 pm

What's so annoying is that fans of clubs like RM always seem to think that if they have a good player who's their teams best in his position they tend to think he's the best in the world. Modric is an amazing cm, always has been. Best in the world? What? Why? Because he was your best midfielder? Sorry but that's not equivalent to best in the world.
Of course it doesn't matter anyway. People are too obsessed with this "best players" bullshit nowadays. Messi or Ronaldo, Modric the best midfielder, Varane the greatest talent and stuff like that... seriously whatever?!
If Real Madrid finally stopped conceding tons of goals it's because they finally started to play well as a unit.

by Doc Mon Feb 17, 2014 2:54 pm

LeSwagg James wrote:
Doc wrote:Futbol: Exposing the fallacies of Mehdrid

Wtf? Who do you support?

Are Madrid the Real Deal? - Page 2 1236ypi

Though I understand the confusion, Messi in white underwear can leave one confused about life.

by harhar11 Mon Feb 17, 2014 4:06 pm

Giggity5313 wrote:Maybe we should post some gifs of barcas defense. I think the browser would crash..

Why should he? First of all, this is a thread about Real Madrid, and second, none has ever claimed that Barcas defence is solid, like someone did with Real Madrids defence.

by LeSwagg James Mon Feb 17, 2014 5:09 pm

Doc wrote:
LeSwagg James wrote:
Doc wrote:Futbol: Exposing the fallacies of Mehdrid

Wtf? Who do you support?

Though I understand the confusion, Messi in white underwear can leave one confused about life.

But you call Madrid, 'Mehdrid' .. Cool story bro Laughing

by Doc Mon Feb 17, 2014 5:20 pm

Been a fan long enough to make fun (not really) of my own team (it's the truth).

by Blue Barrett Mon Feb 17, 2014 9:16 pm

They were my pick to win the CL before the season started.

1. Because I want Ronaldo to win it again, seeing as Chelsea really have no chance this year.

2. Because I think Madrid have waited long enough for that 10th one.

by McAgger Sun Feb 23, 2014 1:00 am

Comfortably the second best team in Europe at the moment behind Bayern.

by lszanto Sun Feb 23, 2014 1:05 am

McAgger wrote:Comfortably the second best team in Europe at the moment behind Bayern.

They might be, comfortably might be taking it too far though. I doubt they'll make the CL final though.

by The_Badger Sun Feb 23, 2014 1:09 am

McAgger wrote:Comfortably the second best team in Europe at the moment behind Bayern.

by McAgger Sun Feb 23, 2014 1:28 am

You laugh like an idiot but who are their competition?

Barca who just got raped twice in the space of 3 weeks by La Real and Valencia?

Dortmund who just got raped 3-0 by the worst team in the Bundesliga, and who can't even get ahead of Neverkusen in the league?

City? Laughing

Worse than Barca
Chelsea? Laughing

United?

Juve? The team that couldn't get past Galatasaray and FCK in the group stages.

The only team I would take serious is PSG atm. But imo Madrid are superior to them.

by RealGunner Sun Feb 23, 2014 1:48 am

Agreed with Mole

by McAgger Sun Feb 23, 2014 1:58 am

RealGunner wrote:Agreed with Mole

are you trolling RG Razz

by Winter is Coming Sun Feb 23, 2014 5:33 am

McAgger wrote:You laugh like an idiot but who are their competition?

Barca who just got raped twice in the space of 3 weeks by La Real and Valencia?

Dortmund who just got raped 3-0 by the worst team in the Bundesliga, and who can't even get ahead of Neverkusen in the league?

City? Worse than Barca
Chelsea?
United?
Juve? The team that couldn't get past Galatasaray and FCK in the group stages.

The only team I would take serious is PSG atm. But imo Madrid are superior to them.

Thats not a fair assessment. RM have yet to beat Barca, Atleti and Bilbao in the league, so what does that say about them? They haven't beaten any of the top 4 teams in the league yet. They did recently thrash Atleti in two games in the CdR, but lets see when they run into PSG, Bayern, Chelsea, etc then we can assess them a little better then just claiming there behind only Bayern. I'm not saying they aren't good, but personally ranking doesn't matter tactics come down to defining a game. Had Arsenal not had a player sent off they could've drawn, or even possibly beaten Bayern right? Even tho most would claim they aren't even in the same league.

Dortmund also finished 25 points behind Bayern last season didn't stop them from thrashing RM and reaching CL final :coffee:

by S Sun Feb 23, 2014 6:15 am

'At the moment'.That phrase means nothing really in this context.

by vivabarca38 Sun Feb 23, 2014 8:14 am

McAgger wrote:Comfortably the second best team in Europe at the moment behind Bayern.

It's funny how you post this when it's the first time you've been top of the league in a gazillion weeks.

by Zealous Sun Feb 23, 2014 1:20 pm

Winter is Coming wrote:
McAgger wrote:You laugh like an idiot but who are their competition?

Barca who just got raped twice in the space of 3 weeks by La Real and Valencia?

Dortmund who just got raped 3-0 by the worst team in the Bundesliga, and who can't even get ahead of Neverkusen in the league?

City? Worse than Barca
Chelsea?
United?
Juve? The team that couldn't get past Galatasaray and FCK in the group stages.

The only team I would take serious is PSG atm. But imo Madrid are superior to them.

Thats not a fair assessment. RM have yet to beat Barca, Atleti and Bilbao in the league, so what does that say about them? They haven't beaten any of the top 4 teams in the league yet. They did recently thrash Atleti in two games in the CdR, but lets see when they run into PSG, Bayern, Chelsea, etc then we can assess them a little better then just claiming there behind only Bayern. I'm not saying they aren't good, but personally ranking doesn't matter tactics come down to defining a game. Had Arsenal not had a player sent off they could've drawn, or even possibly beaten Bayern right? Even tho most would claim they aren't even in the same league.

Dortmund also finished 25 points behind Bayern last season didn't stop them from thrashing RM and reaching CL final

Please stop spreading lies, we've beaten Bilbao in the league. What a Face

As for this thread I'm not really convinced we're the real deal just yet. We've defended pretty well and are on the right track but we need to beat some of the tougher teams come March/April/May.

Should be interesting.

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