[SPA] La I beat you 8-0 Liga 2013/2014 (11 Viewers)
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yeah. it all points out to a treble season for Real. i would like Atletico and Chelsea to win the remaining 2 trophies but Real doesent seem that bad at all (if you consider that it could have been Barcelona 
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They are a good team but not as dominant as Barca was and definitely not as half as dominant as Bayern was last year
I`d still say Bayern are the favorites but Real can definitely give them a run for their money
I don't understand whats the matter with the price tag. If the club can afford it why not. It's not like Real Madrid is funded by Oil or Sheiks.
I am sure we would love if Marotta have took Aguero for 30 mil or something. And success doesn't just come through buying and selling. Football is more than that.
I am sure we would love if Marotta have took Aguero for 30 mil or something. And success doesn't just come through buying and selling. Football is more than that.
This failure of theirs is a result of more than one reason, of course. Letting Yaya go could be considered a reason, but I don't see it as an important one. After all, for many years they did great without him.
In regards to some of those reasons they couldn't do much. They can't stop Xavi and Puyol from aging, or Messi from getting injured. But some choices they made were borderline stupid. In both their CL winning seasons with the tiki taka they had a striker, and I mean a real striker who moves well and has the goal scoring instinct. First it was Eto'o and then Villa. That's exactly what they were missing in each of the other seasons post 2009. In 2010 they had a great striker, Zlatan, but he didn't have the characteristics needed for this kind of football, which Eto'o and Villa had in abundance. In 2012 the attacking trio was Pedro, Messi and Sanchez, neither of which is a pure striker. Villa was rarely getting games that year. Then Fabregas also found himself in the attacking trio and now Neymar is there, despite not having the needed characteristics of a CF. The moment their attack became Messicentric, was the moment they stopped winning in Europe.
In 2009 Eto'o and Henry scored 62 goals (Messi 38), in 2011 Villa and Pedro scored 45 (Messi 53), in 2013 Sanchez and Pedro scored 16 (Messi 60).
And then they even allowed Messi to pick the coach.
Like I said, there is little they could do regarding Xavi. A huge figure for them, and extremely important one. He's aging and you can't replace a player like him. They managed to find solid replacements for Henry, Yaya or Abidal. But they didn't even bother to find a replacement for their leading figure in defense (Puyol), they didn't react to Alves' aging and, the main one, they don't have a pure striker now. Both Sanchez and Neymar are players who'll play support strikers in most of the teams. They sacrificed the team's results for Messi's numbers and wishes.
In regards to some of those reasons they couldn't do much. They can't stop Xavi and Puyol from aging, or Messi from getting injured. But some choices they made were borderline stupid. In both their CL winning seasons with the tiki taka they had a striker, and I mean a real striker who moves well and has the goal scoring instinct. First it was Eto'o and then Villa. That's exactly what they were missing in each of the other seasons post 2009. In 2010 they had a great striker, Zlatan, but he didn't have the characteristics needed for this kind of football, which Eto'o and Villa had in abundance. In 2012 the attacking trio was Pedro, Messi and Sanchez, neither of which is a pure striker. Villa was rarely getting games that year. Then Fabregas also found himself in the attacking trio and now Neymar is there, despite not having the needed characteristics of a CF. The moment their attack became Messicentric, was the moment they stopped winning in Europe.
In 2009 Eto'o and Henry scored 62 goals (Messi 38), in 2011 Villa and Pedro scored 45 (Messi 53), in 2013 Sanchez and Pedro scored 16 (Messi 60).
And then they even allowed Messi to pick the coach.
Like I said, there is little they could do regarding Xavi. A huge figure for them, and extremely important one. He's aging and you can't replace a player like him. They managed to find solid replacements for Henry, Yaya or Abidal. But they didn't even bother to find a replacement for their leading figure in defense (Puyol), they didn't react to Alves' aging and, the main one, they don't have a pure striker now. Both Sanchez and Neymar are players who'll play support strikers in most of the teams. They sacrificed the team's results for Messi's numbers and wishes.
If it's wasn't Madrid. It would be Chelsea, PSG, City or someone else. And back those days remember when Serie A clubs used to break world record signing players. Saying, its all Madrid's fault for the current inflated market seems abit not accurate. Everything is inflated not just player transfer fees. But FIFPRO, has came out with some suggestion to curb this. Lets see if its accepted or not. We also sold Zidane for a world record. We wanted that kinda money and Madrid agreed.
