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congrats to vini for scoring a useless brace when the season is over, you’re so helpful king!

Real Madrid had 13 wins out of 14 games, defeated Barca in an El Clasico until Vini and a few rotten apples decided to complain. That's when Xabi gave them freedom and we started to lose points. Mbappe was on Xabi's side. With Arbeloa, less points. Yup. That is a fact.

Lame. Tired of excuses.

Arbeloa is being very honest in these last remaining pressers and it's very eye opening. As I wrote about it here, you can't ignore the defensive structure of the team when Vini is paired with one of Brahim (and rarely, but also GG). Paradoxically the team doesn't have trouble scoring without Mbappe either. Players like Fede and Jude get more offensive freedom. Vinicius plays with more confidence. But it can't come down due injuries to wait to see this version of Real Madrid every time (with the obvious caveat that this particular game is meaningless, but there is a solid 2-year sample size of what doesn't work) for the board to realize they need to make a huge decision, otherwise accept that we get a few more years of failure. If there is a coach that can come on and get Mbappe to sacrifice then I will build him a statue. But I don't see it. He is 27. He is who he is, and pairing him with Vinicius definitely doesn't work. If you want to build around him, you can't do it as currently constructed. The mistakes that were made were made. You have to cut losses and it's not going to be easy. For this reason I am pretty pessimistic about next season as well, because I'm skeptical they'll make the right decisions to move the needle enough. x.com/managingmadrid…

Very nice. Meaningless goals that led to nothing. Abandoned the whole team and made the system revolve around him so we can lose games and drop points. Lowest winrate in a while. True cancer to this team.

@BuffedInPrime I said this about him a few weeks ago 👀. I'm a Moore guy, but I will admit, there is some technique stuff I don't love with Moore, especially with how immediate he can get into a cross run, and how he can punch with his feet crossed.

I can tell you right now, I like him over Leonard Moore. Know it’s an extremely unpopular opinion, I really don’t care, I trust my eyes. Absolute technician

@managingmadrid Yeah the dude with 40 goals being blamed as the main issue because he joined when our organization became unserious is very lazy

"It is important to note that blaming Mbappe for everything is lazy. People tend to lean into extremes, and blaming Vinicius’s poor form on Mbappe is too common; as is the disregard of all the variables that coincided, freakishly, with Mbappe’s arrival: Kroos’s departure, leaders leaving one by one, ACL injuries, players playing through pain, and the team relying heavily on young inexperienced talent while putting up with their growing pains. Also: coaching turmoil and shifts in identity. It’s been a two-year, perfect storm. Vinicius is not without blame when we discuss the failures of the Vini-Mbappe connection. Media tends to have debates about whose fault this all is. It’s not black and white; good vs bad. People should be free to criticize both, because both parties have been poor in their own way. Keep in mind one important story from this season that will be remembered for decades to come when we look back on the 2025 - 2026 season: When Xabi Alonso arrived at Real Madrid, he wanted to bring something different — something fresh — to the team’s identity. He had seen the team’s tactical struggles under Carlo Ancelotti the year before. He wanted to play faster, take less touches, be more surgical, and find openings in more creative ways than simply pumping the ball to Vinicius on the left wing and watching the offense stagnate. That offense was built around winning the ball through rabid ball recoveries, hunting opponents high up the pitch, and two key players: Arda Güler and Mbappe. Güler would take one touch, and use his second to feed a through-ball to Mbappe. Mbappe would take one-to-two touches and score. It was a system that worked. Güler racked up assists, Mbappe racked up goals, and Real Madrid racked up wins. Their only loss until November was away to Atletico Madrid — a game where the team rushed Bellingham back in his first start since recovering from shoulder surgery. He wasn’t ready. But eventually, Alonso incorporated Bellingham into the team, and by the time the Clasico rolled around in October, Bellingham himself was providing the through-balls to Mbappe, gliding out of pressure, and pressing opponents. In all this, it was Vinicius that was losing the spotlight. Alonso rarely gave the Brazilian the 90 minutes — either not starting him or subbing him off in the second half. When he had the ball, Alonso asked him to play quicker, to find teammates before defenses could set, and to tone down superfluous dribbling. It was a double-edged sword. Vinicius wasn’t happy, and the frustration built up inside him. And this is where the aforementioned story concludes: Alonso took Vinicius off in the second half of the October Clasico. Vinicius reacted furiously. The team collapsed, and was never the same again. What was supposed to be a wave of momentum to start the season as league leaders, turned into a funeral that sucked the soul out of the team." - @KiyanSo : managingmadrid.com/kiyans-observa…

