Perez-flu Victim One: Fabio Cannavaro
Tuesday, 05 May 09, 12:09 AM · Comments (116)
Ciao amico e buona fortuna ;(
Let's first define the Perez-flu.
Perez-flu (or Perez-influenza) is a disease that only effects Real Madrid football club, its members, staff, players, and everything that has to do with it -- yes even the fans who live outside it. Its symptoms include irrational decisions such as selling Makelele, not signing Ronaldinho for his unattractive mug and sacking coaches every six months. Its effects include poor performances on the pitch, lack of spirit and discipline, internal conflicts, and trophyless coma that could continue for four or five years.
Yes, it is even worse than the swine-flu.
Sadly though, Cannavaro is its first victim.
You'll find reports on Fabio on many TV stations in Spain, Italy and all over the world. They all confirm that Real Madrid has shown these symptoms and the first victim is officially Fabio Cannavaro.
He has successfully undergone a medical with Juventus and will sign a one year contract with the Italian club.
As I said in my previous article, Cannavaro is old in footballing terms, and can't be relied upon, however, how are you going to find a replacement for him at the moment?
Even though his performances are nothing to compare to his excellent World Cup performances, still he adds some strength, experience and stability to our backline.
I can assure you that he wants to stay and would ignore the Juventus move If we said yes to his contract renewal. We could only renew his contract for one year, and during that year, we would extensively search for a replacement.
The reason I'm saying this is because it is difficult to find a top-notch central defender who is also available at the moment. It would take a lot of search, and then negotiations to sign a quality one, and If the next leadership adopts the same Calderon transfer strategy, we'll surely be short of players next season -- as we'll be offloading tons of players -- and not loading any.
This really worries me. I know I might be over emotional with the Cannavaro case, but I think it is too early to let him go. He isn't that bad. At least he isn't as stupid as Heinze or as crazy as Pepe.
What is appearent is that Perez is definitely coming. The flu exists. And God knows what's gonna happen.
Hala Madrid!
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the Spanish press will push rumors over rumors, and we can't believe anything..but I do think that kaka is more possible than ronaldo..
I fhink it's the right time to let cannavaro go..he's far from his best, and he's become old..real madrid need lightning quick defenders, and I think the plan was that garay takes fabio's spot..
I only pray for another left back since heinze is really bad..but our defensive line should be ok if we can control games more in midfield..
you are absolutely right, and you need a player who can change the speed of the game..it's not only about running fast, but playing fast....this role takes gago, and that's why we lose..
this kind of player must be able to slow the team down, but also get the team running..I'm pretty confident xabi alonso is the center of our game next year..
that's the main reason I disliked schuster, because he played very slowly till the last striker from the oponent was behind the ball..
juande's sevilla played rather fast..
Simple, buy Bruno Alves from Porto and let Cannavaro go!
Oh god this is scary...and beleive me...deadly...I heard something way way worse...a swap between Higuain and Ibrahimovich
I swear Perez is going to get hurt if that happens!!! Also I'd like to point out the VERY sad fact that although there is an endless list of players who are being mentioned...not even ONE o them is a defender!!!Yes he learned from his mistakes....haha nice joke 
I've also heard he will get rid of the Dutch players....including Huntelaar,Robben and Sneijder....I'd better stop now cause this is getting on my nerves.
Reply to Danniel:
look guys i told you if u dont trust perez then maybe u should trust the fact that his plans r backed by zidane!!!
Reply to Danniel:
Oh and I forgot to mention Wenger and Ancellotti (the two coaches being mentioned)...
Wenger-->He hasn't won anything with Arsenal except the excellent 4th position in the league EACH SEASON...Jurade's Sevilla were better...they won 2 UEFA Cups
Ancellotti-->He accomplished what very few can do...that is fail to qualify a team like Milan to the champions league...and despite being in the UEFA Cup...still be able to lose it...once again Ramos is better....he won it TWICE with Sevilla.
I'd only change Jurade for Del Bosque,Capello,Mourinho,Guardiola or Hidding...since all 5 are basically impossible to get...I'd stick with Ramos for a very very long time.
Reply to Danniel:
If we swap Higuain with Ibrahimovich that wouldn't be souch a bad thing...
You make it look like Ibra is a shit attacker.
And adam. What cind of writing is this when you say that Canavaro is not that bad...???????????????
He still has speed, he has an enormous knowledge and skills...
He isn't that bad?? HE is excellent and he should stay for another year!!!
Hopefully Perez makes him stay...
Reply to Danniel:
You are apsolutely right.
Ancellotti made what few can. Win CL one or two times and play in the final or semi final a couple of times... And off course win the italian leage.
Juande's sevilla hasn't done that...!
Reply to trooper:
I have read somewhere that he is backed with Zidane or Valdano ( who is one of the best sporting directors in Real Madrid history), or maybe both.....
