Champions League: Group Stage Draw discussion

halamadrid2 wrote:Good group for once

Can see Basel causing us trouble. Unless Liverpool do something about their defence and midfield we should comfortably beat them. Ludogrest

Madrid-Basel 16/9
Ludogorets-Madrid 1/10
Liverpool-Madrid 22/10
Madrid-Liverpool 4/11
Basel -Madrid 26/11
Madrid-Ludogorets 9/12

halamadrid2 wrote:depends which midfielder we bring in. Unless we have been negotiating with someone wc for a long time I don't think we will be able to get one this late in the window. If we play a Modric-Kroos-James midfield which I am sure Carlo won't do, guys like Sterling and Sturridge are going to run at our defence at will.

3 days to find a quality player by quality I don't mean Gustavo or Veratti lol

titosantill wrote:we have more than enough players in midfield already....we still have khedira. and as for pogba, if we sign him, which we cannot, especially not this late in the window, who gets benched? u can't have a pogba kroos modric partnership, cos james cost upwards of 80 mill, thus has to play....any midfielder coming in now, will definitely be on the bench, same for next summer, unless of course we unwisely sell modric for 70 mill and sign a replacement for a 100....we are stacked in the midfield, for better or worse

Cyborg wrote:

titosantill wrote:we have more than enough players in midfield already....we still have khedira. and as for pogba, if we sign him, which we cannot, especially not this late in the window, who gets benched? u can't have a pogba kroos modric partnership, cos james cost upwards of 80 mill, thus has to play....any midfielder coming in now, will definitely be on the bench, same for next summer, unless of course we unwisely sell modric for 70 mill and sign a replacement for a 100....we are stacked in the midfield, for better or worse

illaramendi? i dont think were stacked.

maybe its my bias for the player. but pogba in madrid would be perfect.

the thing is if madrid want to, it can happen. in a perfect world the team would look like:

Casillas
Carvajal-Varane-Ramos-Marcelo
Modric-Kroos-Pogba
James-Ronaldo-Bale

no player will be out of position or have to adapt to a role. everyone will be comfortable. but yea, i know its wishful thinking.

Cyborg wrote:James isn't a left centre midfielder either. he is an attacking midfielder, who can play on either side.

his best position is none. its one where he can roam and move along the front line. to me he will be better suited playing on the right or left of the Forward line instead of playing in a three man midfield

and its obvious to everyone bale plays better on the left. you get the full use of his abilities.

on the Ronaldo issue. I know that he doesn't like to play as a centre forward. but he has to realize that its inevitable. He isn't getting any younger and he is getting injured more often in these latter years. this is just my opinion, it open to debate but it may be easier on his body to be the focal point up top.

and don't forget for both bayern games last season he played as a centre forward, paired with benzema in a 4-4-2 for large portions of the game. especially the second leg.