J 5 | Racing Santander - Real Madrid CF |21 . 9 . 2011 2000 CET

I still expect us to win by a few goals.

LOL Iker should stop using Google translate LOL

Have I mentioned that i hate seeing Marcelo and Carvalho starting on the same side? lol.

I'm also worried about Varane having to cover Carvalho's undoubted mistakes tonight as i'm sure he will be nervous in his first official game for RM.

Varane could just as easily not start.

Zealous wrote:Varane could just as easily not start.

Albiol is worse. The only other viable option is Ramos to CB, which could happen. I'm not really a fan of starting a player who is not used to playing CB with another CB that is currently struggling. Varane is a better choice, especially if you have Lass helping out.

skali wrote:Casillas; Arbeloa, Ramos, Carvalho, Marcelo; Xabi, Granero; Di Maria Ronaldo Ozil; Benzema;

from mourinhos latest interview

It’s also difficult to play with Xabi and Granero at the same time

Zealous wrote:LOL Iker should stop using Google translate LOL

actually i used google translate to read his spanish updates.. it came out like this.. either his spanish is not grammaticaly right or lost in translation

pepe is suspended?

also just an interesting thing i read on unamadridista

apparently Mou said this in his pressconference on the lack of Spaniards in his line-ups

: it’s because I don’t have very many, I only have a few. And because I can’t play Casillas and Adán at the same time, or Sergio Ramos and Arbeloa. It’s also difficult to play with Xabi and Granero at the same time. And we don’t have any more.

why did he buy callejon if he doesnt want him, and also anyone noticed how he didnt mention albitrolol does that mean its the end of his time in madrid

Punto pelota revealed, with help of Alejandra Neira, an expert in reading lips, the words that Cristiano Ronaldo said to Pepe and wich finished with the honor finger of the Portuguese.

"Don't listen to them... Take this in your ass (he showed his finger)"

Let's get this party started

it was to a barca fan and not to a santander one

Starting line-upis same as last fewgames except Ramos playing in place of Pepe and Arbeloa at RB, then Lass to partner with Alonso.

halamadrid2 wrote:it was to a barca fan and not to a santander one

Critics and provocations rise on Mou Team.
Medias also are taking a step forward this season esp after Levante game where they found a great opportunity to take Mou down. I don't know, but i have a feeling that all this is well organized and Madrid haters are working hard to blow Mou second season theory.

Madrid squad shoul be more professional and careful with medias.

According to Cadena SER, this is the line up.

Casillas
Arbeloa Varane Carvalho Marcelo
Xabi Lass
Di Maria Özil Cristiano
Benzema.

im tired of seeing Di Maria getting starting spot weeks after weeks.

What happened to Ramos?

I really wish Mourinho gives Callejon a chance one of these days. This isn't a Pedro Leon thing, the man actually works hard and Jose can use both feet adequately...

Which I can't say for Di Maria...

I actually think Callejon is a good player and fits much better given that we already have enough guys who can dribble. We are short on guys who make good, disciplined runs, however.

callejon was about to come on hadnt it been for khediras red card, so mou still sees something in him apparently

but he doesnt work as hard as dimaria which is why mou prefers dimaria to him or anyone else for that matter

but why is he benching ramos??? our whole backline failed vs levatne not only him(bar pepe) so i dont understand

the obvious one to be chopped is carvalho i dont know why mou hasnt got the balls to drop him though

i know its kinda evil but i am wishing he gets expelled for a lenghty time or the worst gets injured for a lengthy time to force mou to consider varane or albitrolol for a change

Mou also said that he will use 3 players who didnt start vs levante in his latest press conference

Granero, Lass, Varane, Arbeloa, Callejon and Albiol all options.

arbeloa, lass, higuain perhaps.

lass is a definite one, and maybe arbeloa as well

but the third one is up for grabs, as i dont think mou will start higgy over benzema at least not now

Benz had 1 average half while being one of our best players at all other times and people want to bench him? wow. Since everyone on the team has had a bad half this season (including CR7), i guess they should be benched soon too.

ronaldo was semi-injured

and no player missed open nets apart from benzema(and coentrao) which eventually cost us the game

higgy is more efficient with his chances

Italy >>>>>>> France..........huh, what's that, wrong topic but i saw Benzema and I was like.....ok fine, as much as I think Benzema is as useful as a dish soap on a stove, the man is our starting forward and any talk of benching, his name should not be involved at all.

And his name isn't Di Maria or Carvalho so....yeah.

halamadrid2 wrote:ronaldo was semi-injured

and no player missed open nets apart from benzema(and coentrao) which eventually cost us the game

higgy is more efficient with his chances

really? well Hiugain didn't have any chances because he created none. He was invisible for the last 35 mins despite have Ozil and CR7 next to him while Benz had Kaka (who sucked), Coentrao playing winger (sucked as well) and Di Maria (no need to comment) on the other side. Every efficiency stat out there shows that Benz is one of the most efficient strikers in the world... but i guess that's still not good enough. Problem is that he's only getting 3 shots a game. Either he's perfect or he doesn't score. He also created more goalscoring chances coming into the Levante game for his teammates than any other Madrid player (10 to Ozil's 9).

Do you know how many sitter CR7 has missed this year in La Liga and Cl? 3. So i guess he sucks too. Difference is that CR7 is averaging 11 shots a game... so his sometimes selfish play allows him to redeem himself.