SUPPOSEDLY CONFIRMED: Eduardo Garcia, a candidate for the Presidency at Real Madrid has announced agreements with three players; Didier Drogba, Ivan Marcano of Racing and Kierrison of Palmeiras. What I can assure you is...he ain't getting far with a ticket like that
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
hehehe exactly mate!!!then may i should also present myself as a candidate by offering two genius sporting directors!!!1:adam bader 2:angel of madrid....
I am certainly not going to lose any sleep over the sale of Cannavaro. Why? He's been a good servant to Madrid. But his time is up. He'd be an emergency sub next year - that's all. And why should he languish on the bench if Juventus are prepared to offer him more? It would not be fair to expect Cannavaro to languish on Real Madrid's subs bench when a good offer in on the table from Juventus.
Thank you very much, Cannavaro, for your expertise and professionalism. All the best for the future.
Reply to Danniel:
The UEFA cup? A good trophy for Sevilla to win, but one they would gladly swap for a place in the final of Champions League. The UEFA is second tier football. It means nothing to Real Madrid, Juventus, Barcelona, Milan or any of the big 16 teams.
How can anyone suggest that Juande is a better coach than Wenger? It's madness.
Reply to Rireal:
zidane is a magnificient football player,thats it. he doesnt quite have the experience in management skills or dealing transfers.how could you trusts his plans? im just saying that i have my doubts about whether he would actually be good for real madrid.though,i would like to be proven wrong.
Reply to flynn:
I agree completely. Great player usually don't do well at jobs inside the club, take Mijatovic as an example.
Regarding Pepe, I still believe he is world class who has had a, well, awful season. I remember how solid he was last season, especially against Barcelona.
Regardless, we need to improve our defence. I know Garay is coming, but we need a strong, physical lad, not too old but having considerable experience.
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
i heard monchi from sevilla is coming.he has done wonders for them.maybe he's the best option to replace mijatovic.
Reply to flynn:
forget about the option!!! there r rumours that perez might actually trade higauin with ibra!!!if this happens i am going to assasinate perez
well im going to help you with that if the trade goes through !
we need to raid valencia for david silva,juan mata and raul albiol.possibly david villa if we end up selling cannavaro,metzelder,saviola and another striker ! this should be our highest priority.
Reply to flynn:
agreed 100%!!!what would it be like having higauin and villa in attack supported by ribery and silva on the flanks and midfield combo of gourcuff and lass>>>>having sergio,pepe,garay and yuri zirkov in the defence along with saint iker...i wish just for once perez somehow visit this blog!!
The fact is Cannavaro is probably in perfect form. And probably will do 100 times better than he's doing now in RM when he goes to Juve.
He's not old. He's a friggin italian midfielder.
You'll say I didn't say it.
Meant to say Defender not midfielder. Typos suck...
It will be interesting to see Perez's promises because they would raise lots of rumors and turmoil in other clubs. I have a feeling though that his first two signings are the pair of Silva and Villa. Those two will be promised along with Granero and Negredo. That's just my prediction though. I'm all in favour of getting Negredo back, he's amazing on the ball and him, Higuain and Villa would make a devastaing trio of strikers. I think he'll also go for Xabi Alonso after signing these four. Then he's going to go Lahm and Zapata followed by a push for Kaka. That's how I see this summer unfolding. Hopefully, this is how it goes
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
then what was calderdon claiming about having ready signed the world bests player!!!i think we should have atleast 5 spanish players in the startin 11...
Firstly I want to say that Calderon has always been lying, he promised kaka,cesc..nothing! he betrayed at elections etc. so I don't give a darn to what he lies around anymore
Secondly I think perez is under huge pressure. he waits so long before declaring his candidacy, so the press and the fans speculate alot..if he comes with only david villa and silva and no kaka, no ronaldo, no cesc, no gerrard (you know what I want to say) then fans might be disappointed..he needs the very best players..
I don't want to say that villa and silva wouldn't be fantastic, indeed they fit into real's squad..
and I got one question for our French friends..
what's the news about benzema, where will he go and when?
I like this kid..
Reply to Rireal:
I think most madrid fans would rather higuain over ibra anyday.. ibra is at his peak, yet he has flopped at the big stage.. Ibra is very lazy, higuain always plays his heart out, along with robben, raul, and yes, even gago, although the latter two are in very poor form.. higuain is 6 years younger than Ibra, yet he can do almost everything Ibra could do.. we should go for benzema instead of Ibra, but i would much rather the world's no.1 striker, david villa.. plus, villa's spanish..
Reply to flynn:
David villa should be our no.1 target.. especially if the dutch clear-out rumours are true.. although i think we should keep robben and VDV..
Reply to flynn:
Most likely, it's valdano and zidane, or valdano along, with zidane as youth coach
Reply to madridtrini4:
alone*
and what about roberto carlos? isn't he coming back? what is he going to do?
Hey everyone. First off a terrible result and performance on Saturday. Only Casillas and Higuain get pass marks with Marcelo, Robben and Ramos(despite his mistake for the fourth) average. Gago, Lass, Metzelder, Heinze, Cannavaro and Van Der Vaart were terrible and Raul non-exsistent.
However, anybody thinking Florentino Perez to come back and drastically change the squad needs a reality check. It's this sort of "quick fix" decisions after bad results that left the club in a shambles.
Yes, some players need to go. I agree that Gago probably has to leave, be it either by loan or permanently. Although i think he's a good player when he's been up against top class opposition like Juventus, Liverpool and Barcelona he's been, much like MADRID, out of his depth.
Heinze has been nothing short of abysmal since joining MADRID and should be shown the door.
Other players like Metzelder, Cannavaro, Van Der Vaart, Saviola, Dudek and maybe even Van Nistelrooiy seem to be leaving regardless.
Yes, we also need a few new players. I think we should actually go for both David Siva and David Villa at Valencia. With Saviola and maybe even Ruud leaving in the summer i think Villa would be an excellent addition up front. Also Silva can play on the right side and with both having played in Spain for a few years will not have to adapt to the pace of the game in La Liga.
Also i think we need to bring in A left back. Someone like Chivu, i think, would be good. He's very sound defensively and has some pace. He should be able to cope with pacey forwards.
Lastly a centre-half is essential. Although Garay is coming into the club, with both Metzelder and Cannavaro likely to leave, we need another defender. Somebody like Chiellini would do.
Despite these changes the nucelus of the current squad and Juande Ramos should remain.
A little patience goes a long way. And if you don't believe me just look perseverence has done for Man Utd, Barcelona, Arsenal, Liverpool....
HALA MADRID!!!
Yes i agree with most of you top priority should be david villa and silva then phillip lahm another fast and strong young defender may be kaka if thats possible or ribery please keep robben and sneider,robben ruud diarra.Robben can be injury prone but dont forget his amzing runs and skills look at how many games he has helped madrid to win this season vital when fit, perez must learn from past mistakes you dont break this whole team some players can still be on the sub bench and make a very strong 22 players like chelsea of 2005/06 2006/07.this idea of seling all orange players is just useless and will demolish the near perfect team of next season.
The players that need to go are Heinze raul guti,garcia, drenthe, gago,metzelder, cannavarro,vdv, either huntelaar or ruud.if madrid are not careful they will once again be second to barca coz barca only needs a small adjustment to remain a very good side they already are.
On zidane i think he was one of the best in the century but as someone has mentioned he might not be a good sports director you need to know your football ethics to be one have a very good coach and listen to his demands you work collectively to come up with a very good team.may be mourinho would be a very good choice he can inter for madrid if aproached with full control of the team its all up to valdano to set up a good management team not politically appointed.
lets all wait and see these rumours to come out true and hope for the best of madrid.
Can anyone tell me why is it that Mr Perez has taken so much time to come out in the open is because he wants to hear what the fans are saying first or is he busy laying out his strategy for winnning the elections including new signings.
Reply to Rireal:
I never said Ibra is a shit attacker...but for me Higuain is already at the same level of Ibra...and many years younger...to me I don't care if Ibra scores beautiful goals...it's how many he scored that counts...the fact is that Ibra scored 19 this season and Higuain (although he played as a winger) has scored 19 too!!
Reply to Caracoleo:
Jurade won two UEFA cups with Sevilla...a team that whose players surely aren't at the same level of AC Milan...
2nd of all managers are consdered good by the amount of cups/titles they won...what has Wenger won with a great team like Arsenal?Basically nothing...and he isn't coming close to mounting a serious title challenge anytime soon thanks to sales of players like Henry and Viera.Ramos with Sevilla has won 2UEFA Cups...which although you say it's almost worthless (I don't think so)...it's still better than nothing
how many goals has higuain scored in cl. this year?
how many goals has higuain scored away from the bernabeu this year?
look it up!
he's a good scorer with a ton of potential, but..only time will tell..
Reply to Danniel:
sorry but Higuain is not at the same level as Ibra.
not yet anyway. if you are looking at the skills, speed, even creativity Ibra is a better player.
Reply to Rireal:
If you consider an attacker by the skills,speed etc he has then good for you...I consider an attacker being good by the amount of goals he scored...and maybe assists...and if you consider that Higuain is as good as Ibra...this year atleast.Then according to you...Inzaghi is the worst player there ever was cause I wonder if he scored one beautiful goal in his entire career...and he doesn't have skills,speed or creativity.
Reply to Danniel:
*...and if you consider that,Higuain...
Reply to ludwig Hasbauer:
How many times has Higuain played as an attacker this year?
How many times has Higuain had "the whole team playing for him" (like Ibra does)?
Reply to Rireal:
I said: "He isn't that bad. At least he isn't as stupid as Heinze or as crazy as Pepe."
