Marca and AS are set to sack Manuel Pellegrini
Thursday, 12 November 09, 07:37 AM · Comments (31)
Ridiculous!
I have a lot of respect for journalism and media (I'm a journalist myself), but what Marca and AS are doing is nothing but disgusting. The pressure they put on Real Madrid is unnecessary, and in my opinion, they are one of the problems that Real Madrid have.
Constructive criticism, done at the right time, is one thing and what those two newspapers are doing is another thing. At the start of the season, when Real were scoring at least three goals per game, they were hailing how great this squad was going to be.
Enter Sevilla. They beat Real -- Marca call's for Pellegrini's head.
After only one defeat?
Milan beats Real at the Bernabeu. The pressure increases. Alcorcon trash Real Madrid 4-0.
Marca screams: "Pellegrini GO NOW!".
They even invent a story. They report that Pellegrini was given only two weeks to turn things around.
And he did.
Real turn things around, they produce spectacular performances, beat Getafe and Atletico Madrid while draw AC Milan in a game they totally dominated at the San Siro.
The same newspapers hail Higuain, Kaka, and Benzema, but not Pellegrini because he wasn't the reason we won; he is always the reason we lose.
They then shift their attention to the Guti case. They report that he was moving to another club in January even though Valdano "begged" Guti to return to the squad. They even went on to compare it to the case of Riquelme.
Now you Marca and AS listen up. If Guti disrespected the coach (I'm sure he did -- not unusual), then you AND Guti, shut the fuck up. Whether Pellegrini is a great coach or not, HE MUST BE RESPECTED. Period!
Not only Pellegrini. Everyone at the club. Even the secretary (such a nice lady -- she helped me a lot) MUST BE RESPECTED.
If I were Pellegrini I would keep leaving him out of the squad. There has to be discpline, authority and a code of conduct. There has to be someone who is running things there. It shouldn't be Perez, Valdano, Marca, AS or OleOle.
It should be Pellegrini.
They have made a lot of decisions for us, especially when it comes to hiring and sacking coaches. If you have been a fan of Real Madrid for over six years you'd know that we sacked a lot of coaches -- thanks to the "healthy criticism" from the Spanish media.
I certainly hope that Perez will deal with the pressure. If he is really a smart man, then he shouldn't do the same mistake twice. We've really been through this and have always taken the easy road by sacking the coach and we failed. Why don't we stick to what we have at least for one season?
When the new project was introduced, Perez had nothing but wonderful words to say, especially on Pellegrini. He said he was the right man, and If he sacks him now then it means all of what he said was crap. Just a sample of a nice presentation written by a Marca journalist.
Let's be smart. Let's have faith, and let's go through this together -- Together We Can, Together We Stand.
Hala Madrid!
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well written article!!!in fact an awesome one...adam i wanted to ask you something, u have been to bernabue and u know people from inside the club..right i mean is it possibel that convey this message to the directors or whatever that what we overseas real madrid fans think about the UFO term "stability"
Reply to trooper:
They know that stability is a must. I heard Perez say it himself a week ago, and so far so good. He seems like a smart person and If he really learned from his mistakes then he would know it already.
Reply to Adambader:
& if possible Adam tell them to go thrw ur blog atleast twice a day.
& Adam send links of ur blog to editors of these daily fucks.so that they know wat a true madrista think & wat is d right thing tat dese ass'ol's must be printing
I'm not spanish but from my experience as a madridista I can guarantee you these tabloids are Anti-Stability. Once they sense a wave of calmness and seriousness, they jump out saying bazzare stuff.
See if we had smart fans it would have discredited them and they'd get a run for their money, but sadly people buy into this type of news.
So yeah simply put I think its the media vs the intelligence of the fans and the guillotine is over Pellegrinis neck.
The word is that Florentino has Pellegrini until the Nou Camp show down to sort out this mess. I hope the papers are wrong - but that is what they are reporting.
If it is true, and Florentino sacks Pellegrini for losing to Barcelona, then I for one will not Florentino's plan any longer.
I am fed up of having our manager's destiny constantly in the hands of the press.
It is pandering to the worst kinds of emotions of the supporters, who constantly see the solution as firing the coach. Don't do it Floren!
Marca and AS are a disgrace; as you said they put unneccesary pressure on the team and manager, and act as the director's mouthpiece for tapping up players (eg Alonso)
Marca and AS seem to willing Barcelona to give madrid another thrashing! Just so Pellegrini is fired and their favourites (Raul + Guti) can be brought back into the team.
I think the editor of marca & AS want to be our next coach.... thats why they are probably asking for pelle's head......!!!
P.S. - (i hope the editors of these newspaper are not raul & guti..... heheheheheh!!!!)
Good post Adam
as usual 
that would be awesome i think,he has a good knowledge in our main target: The Tenth Champions League Title,but for now i think we need stability
i always keep saying this: i don't want RMadrid to sack Pellegrini,but recently i heard that we are tracking Rafa Benitez
i have a question guys,will we play Fashalona in the Santiago Bernabeu or Camp Shit?
