Wrath

Personal Opinion On Real Madrid: To start with, commercially, there are few clubs that come close to Real Madrid's brand. Florentino Perez has done an incredible work in making the Club a strong worldwide product. When it comes to Sporting Matters, I think he was right in bringing in the players he recruited between 2010 and 2023. Of course there are some exceptions like Hazard for example. But, in general he brought in world class quality players alongside managers and coaches who contributed to *unprecedented* success. Between 2010 and 2024, Real Madrid has been a one-big star team (Ronaldo until 2018, Benzema post Ronaldo, Vinicius Jr/Bellingham post Benzema) and the other players accepted their roles within that organisation. Apparently, it seemed like Florentino Perez has learned from his mistakes in his first term and get rid of the *too much talent* policy that wasn't and never been working in such interdependent field. The modern football consists of putting a general vision that will serve as a mold/form through which you'll recruit your head coaches and players and transition from a managerial period to another without losing the core you put initially. Tactically talking, I believe the flexibility is the key to success in coaching and that coach will provide/implement a system where the players express themselves and are well-trained cognitively, individually, and collectively to find solutions without the need of returning to the coach whenever they find a problem. *OUT OF POSSESSION, YOU HAVE TO RUN AND COMMIT AS A PLAYER.* IMO, Real Madrid is far from being close to this. Going from Zidane to Ancelotti to Xabi Alonso highlights how Real Madrid board thinks about football. Randomness is the description of Real Madrid state. Going from Ancelotti to Xabi Alonso means only one thing for a person who understands football and watch it on the sofa of his room is that the Club is looking for a change of identity. The Change of identity —as Sir Jim Ratcliffe said isn't a light switch— needs smart planning, recruitment, unity over the different departments of the Club and patience. The Real Madrid case is different because the team already won relying on different strategies and at the end of that period a change seems to be necessary. Hence, the board has to be convinced by the need of the change as the first step. That conviction will lead to an optimal analysis of where the team stands (capable of competing or requires a building process to attain the final product) And here where Real Madrid board appear to be ignorant and don't know what they want because it seems they want a change with immediate success without putting into consideration the club's state. Coming to the point of Real Madrid state, IMO not only this group of players lack quality but they aren't well coached nor well prepared to compete. A team that cannot pass the ball cannot compete, a team that finish chances cannot compete, a team that 11 players don't defend cannot compete, a team that fades under pressure cannot compete, etc. That's the reality of Real Madrid right now that most of the fans and the board are not willing to accept or understand because somehow and through scenarios that usually cannot be repeated, the team successed. And here where it's necessary for all the parties attached to the team to analyse how that group of players accumulated these victories. A critical analysis takes into consideration how the team won, the opponents he faced, how the players performed and how the opposition players performed. That usually draws the right image to plan for the future, correct mistakes, and aim for sustainability.