Real Madrid (A) Post Match Thread

Beanhead said:
The players that weren’t good enough should be plucked from those that were on the pitch when we had the ball next to their corner flag at 88 mins needing to only see out the remaining minutes conceding one goal.

That was the problem. Not Sterling. What went on during that 7 minutes was what wasn’t good enough…
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No you're right.

But all of the players have to acknowledge, when you step over that line, you put a shift in...whether its 2 minutes mop up time, or a full 90+.
 
Wasn’t bad luck and and a corrupt ref it was a fucking disgrace and there should be an inquest into it . Laporte a major player in our demise . Cancelo is a defender who can’t defend . We have no striker and if bringing sterling on to save us is our play then we have problems . I now expect us to shit the bed and lose the title as Liverpools quadruple will happen .
 
Tonight we fucked up. I have little sympathy for the players, they switched off, they got punished and never recovered, they're gonna have to deal with this. It's on them to respond now. They can choose to be defeated and blow everything or they can rise.

The bent as fuck ref didn't help. Any chance he had he helped Madrid out he took with both hands (I.e. 3mins of injury time - ****) and that's the only sympathy I have for the players. Pep can help in so many ways but he can't play the match for you.

I am left thinking (like a lot of us), "are we ever gonna win this," and I hate the fact that I think that sometimes, but I'll be fucked if I ever stop cheering us on. It will be all the sweeter when we do finally win it, to stick to all those absolute shit house wankers who have acted as unfair roadblocks to us in any way, large or small.

Don't let the bastards grind you down. It may feel like they're on top right now but they're not. We're not fucking going away and Uefa will fucking hate the day we reach the summit.
 
paulchapo said:
We have to give some credit to Madrid. We were the better side over both legs but we just couldn't finish them off, they refused to lie down. That's the third time they've done it this year so it's no coincidence.
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Disagree, they have Benzema to thank for getting them where they are.Dippers will hand their easiest champs league win.
 
Indaparkside said:
Just got back to hotel great trip with the lads apart from the result off to bed to get up to leave for the airport in 4 hours love this club
but a little deflated at the moment
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I like your style fella. Us fans know the score. As I said to the lads in the pub tonight, I’d rather be losing in the semi final of the Champs league to Real Madrid than home and away to Wycombe in league one.
Glad you enjoyed your trip blue.
 
It could be a watershed moment this...
Its crystal clear and has been for years that we need a proper striker. Haaland sorts that out.
Alvarez will hopefully complement Haaland. I'd make room in the squad by moving Raheem on and keeping Jesus who's work rate and all round contribution is much higher.
In midfield its also clear we have to replace Ferna, Rice is the obvious fit.
I actually also think we have room for Pau Torres or similar to provide options in defence. Ake is a good squad option and can cover LB, Stones can also cover RB. Maybe even look at a back 3. Walker is getting on and could fall off a cliff if he starts picking up injuries at his age, so maybe a young RB? Maybe from the youth setup?
Laporte might have run his race with us and isn't the player he was since his injury.
Finally some proper competion for Eddy wouldn't go amiss.
Its not just a reaction to tonight but I've felt all season that we've looked a bit jaded.
I don't know how they can do it with FFP and stuff but there's 4 or 5 players need to come in and refresh the group.
 
coolcity said:
Sorry but we did deserve to win tonight. They didn't have a shot on target for 90 minutes, you can't say they deserved to win it.
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MichaelFrontzeck'sBathroom said:
Never nice to go down regardless of our status at the time, I’ll never like spuds as a result of that even if it was before my time
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How many times did we let a two goal advantage slip. For me it comes down to our sloppiness in defence. Individually we have good centrebacks.But I’ve not been too impressed with the Laporte/Dias combo this year. As much as I think Cancelo has been very good this year, he’s not as good at defending like Walker. With Kyle going off,our concentration and mindset probably changed. A bit like the Spurs game at home this season. It’s a big disadvantage not having a Sergio on a night like this. I just hope we keep it together for the run in without any more injuries. I think we’ll just do it.
 
Not having all this bollocks about RM's mentality. They believed it was a miracle to be in the tie after the first leg. Tonight they just hoped for the best for two minutes (no method) and got lucky with the deflection.
 
I don’t think Pep will look back on tonight’s performance and single out the defending.

For me, the defining moments of the game was not killing the tie off after the Mahrez goal. We were on top and had at least 3/4 decent opportunities to do so. A second goal negates any potential comeback.

The second big issue was our game management after conceding the first goal. It was a carbon copy of the goal Liverpool scored 40 seconds into the second half in our last PL meeting with them. We have possession from kick off, Eddy kicks it straight to their keeper and they go up the other end and score. I’m fact they almost scored immediately after kicking off in the second half. There definitely seems to be a concentration issue of some sorts.

In situations like that you have to take the sting out of the game. Make a soft foul away from the danger zone or fake an injury for a half a minute. You do anything to disrupt the rhythm.
 
sutty66 said:
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course it was mate we were comfortable then makes stupid subs, which he doesn’t make in league when we need subs he doesn’t make them then tonight we were fine but starts fucking about!!!!
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Which stupid substitutions?

Walker had to go off so he brings on Zinchenko and switches Cancelo to the right.

Fernandinho comes on to shore things up and then Rodri makes way.

De Bruyne was shite so he brings on Gundogan and we instantly score.
 
sutty66 said:
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course it was mate we were comfortable then makes stupid subs, which he doesn’t make in league when we need subs he doesn’t make them then tonight we were fine but starts fucking about!!!!
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So we concede after he made the subs and that automatically makes it his fault?

What if we conceded before he made those subs? I suppose it would still be his fault for not making those subs?
 
blue whippet said:
We are a team stuffed full of internationals, they should be capable of managing a game. It is the players on the field not Pep.
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Why do you all think it's that simple? Half the clubs in Europe are stuffed full of internationals, only one wins the CL.

People forget too easily what we have won and the records we've broken in the past decade or so. In that time only 5 teams have won the CL.
 
blue whippet said:
I disagree about Ake though, he is good, and an international. We just haven't seen much of him. Zinchenko has been forced into his role which isn't his natural position.
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I like Ake very much, but at the highest level he's just a couple of inches too small. 6'3" guys have five inches on him
 
goatinho said:
bollocks. what did schmeichel do for utd? they had a decent team but still pulled them out of the shit with one on ones and could pass a ball and throw it. neyuer similar.
ive no idea who the answer is as im not a scout but i guarantee there a far better keepers out here who can pass a ball but actualy save a couple of shots aswell
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It seems strange why we haven't been banging on about this before. Love eddy he really really tries for us...and tbf as a fan that goes a long way...but to really win stuff...just need next level man in nets
 
citymad said:
Disagree, they have Benzema to thank for getting them where they are.Dippers will hand their easiest champs league win.
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Come on its not just down to him as good as he is. Madrid can rest everybody now until the final, Liverpool can't.
 
Damanino said:
not beating Liverpool in the league, when they were there for taking. it might cost us the whole PL title.

not beating Real at home by 3-4 goals difference, when they were there for taking.

being 1-0 up at 89th minute in Bernabeu and crashing out of CL with 3-1 minutes later.

there is an issue here.

also 46th minute goal from Pool in league, also today second half first few seconds they create a huge chance, we were still asleep and in the dressing room.
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yup, i wrote after the first game vs madrid that it felt like a loss and got abused by a couple of morons in here. You go there two goals up and they either open up and are ripped to shreds or you get a game similar to this one. while going through
 
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