Real Madrid (A) Post Match Thread

[ancoats]

Just wasn't to be.
To get to the semis of the fa cup, the champions league and be top of the league with 4 games remaining without a recognised striker and a patched up defence from time to time shows how much pep has got out the team.

We deal with it, recover and move on.

No biggie.

Let's not forget all the good work this season and if football was just about winning i would have given up a long time ago

 

[Big Swifty]

Last night I was reminded of Groucho Marx's famous put-down to his hos when leaving a ghastly party: "I've had a wonderful evening - - but tonight wasn't one of them"

 

[chickaroon]

His record since leaving Barcelona in the Champions League makes pretty bleak reading.whilst he was manager of Bayern i remember them getting a good pasting by Real Madrid in a semi-final at home. Bayern fans felt he didn't have what it takes to make them Kings of Europe.Many were happy he left.Clubs like Bayern demand the Trophy.

Bayern dominated possession in that Semi Final 64%

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He just seems to not be able to deal with high pressure one off later games in the Champions League very well.

He didn't do much wrong tonight other than substitute all our game changers thinking we had won the game. Meaning when we went behind, we literally didn't have a game changing player on the Pitch to change it for us.

Jack nearly did. Just bad luck his chances didn't go in. Mark my words we have a match winner in him. Next season, you will see.

 

[TheBlueDune]

Yep. If the boot had been on the other foot, RM would have fallen over at the slightest touch, physio on, surrounding the ref, etc. etc.
Naively trying to get a winner when one not needed.

 

[iwasthere1968]

Exactly. Here's one way to look at it this morning....

Gutted though we all are, at this precise moment would you rather you were a gutted blue boy/girl or a giddy little dipper?

For the avoidance of doubt, the correct answer to this is 'I would rather be lying half dead on the savannah with my tackle being chewed off by hyenas than be a dipper'

So we have to put our big boy pants on and get behind the team for those remaining 4 games which could see us win the league for the 4th time in 5 seasons.

This is the correct answer

 

[Claytop]

For such a great team our game management can be horrendous at times.

Leeds last season in the league we managed to throw away a point in stoppage time, thankfully didn’t end up costing us. Spurs this season, another point thrown away after equalising in stoppage time ourselves ffs, could still cost us.

Then last nights shit show, maybe we should have seen the warning signs in the A Madrid game when they finally gave it a go. Although at least we showed some shithousery to see it out, where was it last night?…

 

[Bill]

What a shit post, you obviously know nothing about football

and you know nothing about forums. the idea is you post your opinion on the topic being discussed , rather than on a fellow member . try it sometime .

 

[blue ranger]

Why have we started sending all kick offs back to Ederson for him to lump up field. Don't think that helps us at all.

 

[bobom]

I cannot see any single issue in the game that will ultimately drive me to the armchair I'm sitting in now than amount of two 45 minute halves that are swindled to ridiculous proportions. Refs do fuck all to remove timewasting from the game, in fact, their lack of a response just encourages teams. Has anyone been cautioned for timewasting in the first half, for doing exactly what they might be cautioned for on, say. 87 minutes. I've often thought of taking a stop watch to a game to see how much playing time is delivered. The reasons for the added time continue to remain a mystery to anyone sitting or standing on the terraces. We might be told that it accommodates goals, VAR checks, and subs - but a kid in primary school could do the maths and see that it never fits.

We were guilty of time-wasting against Atletico. But it's legitimate shithousery when we do it and cheating when others do.

 

[willipp]

He's not required to make many shot stopping saves as such. I think he is unfortunate that a lot of the goals conceded are shots he really does not have much hope of saving and nor would most keepers.

Maybe we do need someone to pull off worldie saves more often and sacrifice some of our play from the back but I am not convinced that would be a good trade-off.

From my POV, he does not concede many at all where I think he should have saved that. I don't blame him for the goals last night. Perhaps he could have got out a little faster to the first; the second is past him before he can blink.

Yes i'm mostly in agreement, just feels at times he never really rescues us with a great save. For me we need a settled back 4 next season where we know our best 4. That doesn't include laporte and does include an actual LB. We need to get away from making do at the back and hopefully get Diaz back to his best which i feel he has been a long way off.