What I intended to say was that Cannavaro wasn't horrible at all, to the extent that you sell it to another team. He is excellent yes, but we have for the future -- Cannavaro isn't going to be here for a long time.
Reply to Danniel:
You probably know that I back Juande up, but I don't agree that he is as good as Wenger or Ancelotti. Don't understand me wrong, Juande has superb tactical skills, but those two have more experience in coaching big teams and in playing in the Champions League. AC Milan won two CL titles and made it to the semi-final and final on many occasions under Ancelotti. This isn't easy to achieve trust me.
As for Wenger, he is a master -- no question about that and is one of the best coaches the world has ever seen. As I said before, coaches are not only evaluated by their CVs and even so, look at Wenger's CV and you'll realize he isn't as bad as you might think.
One more last thing. Higuain is a very good player who is developing quickly. Ibra is more experienced and has better skills when it comes to dribbling, speed, headers, moving without the ball and I believe he is much more better than Higuain. I wouldn't trade him for Higuain because he can't be there for us for a long time, though I'd certainly buy him If I had the chance.
Reply to Danniel:
Oh please!! I'm not even going to entertain the idea that Juande is better than Wenger. If you think so, then good night Daniel, and pleasant dreams.
Metzelder is entirely blameless for our current predicament. He has been sparingly, and responded well when called upon. I would say he has played much better than anyone expected.
Chivu has already turned us down in the past. So lets not go down that avenue again. Bruno Alves could be a good option. Good in the air, good on the floor, bur like Metzelder, maybe a little slow?
The important thing is to blooding some of the talent from Castilla. Get rid of some of the mediocre Dutch players. And bring in one world class central midfielder, and one world class striker.
I think Florentino will do this - more or less.
Reply to Danniel:
The thing about his away form is right! Only one away goal this season, I think. That's not good from ur main striker!
I can tell u names of some strikers that will make u forget Higuain,if they were in our team!
They are: Fernando Torres, David Villa (both Spanish), Diego Forlan , Kun Aguero (remember how they both played in the 1-1 draw at the Bernabeu?) , Didier Drogba, Lukas Podolsky (he is having a bad run, he plays brilliantly for the Germans), David Trezeguet (can be RM's Henry), Carlos Tevez, Santi Cazorla, Fernando Llorente (Athletic Bilbao, in current Spanish squad).
That's all for now, will try to recall some more!
Hey man !Can anyone tell me why we let go Julio Baptista, Robinho , Antonio Cassano (Italian striker) all at the same time? We needed Baptista as cover for Sneijder, and Cassano should have been given more chances.
Why nobody mentions Baptista's departure from Madrid? He scored a solo goal in El-Clasico 2 seasons ago which RM won 1-0 at Camp Nou!
Reply to ravi:
Hey...all I'm saying is that I wouldn't trade Higuain for Ibra that's all..I think Ibra is a VERY over-rated player....I'm not saying higuain is the best attacker in world or something...by far...(although I think he definatly might become so).
As for the attackers you mentioned...Podolsky,Tevez and Trezeguet aren't even starters in their respective teams...whilst Aguero hasn't even scored as many goals as Higuain did....and I bet he played much more minutes.
Lastly...to who is saying that Wenger is better than Ramos...can you please specify what has Wenger won during his time with Arsenal?And we'll compare that to what has Ramos won with a worse team and in less time.Now I know Arsenal play excellent football...the important thing is to win....and whoever doesn't agree with this can't say Capello is a good coach (cause his teams play ugly football)
Reply to Danniel:
Oh and I fotgot to mention....Wenger's Arsenal are losing 3-0 at the Emirates...
Reply to ravi:
no wonder why we real madrid fans r known as dickheads!!!higuain is our top assist man and goal scorer for ur kind clueless information!!!and yet i find some fans not satisfied..wow great..i wont swap higuain for cristiano ronaldo and u r talkin about torres,trezeguet,aguero etc...try watching some cricket mate
Reply to trooper:
Aw pew...someone with some sense....you guys can't beleive how many clubs want Higuain...I bet there are more clubs who want Higuain then those who want Ibra
Higuain is NOT A "WORLD CLASS STRIKER" THE WORLD'S GREATEST CLUB NEEDS A "WORLD CLASS STRIKER" ,LIKE WE HAD THE BRAZILIAN RONALDO! U UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM TRYIN' TO SAY?
And if u want RM to "develop" players like Higuain, then go support Arsenal and their Nasris and Bendtners!
RM will now only have "World Class" players in their squad! At least Florentino got us a CL in 2002/03.
We only won previous 2 league titles because Barcelona slipped up and were not on their best game!
And believe me La Liga title means nothing on European stage!
Reply to trooper:
Why don't U watch cricket mate? I am watching IPL now!
If u know abt cricket,U must be knowing what IPL is, right?
