Quote (Marieusz @ 23 Jul 2016 12:24)
First priority is you need a striker, forget signing more midfielders
The club has already said we are keeping Morata, so I don't think anyone will be signed for that position.
Quote (kbk @ 23 Jul 2016 05:08)
I guess by interesting I mean to see them start with an attack of Ronaldo-Nani. A striker less formation and as you said, a point I agree with, is that Ronaldo must play with a striker.
In any case I believe a front 3 of Ronaldo-Benzema-Bale is stronger than a front 3 of Ronaldo- one of Benzema/Bale and James behind. That front 3 is only second to Barcelona.
Why is Bale so under appreciated zark? Do his performances leave that much to be desired? I think he's an absolutely amazing talent. And for me, in the CL final he looked like the only good attacker. Ronaldo played hurt and was very poor (worst I've seen of him), and that was one of the worst games I've ever seen from Benzema I've ever seen in my life. Morata will bench the shit out of him if he had plays like that this season.
But Benzema had a summer off (lol), so he should be good this season.
Well, Bale hasn't beed under appreciated this season tbf. It was mostly a 2014-15 thing. He was under appreciated becaue of his work rate and team work wasn't that good, but this season he has really improved in that department.
You would often see Madrid's 4-3-3 formation look like 4-3-----------------------3, because nobody from the attacking line would drop back down. And Bale is supposed to be the one to serve more as the team's link there, so he was blamed. At times during Bale's first 2 seasons here, the team was way, way better when playing 4-4-2 without him, because the formation lines were much better connected.
Over all he was hated more by the people who attend Bernabéu than Real Madrid fans in general. This happens very often... the people that go to Bernabéu value work rate and team work very highly. Unless you are scoring in almost every game or doing something crazy performances on a consistent basis, they will not appreciate you if you're not working your ass off. The people that go to the stadium have seen some of the worlds best players play there every two weekends for 5, 10, 15, 20, etc years... they won't be impressed if you can dribble past 3 opponents, make beautiful crosses, etc because this is Real Madrid and that is the minimum they expect. Unless you can do something really outstanding, maximum effort is what they'll demand.
There are many examples of this... Ronaldo was liked despite the fact he was a seemingly lazy fat guy who would just walk around the attacking line for 80 minutes, because he during the other 10 he would get the ball, out run everyone, dribble the keeper and score. But as soon as he was injured and lost his speed, the team was left with a seemingly lazy fat guy who could rarely outrun defenders anymore. No work rate and no extraordinary performances -> the guy got booed. Then you have guys like Higuaín who aren't the most gifted strikers, but always run their asses off, and so become Bernabéu favorites even when their performance drops.
It's hard to notice this on tv, but when you go to Bernabéu you realize that one of the things the crowd applauds the most is attacking players dropping down to help in defense, and midfielders running up to pressure the enemy lines. It's tricky because these things aren't always the players fault... you need a manager that gives the players a lot of freedom and doesn't confine them to small spaces. Guys like Khedira, who were mostly used to defend a small portion of the field, will always seem less hardworking than guys like Lass who had to multiply themselves in order to cover all the spaces the offensive players left behind.