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This Patron-only episode of the Managing Madrid Podcast comes in two parts.
Part One: Mailbag with Kiyan Sobhani and Lucas Navarette)
- A reflection on the loss against Sheriff
- Should David Alaba play more as defensive midfielder?
- Winter transfer window options
- The decision to loan out Alvaro Odriozola
- Ferland Mendy’s return
- What is Carlo had Zinedine Zidane as his assistant again?
- Ancelotti’s A-team / B-team comment
- Rotations
- The Casemiro - Camvinga - Valverde midfield
- Why didn’t Ancelotti start Isco against Sheriff?
- Have we lost our ‘fear factor’ at the Vernabeu?
- A hypothetical, gun-to-our-head scenario involving the departure of a player
- Luis Enrique’s Spanish squad selection.
Part Two (55:00): Las Blancas post-game with Grant Little and Om Arvind
- Real Madrid not opening tickets to the general public and why any excuses for this are nonsense
- How bad our start to the league is and the realistic chances of a comeback
- Thoughts on the starting lineup
- Why David Aznar might be preferring Rocío Gálvez over Babett Peter at the moment
- The reasons Real Sociedad’s press failed
- Madrid’s inability to capitalize on their territorial dominance
- Athenea del Castillo’s struggles
- How much Marta Cardona would’ve saved us over these last four league games
- Which defender was most responsible on the penalty incident
- Whether the penalty call was harsh
- Natalia Arroyo’s comments in regard to Real Sociedad adjusting their build-up structure; video analysis:
Arroyo mentioned Iris helping La Real's press resistance vs. Madrid post-match. So, I compared her words to the film.@natarroyo explicó como @IrisArnaiz reaccionó para superar la presión del Madrid. Esto es lo que dijo y así es como se vio en el partido.pic.twitter.com/Y9S4kczo2Z
— tácticas del enemigo para desestabilizar (@OmVAsports) September 30, 2021
- Babett Peter’s second half performance coming in for Ivana Andrés
- Nahikari García’s impact off the bench
- Lorena Navarro’s case for player of the match
- Caroline Møller Hansen always being introduced into the worst situations
- A brief summary on the allegations against ex-North Carolina Courage coach Paul Riley
- Links for further info on the last bullet: detailed Athletic piece by Meg Linehan; live timeline of the evolving situation; official statement by the North Carolina Courage terminating Riley’s contract; official statement by the Portland Thorns; official statement by Commissioner Lisa Baird and the NWSL; statements by Alex Morgan; statement by Becky Sauerbrunn; tweet by Nadia Nadim
- These problems not being isolated to the NWSL and the wider problems in women’s football as a whole
- Supporting the players and bearing in mind the things they might be going through behind the scenes
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Hosts this week:
Om Arvind (@OmVAsports)
Grant Little (@grantlittle09)
Las Blancas (@Las_Blancas)
Kiyan Sobhani (@KiyanSo)
Lucas Navarrete (@LucasNavarreteM)
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