Reply to Danniel:
exactly!!!the only reason they dont approach for our player because real madrid is not a selling club...i bet ravi will be one of those who would loved to have higuain at madrid had he been playing for some other club!!!and regarding wenger i would prefer real madrid to remain as a club than seeing it turned in to an acedamy...keep juande for now and if it is possible to ge mourinho or benetiz than sack him otherwise ther is no need>>>cause wenger just got owned at emirates..
Reply to ravi:
Haha you're comparing Higuain to Bentner....this is funny....so according to you podolski,Foran and Llorente are world class strikers?(in the list you mentioned)
Reply to Danniel:
dont be bothered danniel!!!it doesnt matter what people think of higuain..for me he is the best real madrid player besides casillas...he is the guy who makes me travel from barcelon to madrid just to see him play for real madrid at the weekend!!!he is humble, down to earth and hard working and just like kanoute said he is the messi of real madrid
Reply to Danniel:
off course i consider attacker by his skills and speed, and in those skills come's goalscoring instinct, especially at attackers.
or it's just me..?????
who is talking about Inzaghi?
He has a tremendous goalscoring instinct, but hey, dont tell me that he is better than Eto because he has more golas scored than him... Eto is a complete player and that's what i were trying to say, and at this point Ibra is slightly ahead...! Maybe next season he start's scoring at CL and get more goals at away games in Primera. He has the experience now and next year he can do better in all games he plays.
Higuain is great but he still has a space for improvement and i am not saying that we have to get rid of him.
Reply to trooper:
Haha I'm not bothered I'm still laughing at the Bentner-Higuain comparison...but it seems that the perez-flu has hit many many people...
Reply to ravi:
we let baptista, robinho go because of the 'FANTASTIC' board and their decisions
, and Cassano because of his attitude...
Reply to ravi:
Every strong team in Europe has a young and promising striker like Higuain and he's been consistent this year. In fact, he is maybe our best player so far, so hand off him, will ya.
Ha ha ha ! Why everybody getting so worked up over Higuain? I liked him once too! But he could not meet my expectations.
All I am saying is RM can do a lot better than Gonzalo Higuain!
If he is so good, why can't he make the Argentinian national side?
And what's the excuse for his away and CL form?
:
Hey everybody why did we want Arsene Wenger?
His shitty side got beat 3-1 tonight and 4-1 aggregate!
The man simply cannot win a title and keeps selling his good players- Henry, Hleb etc.
We would never want such a loser at RM!
What's the use of all his coaching genius if he cannot win trophies?
Hiddink, I bow down to him. The man is a legend!
Man! I wish he was available for us!
Reply to ravi:
This is the only thing I'm going to say....he's one of the top 3 promising attackers in the world...it's pointless trying to argue a lost case...He isn't in the argentina national side because Maradona's daughtter is going out with Aguero....so he has no chance...
Reply to ravi:
Ah for once...I agree with you 300%...that's what I've been trying to say!!
Everybody has got his own opinion.
I was just trying to make U change yours.
Its alright if we agree to disagree!
Chill man!
Reply to ravi:
No no mate I totally agree.....but there was a moment I was being "attacked" by everyone for critisizing Ibra and Wenger....no worries mate....after all we all have one goal aye....to improve R.Madrid
I cannot digest Adam's views on Canna!
Canna is dispensible! Always has been.
I doubt his loyalty to Real Madrid.
I cannot forget last year's 2 losses against Juve.
That traitor Canna was hugging our villain Del Piero after the defeat! Atleast he should be sensitive to RM's fans feelings!
It was such an unpleasant sight! Who knows? May be he sabotaged our defence against Juve!
I have reason to suspect his loyalties because of his eagerness to return to Juve- "Old Lady of Turin" what does that mean anyway?
who is the old lady?
how did she get associated with Juve?
When is she going to die?
I am glad Real Madrid is not called "Old Lady of Madrid" Ha Ha!
Reply to Danniel:
In case you didn't notice, we got walloped 2-6 at home. So, what was your point? Oh, you had finished? Well allow me to retort:
Arsenal have been transformed under Wenger - who the hell were Arsenal anyway before he took over? Wenger has come close to winning the Champions League with a team with an average age of around 23. He has won the Premier League several times, once being UNBEATEN FOR A WHOLE SEASON. He has developed some of the best players in the world, and in case you missed it, we've spent the last 4 years chasing their midfield playmaker.
Now remind me about Juande's achievements again?
Reply to ravi:
He was available for us, Ravi - and, if you had followed Real Madrid before the Galactico era you'd know that we were pretty shit under him. So you can stop bowing now.
And why is everyone suddenly going nuts about Ibrahimovic?
Has this guy ever played a decent game in the Champions League? I thought he was crap against Manchester United.
Reply to Caracoleo:
As far as I'm concerned it was Wenger who chose to keep his team of around 23 years of age...it's his fault he got rid of his players who were younger...
