And those same Spanish Real Madrid fans will be an eye opener for Hazard.And Ramos, and Modric even Bale. Hazard will be an eye opener for Spanish fans.
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
They will hire Mourinho by December.
Isco?
Struggling without Ronaldo.
Who would have thought.
Who would have thought.
Not disagreeing with the general gist of your argument, but Bastian Schweinsteiger says hello. Jose was worse towards him than Zidane has been with Bale until he actually managed to get him out of the door.
Edit: I also remember the fan led witch hunt of our all time top goalscorer.
Rafa did that before and it was his preferred team, my understanding is that Perez wanted a more attacking team and to shoehorn all the attacking players in.. When Zidane came in he could do as he wanted though.
https://www.managingmadrid.com/2018...or-playing-casemiro-rather-than-james-or-isco
Imagine, Pogba leave us this season, but Zizou sack in Dec, Mourinho in charge at Madrid. POGBOOM!!
He's in for a rough season.
Bale of all people saving his sorry ass.
Mourinho will 100% coach Real Madrid this season.
Bale bailing out Zidane! 
Some poster, I don’t remember who, said this would happen if Bale stayed put.
Some poster, I don’t remember who, said this would happen if Bale stayed put.Poor Eden aswell.
Golfer bales Zidane out then gives him the middle finger.
I told you guys...Zidane is a slightly better Di Matteo. He had a team already built before he got there and then had a CR7 in his prime to bail him out.
He is massively overrated.
He is massively overrated.
Seems like no one rates him tbf.
Many on here wanted him at United when he was available even though it was obvious he was a slightly better Di Matteo.
Desperate times....Since he’s gone back to Madrid it’s apparent he’s not highly rated.
Oh my god
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Hopefully.
Which is not good news for those United fans who want Pogba to leave for Madrid.
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Would you say he got a team already built this time around?
The only thing that has been saving his job so far is how shite Barcelona are doing under Valverde.
Thank god we didn’t get him after mourinho!
I don't understand the fierce critics. He has a squad with way less firepower than Barcelona, and still has the same points as Barcelona in the league.
And winning three Champions Leagues is clearly not enough, it seems. In Alpha Centauri Galaxy teams normally win 10 Champions Leagues and 10 Leagues in a row, Zidane has clearly been far from that level.
And winning three Champions Leagues is clearly not enough, it seems. In Alpha Centauri Galaxy teams normally win 10 Champions Leagues and 10 Leagues in a row, Zidane has clearly been far from that level.
In the Spanish league with the players at their disposal Jimmy Krankie could have won loads of trophies by just telling them to go out and play 90 minutes.
Against Messi, Neymar and Suarez era Barcelona, and an Atletico Madrid side that made two CL finals and a SF in 4 years?
Besides, 3 CL in a row were won against the best of europe
That's mainly because Barca have been crap though... as have Atletico. In a normal year the title would have been gone already as 22 points after 11 games is a pretty bad return.
I agree with you that it's not Zidane’s fault and that even if it all goes badly for him it shouldn’t mean he gets less credit for what he’s won previously. But I still don’t think he’s getting the best out of the squad he has or that he’s the right man to turn it around.
It would have been bad if this was the 16/17 side. It's not. We left a few points on the table, but on the whole given our schedule it's not a poor return
He’s on pace for 76 points after having spent 400 million in the summer with signings he clearly gave his input on... it’s not as much of a disaster as last season but that can’t be good.
Biggest positive I can see is that he’s managed to fix a lot of the defensive issues but it just feels like Barca will run away with the title as soon as they’re bothered to go on a decent run of results. Maybe I’m wrong and they keep being average though
300, and 100 if it had already been spent without him. Another 100 was Hazard alone. 3 of the 5 players aged 21 or younger
Also lost Asensio, who was supposed to be one the pillars of the team, for the season. And we've been plagued by injuries in general. That i do kinda blame on him.
And yeah, 76 points would be disappointing. Next two months will tell us who we are and how well Zidane's doing
You can say the same about us though
So true.
Many people decided he was a poor coach before he even started, now they're just looking for signs to prove their point.
He can win 10 champion's leagues in 12 years, for some people he'll never get credit, it will always be luck / referees / the players ...
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Tuchel: "I don't know how or how much Zidane is in love with Kylian, but the important thing is that Mbappe is our player. Often, we fall in love with things we can't have."
Zidane just doesn’t care
Zidane is a very astute manager (contrary to what many people think) and overcrowded the field with very technical players vs PSG, mostly on the left side: Marcelo, Kroos, Isco, Hazard, Benzema. The result was a team that is used to have the ball, PSG, was obliged to try chase it for most parts of the game.
I don´t recall having seen Madrid get a draw and a standing ovation after the end of the game in the Bernabeu, but that happened vs PSG last Tuesday. It was in my opinion the best Madrid game since 2017.
I don´t recall having seen Madrid get a draw and a standing ovation after the end of the game in the Bernabeu, but that happened vs PSG last Tuesday. It was in my opinion the best Madrid game since 2017.
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Real 1:2 Man City
Why on earth did he come back?
Why on earth do you have to make stupid knee jerk bump every time something (unexpected) happens?
I don't like Real Madrid, or him, but he is doing quite fine considering they are in bad transition period and replaced Ronaldo with Hazard who isn't showing even his real form, let alone being good replacement so far. They look nothing worse than any other top team out there.
I don't like Real Madrid, or him, but he is doing quite fine considering they are in bad transition period and replaced Ronaldo with Hazard who isn't showing even his real form, let alone being good replacement so far. They look nothing worse than any other top team out there.
Looked similar to a lot of their other Knockout performances under Zidane, they just didn't have Ronaldo there to bail them out.
Bizarre tactics and line-up.
I really wish this match ended in a draw so we wouldn't see the predictable bump of this thread or the Pep Guardiola is my idol (from Catalunya) thread