It's Ramos.

We expect that don't we?

this should be iker's last clasico

titosantill wrote:this should be iker's last clasico

Sad way to go down.

Should be Bale's as well..... James pls hurry up.

Was Bale really worth the Money

yeah the protection of bale is going to do more damage than good if he doesn't get with the program. i get ancelotti is trying to be calm about it, but at this rate, we risk losing everything the way that donkey keeps playing......sports isn't based around being an athlete alone, you have to have a strong iq, something bale lacks terribly

There are 4 factors in football : technical, physical, tactical and psychological. Well, Bale is great physically, but when it comes to intelligence and technique, he is atrocious.

He can not play the CL Quarter finals.

Please, Carlo. Don't do this.

unless he's injured, he'll play. the full 180 mins. ancelotti has never been known to drop the players he considers his stars. he'll only be dropped if the season ends terribly, and even then, carlo rather than drop him, might look for a place on the park to field him....that's just how carlo operates

Madrid changes people..
the fans will yell and boo eventually he'll give in and have to take bale out.

titosantill wrote:unless he's injured, he'll play. the full 180 mins. ancelotti has never been known to drop the players he considers his stars. he'll only be dropped if the season ends terribly, and even then, carlo rather than drop him, might look for a place on the park to field him....that's just how carlo operates

The fans have to do this then. This can not continue.

Enough is enough. It has to stop.

Either Jese is given a legit chance or the second James comes back, he starts.

the victim of the fans booing isn't going to be bale, its going to be ancelotti...carlo is more expendable (i don't know his release clause), he didn't cost 100 million euros. there's also the florentino factor (which is prolly another reason carlo won't drop him), nobody wants to admit that the 100 mill spent was a waste, florentino will assure fans its just a dip in form (based on last season's decima and copa), and carlo will assure florentino he can and will get bale up to par......if we end the season poorly, with fans booing and all, carlo and casillas will take the heat (at this point, iker might want to gracefully bow out). a bale exit can only happen if florentino can get back that 100 mill.....fans don't have that much clout, people who we've sold or fired has been because those at the helm wanted it that way, not the fans....sadly prepare for more hair pulling with respect to how carlo handles the bale situation

He has to bench him.

Either that or quit Carlo.

Varane's convinced me today in 20!? mins ... by far our best cb.

pepe played a good match tbh, varane came in when our attack was tired shouldn't really use this match to claim his ability.

Valkyrja wrote:Varane's convinced me today in 20!? mins ... by far our best cb.

Still not better than Pepe.

Second goal destroyed us. Barca didn't deserve shit. we dominated them and boom one opportunity for them and goal....

This match made me believe we can win CL again.

Mentally the second goal destroyed us. it was clearly seen. when your mind isn't fully focused, you can't distribute the energy(left) correctly, hence the physically problem appears. As much tired as you are, the lesser you can concentrate and you become tired and tired. the best example would be Kroos imo. he could barely run after 70th mark

Seeing all the chances we didn't score on was like seeing us play against pep/tito's barca during Mou's time. Depressing..

We only have ourselves to blame for not scoring on our chances in first half & the beginning of second half.

Only Benzema performed tonight imo. Shame he didn't get his goal aswell.

ten games left till the end of the season, we can't afford cock ups against minows and unnecessary draws...four points behind it just is what it is, but i expect to see better from carlo in upcoming games...i think we can get our act together by the time james returns. the main issue now is the title is barcelona's to lose

izzy wrote:He has to bench him.

Either that or quit Carlo.

Easy dude, at least he TRIED to run today. don't worry he's contract will soon be up in no time at least not more than 5 years from now..keep calm

Bankz wrote: Easy dude, at least he TRIED to run today. don't worry he's contract will soon be up in no time at least not more than 5 years from now..keep calm

Have you ever made sense?

Seriously?

Mamad wrote:Second goal destroyed us. Barca didn't deserve shit. we dominated them and boom one opportunity for them and goal....

This match made me believe we can win CL again.

That's your own fault, there is no such thing as deserving. You only get what you can claim, besides they had loads of chances proceeding the 2nd.

But i won't go no further as there's no need, except one tiny little thing.... Am i the only one who blames Pepe more than Ramos for Suarez goal? Pepe shouldn't have pushed that high IMO.

not sure if you can blame any one defender for suarez' goal, it was a good lofted pass, he was pushed out a bit wide, managed to control the ball well and shoot....if anything, iker could have done a little better, not just in the reflex but the decision to cover the near post rather than the far post. the way suarez was positioned he could have only aimed at the near post if he had power in the shot; had he done that and it entered, iker wouldn't be at fault. but he went with the obvious choice and not to mention, iker was way off his line, i thought our defense did enough to bother suarez, but he was just strong enough to hold his own, get the shot in, and iker did the rest....its quite similar to sanchez and diego lopez, varane held his own, but lopez' decision making was way off

Iker is so unathletic these days that he anticipates everything as opposed to squaring up and reacting. He guessed near post there and paid. Sadly, he's a complete fraud now.

iker gifted that goal to saurez his positioning was so bad, carlo needs to make some changes and try to win the remaining games, will lose my mind if iker and bale(ramos too), cost us the season all the way to the end, when navas and soon james will be available

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0TfReZpQh0

this is NOT necessary, the players want to win too. its a case of poor form and very poor decisions, not a lack of interest by the players. the galactico madrid(part 1) sides of the mid to late 00s, could be criticized for not caring about results and just being prima donnas. this side clearly wants to win, and unlike galactico 1 in the decline, showed effort; but coupled with fatigue, poor decisions, terrible form from bale and an iker on the decline, it just didn't happen. fans chasing players cars is foolish, i don't know why the authorities don't punish such behavior in spain...i've seen such acts happen to valencia, depor and barcelona players as well...someone shouldn't have to get run over before they put a lid on such behavior