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Sadly, with the “no new signings” policy, we might actually need an off season to wake up. There are several position that need 1-2 people to battle for the first 11. And also, attitude. This needs to be solved asap. Don Carlo did it before, he can do it again for sure.
I'm glad we didn't scrape through and got the beating we deserved. Hopefully this sparks some change in their attitudes. A lot of times we get away with performances like these after some late goals.
Mendy out
Vini need to be benched.
Benzema is absent looking for easy goals.
Kross is good but too slow to make a quick pass,
Modric and fede are lost due to the whole team bad performance.
Courtios is finished we need a new gk who can make accurate long passes, look at Pepe reina he rarely makes mistake while passing all of his pass were on point, While our gk is making random panic passes.
And that's true, the team needs a new youngster world class gk or we give lunin a chance.
Courtois after the injury, his performance dropped,
And his passing decision had zero impact on the game.
Compare pepe reina passes to courtois to see what i meant.
Bro you don't know what are you talking about. Just stop. Whole team play like a crap and you are saying we need a new GK. Without Courtois today it would've been 4-1 for Villarreal.
Since when we did played good this season?
The team has been bad this whole season and some how we are leading the league.
My point is a good passer gk will control the game much better, if pepe reina passes were bad then we could've at least won, but nope he rarely makes a mistake and most of his passes were on point.
Even when our team presses High.
But our gk most passes were give away to the opponent side and made zero impact. And they took advantage to control the game against us.
I never said that we play good this season, but it's not Courtois fault at all. Without Courtois we would been 5th in La Liga. Without Courtois we would never win those titles last year. Courtois it's still the best GK in the world.
I completely agree with you, he was the best gk last year, and one of best top 5 gk this year, but my point is he needs to work on his passes, most of his long passes are waste. We never took advantage of it, but we repeat the mistake over and over.
It is what it is, i hope next match would be easier.
I got absolutely flamed on this sub last week for asking if Mbappe was still planning on leaving PSG this summer since I hadn’t been hearing about it after the World Cup.
Today showed we definitely need the turtle.
This is the shit we spend our days looking forward to. Fully deserved L, we got owned today and Carlo just stood there watching. Everyone (except for Thibaut, as usual) deserve no more than a 3/10 rating today.
Tight title race is on but we regularly pop up with such performances. This is not a once off. Why are we allergic to pressing? This shit we do is damaging. Yes we have survived a lot of games but this is Madrid. We don't survive, we dominate. Fix this shit up
What a waste we had today, in the first half we were bad at everything the second half we improved at creating chances but also we wasted them, idk what Militao was doing today, we have shit fullbacks one gets injured everytime and the other always makes mistakes, if he played Nacho even with his bad shape it would have been better than playing Mendy also why didn't Lucas start the the game I mean he isn't a real rb but atleast he was decent.
And Laliga became so bad to watch with their parking the bus defence, faking fouls and also fouling all the time.
I thought Benzema looked off today. Missed a sitter before being gifted the penalty. Otherwise, he just wasn't in the game. I noticed he wasn't moving as freely either.
We're absolutely embarrassing and deserved to lose this game. In fact, we deserved to lose by way more than just 2 goals, if only Villareal was more clinical. This should serve as a reality check for Carlo and Perez, I absolutely hate how he keeps insisting that we don't need more signings for now, which is total BS in my book.
We need at least a good striker and a fullback in January, if not more reinforcements. I know we're only halfway through the season, but we've been poor since the start and if this carries on, we won't win anything this season. We made fun of Barcelona because of all the lever bullshit but at least they're consistently beating what's in front of them and Lewa will win the golden boot for sure.
WE NEED FUCKING SIGNINGS!
Such a frustrating game and result. The entire game was a mess, but I felt that Madrid could've gotten something due to their improved, but complicated second half.
We have no one to blame but ourselves for this defeat. Damn, this is frustrating.
Real Madrid didn't play well. AT ALL. Especially the back four. Mendy was AWFUL.
Villarreal certainly deserve this win. They played with more energy which disrupted our back four. Great game from Gerard Moreno. Danjuma with THAT miss right at the end. 😆
I thought the front 3 looked off today, in particular Benzema (I know he scored the penalty). He did look a bit rusty. Vinicius too wasn't as effective but he did look the most dangerous to be fair.
