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

Part One: Las Blancas with Om Arvind and Grant Little

• The state of the league table
• Reactions to the starting lineup
• Assessing Marta Corredera’s performance in her rare start as a right back
• Maite Oroz’s bizarre game
• Who were the bright spots?
• Same old same old with the tactics
• Real Betis’ selective pressing
• Not taking advantage of Claudia Florentino’s ball carrying actions
• What happened to all the crosses?
• Grant taking the gloves off
• Real Madrid Femenino hire some set-pieces coaches please
• The series of errors that allowed Real Betis to score
• Kenti Robles’ disappointing performance
• Thaisa’s positive cameo
• Kosovare Asllani coming alive on Madrid’s equalizing goal
• Lorena Navarro’s crazy overhead kick
• Thoughts on how the European Super League affects the women’s game
• Our emotions on Las Blancas possibly never playing in the UEFA Women’s Champions League because of the ESL
• Where are the players’ voices in this?
• Disappointment in Florentino Pérez

Part Two: Most European Super League discussion with Kiyan Sobhani and Matt Wiltse (52:51)

- The thought process behind the Super League

- The lack of player empowerment

- How similar Florentino’s methods here are to the way he signed Luis Figo

- The Super league format

- Toni Kroos’s quote about a Super League earlier this season

- The new generation of fans

- The hypocrisy of fans

- And more.

Part Three: Loan-tracker with Kiyan and Matt (1:30:20)

- Dani Ceballos vs Fulham and Slavia Prague

- Jose Mourinho’s sacking

- Sergio Reguilon vs Everton

- Reguilon conspiracies

- Luka Jovic’s rough weekend

- Reinier Jesus vs Werder Bremen

- Takefusa Kubo should’ve played vs Real Madrid

- Brahim Diaz vs Genoa

- Borja Mayoral’s leap this season

- Jesus Vallejo’s horror-show vs Manchester United

- And more.

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Hosts this week:

Om Arvind (@OmVAsports)

Grant Little (@grantlittle09)

Las Blancas (@Las_Blancas)

Kiyan Sobhani (@KiyanSo)

Matt Wiltse (@MattWiltse4)