Real Madrid (A) Post Match Thread

[Blu3m00n91]

We will be signing a midfielder and a left back.

Any idea’s on the left back? Can’t really think of many that really stand out. Theo Hernandez would be my pick can’t see him leaving Milan

 

[Bluewars]

I’m glad I’m not the only one, Cancelo is such a poor defender. Takes far too many risks in the wrong 3rd of the pitch for me. As for his positioning for the 1st goal. I coach 12year olds and tell them to keep a good line with the main centre back, he just doesn’t need to be in there. Benzema is then yards offside.

I do fear what impact this result will have on the remaining 4 games. Fingers are firmly crossed.

I said the same thing and people are saying I'm talking 'bollocks' or my opinion is 'laughable'. Individual mistakes cost us that game!

And it was the same usual culprits. Who remembers when we played Madrid 2 years ago at the Etihad ?? Rodrygo skinned Cancelo on the right wing so easily, Cancelo put in a half arsed attempt to block the cross. Rodrygo picked out Benzema in the box and he scored.

And some of you have the cheek to call Cancelo world class, LB or RB he doesn't know how to defend.

 

[ancoats]

They are not world class though are They?? That's the problem, you really think Cancelo and Laporte are world-class defenders surely not.

It's a team sport matey and sometimes you lose
both laporte and cancelo have won us more games than losing ? Did we dig them out after winning

yes the pain is not good but believe me and many other thousands ? We have had worst nights being a manchester city fan

 

[Gorton_Tubster]

You know it galls me that the media in this country called us boring. They've probably seen the most exciting football, from us in the Champions League and in the Premier League over the past few years.

I hope stays and MAKES them appreciate the good stuff City are doing. They should be made to eat their words.

 

[Mifred]

I was hoping when I woke this morning it was all a bad dream. FUCK!

Had chance to calm down now as on my second airport and a few beer’s
So just an update
Gutted still

 

[Coatigan]

So mad at pep, he fucked it with three subs when we haf it in the bag , it disrupted us and when it went to extra we had no kev, ffs or gabby to grab us a goal , he is so insecure he fails the lads again and again

I thought they were the right substitutions at the time, and still do, they made sense. I don't think anyone was expecting 2 goals in 2 minutes.

 

[GoatersLeftShin]

I'm sure we're just not destined to win it!

Pep should watch minutes 85-100 today and should realise that all our problems exist in that timeframe. First of all, it was a semi-final and Real had either to take a beating lying down, at home or they would go for it which they did. What else was anyone expecting? I didn't expect to lose the game, but I expected a very nervy end.

I think the first goal pretty much came from our corner where we kind of messed it, passed it back to Cancelo who just lumped it into the box. It was a lazy ball when the obvious thing to do was to take a short corner, frustrate them, get a thrown in and wind the clock down. I'm sure they scored within 25s or so after it.

If I'm honest, and as I've said before, I never expect us to roar back once we get into this position. As good as the team is, we don't have individuals who can drag the team back up.

The problem we have is that we've seen - every year - that one goal conceded leads to 2 far too often. I hate to say it, but the team bottles it and I know that sounds daft when we've won PL after PL. However, look last night and there were NO leaders on the pitch after the first goal went in. We didn't regroup, we didn't have anyone shouting, we didn't get anyone trying to rally the team we just cracked and bottled it. Again. Liverpool, Spurs, Monaco, Lyon and now Real Madrid - this isn't a fluke, it's what we do in the CL. It's a pattern.

I said the other week that Ederson needs a kick up the arse and last night we saw him absolutely unaware of Rodrygo. I think he needs to go back to basics and focus on being a goalkeeper for a bit. Ederson revolutionised keeping in England, but now every keeper is passing out from the back just like he does. I think he is becoming a bit lazy and - like others have said - he is almost becoming Bravo like in that he rarely 'wins' the game with saves.

I've said many times that I don't rate Cancelo as he just can't defend. It's really as simple as that, we might as well try Gundogan, Palmer or Bernardo at left back (or right back) if we play him. He's a fantastic player, providing it's not in defence. We have to find another Walker from somewhere - someone who is a defender first with pace and physical power. Walker and Zinchenko are our best full backs but we can improve on Zinchenko.

As I've said before, think back to the team that won the first PL and think how you would pick a captain from Kompany, De Jong, Barry, Tevez, Zaba or Yaya. We lack captains on the pitch. Other than Fernandinho (going) and Dias, there's no one is there? No one who's got that visceral determination. I think if we had a Kompany last night, we'd have gone through.

I thought Bernardo, Gundogan, Rodri and Grealish were superb and they didn't deserve to lose at all.

So many people are saying we need a striker, but it's not just that. If we'd have signed Haaland (or Kane) and they've bagged 5 goals over 2 games yet we let in 6 it's pointless. We need leaders on the pitch who can cope with a goal going in. The team need to be able to hunker down and take it for 10 minutes at a time and I really had hoped we'd have learnt something from our last trip to Madrid. As soon as they went ahead it was cramp this, injury that, rolling about and the rest. We learnt nothing, again.

I really don't know what else we can do, but if we keep conceding fast, sloppy goals then we will never win it. We can't keep shipping in 4+ goals over 2 legs. I do think Pep has to have a look at the mental performance of some of those players last night and think about freshening the squad. Football isn't just about passing, it's about determination, aggression, attitude, pace and sheer power sometimes and I whilst I love watching this team, a sprinkling of those attributes from back to front wouldn't go amiss.

I'm just really disappointed in the collapse - again - last night. To lose a game within 10 minutes or so is absolutely criminal.

 

[Pell]

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

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.

That's the stuff! Last night is over, done, dust is gathering on it. Sunday will have a different gleam, certainly if the Haringay Surrender Monkeys bring any kind of game to Anfield on the Saturday, and we go into the NUFC game with a point lead!

 

[Bluewars]

It's a team sport matey and sometimes you lose
both laporte and cancelo have won us more games than losing ? Did we dig them out after winning

yes the pain is not good but believe me and many other thousands ? We have had worst nights being a manchester city fan

Mate pls spare me the sentiment. Big UCL night's the same players have costs us game. It's all good winning games against Everton and Watford but we need big performances in big games like yesterday, and when you look back at all our last UCL exits its the same 3 players that have made BIG ERRORS leading to us losing.