Transfer Rumours | Tactics | Who to buy/sell etc

Kiko Casilla is officially a Real Madrid player

WTF have we even done this transfer window?

Have we even done anything of note. Other than Iker leaving?

we failed to win a trophy what's there to change we only change when we win trophies remember

the reason being benetz thinks we have the best squad in the world, well we dont, we can always improved.

shouldve tried harder for de gea. and sold and replaced ramos with marquenhos etc.

We should've accepted that 150m bid for bale, also instead of cheszezceve and the new RM/RW we brought, we should've have brought some elite wing talent, say sterling or reus or felepe anderson etc.

We also needed to sell Illara and loan the brazilian DM and brought vidal or some other young talent or even keep the brazilian.

we have yet to sell coentrao and find replacement, we are not even linked to any lb's, we they are being snatched away, rahman baba and alex sandro etc.

We lost morata, and now chika, we should at least brough replacement, either bring morata back or buy some other young talent (embolo) or buy some experienced backup (RVP, falcao) whoever is cheaper.

so far this is like the worst transfer window for us, like everybody is sleeping and benetz is in dream land.

in other words buy a whole new team..........thanks.....but.......no.......thanks

thats not a whole new team, we still have core, its called improvements and future proofing.

i suppose you would side with benetz and do nothing right?

we only need a Modric back up (Veratti) and a a back up CF (Llorente) and we are good to go. Even if we sold Bale we wouldn't need to buy a replacement because we have superior players in our squad anyways. Coentrao can stay provided he doesn't keep getting fake injured all the time

agreed with hala nothing is wrong with the team, carlo made it look really bad cause he wouldn't rotate, but the team doesn't need more starters who won't start.

Verratti can play more positions not only as Modric's backup

if we sign verratti (which i doubt we will) he won't be a back up to anyone, he'll start in the dm position except during rotations. But frankly, for whatever reason, i don't think rafa wants any signings. he probably feels the squad is deep enough to compete, or wants to give everyone a chance...i just hope he's not making a mistake, because in this league there's very little time for trial and error, every point is valuable, and the market hardly has anyone decent available in january

starters want to start, not rotate and fill gaps, that why its important to get the best out of illarra and casemiro, who don't mind the bench but can do the job.

got a feel casemiro will become regular starter.

terrance511 wrote:got a feel casemiro will become regular starter.

illarramendi is a lot better and I actually like casemiro. besides that he will have to play Ronaldo-Bale-James all the time leaving 3 spaces free, which will probably be Benzema, Kroos and Modric.

Apparently we are close to signing Garay. Weird unless Benitez wants Nacho as Marcelo's back up and Coentrao sold seeing as he got the number 6 shirt and signed a new 6 year contract. It would make some sense to hold onto Arbeloa too in that case to come on if Nacho is struggling which he won't be imo

According to Marca we want to replace Coentrao with Ricardo Rodriguez. Not bad

Yeah,that would be epic. Hopefully we'll get at least some money if sell Arbelo and Coentrao(like 5 M). We're being linked with Reus. Apparently we want to sell Benzema,use  that money + some more to get Reus since he can play anywhere in middlefield/attack. Bale/CR7 would move to the front and Reus would play behind them. That's what the rumors say.

I wouldn't mind Arbeloa staying. I just didn't want him so close to the starting spot. if he accepts being 3rd choice then I am all for keeping him. He could cover both the left and the right side and in emergencies can slot in at cb. Besides I dont think we'd get anything for him if he left so it would be better to keep him.

Re-Reus, he could be an interesting Benz replacement but not for over 25-30 because anything above that he'd be expected to start which I don't think he's good enough for. Also it'd allow us to rotate as all of Isco/James/Reus give us different things that can be exploited against certain teams. His injury record is a put off however

reus is a benz replacement? does that even make sense?

cr ain't playing cf for even half a season, what then play glass man as cf?

If they idea is to have CR play as a striker then we would have to move benzema because he would bench. Nothing is set in stone but those are possibilities, and nothing has happened yet because beyond the idea, im sure they need CR to kinda say ok i will do it.

But to me it's an interesting concept, specially because you could still have both CR and Reus play as a two man attack if things unravel. But obviously if it works and CR is productive, you have with Reus (fit that is) a fantastic AM/Wide forward/winger, all you want.

let's see.

Benzema is as much of a CF as Reus is. We might not like Ronaldo spearheading our attack but that's were Benitez has been testing him in training

smh i gotta stop talking to guys about benzema, seriously in what world is reus is as much cf as benz?

the benz hate is real i hope we sell him, so when all of this blows up in the your faces, no benz to blame.

that was actually sarcasm calling benzema a natural second/support striker, as in, he is better suited supporting a goalscorer than leading his team with goals.

support or not CF is a CF, when are some of you gonna except that, its not about navigating tight spaces and taking shots, but as i said you guys need to learn the hard way.

cr-bale=shit, cr as cf=shit, benz-cr=works,benz-bale=works, cause benzema is a natural forward that knows how to drag a defense, you guys love to underrate him. so isco,james and reus could all play ahead him

vacacting the center because he likes to drop back or knows how to make room for CR doesnt mean that he knows how to drag the defense. It's not underrating him. As far as his movements he is average as strikers go, Chicharito moves better lol.

Yes he is a CF, center forward, because he likes to play down the middle, up top of the formation. Reus is not that. But in terms of how they play in relation to others, which is being supportive and being a nucleus of the offense, they are very similar.

lmao benzema has great movement again with the underrating to prove a point.

cf doesn't mean just because he plays down the center? wtf, that means anybody can play down the center too and it works out the same.

cr sucks at cf that is a fact, fergie,mou and carlo tried it, didn't last as long as a season or a month, you stating facts and over looking the fact cr sucks at cf, that alone shows your more concerned with selling benz.

Every game the team tries to play without a true CF, turns into a horror show within minutes, we have seen cr-bale in action multiple times, who was the cf then? since both ended up doing next to nothing all game until a chicha/benz came on, you know a true cf .