Didn't Willian just do that too? If anyone has a gif of that I would love to see it

I don't disagree with benzema playing better then ronaldo

However I'm sick and tired of this dumb *bleep* kneejerk. players get into bad patches. get over it. there's a difference between a bale "stinking it up" for 18 months and ronaldo having a bad first month or so.

having said that CR has been playing like shite this season. I still have hope he can turn it around.

It's the same problem with him; hes stubborn and does not adapt and change his game. He's still more athletic then 99% of the players on the field, he just has no idea how to use it.

I swear to god I read ' Is time that Benitez becomes the new face of RM'

you know what funny? is that benzema got 1 chance all game, and same with malmo, he is being wasted as usual cause ego has to be the hero every time, but cr can never be at fault for costing points , cause he scores a bunch of nothing goals, don't care about his stats or athleticism, he plays like crap every other week and the retort is always "look at his stats" and not the fact the team has to be massively focused on him, so he looks kinda good, in his prime until now, he has been awful just like this game and all his fans go on damage control keep all the focus on his goals and how fast he runs .

Well cr7 might not be all that anymore but he focused his game on one aspect and did it extremely well (scoring goals at a consistent rate). The problem is that he's starting fail at that aspect too making him a near liability.
If i were madrid, i'll sell him at the end of the season regardless of anything that happens tbh..

[quote="titosantill"]@earlyprototype, stats don't necessarily tell how good a set piece taker is...obviously 2 in 85 is extremely woeful, especially if the bulk of those are going miles over the bar like rugby shots or are hitting the wall. imo a good fk taker should have a reasonable conversion ratio, i'll say about 30-40 percent (around 2 of every 5, or 2 of 6). and if this quota isn't being met, then the bulk of misses should either actually test the goalie or be close shaves. in this regard messi's quite good, i doubt he's hitting 30 percent, but his kicks are usually threats and they get opponents unsettled.

i don't think anyone is worried when cristiano steps up for them these days. no disrespect to him, but sometimes i just use that as an opportunity to rush to the fridge or get something done quick before the game picks up again. its funny but that's how i missed the one he scored against i think it was eibar[/quote]

"Karim Benzema is "fed up" of being substituted by Real Madrid coach Rafael Benitez but refrained from criticising the Santiago Bernabeu boss."

"It's true I'm fed up of being taken off. I'm calm and will continue to work so I'm not always subtituted. He took me off to get a result, for defensive reasons.

"It's true that the electronic board always shows the No.9. Ask Benitez why that is."

Mods pls don't fine me for this

I am just making an analogy

Ronaldo without goals is like [that's too inappropriate, though - rwo]

If he  dosent score goals  he will usually be the worst player on the pitch .Now that TAP INs have dried up people are seeing him for what he really is

Bad analogy. A hooker can still get things done without a feline animal.

As the very word analogy suggests.

BarrileteCosmico wrote:Have you tried this?

https://blog.twitter.com/2015/embed-twitter-hosted-video-on-your-website

Brendan Rodgers being escorted out of Liverpool. pic.twitter.com/RgFXMxb0Ai

— JOE.co.uk (@JOE_co_uk) October 5, 2015

Doesn't work

LeVersacci wrote:"Karim Benzema is "fed up" of being substituted by Real Madrid coach Rafael Benitez but refrained from criticising the Santiago Bernabeu boss."

"It's true I'm fed up of being taken off. I'm calm and will continue to work so I'm not always subtituted. He took me off to get a result, for defensive reasons.

"It's true that the electronic board always shows the No.9. Ask Benitez why that is."

if this is legit that is great news for benzema, he needs to show he's not a pushover and someone needs to step up to the out of form ronaldo.
i hope neymar or whomever does the same when messi gets too bad.

LeVersacci wrote:"Karim Benzema is "fed up" of being substituted by Real Madrid coach Rafael Benitez but refrained from criticising the Santiago Bernabeu boss."

"It's true I'm fed up of being taken off. I'm calm and will continue to work so I'm not always subtituted. He took me off to get a result, for defensive reasons.

"It's true that the electronic board always shows the No.9. Ask Benitez why that is."

Benz>Arsenal, Morata>Juve in the summer, its so predictable

Are those even legit quotes

RealGunner wrote:Are those even legit quotes

Doubt it

Yep! Just check marca.

Bankz wrote:Yep! Just check marca.

exactly .
how hard is it to just copy / paste the comments in google and see if any legit sources have posted the quotes ?

Quite hard tbh

Marca is not exactly legit

i don't believe any quotes unless it's a video interview.

Wouldn't shock me if fat boy loses steam after NYE and goes back to his 1 goal in 2 months form.

still gonna be playing way better than suarez .

I actually quite like Benzema and think he gets too much stick on here but he's not half the footballer Suarez is

i think benzema is the most talked about player in GL for the past couple of months xD

Keep Suarez & other non Madrid players out of this thread please.

CBarca wrote: I actually quite like Benzema and think he gets too much stick on here but he's not half the footballer Suarez is

this is such hyperbole and no he is not twice the player benzema is , again the need to exaggerate players abilities .