There isn't a coach who relies more on individual brilliance than Zidane.
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Yeah I agree with you. Or I had already agreed with you from last summer.And Ramos, and Modric even Bale. Hazard will be an eye opener for Spanish fans.
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joke aside, I don’t think Zidane is a bad manager. He has excellent emotional intelligence and is a great motivator, but his accomplishments is a bit askew with the team he had at his disposal
joke aside, I don’t think Zidane is a bad manager. He has excellent emotional intelligence and is a great motivator, but his accomplishments is a bit askew with the team he had at his disposal
They don’t have enough game changers or enough goal scorers in their team.
Modric is 34. Benzema was never the main man and don’t think he has it in him now to be that guy. Hazard has been injured most the season.
They really need someone like Mbappe.
Modric is 34. Benzema was never the main man and don’t think he has it in him now to be that guy. Hazard has been injured most the season.
They really need someone like Mbappe.
Screwed?
Lots of managers have had great teams and none of them won 3 champions league on the bounce. In fact nearly all of them didn’t win 2 on the bounce.
They need goals, but from where....Not sure there's anyone presently that would wet the galactico appetite.
Askewed~
As stated, I don’t think Zidane is a bad manager but I will say that 3 champions league victory is 60% players 40% management
The man is as good a coach as you get. Not sure what the coach would do better with a lack of quality attacking options.
Pep Guardiola is my idol.
What a month for these guys. Lost in the cup at home against Real Sociedad, lost the first position in the league and now dicked at home by City in the CL. And the next game is against Barcelona.
Funny how people still undermine his achievements.
Plenty of managers have had amazing teams. And none won 3 straight CL on the trot.
He's done a good job this season too. Hazard getting injured when he was finally rounding into form was a big blow.
Plenty of managers have had amazing teams. And none won 3 straight CL on the trot.
He's done a good job this season too. Hazard getting injured when he was finally rounding into form was a big blow.
They arent out of it. We went to The Etihad twice this season and outplayed them for large periods. They just need a bit of pace up top and a Fred to work the ball from tight spaces to the attackers before they settle.
Liverpool and City show how unfair it is to compare us to Madrid etc. We basically have to become the best in Europe to challenge the top 2 yet players linked away from us, or who we are bidding for targets, get to say join us for the chance to win top honours.
No, join us to win a league that hasnt got Liverpool or City in it.
Liverpool and City show how unfair it is to compare us to Madrid etc. We basically have to become the best in Europe to challenge the top 2 yet players linked away from us, or who we are bidding for targets, get to say join us for the chance to win top honours.
No, join us to win a league that hasnt got Liverpool or City in it.
The squad is filled with players who’ve won it all and are most of whom are past their peak.
Awkward side, really. On the one hand you can’t really bin off these huge names, but on the other hand, a lot of them are not performing to the standard required.
Awkward side, really. On the one hand you can’t really bin off these huge names, but on the other hand, a lot of them are not performing to the standard required.
Ole will certainly give you a run for your money with that statement
You know what zidane and real Madrid need? Paul Pogba, at any cost. And very early in the summer window
Yes. We'll give them a bargain at 200m.
Well that's more than most managers then I guess.
I thought this is the absolute best time to give them a ring about Paul Pogba after watching that game. £120m, discounted from £150m.
It's Madrid. They can have Pogba for 200m discounted from 150m.
They have the squad with more game changers, and in every lane
Courtois
Varane and Ramos are some of the most "game changing" centrebacks in the world in both attack and defense.
Carvajal and Marcelo are second to none opening games, even if Marcelo is obviously not fit for 90 minutes of maximum effort, it's a disgrace that he and Mendy don't rotate even more in that wing.
Casemiro is one of the best DM's in the world and also brings his weight scoring goals
Kroos and Modric can turn any game upside down
Benzema is one of the most technical forwards in the world, even if he's not a pure scorer he can decide a game in an action.
Hazard...
And that's just between their best 12 players, they have in the bench or at home players like James, Isco or Bale, capable of performing at elite level on any given day, and a bunch of young players that have already won them games or even performed in big legs like Rodrygo, Vinicius, Brahim and Valverde.
They have a good squad, with a nice mix of veterans and young talent, what they need it's identity beyond crossing the ball and hoping they get a couple goals bombing the area, specially now that Ronaldo isn't there, and then there's the nonsense that Zidane is playing the most technical of his strikers for a kind of football that would exploit Jovic or even Mariano's skillset better than Benzema.
We'll throw in Lingard and Jones as well for free
Pogba and Mbappé
i pray Barca win the league and City stuff them at Etihad. The pressure will be unavoidable
I'd say thats even less.
60% players 20% Ronaldo 20% Manager.
Whether he had great final performances or not, Ronaldo dragged Madrid to those finals kicking and screaming.
Well at least it busts the myth that you need a system to win trophies.
And we'll take Bale off their hands.
In the end this season is a transition season for Madrid and City isn't exactly a pushover team, either. So we will see, if the management will back Zidane this season even without a title (assuming they drop the CL now and remain 2nd in the league).
Generally I liked their transfers overall to rejuvinate the squad. They all made sense and Madrid wasn't doing too bad, either, after their initially bad start into the season.
That being said - I don't think it's a done deal. Of course City now has the upper hand, but that's about it. Even if Madrid drops out, I think the way they handle themselves in the 2nd game will decide a lot for how the season will go from there. Will they have the guts to go for it or just go in with their heads down?
Generally I liked their transfers overall to rejuvinate the squad. They all made sense and Madrid wasn't doing too bad, either, after their initially bad start into the season.
That being said - I don't think it's a done deal. Of course City now has the upper hand, but that's about it. Even if Madrid drops out, I think the way they handle themselves in the 2nd game will decide a lot for how the season will go from there. Will they have the guts to go for it or just go in with their heads down?
Don't see the need for this thread to he bumped. He's not come back to a great team by any stretch of the imagination. After a great run in Europe (under him), Madrid are now a team that is half past it and half Yong and Learning. And their one major Galactico signing has been injured/unfit for most of the season. Keeping that in mind, and the situation they were in when he took over, losing to City and being neck and neck with Barcelona is fine. Look at their team now and it's a far cry from how things were 3 years back. I'd argue that they have it worse on paper than Barcelona as well, who should be favourites for the title.
He has done several good things. Among others get a compact, laborious team, that at times looked very good, especially in December and January.
Sometimes I don't understand some of his decisions. There was much talk that he did not want Vinicius, and several times he left him out of the team , however today he plays and gets a very good version.
He is a very intriguing coach, so it is difficult to know the deadlines he has in his head with certain players.
I would have liked more minutes for other players like Brahim, Jovic or even James or Militao, but because of that intriguing character it is difficult to know if they really are not worthy, they do not train well (Zidane places a lot of emphasis- as he has said in several interviews- to train hard, and be perfect phisically) or if there is a certain degree of stubbornness.
However on other occasions he has been able to overcome that stubbornness by looking for the best option: There was a conflict with Bale, saying "if he goes today better than tomorrow" and did not hesitate to put him in the line-up.
In the same way he succeeded with Mendy and did not hesitate to sit a "sacred cow" like Marcelo, or to adapt to Pogba's absence and place Valverde.
Cristiano, his widows, the current options, the plan with young players and the signings is another long topic.
In short, out of la copa and Champions League and behind Barça and with bad feelings in la liga.
What if he doesn't win anything? will they sack him? or will they give him a summer with whims like Pogba?
I love Zidane and at present I don´t feel excited with other coaches but the results direct.
Sometimes I don't understand some of his decisions. There was much talk that he did not want Vinicius, and several times he left him out of the team , however today he plays and gets a very good version.
He is a very intriguing coach, so it is difficult to know the deadlines he has in his head with certain players.
I would have liked more minutes for other players like Brahim, Jovic or even James or Militao, but because of that intriguing character it is difficult to know if they really are not worthy, they do not train well (Zidane places a lot of emphasis- as he has said in several interviews- to train hard, and be perfect phisically) or if there is a certain degree of stubbornness.
However on other occasions he has been able to overcome that stubbornness by looking for the best option: There was a conflict with Bale, saying "if he goes today better than tomorrow" and did not hesitate to put him in the line-up.
In the same way he succeeded with Mendy and did not hesitate to sit a "sacred cow" like Marcelo, or to adapt to Pogba's absence and place Valverde.
Cristiano, his widows, the current options, the plan with young players and the signings is another long topic.
In short, out of la copa and Champions League and behind Barça and with bad feelings in la liga.
What if he doesn't win anything? will they sack him? or will they give him a summer with whims like Pogba?
I love Zidane and at present I don´t feel excited with other coaches but the results direct.
Did you just quote yourself there Dumbstar?Yeah I agree with you. Or I had already agreed with you from last summer.
Talking to oneself is a bit....scary!
Wrong thread
Ole after the sale: "I went against the boss and sold them a virus."
They struggle to score goals and with the players he got he is too be blamed. Can't just have Ronaldo to do it.
They put in loads of crosses which I am not sure suits them well at all right now.
They put in loads of crosses which I am not sure suits them well at all right now.
Ah bloody hell, they all look the same to me.Wrong thread
They don't have enough killers in the team.
Full of players that like the fancy stuff.
Full of players that like the fancy stuff.
That is true. Too much Isco and Hazard in that team. They are in dire need of a penetrating attacking force, not just players who can dance around from side to side.
Zidane has done wonders with this team this season. He has squeezed the last drop of orange juice, but fact of the matter is that they are in dire need of some fresh blood upfront. In retrospect, buying Hazard was a big mistake considering the fact that they have several players who can contribute in a similar manner. Pogba would be amazing there.
Hazard is that, he is not someone who just dances side to side, he goes straight through a defence like no one not named Neymar Messi or Traore can. Add to that he can shoot with both feet and gets numerous amount of assists a season, Hazard is exactly what they need in this team the problem is he is always Injured.
If they had several players who can get 15 goals 15 assists a season they wouldn’t be 2nd in the league, probably wouldn’t have lost to City as well.
All's good man, all's good. Bless you, hope all's well too.Baldist!
Hope you're well!