El Clasico discussion

This loss was kind of expected with our form so lets not pretend otherwise. The only saving grace is that we maintain our superior h2h so we won't need to rely on another team if we are level on points come the end of the season

Cant fault the effort yesterday because it was there but some really aren't any good (Bale, Ramos) or on the decline (Iker). Barca also missed chances such as that level mans Bale aka Neymar they have playing for them but they got their goal in the second half which kind of sucked the life out of us. We played bad after that

Anyways we cant lose anymore games, Barca only need to draw twice for us to catch up to them. So its no the be all end all, last season people thought we would run away with the league but we unfortunately capitulated at the end and lost it, the same could happen to Barca

I hope Perez takes away from this game that no matter how much money you make, if you want to win trophies you've got to do your best to keep your most talented no matter how little money they make you. This game last season DiMaria destroyed Barca, didn't see that from any of our players this game, even the ever so good Benzema was isolated and being forced to chase balls his two partners constantly lost

Isco was overly defensive which I think was on order from Carlo to contain Messi, he isn't tye sort of guy to slice a defence open with a pass, he needs to be close to the box to have a impact. In fact I didn't believe he did enough to be substituted. With how much defensive responsibilities he has had this season it was inevitable he would lose steam and hence concentration. This obviously does not apply to the dude on the other side who hasn't helped Carvajal once this season until this game where he only gave him a half of support.

Ronaldo while being wasteful on the ball knows how to get into scoring positions and score, dude can score by any means. Benzema is the creative guy in the attack and with only one player to pass to it becomes harder on him. When James was playing, he linked well with Carvajal and Modric and also the two forwards, he also got into great scoring positions to score. Now he isn't some genius people are making him out to be but he fit our style of play. I think Bale's style kind of clashes with Isco and Kroos because they are patient players, he needs someone to help him counterattack which we've been bad at this season. Unlike most people who think this form is something that started this season I believe that it carried on from last, only then the spitlight wasn't on him and he could just pop up and score here and there and called "one of the best" not only was he as neglectful of his defensive duties then but he had to be bailed out in games he could've cost us in, unfortunately we haven't been able to cover it this season and its out for the world to see. Difference is I don't think he has an extra gear, I think this is as far as he can go, it might work in EPL but won't work here, also Kane is just making fun of his "achievement" with Spurs by being infinitely better than he was when he was at his "best"

*sigh* United couldn't come soon enough with a bid.....dont care how low it is