Your take on the Real Madrid Crisis

[Paulo Da Silva]

i don't think they have a prob with their squad. All they need is a back-up LB and a way to stop those injuries

===============Casillas===================
===============Diego Lopez================
Salgado====Helguera====Ramos==========Carlos
Diogo=======Pavon====Woodgate========Bravo
===============P.Garcia==================
===============Gravesen=================
Beckham==============================Guti
================Zidane==================
==========Raul===========Ronaldo=========
========Baptista==========Robinho=========

The only thing you guys need is a creative midfielder to replace Zidane and acquire some quality wingers

NO NEED FOR FORWARDS. Your defense has not been the prob. A world class DM would be an improvement over the ones you guys have which are average at best. Wingers are a MUST, atleast 2. A LB is also necessary.

Suggestions:
DM.Mascherano, Petit
LB. Maxwell
AM. Aimar, D'Allesandro
RW/LW:Joaquin, Quaresma

 

[Fernandez]

Too many flair players and no determination.

 

[tracertong]

The circus that is Real Madrid.... Seriously you guys need to get rid of Perez who think's hes playing Football Manager and the main reason why you are going to struggle getting the like of Mourinho / Wenger / Cappello - on board.

Your most realistic option is to see if you can get Vincent Del Bosque back , who you should never have fired in the first place. :fool:

 

[Bobby]

Sign Cole from us.

20m + Baptista and he's all yours.

Hey, they were stupid enough with the Anelka price.

 

[Sevillista]

LOL, and to think that Del Bosque was sacked because he lost in the CL semifinals.

I remember the day that Makalele came out and denounced Madrid for underappreciating his role on team. Madrid blew him off, sold him, and have never been the same. For me that was the turning point of the team. Not that Makalele was the key to Madrid's success, but it showed Madrid's priorities. It's around that time that people stopped saying, "OMG they signed Zidane " and started saying, "They signed Owen? "

 

[solaimaa]

Still no excuse when it is BLATANTLY obvious your defence was your problem and your midfield was slow. So what do you do? Buy Michael Owen, who is sold less then 12 months later

Oh, so what do you do? Sell a defender, buy one but play him out of position, buy an unproven striker in Europe, and another striker, to join your already bloated strike force, yet neglect your ageing midfield.

And in the past, you sack a manager that win the CL, sell your most important player, and then wonder what the hell is going on.

This has nothing to do with Chelsea; your club is just run by a pack of idiots.

this is completely true, and herein lies the problem. the best form of attack is a good defence, and this is the entire problem. you need a consistent DM, somebody you can cover the defence while providing support up front. somebody who can let the offence do what it needs to do without worrying about what's going on behind them every single play. in my opinion, barcelona's most important player isn't ronaldhino, it isn't deco, not eto'o, not puyol. it's xavi, because he's the reason the offence can be so destructive, and why the ball can transition out of defence quickly.

instead of wasting money on useless strikers, tell your overpaid scouts to find you a proper holding midfielder. you have a good offence, but they always try to do too much, and end up doing nothing at all.

 

[solaimaa]

LOL, and to think that Del Bosque was sacked because he lost in the CL semifinals.

I remember the day that Makalele came out and denounced Madrid for underappreciating his role on team. Madrid blew him off, sold him, and have never been the same. For me that was the turning point of the team. Not that Makalele was the key to Madrid's success, but it showed Madrid's priorities. It's around that time that people stopped saying, "OMG they signed Zidane " and started saying, "They signed Owen? "

exactly. the team is so flashy, so hollywood-esque, that the services of a good DM can never be appreciated. a good DM will go about his business, and if he's doing a good job, you won't even notice him. you won't notice him because the offence will be kicking ass, and they steal the show. but it's true, you let makalele, the workhorse in midfield, the most important player on the team go, and your star-studded offence has not been able to function since then.

seriously, buy a proper holding midfielder.....(keane?)

 

[Joe Star]

Who cares.........they still sell helluva lot of shirts

 

[garlei]

Real Madrid should learn that they need a defensive midfielder and treat him well. Me thinks you can market a defensive midfielder as well. It'd be new and compeltely different.

 

[Seven8]

Alright alright now you need to be quite. Beckham has been one of the better players of midfield working his ass off and getting assists.

Cheers Socrates - appart from the Red Cards he's been running his legs off for the lazy teammates.

 

[faceNside]

Go for youths.

Some of this year's Madrid signings: Ramos (19), Robinho(21), Baptista(23), Diogo(21)...


BTW Makelele was overhyped (and a mercenary ). Analyzing his numbers, he nearly losed as many balls as he recovered during a season. The problem was not buying a substitute right after he left.

 

[Rob]

Some of this year's Madrid signings: Ramos (19), Robinho(21), Baptista(23), Diogo(21)...


BTW Makelele was overhyped (and a mercenary ). Analyzing his numbers, he nearly losed as many balls as he recovered during a season. The problem was not buying a substitute right after he left.

That’s unfair, doesn’t show his off the ball presence.

ie. Helping defenders win the ball, despite the fact the recover is attributed to them
- Installing confidence in the side by giving them a license to attack

He isn’t over hyped, and the fact that you haven’t won anything since he left is a clear highlight of his importance. This is the problem, as Perez said, you sold someone who could only pass 4 yards and bought someone who could pass 40 yards, this entire culture just seems to be instilled into some of the fans to an extent.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Incidentally, I've never seen Zidane play without an elite DM, thereby freeing him up completely from any defensive role. I 100% believed that Davids made those late 90s Juventus teams what they were, not Zidane and ditto for Makelele at Madrid. National team he had/has Vieira. Yes I think that diminishes his legacy.

By the way, I think one of the best and meanest holding midfielders I've seen was Desailly at Milan. He was everywhere and always making hard mean tackles, exactly what you want your DM to do. I'd buy someone mean and have him hacking at ankles everytime Ronaldinho touched the ball. That's how you beat superior skill, you make them pay everytime they get the ball so they almost flinch when a pass comes to them. It's the Detroit Pistons Jordan Rules, and they work. I don't know who is like Desailly in today's game, built like a truck, an endless motor, and a hard mean tackler, does anyone know if a player like this even plays right now? Essien is what I'm thinking, but I really haven't seen him enough to judge.

 

[nird]

Too many stars, not enough workhorses.

Stars win headlines, workhorses win championships.

indeed they do...

 

[Rob]

I don't know who is like Desailly in today's game, built like a truck, an endless motor, and a hard mean tackler, does anyone know if a player like this even plays right now? Essien is what I'm thinking, but I really haven't seen him enough to judge.

Essien is correct.

 

[italianstyle87]

emerson is another one who comes to mind

i know my opinion is biased

 

[Rob]

Mine isnt.

 

[theo]

Emerson just changed his role when he first came to Juventus. At Roma, he had a different style, kinda like a playmaker or even a box-to-box player. But now, you can put Emerson in that category, even 'though he has a player beside him that can always back-up too.

 

[jani]

Makelelelele overhyped? Isnt he like second best in the world behind Gattuso?

 

[fender]

They chop and change their managers way too fast, there's no continuity which would really affect how the team performs in my opinion.