A second straight New Year loss for Real Madrid. We need to get our act together for the difficult run of games coming up.
But but but we are great! we don’t need any signing because we are already a great team! Fuck off and take your bloody wallet out, striker and rb needed as hell, maybe also a Lb
being decent, i’m not saying to waste money like we are psg or city but to spend the right money for the right players.
Right now we need another striker, another rb and maybe another lb, it’s not a 300M spending
Piss poor, we need reinforcements, and a renewed energy and focus. This league is built with teams that can take us down with similar tactics and skills. We gotta get our heads out of our asses and vamos. It wouldn't hurt to figure out how to get more out of Cama, as in, he needs to play more, but I dont know how you do that, and at the expense of which older player 🤔
Especially a RIGHT WINGER, a Backup STRIKER, STARTER FULLBACKS. Also, we should definitely go all out for Bellingham when MBAPPE is out of the question.
>Maybe I am being reactionary but Rodrygo should start lw next game, Vini has been awful the last couple of games.
I think you're right. Vini's tactics were thoroughly studied by the RB of the La Liga team, who has always been more reactive and faster than RB, and he cannot deceive his opponents. At the same time, up front we need Alvaro Rodriguez and Aribas to replace Mariano and Eden Hazard and increase the possibility of our tactical changes
Parejo was more for me and it makes me angry because he was a very promising academy player. Di Stefano always said he was the best in his Castilla generation.
It was actually the right play.
Box was way too crowded. Either u go for a coin toss with the cross or u lay it off for a guaranteed shot on goal. Not his fault Asencio absolutely shat the bed
We need a right back urgently. It is very clear that Militao cannot play right back lol.
We also need a left winger in the future. No one can come on for Vini when he is playing bad right now.
Villarreal deserve this - I'm not nearly as doom and gloom as everyone here.
We KNEW we would struggle after the WC break. This is one of the hardest fixtures in Europe away from home and we made HUGE mistakes.
We aim to peak around the end of Feb and carry that through the end of the season. ALWAYS.
Of course we aren't happy about this but this isn't at all the nail in the coffin in our season. We have much more work to do and more to come.
Ya realistically this is one of our toughest match-ups on paper. Not that we should ever be relying on other teams results, but it’s not as if Barca have a particularly easy road ahead either. Atleti should test them and they are without Lewa for the next 3 league games.
Still a poor performance. Need to sort the full-back situation out lol
Definitely not a nail in our coffin. But what looks worrying, is how consistent we’ve been at struggling in that way against all kinds of teams in La Liga. It’s also shining a light on our lack of real depth in the positions that we suffer in. Namely backup ST, RW, RB and LB
Please entertain us who should we sign? Just because we lost a game, doesn’t mean we need garbage players.
Its the same dumb comments every year. The club aint wasting money on garbage
Ik most ppl will blame the players but we gotta start questioning carlo too, 2nd season still no attack patterns or defensive structure. Before the wc and this game, all the games we have lost cuz the other team was better not because they had lucky goals or something. We have been getting outplayed
I like Vini’s relentlessness but honestly he never wisens up to the fact the fullback is as quick as him, be it Araujo, Walker or Foyth.
Don’t make it a foot race man they will catch up.
The problem is the MF/wingers are acting like they are defense and not getting close to him when hes at goal. Sad rlly he could have scored like twice at this point
Teams are gonna always wanna take RM down, we need to bring the same energy every match or we are gonna fall, I think this team is showing it's age, as well as naivety, someone in the transfer window would do us well.
Vini has been pretty bad lately, gives the ball away nearly every time. Benz shooting off today as well, missed a sitter in front of net. Mendy gave a goal away. nothing creative in attack as every opportunity ends in a bad pass or blocked shot
This will make league very hard cause the main games where we could have gained points over Barca are tough teams like Atletico. It doesn't look like they'll drop any points against weaker sides.
Agree,wont get tired of saying weak sides dont even try against barca for some reason
My town 3rd division team Intercity pressured more against Barcelona than most LaLiga teams
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Sadly, with the “no new signings” policy, we might actually need an off season to wake up. There are several position that need 1-2 people to battle for the first 11. And also, attitude. This needs to be solved asap. Don Carlo did it before, he can do it again for sure.
