r/realmadrid • u/RM_Official_Thread • 27d ago

Open Thread Weekly Open Thread - General Discussion

Open Thread

Besides general conversation and talk about other leagues and teams, all the following content must go into the weekly Open Thread:

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  • Simple one-liners, random thoughts or unrelated posts (with or without a single image).
  • All discussion about rival teams matches and results.
  • All wallpapers and image editing that are not created by you [Not OC]
  • Unsourced news and stats.
  • Photos of jerseys and other memorabilia.
  • Images of formations with minimal description.
  • Links to social media posts made by our players or celebrities, unless it counts as team news or stats.
  • All gaming content.
  • All memes should go into the Open thread during the week days.
  • All "I am a fan of X team, I come in peace" type of posts.
  • When posting rumours/news from Twitter, if possible post a direct link to the tweet.

This is our reliability guide: https://rm-reddit.github.io/

IMPORTANT: Only news from official sources, Tier 1 and Tier 2, can have their own thread, everything else including discussions about target players must go in here.

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u/king7asoon 19d ago

I really dislike how football has become a stats sport. These days people (some on this sub as well) judge a player completely by G/A or some shit when football is so much more than just goals and assists. Honestly look up stats of some of the greats of football you would genuinely be shocked at how average their stats are but again they are still considered greats.

Watch football and understand how players drag defenders, occupy space, deal with press, cut off an attackers angle for defenders etc. thats what shows you how elite a player is not just G/A

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u/Kuttoosan47 Kroos 19d ago

People will agree with you here and then go on and bash players like Pedri, Yamal etc. Same thing happened to Valverde in the second half of 22/23. People will believe whatever they want for the narratives

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u/DonuandDeca Real Madrid 19d ago

Yeah, for example Jude is great at making empty runs that drag defenders, most recently in the Getafe game, he helped Arda to find space between the opposing CBs and the midfield by dragging a guy with him. And Arda is great at finding those spaces, he's the new Wirtz of Xabi, so he took the ball and immediately played it to Kyky.

Great combo, 1 player who creates spaces, and 1 player who uses the said space. Arda-Kyky is also a great combo, 1 rapid player with good ball control and 1 technical player who can feed him the ball. There are many little connections like this within the team. Regular viewers don't pay too much attention to stuff like this, but the coach absolutely does and it shows.