Taking the piss and forming an opinion are two different things.
Which is dumbed down and oversimplified =]
1) Isco thrives with the ball at his feet and scoring from his passes relies on strikers making good runs. Ronaldo and Benzema don't make them. The only one that does consistently this year is Bale.
2) Ronaldo always wants to have a go no matter how good he is positioned for it (4 goals from 94 attempts this season).
3) Marcelo has become lazy, was always prone to that, but ever since he doesn't even care about Theo being his sub, he has no threat and doesn't feel the consequence of mistakes
4) Carvajal has never been the sharpest of crossers, but his dedication will never go unacknowledged. Similarly suffers from lack of threat, but is still better. Sadly he was never coached out of the bad habits i.e. gets rinsed by better dribblers instead of using positioning to block them with teammate support.
5) Kroos has never had the habit of tracking back and is usually played for his sharp passing. His accuracy is what is important to distribute the ball across flanks. Occasionally he provides a good flat shot from a rebound, or a late run. He's the best at what he does and again, does not feel threatened by Kova. Mateo likes to run forward which is superb, but there is no visible benefit from his offensive game, because strikers aren't good enough in the way Sheva or Inzaghi were for Kaka.
6) Modrić is getting old. Can only play good 60 minutes every 2 or 3 games.
Basically a multitude of problems in a tactic that would otherwise work and all stem from one thing - lack of consequence and too much faith in a team getting increasingly washed up.