And if you want a like for like....Jurade created a team who won 2 UEFA Cups,beat us a couple of times and was considered best in the world.Also...he was the guy who found out who were Dani Alves,S.Ramos (the best two right backs in the world) and many others.
Reply to Caracoleo:
If Hiddink couldn't get us results, then who would now?
SAVE US ALMIGHTY GOD!
hey yall am reading all sorts of bad news these days such as selling all the dutch squad whats that all about atleast keep Roubben N huntelaar !!! why sell our best man Roubben if we cant even come close to signing a better winger .
2nd of all HIGUAIN IS better than ibra taking AGE in consideration and YES Gonzalo is capable of doing almost everything Ibra can do ... i read that Perez is willing to pay 50 millioin or so to get ibra PLUS the services of either Hguain , Huntelaar , and Robben . ( PEREZ SHOULD GO F*** him self.
3rd Kaka wants to stay in Ac and Ronaldo's dream is dead so please do not waste time chasing them for nothing we have many better options for example Ribery who is unfortunately bouncing to barca next season , Villa and Silva are awsome too ... and if he can bring the Cesc that would be great aswell , it doesnt make any sense selling half of our squad before making sure we have an alternative ......
Finally we should fill our weakest link which is our left back spot heinze is crap and so is marcello in order to start competing in the CL we should have one really tough back-bone for our defence and some1 on the other side to help robben out. ( selling the guy is shows that perez is still naive n stupid ...
Thank you Canna goodluck in torino ---- HALA MADRID
the guy shows **
and and and its Robben*** !!!!!!!!!
i agree perez hasn't learnt from his mistake and he's gonna destroy madrid again. Selling all the players he wants to sell is stupid sure a few can go but for example robben why on earth do you wanna sell him, he is one of the best in the world en he is still kind of young and is still improving. And hiquain maby he is not yet really worldclass and isn't as good as ibrahimovic but he is still young and he is improving to if you look at the hiquain from last season and this season he is 10 times better. i think perez should not come to madrid and if he comes i hope he doesn't do all the things that is said everywere in the papers
Perez should get Ronaldo. About Striker debate, if we are buying lets go for Tevez . hardworking, complete striker.
Reply to ravi:
Higuain is the best Rm player in this terrible season. He is the one who steps up most of the time for us and he is a promising star. However, he is not at the same level of Ibra yet. Ibra is more experienced and mature. Ibra is better in skill level while Higuain runs faster than former. It doesn't mean that Higuain can't be exceed Ibra someday. He is improving season by season. Ibra is already at his peak while Higuain has enormous room to improve. wut i wanna emphasize is that their different atitudes pretty much indicate who will become more successful bw them. Ibra is always lazy to run while Higuain will never stop running on the pitch. Ibra is a genius but his atitude somewhat becomes his obstacle to be the best. Higuain works so hard and his improvement pretty much prove this point. But i agree that he needs to play better in CL to prove himself too.
Reply to Anti-Mijatovic:
the Higuain and Ibra swap is totally nonsense. yes, we must sign some superstars to strenthen our squad, but why would we wanna forgo our best players(Robben and Higuain) to weaken our current squad.
Perez has to learn from his mistakes. The first 3 yrs of Galactigo Era were actually fantastic to me in which we'd bought FIgo, Makelele, Zidane, Ronaldo, and Cambiasso. In those 3 yrs, we were the best team in the world and playing the most entertaining football. Even playing some big teams like Roma and Lazio(still in its peak) away from home, we still had the game totally dominated and defeated them. The backline was terrible but the "superb midfield" gave us the advantage of possession football so it reduce the pressure for the backline. We just barely defeated by Bayern Munich in 2001 in which htey played even more defensive than the Chelsea who played in Nou Camp last week. We got knocked out by Junve in 2003 only because Perez neglect to sign some world class defender. HE really has to learn from his mistake cuz i thk he really lacks of football knowledge so much and i don't want to see him interfering some technical stuff so much. HIs "ZIdane and Pavon" plan was totally ignorant.
There are two things i will expect to see from Real Madrid. First, we have to rebuild that real madrid football philosophy among the team. During the Calderon and Mijatovic era, The "real madrid football philosophy has been lost". Our team seems lack fo depth compared with the top teams in Europe. The La Liga title we won at 06-07 was an Miracle and was bought about by Capello's effort. Last season, Barca had been struggle most of the time in La Liga and they gave us nearly no pressure on La Liga since they focused more in CL. THe 0-3 aggregate result against ROma pretty much indicates that we are not the real madrid that we used to be. Second, we can to announce a "RETURN" in the CL. In these several years. I can't even perceive our existence in CL. sometimes, we even struggle on playing some 2nd tier team once we left Bernabeu. we are not a giant in CL anymore, this is very disappointing for me . A 3 billion expentiture has got us 3 consecutive knocked out in the first knockout round. it's really pathetic.