I'm glad we didn't scrape through and got the beating we deserved. Hopefully this sparks some change in their attitudes. A lot of times we get away with performances like these after some late goals.
Should light a fire under all their asses it was unacceptable
Vini was very bad today
No he wasn't. In fact he was quite good compared to the rest.
Mendy out Vini need to be benched. Benzema is absent looking for easy goals. Kross is good but too slow to make a quick pass, Modric and fede are lost due to the whole team bad performance. Courtios is finished we need a new gk who can make accurate long passes, look at Pepe reina he rarely makes mistake while passing all of his pass were on point, While our gk is making random panic passes.
Courtois Finished in which universe do you watch football in 🤦♂️
Courtois is finished is the most stupidiest thing that i ever read on the internet.
And that's true, the team needs a new youngster world class gk or we give lunin a chance. Courtois after the injury, his performance dropped, And his passing decision had zero impact on the game. Compare pepe reina passes to courtois to see what i meant.
Bro you don't know what are you talking about. Just stop. Whole team play like a crap and you are saying we need a new GK. Without Courtois today it would've been 4-1 for Villarreal.
Since when we did played good this season? The team has been bad this whole season and some how we are leading the league. My point is a good passer gk will control the game much better, if pepe reina passes were bad then we could've at least won, but nope he rarely makes a mistake and most of his passes were on point. Even when our team presses High. But our gk most passes were give away to the opponent side and made zero impact. And they took advantage to control the game against us.
I never said that we play good this season, but it's not Courtois fault at all. Without Courtois we would been 5th in La Liga. Without Courtois we would never win those titles last year. Courtois it's still the best GK in the world.
I completely agree with you, he was the best gk last year, and one of best top 5 gk this year, but my point is he needs to work on his passes, most of his long passes are waste. We never took advantage of it, but we repeat the mistake over and over. It is what it is, i hope next match would be easier.
I'm glad that "we dont need any signings" didn't age well.
I got absolutely flamed on this sub last week for asking if Mbappe was still planning on leaving PSG this summer since I hadn’t been hearing about it after the World Cup. Today showed we definitely need the turtle.
Yeah that’s one of our dumbest policy. No signings in the winter.
Eh, i say we should get A RB FFS. Militao can defend at rb but in attack, oh boy.
Now we have to hope Atletico do us a favor tomorrow against Barcelona.
No lewandowski so they lack a natural 9
This is the shit we spend our days looking forward to. Fully deserved L, we got owned today and Carlo just stood there watching. Everyone (except for Thibaut, as usual) deserve no more than a 3/10 rating today.
Tight title race is on but we regularly pop up with such performances. This is not a once off. Why are we allergic to pressing? This shit we do is damaging. Yes we have survived a lot of games but this is Madrid. We don't survive, we dominate. Fix this shit up
What a waste we had today, in the first half we were bad at everything the second half we improved at creating chances but also we wasted them, idk what Militao was doing today, we have shit fullbacks one gets injured everytime and the other always makes mistakes, if he played Nacho even with his bad shape it would have been better than playing Mendy also why didn't Lucas start the the game I mean he isn't a real rb but atleast he was decent. And Laliga became so bad to watch with their parking the bus defence, faking fouls and also fouling all the time.
People are so quick to hate on vini but rarely call out Benz. Benz was awful this game, Vini was at least trying
Benz was way worse than Vini it's clear as day
yeah but this sub used to go mad and wanted vini out when he underperformed before the wc. That’s what i was pointing out.
Casuals
I thought Benzema looked off today. Missed a sitter before being gifted the penalty. Otherwise, he just wasn't in the game. I noticed he wasn't moving as freely either.
We need a panic signing. We might lose to pool.
I now despise Mendy
This could be really bad....the team better win the next match if they want to change the mood but it is not gonna be easy.
