This Patron-only episode of the Managing Madrid Podcast comes in three parts:

Part One (Kiyan Sobhani, Matt Wiltse)

- Martin Odegaard’s performance vs Eibar

- His unique ability to influence every game in so many different aspects

- Where would he play if you put him in Real Madrid’s current starting lineup?

- Incoming football stat: “Shoulder scans”

- Sergio Reguilon vs Oscar Rodriguez over the weekend

- Reguilon’s underrated crossing ability

- Sevilla’s crossing stats

- Luuk de Jong’s movement

- Achraf Hakimi vs Hertha Berlin

- Borussia Dortmund’s collapse vs Barcelona

- Borja Mayoral vs Getafe

- Takefusa Kubo vs Real Betis

- And more.

Part Two (Kiyan Sobhani, Philip Hammer)

- How to juggle the lineup against Espanyol and Club Brugge

- How to juggle Casemiro’s playing time to avoid suspension against Valencia or Barcelona

- What surprises does Zinedine Zidane have up his sleeve this month?

- How to fix the Balon D’or voting system

- Going through some outrageous votes from certain journalists

- Fede Valverde’s strengths and weaknesses

- Vinicius Jr’s YouTube channel

- And more

Part Three (Sam Sharpe, Kristofer McCormack, Ruben Sk͏j͏e͏r͏p͏i͏n͏g)

- Raul Gonzalez’s starting lineup

- Pablo Ramon’s ceiling

- Can Real Madrid win the UEFA Youth League?

- Is Dani Poyatos a good coach and a rabbit hole of a conversation on whether he should’ve been Castilla manager this season instead of Raul.

- The U-20 Bali Cup (which we discover about on air)

- Raul’s tactical ability in comparison to other Castilla managers

- Castilla’s lack of strikers

- Israel Salazar, and will he be the next big thing coming through Castilla?

- Antonio Blanco

- What do Castilla players need to do to get a break in the first team?

- Is Raul under-performing with Castilla or is the squad just bad?

- What are Castilla’s objectives? Youth development or getting promoted? Are they mutually exclusive?

- Is Castilla’s position in the league fair?

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Hosts this week:

Kiyan Sobhani (@KiyanSo)

Matt Wiltse (@MattWiltse4)

Sam Sharpe (@CastillaStats)

Kristofer McCormack (@K_mc06)

Ruben Sk͏j͏e͏r͏p͏i͏n͏g (@RubenPMN)

Philip Hammer (@ThePhilHammer)