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10 Things About Real Madrid That Should Change (or Happen) For The Good

Posted on 05. Feb, 2009 by Borris Becker in Real Madrid Football Club

Do not even think for one second that I am no more a Real Madrid fan. It’s just that there are some things that do bother me about Real Madrid. Things that I want Real Madrid to fix up. I know this is not the best time to do it (with Barcelona running away with the league and we getting Liverpool in UEFA Champions League Round of 16), but when is a good time to write anything like this about Real Madrid. Anyway, here goes my list of 10 things that Real Madrid should change (or happen)  in order to compete with Barcelona and rest of Europe’s Elite in Champions League.

1. Real Madrid have a stupid stupid Sporting Director in Pedja Mijatovic. I do not like him and that is why he should get the sack. He is a former Real Madrid player and some OFFICIALS thought that he might be the guy passionate enough to bring some world class talent to the squad and what has he done? He has built the most unbalanced squad in the history of Real Madrid (that is a bit axaggeration but you get the idea). I mean seriously, think on it for one second, that we have two genuine strikers when the season started who are at the wrong side of their 30s. Van Nistelrooy and Raul. I am not saying that they are not Real Madrid stuff. Who can say that. Van Nistelrooy is one of the greatest strikers of the past decade (After Ronaldo, I think he is the best) and Raul, is a Real Madrid legend, his stats may not be like Ronaldo’s or Henry’s, but he is a true hard working professional and has unparalleled leadership qualities but that does not change the fact that both these guys are old and cannot perform at their best for the whole season. If it was not for Higuain’s surprise form, Real Madrid would have out of the top 4 I think.
2. I could go on with the Mijatovic rant (as there are numerous players on this squad that simply are not good enough for Real Madrid, assuming, Real Madrid want to win the league and the champions league) but I ll leave it at the striker blooper alone. Anyway, Second thing I think that needs to change is the lack of English players in our squad, which leads to lack of work ethic and professionalism within the squad. One player that comes to mind, who had huge success with Real Madrid was Macmanaman (or whatever his name was), he was such a hard working guy and gave it his all on the field. The current squad sometimes lack that will to win and I am buy no means disrespecting Gago and Diarra, but look at it this way, I think, that Gerrard would add alot more to this Real Madrid side than C.Ronaldo. Seriously, practically Gerrard is a better player.
3. Real Madrid need to sign tough defenders, not like the ones we currently have. Either our defenders are too short or too soft. Apart from Sergio Ramos, most defenders lack something essential for defending. Yes, Cannavaro won the Ballon D Or but he is not the same player he was at Juventus. He is old, sluggish and makes silly fouls in dangerous areas, plus, his lack of will to clear air balls and compete physically with other strikers on set pieces. Same goes for Pepe and Marcelo.
4. Real Madrid need to give chances to its youth as well . There has been tons of discussion all over the internet on this topic so there is no need for me to go into detail for this. Bottom line is that Real Madrid need to have a mixture of youth and foreign talent. Barcelona are a perfect example for this, bought Henry and got Messi from their youth academy.
5. Real Madrid while on the field, need to defend with determination and discipline. They need to get behind the ball. Look at all the supposedly best attacking teams around Europe. Manchester United, they defend like hell, I have seen Ronaldo defending at right back and have seen Messi tracking back as well for Barcelona. Real Madrid only defend in numbers against Barcelona because it is a derby and all. We need to do that in every game so that we do not give away cheap goals to 3rd tier teams.
6. Real Madrid need to sign a right sided player and by that I do not mean a player of FAUBERT’S quality. We need some world class talent on that side. C.Ronaldo type. Too bad Robinho left. but I think Ricardo Quaresma (who has been in awful form at Inter Milan, do not know what happened to him but he could click at Real Madrid) is the ideal choice interms of feasibilty.
7. Florentino Perez needs to come back. I know this is a long shot considering the history behind this but I think it is our only chance to get back our pride. While Perez made huge mistakes by involving himself in sporting decisions, he was an excellent entrepreneur and knew what to do to make Real Madrid a money machine, through which we could buy any player we want. Currently, Real Madrid are like 500 million euros in debt.
8. We need to tie up Sergio Ramos and Fernando Gago on even longer contracts. Sergio Ramos is the next Raul for Real Madrid. He is going to become a Real Madrid legend provided that Real Madrid extend his contract and not make any attempts to exchange him for C.Ronaldo or Kaka.
9. We need to hire a good coach (or manager whatever) and that means, not signing Wenger. For alot of fans, he seems the ideal choice for Real Madrid because he does not spend much and still manages to build good teams that play eye catching free flowing football but we are missing something. His teams usually do not win titles. And do not think that with the money of Real Madrid, Wenger would be able to build a invincible team because his weakness is that he cannot handle the egos of big players which is something that only 3 managers have done so far (Mourinho, Alex Ferguson, though he is not the best at doing that and Del Bosque, we know how many egos he handled at Real Madrid). The evidence is the departure of his key players, like Henry, Vieira, Ashley Cole, Flamini and I think Fabregas is going to follow them too once he gets to that stage where he is considered as the Mr.Best of Arsenal.
10. Sign LIONEL MESSI!!!!. haha. This one is a bit infantile with rather than something that should happen at Real Madrid, but I think if Barcelona sell Messi to Inter Milan, then, it could happen as it happened with Ronaldo. Ronaldo scored like 40 goals in one season for Barcelona, Barcelona sold him to Inter Milan and after Inter Milan, he came to Real Madrid and helped us to win Champions League. As Capello said it in an interview today that there is no player in the world who is as talented as Lionel Messi, I think he is the next Maradonna, the thing he does on the pitch are just so so unbelievable. C.Ronaldo requires the help of his teammates to show off his tricks and do his thing (whatever that is) but Messi, is just a stand alone team himself. He picks up the ball, beats 2, 3 players on average and then either scores the goal or just makes an assist. He is a player who can change games with a swing of his boot unlike C.Ronaldo, who is a big time flop at important matches.

Here are the thing that I think should happen at Real Madrid. I know I missed some important ones too and have neglected some areas, but you guys can help me out on that. Let me know what you think should happen at Real Madrid.

HALA MADRID!!!!

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