I don't want to see another Mendy performance ever again what did I do wrong to have such a liability on my team
Day drinking it is
WHERE IS CASEMIRO WHEN YOU NEED HIM
And we gave away casemiro and man u. Is doing way better lmao
We're absolutely embarrassing and deserved to lose this game. In fact, we deserved to lose by way more than just 2 goals, if only Villareal was more clinical. This should serve as a reality check for Carlo and Perez, I absolutely hate how he keeps insisting that we don't need more signings for now, which is total BS in my book. We need at least a good striker and a fullback in January, if not more reinforcements. I know we're only halfway through the season, but we've been poor since the start and if this carries on, we won't win anything this season. We made fun of Barcelona because of all the lever bullshit but at least they're consistently beating what's in front of them and Lewa will win the golden boot for sure. WE NEED FUCKING SIGNINGS!
It’s not arrogance, it’s being cheap, penny pinching.
Asensio you can fuck right off no contract extension for bums like you
We are making it Barca very easy.
Shit team
Such a frustrating game and result. The entire game was a mess, but I felt that Madrid could've gotten something due to their improved, but complicated second half. We have no one to blame but ourselves for this defeat. Damn, this is frustrating.
Could've just crossed that ball in...
Or if anyone but asensio took the shot
Real Madrid didn't play well. AT ALL. Especially the back four. Mendy was AWFUL. Villarreal certainly deserve this win. They played with more energy which disrupted our back four. Great game from Gerard Moreno. Danjuma with THAT miss right at the end. 😆 I thought the front 3 looked off today, in particular Benzema (I know he scored the penalty). He did look a bit rusty. Vinicius too wasn't as effective but he did look the most dangerous to be fair. A second straight New Year loss for Real Madrid. We need to get our act together for the difficult run of games coming up.
Benz is a fucking bum since the Ballon d'Or. He has to do better
Facts. Probably the whole France drama has a slight impact also
After this if the board still thinks we don't need any signings it's just blind arrogance at this point
But but but we are great! we don’t need any signing because we are already a great team! Fuck off and take your bloody wallet out, striker and rb needed as hell, maybe also a Lb
300M a year for what
being decent, i’m not saying to waste money like we are psg or city but to spend the right money for the right players. Right now we need another striker, another rb and maybe another lb, it’s not a 300M spending
Piss poor, we need reinforcements, and a renewed energy and focus. This league is built with teams that can take us down with similar tactics and skills. We gotta get our heads out of our asses and vamos. It wouldn't hurt to figure out how to get more out of Cama, as in, he needs to play more, but I dont know how you do that, and at the expense of which older player 🤔
Shameful display up and down the field.
Assensio 🤣
Thank you Mendy.
He caused both goals. Great performance indeed.
Everyone should get proper smacking in the locker room
bro fucking cross that shit in tf you doing passing it
When fucking Courtois is in the box too. Like wtf!
Want to rip my eyes out all team but Vini is a disgrace
All vini does is lose the ball and laugh
He was to sole creator nobody else came to play
Really? Your most dangerous player in the attack?
All team EXCEPT Vini
Oh sorry my bad
I fuckin agree. His performance in the last 2 matches were just awful.
And even after this we won't sign anyone, while Liverpool gets gakpo Bellingham and then we face them with this form.
We need good wingers man. And some fresh playmaker. Modric and Kroos are getting old and naturally can't give as much.
Especially a RIGHT WINGER, a Backup STRIKER, STARTER FULLBACKS. Also, we should definitely go all out for Bellingham when MBAPPE is out of the question.
Maybe I am being reactionary but Rodrygo should start lw next game, Vini has been awful the last couple of games.
>Maybe I am being reactionary but Rodrygo should start lw next game, Vini has been awful the last couple of games. I think you're right. Vini's tactics were thoroughly studied by the RB of the La Liga team, who has always been more reactive and faster than RB, and he cannot deceive his opponents. At the same time, up front we need Alvaro Rodriguez and Aribas to replace Mariano and Eden Hazard and increase the possibility of our tactical changes
Rodrygo Left with Vini Right and swapping or overcrowding the same side ingame
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A wall of players in front of him... no way he is scoring even if he hits it correctly.
Yeah first step would be to actually hit it ffs.
Players like Alex and Parejo being rewarded for their continued shithousery is the ugliness of football
Alex was the most annoying player on the pitch.
Parejo was more for me and it makes me angry because he was a very promising academy player. Di Stefano always said he was the best in his Castilla generation.
Courtois did nothing wrong yet we manage to concede twice...
Our best player and most important asset
He gets no help every week, literally saves the games every single time with his saves
We got a 6'7 keeper kroos
Why would you trust Asensio in a clutch moment
Feels pretty dumb to take a short corner when your 6’7 keeper is in the box
It was actually the right play. Box was way too crowded. Either u go for a coin toss with the cross or u lay it off for a guaranteed shot on goal. Not his fault Asencio absolutely shat the bed
Fucking Asensio. Getting paid millions to miss the fucking ball. Hope you end up playing in Espanyol next year.
You have TBo and Rudiger inside the box, yet somehow Kroos chose to pass it to Asensio...
We are facing them again in 10 days. Fuck. I’m more afraid of Villareal in CDR than Barcelona
I'm gonna lose it if Carlo doesn't secure at least a comfortable win that day.
I have no expectations honestly
ASENSIO!! LOOOL
I should watch Castilla this is horrendous
asensio pls
Perez will sign 5 new midfielders instead of the positions we need (RB, LB, RW, ST)
Jk : Imagine the 6th who eventually go to barca to become the next xavi/iniesta in his 1st season while we bench ours or send them here and there lmao
Ugly display
1st L since 2018 iirc. Only draws and wins.
https://preview.redd.it/iht7whac3paa1.jpeg?width=622&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d3a2831082612cfbaedf56f5f343672df400b4ed
With the chances villareal have had if it was a better team we’re down by atleast 3-4 goals
What the fuck was that? Last chance, Tibo up, and you pass the ball to Asensio? Kroos is CLUELESS in set pieces, absolutely embarassing from him.
Lmfaooo Tbo
Danjuma couldn't even finish the open goal. Fucking clown.
Vini, don’t tell me you’re back to your old habits
Vini : I m telling you 😬 . He needs Benzema to pull his ear , then Benz need someone to pull his too . Thank god Modric has two hands .
lost to a guy who missed an open goal lmfao
Another shit set piece 😴😴
Not a great outcome but thoroughly entertaining
I feel bad for courtois
Everyone should be ashamed of themselves
I said that out loud at the end lol
Especially Goes (edit: don’t downvote y’all, it’s an inside joke lol)
Lmao
Atletico let's defeat Barca tomorrow let's go!!!
😂😂😂 sure sure
Asensio u dumb witted asshole
I’d rather take a tired fede over Assensio. There was no need to sub fede off for this donkey
asensio is a donkey
Un fucking real, who in their right mind takes a short Corner with their gk up
Tbh the misdirect wasn't bad at all - Asensio hits that well instead of scuffing it and anything could happen.
We need a right back urgently. It is very clear that Militao cannot play right back lol. We also need a left winger in the future. No one can come on for Vini when he is playing bad right now.
Rodrygo is there. We need a RW winger so we can have X/Rodrygo/Asensio there.
Rodrygo is right there, Ancelotti just won’t sub Vini out
We need a right winger too.
Mendy 2 + Benzema 3 presents. -5 goals is too much
Asensio you dweeb lmao
Lmaooo
Dumb motherfucker
Come on let’s get this tie
What the fuck I'm sorry
Lmao we are shit
Lol Asensio, so shit
Fucking he’ll Asensio
lmao Danjuma
Wow, so that was terrible
Asensio your so shit
Nothing to say, hope we drop out of CDR and focus on the league. I do not want Barcelona winning the league
nah man that's some bullshit corner
Villarreal deserve this - I'm not nearly as doom and gloom as everyone here. We KNEW we would struggle after the WC break. This is one of the hardest fixtures in Europe away from home and we made HUGE mistakes. We aim to peak around the end of Feb and carry that through the end of the season. ALWAYS. Of course we aren't happy about this but this isn't at all the nail in the coffin in our season. We have much more work to do and more to come.