I heard cr9 is back on the pitch now everything will go easy for real because even if we play with raul or not cr9 takes 2 persons so no one can criticise the team not even marca or AS (that looks for micro things that happens on the pitch) we will trash barca. hala Madrid
Reply to MadridistAli:
rafa sucks big time...he did good with valencia but with liverpool he just keep whining for his lost.
The unfortunate truth is that the press lives to create unstability. If they left things how they were, they would have nothing to write about. In politics, sports, or celebrity gossip, they will always find something sensational to write about and the best we can do is ignore it.
lol rafa? why did we hire pellegrini? not to jus win but win IN STYLE..if we wanted to jus win games we wouldv stayed with capello!
9 coaches in 6 years. Maybe 10. Go ahead and fire Pellegrini now, but you'll just be firing Rafa, Mancini or Spalleti or Laudrup or whoever you hire in a year's time anyway when As or Marca turn on them as well
exactly the press is always causing the instability
Good news this morning.
-Ronaldo is starting to run and could be available for the Racing game.
-Pellegrini wants to stop rotating and is confident what the main lineup is for the rest of the season. LINK
So whats the optimal lineup? I'd like to see everyones input on this question. Please state a lineup that can work for the rest of the season.
Reply to Madrid4Life:
most def. cassilas
ramos pepe albiol arbeola
lass alonso
benzema kaka ronaldo
higuain
well we can experiment wit the formation but not the players this is by far our most potent squad with out a doubt!!! Than just imagine we still had either robben or robino on the wings awwwwww pure magic!!!!!!!!!!
everybody knows what real madrids best lineup is...its obv its what we been playing against ath madrid getafe and ac milan..only thing u got to do is ad ronaldo instead of marcelo !
Check this LINK
Reply to Madrid4Life:
I know most guys wil not agree with me....but anyway here it goes....(I know this will probably not happen)
---------Casillas
Ramos--Pepe--Albiol--Arbeloa
------Alonso---Lass
Kaka--------VDV-------Ronaldo
----------Higuain
(Benzema and Raul would enter for VDV and Higuain depending on form)
Reply to Daniel:
Kaka is a mess on the wings, he simply should not play there. The formation should be like this IMO;
Casillas, Ramos, Pepe, Albiol, Arbeloa, Lass, Alonso, Higuain, Kaka, Ronaldo, Benzema. Higuain and Ronaldo will play as Inside Forwards while Kaka will play as a second-striker to Benzema, where he loves to play. Luckily, Pellegrini's starting Xi is the same as mine except for the fact that he plays Benzema on the wing and Higuain up front.
Guys...Fiorentino said two contrasting things which actually scares me.Perez said this...
1)Pellegrini will last for a year...maybe even more
2)We need staility
They are VERY contrasting...keeping a coach for a year is NOT stability...wake up guys!!! In order to have staility I would like the coach lasting ATLEAST 3 years...and will remain coach no matter what even if he fails to win anythingin the first two years. All clubs do this...
Reply to Daniel:
He didn't say he'd stay for a year. If I remember correctly, he said, "Pellegrini will be here at the end of the season." That doesn't mean he won't be here next season.
Marca and AS would be great satire websites if they didn't take themselves seriously - a "historical" upset? Umm, what about last season in the Copa del Rey? I think Pellegrini's team selection for the cup was a statement to certain players - you are not good enough to play against the segunda, so stop crying that you don't warm the bench in the primera
Reply to Elliott:
Just to make it clear, last yr we went down fighting 6-5 to Real Union, not like this yr's 4-1 to Alcorcon. Now do u see which loss is more acceptable??
And Real Union was a 2nd division side IMO not a 3rd division one like Alcorcon!
Reply to galacticos:
at the end of the day it's a shit competition. we would rather win the league or the CL. now stop crying over spilled milk.
and the selection was more political than tactical, but apparently you are too simple minded to understand that.
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
Yep...but that tends to mean he probably won't make it furthur that that...if he had in mind that he'll keep him for more he'd simply "Pellegrini will be here for many years to come"
omg ronaldo is just the best on real madrid he is class and gorgeous lol hope he is recovering and will play soon i love himmm
I agree the game at nou camp was ours but the coach let us down surely a coach aught to read the game and picture the missing link in the team and fix it. I have watched Madrid lose games not because the opponent was better but that we never fixed our weak link during the game.The coach has Van yet he doesnt know what to do with him we sold Robben but see the wing needs a classy player who can burry chances that the team did create at the nou camp am disappointed that our own coach seems more unable to make a tactful substitution like Pep did. Many coaches win matches with the right substitution ours loses. Just consider the substitution made in the match none changed the game to our favour all gave away the game.
The thing that gets me really mad is the ref, i'm not saying we lost the game because of him BUT dani alves should have seen a yellow if not red for that lashing out against the side ref he literally raised his fist to the ref wanting to punch him i have no idea how he got away with that how can a player do that to a ref and not be punished. and keita's had at least 8 fouls 3 of which stopped counter attacks and he saw no yellow but 1 small foul on messi by arbeloa and he gets a yellow. