La Liga 25/26
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Alvaro Arbeloa.
Not even kidding they might be a in desperate position where he is their only choice
Good pick.
Maybe they could role back the years with a Raul-Morientes management combo.
Horatio
You're welcome
We had our dip. Madrid shouldve capitalized. We are only going up from here.
MonteCuler
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We played well in December most games. Just lost because of horrible defending and shit finishing
Madrid doesn't play well. Their attack is all Mbappe, their midfield is shit, their defense is all Courtois. And they got destroyed in all big games except against us, when we had half our starters out (and still were pretty close to a draw)
fergus90
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Nowhere near good enough for a comeback. Plus they just blame referees before taking any accountability. They'll get toppled by anyone half sensible again.They are now in our last year's November & December form. 2 wins in 7 games. Let's hope they won't start a similar comback.
khaled_a_d
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Their defense is almost as shit as ours tbh, and they have no controllers in midfield, but overall their squad is still fairly solid for a league title against a Barca side that has Gerard Martin as their best defender of the season (half kidding, it is Garcia but he is now a midfielder).
Alonso is as much to blame as whoever built the squad, with that said I think if they give him the keys for another year and some funds (get CB and CM) they will can be scary good. It is a bit like their 2010-2012 phase, they have players but not a complete squad, and they don't have the right coach yet.
May they fail to address those hole as long as possible
Kul_z
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City, pep especially, are there for taking. Madrid thrives in those games, pep over analyzing is blessing, madrid aint losing that game
serghei
Senior Member
It's very difficult for them to assemble a team anywhere near the one they had in 2010-2018. They have the funds to fix their midfield, but not to the level of Kroos, Modric quality. But then what do you do with Bellingham? He's useless for them in any kind of proper midfield structure.
Not easy to move past botched Galactico signings. It takes time. Bellingham looks like a James Rodriguez 2.0.
Not easy to move past botched Galactico signings. It takes time. Bellingham looks like a James Rodriguez 2.0.
Horatio
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They are now in our last year's November & December form. 2 wins in 7 games. Let's hope they won't start a similar comback.
Maybe who knows?
But we are also in upswing. Trust Flick. Team will still go up.
CL is different story tho.
FinBarcelonafan
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I agree. Barca is on the rise, but our top level depends on the defense. We need a signing or two tho.
fergus90
Senior Member
They've had money but spunked too much on individual players who aren't as impactful as they should be with the funds. Tchouameni 80 million for example is pretty honking. Cost more than Kroos and Modric combined.
The post 2018 Brazil and France fetish has hurt them a bit.
serghei
Senior Member
Obviously balooning prices hurt them, as they did us under Bartomeu.
I personally prefer we win the treble with Gerard Martin and Cubarsi as our starting centrebacks.
Maybe bring Stegen back into the 11 for shits and giggles.
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