Illaramendi is so underrated

finding scapegoats is easy right?
remember also that this is ancelotti's 1st season.
also that valladolid is fighting not to be relegated. 1 point for them means that they are out of the zone. everyone knows its hard playing against teams fighting for survival.

1st, illaramendi get the schtick. now benzema and morata.

Its a team thing. It was against a tough opponent. If you are hell bent on blaming someone, illara for you, I am sure your favourite manager is mourinho. See how its always his strikers or someone when his team dont get a result.

Who should you blame? You can blame valladolid for having to fight off relegation.

league title is still mathematically achievable, not to mention the champions league final coming up and these are the games to keep the team firing, but hoping youngsters to mount a challenge?

how about morata on his way out?

that piece of junk is no makelele.
ancelotti wants him mostly likely for his energy. he is the box to box kind but a cheat who cost west brom a win at the bridge.
he will tarnish real madrid's good reputation of late. wrong buy for me.

3rd dutch goal was a foul no doubt. Just like what west ham's andy carroll did to liverpool keeper. Rvp went in 2 intentions, 1st was to try get something on the ball.....the other was to disrupt keeper.
But the dutch was the much better team. Fault of course lies with ramos, casillas but iniesta, xavi and silva are overrated this time around. Complacency and over confidence in the spanish camp?

maybe or maybe not. looked a foul to me.
but anyway, casillas may be on the decline. maybe. seeing that he didnt get many games in league just accelerated his drop of form. add to that the psychological impact of being dropped by mourinho.

The great barca era has come to an end with the departures of puyol, valdes, xavi and fabregas. I think there's no more room for these kind of players like xavi, mata, silva, xabi alonso. Fabregas can reinvent himself because he can be physical.
Trend now is players like vidal, pogba, cabaye in midfield. And we have 2, or at least 1 in modric and di maria. Boundless energy from them in defending and attacking. Thats why madrid wants ramirez. And it looks bad for isco and to a certain extent, illaramendi because of his similarity with xabi alonso. Unless both can reinvent themselves at madrid.
On a positive note, madrid interested in inigo martinez. He's got potential.

falcao as a backup to benzema?

Falcao doesn't play on the left, predominantly or not, and you don't buy a 50-60mil striker to be a backup for benzema.

Kroos, if marca is to be believed. Xabi alonso's days are numbered. He has been great, no doubt.

xabi alonso will in all likelyhood stay with real madrid. i think sami khedira might move on. i just hope di maria will stay.

and here's to hoping illaramendi will beef up and get stronger because he already has the passing ability and positioning. beefing up and getting stronger will turn him into a complete midfielder like pogba, matuidi, vidal, and henderson to some extent.

real kroos on hold.......but i hope it materializes. he could be a good addition.

Kroos 1 year left on his contract and getting him at 25m is not a bargain.
I personally think di maria should not be allowed to leave but he would fetch a lot of money. I get the sense that he is a little disgruntled with real madrid.

who rates kroos at 40-50m? and if he was, were there takers?
ancelotti should really hang on to di maria. and even if he wants to leave, it should be on real madrid's terms. the amount of work he has put in week in week out is phenomenal.

haha......where have i heard that before......kay murray?

ancelotti should ban him from heading the ball

with the exception of modric, the players that are coming in, or rumored to be coming in are all in very good physical shape. kroos is very dominant because of his passing and take note of his physique.

james rodriguez also has something similar. bale, ronaldo and benzema as well. this is a big real madrid squad.

i reckon real madrid will be dominating in the coming season. comparing with barcelona's trio of suarez, neymar and messi, real madrid forwards and midfield dominate in terms of physique. it should be a good thing. barca's trio will easily be brushed off by real madrid defenders. but they are mobile and speedy. if real could get the tactics right in countering their movement, real should be safe.