What do you mean by PU, sorry for my noob question. The only thing I'm noticing in that picture is the patch is bigger. So if it's possible can you order me an extra LFP patch. But it'll be much better if you can quote me the price first. Thanks bro~

I felt the same way. Watched him the last time when the rumours first came out. But after one year, I watched him play, have to say that I"m still not satisfied with his recent performance. Hurm.. But hope he can do well in future with us~

It depends on how will his performance be.

Thanks for the info bro~

No player is bigger than Madrid although I'm sad but RM shouldn't freeze the number. He influenced me in many ways.. A true gentleman.. Damn, gonna be weird watching Raul play for another team. But he's departure made me love him more. Above all, the reason we support Madrid is because of the sport. Raul loves playing football and choose to depart instead of retiring as a legend. A tough move for a Talismanic man like Raul, a modern icon for Madrid, some even went as far as to call him Raul Madrid, a man that breaks almost every Madrid records and he choose not to end his career here? Why?

Because he knows by sitting on the bench he can't fulfill his passion, because deep down inside he still believes that he can offer much more to the sport he loves (and I believe it too), because for him, all these "legend" and "glorious ending" talks won't satisfy him, kicking the ball will, and he chose to do just that.. Respect!

EDIT: Oh ya, farewell to Guti as well. In one interview, I remember Zidane praised Guti week in and out after Guti assisted him with his backheel. He's one of the best passer of all time. I'm pretty much sure that Robinho, Raul, Higuain, and Ruud will agree with me.

Gonna miss them both so damn much! It sucks that this day finally arrives....

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14 ME, 5 years deal. Decent signing but it's tough to think Lass and Gago's fate in coming days. I love them (lass a tad more) but comparing them to Khedira for time being, my guess is they'll be left on the bench................again.

EDIT: I'm expecting none of them will depart from the club since Mou loves to have options. But it will definitely effect the playing hours for Sami, Diarras, and Gago. Then, 2 of them will depart next January. My 2 cents.

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We won eventually.. Went 2-1 down after Canales scored but then came Higuain and Ronaldo to make it 3-2. Hehe~

Canales!!

I'm very happy to see him score especially when I see him wearing #16 (my fav no).The build up to that goal was pretty awesome with Ronaldo(#7) and Benzema(#9) performed a perfect one two pass in the penalty box.

Higuain Scored again, Ronaldo assisted him. Typical Higuain goal but the pass from ronaldo was pin point perfect. Ronaldo was playing a lot in the middle and trying to make himself available to receive the ball in front of the opponents penalty box and launching the final passes.

"I currently have Gonzalo Higuain and Karim Benzema for the striker position, while Cristiano Ronaldo could also play there. However, I prefer to give him a bit more freedom on the pitch. He's too talented to have him up front all the time." Mourinho when asked why he planned to buy another striker..

......and he scored again with an exceptional freekick. Ronaldo is picking up where he left last season.

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the streaming was not so good. I can barely notice the players. Heck, it even took me sometime to notice that Benzema was wearing #9.

Pedro Leon fitted nicely, his passes and techniques are well above average. Loved watching him play.

Anyway, Ronaldo scored a beautiful volley assisted by Maria but was disallowed for it is offside but frankly speaking, I think it's legit. The goal should stand.

Maria passes were too direct and predictable for me. A bit awful I should say. Drenthe was awful as well. Playing as a LB really didn't suit him. Often left his marker alone and running like a headless chicken. LB is not for him. LM or LWF is more like it.

My 2 cents.

Oh ya, Pepe shaved his head.. Thank God~

He scored 3 in La Liga and another 3 in UCL.

Spot on. (Not sure Mou will use VDV though..)

Well I hope this doesn't means Ramos will play at RB. Maybe it's because Pepe's injury.

Anyway, I don't really sure about long term plans but astro added RMTV in Supersport for this month. There's an interview with Di Maria and also about Real Madrid's life.

FREAKING NICE!!!!

oh ya.. Tonight, Madrid will come against Bayern for a friendly match in Munich. It's a testimonial match for Beckenbauer and Jose promised to line up his strongest side.

There's a good chance we'll see Sami Khedira and Carvalho play today but Bayern will not filed their strongest as some of their players just came back from international friendly match.

The best thing is, it's live on Astro Supersport, tonight 3am..

EDIT: Real Madrid being told they can't wear their official sponsor on their shirt due to German rules protecting the state gambling monopoly.

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It was a very dull match. I'm kinda dissapointed in the way Madrid played. Counter attacks should be sharp and efficient. Too many long balls I should say..

Maybe we have to wait like for another a bit longer to see a really sharp counter attack from Madrid.

Anyway we won.. St. Iker did it again~

Hercules is going all out in buying underutilized players.
First Nelson Valdez, then Trezeguet and now Drenthe.

It's a good move for Madrid, Hercules and Drenthe himself since a player in his age should play more. I really believe he can be a decent left wing if he can be more mature and keep polishing his skills.

Marcelo were given more time and he had become our top assist last season. Defensive wise, both Marcelo and Drenthe suck big time

Wow, it's been a while since I last visited here. Very busy lately.

I watched last night match, and since Mou fielded a lot of rusty players, the gameplay was not very fluid. Pedro Leon crosses and decision making were poor including missing that clear chance for goal. But, his work effort and off the ball runs seems better than his last match. I hope he gets more minutes.

Canales was all over the pitch and trying to help his team mates but he's not very calm like Ozil in the middle which leads to many miss pass.

Anyway, I'm happy to see Benzema, Ramos, and Albiol on the pitch and also sad to see that M.Diarra is playing like a below average DM.

If you watched the match, Mourinho looked very calm on the sideline. He's aware that he fielded all the rusty players and to make sure all of them put in 100% effort and stay focused he came up with "you're dead to me" list. For me, it worked.

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Benzema was a CF before he joined Madrid and he was probably one of the best youngster in his position but since Higuain in red hot form, nothing much can be done by Benzema to earn more minutes to play during weekly matches. All he can do is prove that he can make use of that time to do something effective and productive to the team like today.

He improved his positioning and visions to pass from his previous outings with Madrid. Last match, he tried so hard to stay available so that he can score a goal (since he replaced Higuain, that's not a shocker) but this time though he linked up well with Ronaldo and both Fullbacks, marcelo and Ramos for the 2nd and 3rd goal respectively (all done in the space of 15 minutes).

Anyway, Hercules is a very good team. They had no fear against a big team like Madrid and no wonder Barca and Sevilla sunk against them. We can easily went down to 2-0 or even 3-0 before half time. Luckily Casillas saved the day.
Then, Mourinho pushed back the defense line deeper after the halftime to avoid counter attacks and placed Khedira in between the defense line and MFs. That provides us more space to win the ball in the middle of the pitch IMO and we actually won a lot in the middle but failed to launch a successful counter attacks until Ronaldo blasted that shot. The rest is history...

Anybody noticed that Marcelo is growing more and more in his dribbling skills. He got pass the opponents almost every time. Love to see him play~