i kind of agree with the illara and alonso assessment. i thought they are too similar to play together. illara is a like for like replacement for xabi, and he's no shuttler like di maria. wonder if casemiro would be a better choice.

how do you comment on ronaldo? on one hand, his selfishness is the reason why real madrid are scoring. on the other, he is berated for trying too hard to score, do it all by himself most of the time. this all points to his average decision making. i get what you mean, i have seen him play and there are many times when he could play in someone for a better goal scoring opportunity but chose to go at it alone. thing is, i have seen that from bale, benzema and morata too. isco as well. maybe its a team thing. too anxious to be important for the club that team play suffers. sacrifice is needed, just like xabi. it has been a long time since he last scored.

situation right now reminds me of the juande ramos time in charge. won all until the classico, and then all came apart.

i am very sad coz we keep on losing like this..2 matches in a row..la liga title turn into pieces..athletico are stable and barca are getting stronger..wishing them to lose any match is too much to ask for.hmmm..get suarez sell benz..clearly selling ozil was a bad decision..really bad

bayern for us.... hmm 3 German teams back to back...

i guess this is the worst german curse madrid have had in their entire football history. if we do managed to win this, i really believe la decima will be ours

We drew Schalke04 for knockout rounds... any thoughts?

Time to either win big or a drab draw.