Ramos calls a player-only meeting

http://www.marca.com/2013/05/10/futbol/equipos/real_madrid/1368180135.html

Asked everyone to put all the bs aside and focus on the team... wants the team to finish the season strong and then worry about themselves.

Good thing for Ramos to do. But he talks too much to the press as well

Someone needed to take control of the locker room. He's the only one that has a chance. Hope it works out.

Kind of shows that Mou has absolutely no control over the club anymore. It's a free-for-all lol. Players need to regulate themselves until the season ends.

did you see what his buddy Duncan Castles wrote about him? mourinho giving a chance to madrid to keep him if they get rid of player powers, i.e. Casillas

http://futbol.as.com/futbol/2013/05/10/primera/1368140506_004885.html

RM issues a media ban but Mourinho reaches out to one of his best friend in the medias in england to write his opinion anyway, and his piece found itself on first page AS... smh

Everything purposeful on the pitch comes from the players and them alone - only natural that spreads to the dressing room.

Mr Nick09 wrote:did you see what his buddy Duncan Castles wrote about him? mourinho giving a chance to madrid to keep him if they get rid of player powers, i.e. Casillas

http://futbol.as.com/futbol/2013/05/10/primera/1368140506_004885.html

It's not my fault! It's the players' fault!!! If it wasn't for the players, Madrid would have won the treble with my special skillz

Good on Ramos. I've said it once and I'll say it again despite some of his stunts earlier this season Ramos has redeemed himself in my eyes. He's the only guy who comes out of this looking like a champ.

lol at Mou giving us a chance (If that report is true)

Giving us a chance? I like Mourinho, could be considered a Mou fan boy if it weren't for my sexy avatar but he must have had a sugar rush or something if he said something as asinine as that.

give us a chance? why can't he just quietly leave and stop trying to look like the big man, he knows he has burned too many bridges with his methods, so why even bother trying to stay when the players hate you

It's very funny how people are saying Ramos is the good leader and stuff.

he has been shite this season. worse than pepe. one good game against Dortmund and now he is the dream player. lol.

not to mention him and Mou was talking against each other week after week for a some time.

Mamad wrote:It's very funny how people are saying Ramos is the good leader and stuff.

he has been shite this season. worse than pepe. one good game against Dortmund and now he is the dream player. lol.

not to mention him and Mou was talking against each other week after week for a some time.

Quoted for truth. Only reason he's not ostracized is that Mou had to pick one of Ramos or Iker. If he went for both... he wouldn't make it out of Spain alive lol.

Who said Ramos is a good leader? Old man Bill isn't here anymore so I doubt it was one of us...

Ramos redeemed himself. That's why he deserves props. When the chips were down he stood up and put the team first.

Obviously you should be more happy with the lamb that stayed with the herd than the lamb that strays, gets lost but is found again but redemption is a great way to generate some positive feelings.

Generally speaking, players that play all the time are happy and those who don't get moody... strange how that works

But yes, Ramos actually has said some good things and behaved well recently. He hasn't put his foot in his mouth and he's had ample opportunity.

It's kind of like his red cards though... it comes and goes in cycles lol.

I like that he has matured but he still needs to mature on the pitch aswell, needs to quit pilling up the red cards but it's great to know he can be a great influence off the pitch

Doc wrote:Who said Ramos is a good leader? Old man Bill isn't here anymore so I doubt it was one of us...

I've maintained this pretty much forever...in fact I think I wrote a semi-short story about it

Ramos is a guy, he does what he thinks is right for the team, even if he does something you consider stupid (like some of the stunts Zealous is describing) you need to understand, he's doing it for his teammates and not just trying to cause trouble.

To me, he and Puyol the leader of the Spanish team - with all due respect to Iker and Xabi , they're calming influences, but he has a kind of infectious determination that drives the team forward.