Reply to Anti-Mijatovic:
I agree completely me friend. I admire your sense of football
Reply to Anti-Mijatovic:
Makelele was not from Perez's Galacticos. The true Galacticos played only two years under Perez. They consisted of the likes Makelele, Redondo, Raul and Morientes. Those were true legends. I really hope Perez has learned something.
Reply to ravi:
Actually no. You want to judge managers like some here do that Juande didn't succeed at Tottenham, i'll take a page out of your book and say Hiddink was crap with a Real Madrid squad which was at it's peak and had won the CL just a season ago. Some managers are adjusted to certain conditions. Hiddink, I remember, also used a translator for half the season and that's a major barrier between players and the coach. We don't have the squad to challenge for the CL anymore. Why do you think Capello, a World-Class manager did so shit in the CL? It was because we didn't have the quality in our side. We've gained some but we're still lacking in depth, especially in wide positions, particularly the wings and left-back slot. If the problem had been coaches all these years then by God we've had so many awesome coaches that we should've won 5 CL's.
Reply to Anti-Mijatovic:
I'd like to point out one little thing...(I swear I didn't do it on purpose)...but when talking about Perez and the players he might get there was lots and lots of argueing...to all of you it might mean nothing at all but to me it already shows the lack of stability we so despratly want at the club...
(I'm just hoping Zidane will bring some sense into him)
I highly doubt as to whether he leart from his mistakes...as I already said....in the names being mentioned who are supposedly targets of Perez there isn't one single defender...dejavu?
Reply to Caracoleo:
Totally agree. I find Ibrahamovic very over-rated and lazy, sorta like Berbatov. I remember some ignorant Man Utd fan came and called Berbatov World-Class
I felt like slapping him on the face.
how many times have the rumours became a reality ? until perez speaks out for himself about his plans and transfer targets,we cant assume that he hasnt learned from his mistakes.the mistakes that he made during his last tenure cost him his position.so, he has got to have no brains if he doesnt learn from it.plus,he did turn madrid into the best in the past.if you're giving j.ramos a chance,why not the same for perez ?
marca says inter want 50 kilos plus higuain..lol
I guess for that amount we get their squad + mourinho...can't believe it...
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
Thanks mate!!
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
really? cuz as i remember, Makelele was signed from Celta, along with Celedes, at the season Luis Figo was signed.
Reply to Danniel:
yeah man, i just hope that those names were just boosted by the media as rumors. I also hope Zidane's football knowledge can bring sense to him too. But as someone pointed out in the page already. A great player is not necessary to be a gd football manager or director. Mijatovic is a gd example. He was one of my favorite players b4 and one of the greatest striker in the world being underated. But as a director, he is too stubborn and somewhat over-confident on his football knowledge. anyway, i still believe on Zizou.... Hala Madrid!!
Reply to Anti-Mijatovic:
just check out zidane interview on goal.com!!! he shares the same view as we do...
Reply to Anti-Mijatovic:
Celades and Makelele were signed by Lorenzo Sanz the season just before Perez arrived. And I believe Perez wouldn't have signed Makelele had he had the chance due to him being a racist. Yeah, some might argue that he signed Baptista and Robinho but those signings were only to make him look better.
REPORT: Ruud van Nistelrooy has completed his rehabilitation and could return to training as soon as next week. There's only one problem, he's not reigstered as a Real Madrid player. I was really looking forward to seeing RVN play what could be his last games. At least we get to see him train
Hala Madrid!
Reply to flynn:
I'm all in favour of giving Perez a second chance but these rumors, which tbh I don't really believe seem to show that he hasn't learned one bit. Lets hope he has learned. The first indication will be his speech on the 14th where I can't wait to hear his promises
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
i hope the name david silva and esteben granero will come out in his speech.btw,does anyone know javi martinez ? he looks to be a good box-to-box player who pops in with a few goals every now and then.could be a good signing ?
Reply to flynn:
he is from athletico bilbao which is a basque terretory!!! never gonna happen..though he is a good fighter!!!1 i just hope mourinho to be next real madrid coach cause he is th eonly guy who can resist pressure and can literally fuck marca!!
Reply to trooper:
i couldn't find the link on goal.com.
can you please put in here.?
thanks.
found it..
the fact that we have so often flopped at the big games is probably our lack of "big game" players.kind of like a drogba or rooney.the only one we got is iker casillas and even him at his very best couldnt stop madrid from getting steamrolled.
Well, after all the talk...Saturday was pathetic and thats wat we all agree.
The future is still dull...if perez comes back he needs to start by signing a defender of the quality of John terry or someone like Nesta. these guys never give up. we need someone who has that kind of a commitment. I knw the age is always a factor but we need to have one experienced defender who can really stick the back four together. Ramos is good on the right but he needs more support to run up the field and make his crosses.