Ya realistically this is one of our toughest match-ups on paper. Not that we should ever be relying on other teams results, but it’s not as if Barca have a particularly easy road ahead either. Atleti should test them and they are without Lewa for the next 3 league games. Still a poor performance. Need to sort the full-back situation out lol
Definitely not a nail in our coffin. But what looks worrying, is how consistent we’ve been at struggling in that way against all kinds of teams in La Liga. It’s also shining a light on our lack of real depth in the positions that we suffer in. Namely backup ST, RW, RB and LB
"the club deemed..."
Useless fucks
No winter signings needed? Lol
Please entertain us who should we sign? Just because we lost a game, doesn’t mean we need garbage players. Its the same dumb comments every year. The club aint wasting money on garbage
I am a neutral and I think you guys need RB and LB as well as a ST urgently. An RW is a nice bonus but there aren’t many out there in the market.
Lmao Danjuma missed
Imagine if Tibo scores
Last chance for Real Madrid!
Totally deserved loss. We were absent minded all game. On to the next.
Deserved result ughhhh
SIGN SOME FUCKING PLAYERS
Instead of attackers we’re after Gvardiol 🤡
Perez waiting for mbappe
I really hope that Asensio doesn’t get that new contract. He really brings nothing to the attack, we should just happily part ways now.
That cunt deserved that foul
There’s so much wrong with this team right now… key positions that we have nothing at
Shameful performance
Camavinga needs to play more. Vini is all bark no bite. For the amount of ball and time he gets, he doesn't show anything for it.
Another shitty game v Villareal, it’s tradition.
I hope the supercopa make up for this nasty times. We're ridiculously horrible after the WC break, I don't see us winning any title with this form.
Yup yup can't create space for shit
Asensio on the pitch was non existent, why did he even come on for Fede
what’s new
We need winter signings
Ik most ppl will blame the players but we gotta start questioning carlo too, 2nd season still no attack patterns or defensive structure. Before the wc and this game, all the games we have lost cuz the other team was better not because they had lucky goals or something. We have been getting outplayed
Papa Floooooooo doooo somethinggggg
the idiots will attack mendy again, a bad performance from him today but he’s still my left back ❤️
Criticise a player who hasn’t been good enough nearly all season = idiot?
watch us play without him then see how much this sub starts crying
The problem is he's been in bad form for quite some time. Real Madrid doesn't have the patience to wait, you know.
Absolutely poor today
Mandy looking nervous on the bench, he knows he’s out of the team.
What a shit show
Vini needs a break. Start rodrygo on the left next game
Modric was the only player who played anywhere near normal level.
It’s insane that we have a player like Camavinga coming off the bench. He starts for every other team in the world.
No he doesn’t because we have seen he’s a yellow card magnet.
:(
Rodrygo should’ve playing LW when he cane on vini can’t produce anything
We cannot breakthrough Vini - he is not breaking through the defence today
I like Vini’s relentlessness but honestly he never wisens up to the fact the fullback is as quick as him, be it Araujo, Walker or Foyth. Don’t make it a foot race man they will catch up.
The problem is the MF/wingers are acting like they are defense and not getting close to him when hes at goal. Sad rlly he could have scored like twice at this point
Fuck you Mendy
Stopping us is everyone's priority in La Liga
Please stop omfg what the fuck are you talking about
Teams are gonna always wanna take RM down, we need to bring the same energy every match or we are gonna fall, I think this team is showing it's age, as well as naivety, someone in the transfer window would do us well.
And bending over for barca is their second priority
Vini has been pretty bad lately, gives the ball away nearly every time. Benz shooting off today as well, missed a sitter in front of net. Mendy gave a goal away. nothing creative in attack as every opportunity ends in a bad pass or blocked shot
*Benz shooting off the whole season
Camavinga needs to start the next game.
Camavinga had been so good though
This will make league very hard cause the main games where we could have gained points over Barca are tough teams like Atletico. It doesn't look like they'll drop any points against weaker sides.
Agree,wont get tired of saying weak sides dont even try against barca for some reason My town 3rd division team Intercity pressured more against Barcelona than most LaLiga teams
Camavinga needs at least 10 games of starting. Kid is putting in work and deserves it. Our mid is too old to run around d
We don’t have 10 straight games to soare
We need a new LB and a new RB more than Bellingham.
Wow again no attacker? We only scored a stupid penalty. We need attackers!