Zealous wrote:Higuain started at CF last time so it's Benzema's turn (although he started against Zagreb too so not sure how that works). Either way Higuain will feature at some point so it's cool.

Hope Callejon does start though, I think he can play well.

I'm hoping it means Higuain and Benz get to start together again sometime soon. I also think that AS is completely guessing lol...

Dream formation (since it's against Atleti)

--------------------Iker---------------
Godbeloa--Ramos-Pepe-Marcelo
----------------Alnoso----------------
-------Ozil----------------Callejon--
Benzema------Higuain----Cris-----

Zealous wrote:Dream formation (since it's against Atleti)

--------------------Iker---------------
Godbeloa--Ramos-Pepe-Marcelo
----------------Alnoso----------------
-------Ozil----------------Callejon--
Benzema------Higuain----Cris-----

Put in Sahin for Callejon and you have mine. IF not Sahin, then Khedira.

That works too

Zealous wrote:That works too

Won't happen though lol. I am 100% sure. Mou wants a fresh sniper to throw at an opponent after the defense is tiring... i don't think we'll ever see Benz/Higuain until we truly have a 3rd CF, CR7 is rested or injured, or the game is an easy one.

Besides, imagine if CR7, Benz and Higuain try to all attack the goal? They'd run into each other. I don't think you can play with 3 true box goalscorers at the same time.

........................Casillas................
......Varane.......Pepe..........Ramos.
...............Sahin.......Alonso...........
........................................................Marcelo
.......................Ozil.......................................
......Ronaldo ..................Benzema
....................Higuain...................

You make a good point, I think it just depends on whether or not they can strike a good balance. We've all seen 2 of the 3 play well together in every combination (Cris-Pipa, Cris-Benz, Pipa-Benz).

Whether they can all start is still a mystery though.

If CR7 would agree to starting 2 out of every 3 games, it would be an absolute dream rotation. But of course, there's a better chance of pigs flying...

You can't really blame Ronaldo though. He comes two hours before anyone in training and he isn't really doing anything wrong either.

Some more rotation during March/April could be very very useful though.

Marcelo rejoins training along with dimaria....good news

hope callejon gets his second start though love that vanilla ice boy

halamadrid2 wrote:Marcelo rejoins training along with dimaria....good news

hope callejon gets his second start though love that vanilla ice boy

what about Kaka ?

We'll have no injury for El Classico.

Kaka gets injured by just being called up to the Brazil NT... he doesn't even wait to play for the NT before his injuries now.

Since he was called to the NT, he's disappeared lol.

its a curse from the nt...kaka has never played a single wc at 100% of fitness since 2002

Falcao to miss match due to injury nice.

Also callejon will not start.

Without Falcoa, Atleti is doomed. He's scored 7 of their 17 goals.

falcao scores a lot in one match then disappears on a few others from what ive heard(from what ive heard).I still think that reyes,turan and diego are their most dangerous players.

We should try to keep possession as much as possible. Falcao without midfield services will be so useless.

Manzano is hoping to press us in midfield by playing a high line.Hopes higuain start this time.

meh, they will play better without that whale

kaka is still recovering and has not rejoined the squad although he could do that in the coming days

wonder whats bothering him this time, its like him and carvalho are getting PLENTY of time to recover to get a message across.... GET THE F OUT

He was in a good shape unlike Carvalho who was dreaming on the pitch. I thought that was a trick from Mou to do not let him join the Samba, but the problem seems to be more serious. We have a good rotate possibilities when he's fit.

Otherwise, Manzano think that Alonso is the key to stop Madrid and he will mark him high. Also, he said that he's aware of counter attacks and he has like something to do. This game means a lot for his squad, as he said.

Adrian is my main worry.

Both of those big banner things were last year. Remember we had 4 derbies, 2 in Liga and 2 in Copa, meaning 2 home games for the ultras to get creative.

Dude we only made one major tifo last year. It was the "Esto Es Madrid" one.

They year before it was the "Nightmare" one.

The 2nd one wasn't really as big the first one, anyway you can see what the ultras organized last year here:

http://www.ultras-sur.es/ultrasRMCF1980/index/fotos/1011.htm

Anyway I think the ultras activities have decreased a lot compared to previous years, understandably so because of the mess they can cause. I just hope if someone can organize something for the whole stadium and not just the ultras side on the left, mainly for the big CL matches and barca games, it has been improving ever since last year and hope it continues this year [Like the Hasta el Final, Vamos Real one]. I guess not continuing past the final 16 has contributed to this decrease though so maybe its the main cause.

We need to make the bernabeu the fortress that it is

H.A. wrote:The 2nd one wasn't really as big the first one, anyway you can see what the ultras organized last year here:

http://www.ultras-sur.es/ultrasRMCF1980/index/fotos/1011.htm

Anyway I think the ultras activities have decreased a lot compared to previous years, understandably so because of the mess they can cause. I just hope if someone can organize something for the whole stadium and not just the ultras side on the left, mainly for the big CL matches and barca games, it has been improving ever since last year and hope it continues this year [Like the Hasta el Final, Vamos Real one]. I guess not continuing past the final 16 has contributed to this decrease though so maybe its the main cause.

We need to make the bernabeu the fortress that it is

A well organised stadium could handle any problem, but the thing is that UltraSur have been strongly associated with racist chanting and violence, football-related extremism in Spain, meaning that fewer people will join the group due to it's ideology.

but i want this

It scares the sh*t out of opponents when they see it