The midfield i think is in the worse shape ever, Gago is a mess. All he does is run around the park picking up yellow cards for rash untimes tackles. Lasana is no good either, has no skills for a mid fielder can run up the field, cant make good crosses. Robben i think must stay, he is excellent in the midfield. I think if Kaka does come he will need to play as a Center Attacking Midfielder.Raul,i m a great fan but i think its time he hangs up his boots and plays a administrative role in the club with the likes of Zindane. We need some good strikers in the team. someone of the likes of David villa. This team needs a coach like wenger. he is the most amazing at getting young talent and grooming them, i like his cool and calm nature as well and his footballing sense is too good.
Hala Madrid!
Reply to Anti-Mijatovic:
About Mijatovich we won't agree....but what is a fact is a fact....he atleast he bought a few defenders...that's all I want from Zidane....because I can bet that if it were for Perez only we'd barely have 4 defenders in our squad.
Reply to Samir:
I agree with what you're saying except the unjust criticism of Lass. This was his his first bad game in 20, give the lad a break. And he's not the type of player who needs to be skillful, he does the dirty-work and he does it as good as any player in the world. And tbh, at times, when Robben and Higuain aren't on the field, I find him to be our most skillful player with his cool 360's and delicate first touches. His job is to spread the ball NOT to create. Hala Madrid!
Reply to Danniel:
i just gotta tell u that im not in favor of Perez and my disagreement against Mijatovic doesn't necessary have sth to do with Perez!! i don't care and i totally understand how horrible the galactico's defense is. it has nth to do with my opinion on Mijatovic. ALl i know is that Mijatovic has got us a 2nd tier squad that embarrassed us in CL.
Reply to Anti-Mijatovic:
among these defenders he signed, only Cannavaro and Pepe are considered to be gd but i don't think Pepe worthed 30 millions at that time.
Reply to Anti-Mijatovic:
and by the way, did those defenders bring us pass the first knockout round in CL?? were Heinze and Marcelo considered to be gd defenders?
Reply to Danniel:
Ibra is waayy over-rated.. Villa is alot better than him, so is torres..
what tactics doesn't wenger imply to save his team from losing 3-0? leave vela on the bench and remove walcott for a player not even as good as him..
Reply to flynn:
javi martinez plays for bilbao right? but we don't need another holding midfielder, we need a zidane! in fact, VDV could have been very close, but the poor lad is just warming the bench.. zidane took half a season to fully settle, VDV settled immediately, but since sneijder returned, he was benched, even though sneijder wasn't even close to being in form.. KEEP VDV..!! sneijder could stay also..
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
i also am in favour of giving him a second chance, let's just hope he keep lass, higuain, robben.. and even VDV!
Reply to Rireal:
higuain is faster than Ibra, almost as skillful, and almost as creative, if not, as good as Ibra in creativity.. the difference though, is higuain is usually played as a winger, and yet he has the same influence.. higuain gives 150%, Ibra is VERY lazy..
Reply to madridtrini4:
VERY lazy...?
well i saw hi last performance against Lazio where he alone destroyed them, and i couldn't see his LAZINESS. He was running allover the field, assisting and scoring.
Reply to Rireal:
whatever higuain is real gem!!!!
All i know is that higuain is a keeper
Guys we are talking of the Galacticos not some team like sevilla or villareal...we cant have sub standard strikers like Higuain...i dont think he has the finish that morientes had or the In-air ability like torres..no ball control..he cant dribble..we need someone like david villa..he can score from any angel...he has the long range strikes that higuain lacks. I think higuain should be loaned out.
Reply to Samir:
Samir, Higuain is not sub-standard, he is almost world class.
Reply to trooper:
you are my hero lol that would be a fantastic team i would like you to include darijo srna as an option all along the wings and he is a fantastic player. We also need a top notch centre back and honestly Negredo needs to come. Raul can play 30 minutes every once in a while, he can adopt saviola's role but much more gracefully.
Also I would like to say Higuain is the new Batistuta bred with something else you just wait for it he's is top-class and only 21!! Oh and he bleeds real madrid love lol. Now honestly Ibra is great I thought we should have bought him last summer but now its hard to see how to fit him because honestly negredo to me is very promising. I also think Gago should inherit Guti's role his passing is spot on just don't ask him to defend so much and he loves madrid as much as higuain i think.
I like the fact that Cannavaro has left Madrid. He along with Salgado, Guti and Heinze are probably the worst players of the past season. And Raul is approaching the level of incompetence set by the abovementioned ones. As of 28th June we already have good defenders - Pepe, Albiol, Garay [with Metzelder as a decent if not great backup] in the center. Ramos and Torres on the right [with Lass as an effective right back in emergency]. The only weak side Madrid has is on the left. Heinze is clearly past it [wish he gets booted as well out of Madrid]. Marcelo is not a defender by any means! So hope they sign Arbeloa for that spot.