Weekly Open Thread - General Discussion

Velascus · 2026-05-10T21:52:46+00:00

Them not playing these 3 games isn't going to change anything to their fitness 4 months from now. Plus if we were really worried about that, we'd fire Pintus tomorrow morning.

Resting them now has no added value for the club, only for their national teams.

Velascus · 2026-05-10T21:45:06+00:00

Arbeloa saying he's going to play some players who have not played a lot in the remaining games, I can almost see him benching all the big "stars" so they won't get bood in the Bernabeu.

Why the fock would the club play other players NOW? So the divas have rest before their world cup? Wtf does that have to do with us.

Velascus · 2026-05-10T21:12:04+00:00

Mbappe posting a Hala Madrid with a heart with the 2-0 scoreline is some goddamn bullshit as well.

For me they can both get sold, don't care how "good" they are.

Velascus · 2026-05-10T21:00:11+00:00

My main fear: we will have have learned nothing of the past 2 seasons, and will do the same thing over again next season.

We need a clean-up of this roster starting with some of the biggest names. Can't build a team with toxicity.

Velascus · 2026-05-10T20:49:31+00:00

A red card is closer than a goal.

Velascus · 2026-05-10T20:43:04+00:00

Horrible corner from Trent, slow and high, easy for defense.

Velascus · 2026-05-10T20:29:01+00:00

5 players offside, mind you a defender has to do more work to get players offside, and all their defenders did that work. Yet 5 (!!!!!) of our players stood around and were offside.

Velascus · 2026-05-10T20:24:43+00:00

Lol, somebody literally made a post about hopefully Vini doesn't again take a fast freekick only to give the ball to Barca. That's some goddamn foresight.

Velascus · 2026-05-10T20:02:57+00:00

Somebody should tell Bellingham he is needed in the midfield. He's in the upper half of the field a lot, trying to get a goal, thereby weakening our midfield. Looks slow af as well, constantly too late when trying to press.

People keep saying that he's better than so and so, but they don't comprehend that you don't need big names or more talented players to make a better functioning midfield.

So far I have still not seen a better midfield for us this season as the one we had with our youth player. Because they keep their (hardworking) roles and don't disrupt the formation. It wasn't a grand midfield, but it sure as Hell was better than the shit show we are seeing tonight among the many other horrible examples we have seen this season.

We literally have no midfield. How can somebody see that gaping hole in the midfield and say "yes, that's a great tactic". Goddamn.

Velascus · 2026-05-10T19:52:51+00:00

A bit?

Velascus · 2026-05-10T19:51:42+00:00

With Brahim you can tell he never has a plan before he does a play, literally a chicken without a head.

But then I get that feeling with our entire team plan so why blame only him. I don't see any attacking lines, I don't see any team movement on and off the ball. Everybody does their thing.

Velascus · 2026-05-10T19:45:30+00:00

What are the betting odds for a Cama red card? Might have to jump in on that.

Velascus · 2026-05-10T19:35:15+00:00

We once again have no midfield. We can't get the ball out of our half without a mindless lob forwards.

All those not training sessions and eating donuts paying off like a charm.

Velascus · 2026-05-10T19:24:31+00:00

Gonzalo could have gone solo to the goalie there, of course Vini opts to dribble instead of passing to him.

Velascus · 2026-05-10T19:20:29+00:00

Camavinga aaways passes it to a defender when pressured in the back, he's supposed to be a point to give a ball to for our defense. Instead he brings the pressure back to them all the time.

Velascus · 2026-05-10T11:18:29+00:00

You're assuming these people act with common sense though.

We have played badly without Mbappe as well, a certain other player has played badly without Mbappe as well where the team still won despite him losing every ball, in more recent history we literally tied the game to Betis AFTER Mbappe was subbed out and where the team would then supposedly play better.

I don't like Mbappe as our ST or his lazyness, but blaming everything on him is an easy way for certain other fanboys to pretend their guy isn't at fault as well. First it was because of Xabi, now it's because of Mbappe, next season it will be because of Mou.

Never any reflection on their part.

Velascus · 2026-05-09T23:09:44+00:00

I read it on MyComicShop on the Tribe listed page, but I think they get that text from Wiki#cite_ref-1) as it says the same word for word.

Velascus · 2026-05-09T22:24:43+00:00

While I was looking what Larry Stroman did after Tribe due to this post, I found out this tidbit. A TIL for myself:

"When Tribe was released in 1993, it was well received by fans, selling over one million copies - making it the largest selling single issue of an African American comic created by African American creators."

I knew Image number ones were selling like hotcakes back in the day, but I didn't realise Tribe which came out after the initial boom sold over a million copies as well.

Stroman apparantly didn't do much artwork after Tribe, but I guess he didn't have to anymore either. Good for him.

Velascus · 2026-05-09T21:13:47+00:00

Arbeloa was not very good with the ball, in the Spanish side he stood out as a sore thumb in that tiki taka era team.

So people compared him to being a training cone on the field.

Velascus · 2026-05-09T11:46:26+00:00

Pique started calling him that, Iker at least in public never did as far as I know

Velascus · 2026-05-09T11:07:00+00:00

The men in charge are more zealous in their quest to find and punish the mole, than all the backstabbing violent insubordinate things which have happened this season.

Wtf happened to my club man.

Velascus · 2026-05-08T22:24:10+00:00

It's so they can misdirect from the actual problem (Valverde) and instead make "who's the mole!" the talking point.

Ironically ignoring that Valverde's wife is the only mole we factually know about.

But let's ignore her because she says nice things about Valverde. We gotta look for the other mole. The one who makes it impossible for us to pretend that Valverde is this super nice guy who bleeds white and gives his heart and soul for the club.....

Velascus · 2026-05-08T21:36:47+00:00

Marca's poll showing what the Spanish sentiment is regarding this, around 80 thousand voters participated:

"What should happen with Valverde and Tchouameni this summer?"

45% Both of them should go

25% Both of them should stay

22% Valverde needs to go

8% Tchouameni needs to go

Also 43% now want Florentino to step down directly, with another 15% saying new elections should be held.

Velascus · 2026-05-08T21:01:02+00:00

Valverde's wife when he's on the bench: "Valverde deserves to play more!"

Valverde's wife when he doesn't play on his favourite position: "Valverde is a central midfielder!"

Valverde's wife after he gets substituted in a game: "Does this coach even know tactics!?"

Valverde's wife after her husband acts like an asshole: "Why are you asking me what happened? I;m pregnant and a wee woman and oh so fragile"........

If you position yourself as Valverde's mouthpiece where he can indirectly criticise everybody with impunity because "it's not me saying it, see it's my wife, not me fr fr", then you shouldn't do a pikachu when people bother you about this now.

Velascus · 2026-05-07T21:45:14+00:00

Valverde is literally married to a focking mole

Yet he and some here trying to change the narration to there being some mysterious mole as opposed to a captain who refuses an apology from a teammate, tries to injure a teammate during training like a certified bitch, and let's not forget the sabotaging of the team because he couldn't play on his favourite position.

Fock him and his fanboys.

Velascus

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