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BREAKING: Four-Star CB Taelyn Mayo has Committed to Ole Miss, he tells me for @Rivals The 6’4 185 CB from Lewisville, TX chose the Rebels over LSU and Texas A&M He’s one of the top CBs in the state of Texas 

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Aunque Mbappé NO hubiera firmado por el Madrid en 2024, el club estaría teniendo exactamente los mismos problemas estructurales e institucionales que está sufriendo ahora mismo con él en la plantilla.

Teníamos 13 victorias en 14 partidos.. Ganamos este clásico y nos pusimos a 7 puntos.. Mbappé y todos los jugadores iban volando.. Pero el egoísta quiso cargarse la temporada porque el entrenador pensó que necesitaba gente fresca en el minuto 70..

🚨 Jürgen Klopp: “If Xabi Alonso, who showed for more than two years in Leverkusen what an extraordinary talent he is as a coach, has to leave Real Madrid only six months later, it shows you that things are not 100% at the club.”

@Doc_Texas Biles has zero chance of being a first-round pick. Sub 225-pound linebackers do not go in the second round, let alone the first round.

Todd McShay talking about six (6) 1st Rd Draft picks for Texas in 2027. We gotta tap the breaks now. I think Biles can sneak in there. Not 100% sold on Wingo just yet.

@DibiasiPeter This is not man coverage… Dejean is playing a deep third out of a half turn.

Skyler Bell is one of the best receivers in the draft against man coverage Here is Bell vs Cooper DeJean #BillsMafia | #GoBills

@_CoachLou_ @hailmarysportss MOD is absolutely match. Man Matches are a part of match coverage.

@stacktheboxftw @hailmarysportss That’s not what Match is

I love when people zoom in so much that you can’t actually evaluate the rep Bc this definitely looks like zone match… which means DS didn’t do what this post said he did

@KevinGarre49018 @iAlterLivesNiga @zach_barnett A&M yes. Go back and actually watch that game. Kentucky no, that was BEFORE Mississippi State. If you haven’t actually watched the all-22 tape, you probably should not make statements like this.

@stacktheboxftw @iAlterLivesNiga @zach_barnett So UK.... A&M.... that was good too?

Arch is the literal definition of generational. There are no guarantees, but his blood lines are the closest thing you’ll ever get to a sure thing. Also, he’s athletic, built like a tank, and put out lots of NFL tape playing behind a bad OL last season.

@DraftWithAndrew @Graham_SFN @hailmarysportss (the answer is no). Some of the PFF stuff is atrocious for this reason. There are reps that are counted against dbs when they align in press, bail to a half turn, play with a shuffle, and because a receiver caught a hitch, it's counted against that corner. It's egregious

@stacktheboxftw @Graham_SFN @hailmarysportss Which is what kills me about the “zone vs man” splits that have been making the rounds. MANY “zone coverages” play out like man in 2026. Does whoever is charting this stuff know that? Do they know what MEG and MES are? I have my doubts.

The more I watch 49ers rookie De’Zhaun Stribling the less concerned I am about him beating man coverage

@hailmarysportss @Graham_SFN @SantaMonicaMM He's clearly looking at the near hip. Again, CBs at Georgia are taught 2 to the man. They are looking at the hips for two steps out of a break before they can EVER turn their eyes to the QB. His eyes are on the hip, he is beat.

@Graham_SFN @SantaMonicaMM Valid- hard to get a definitive look bc we are at the mercy of unclear film but ER4 did seem to shift his head here at the 37 right as DS cuts

@DraftWithAndrew @Graham_SFN @hailmarysportss It's because these people have never actually been in a DB room, they've never actually played, and they don't know anything about these teams that they supposedly scout.

@stacktheboxftw @Graham_SFN @hailmarysportss Yup. You have accounts on here getting hundreds of likes saying this isn’t a man rep lol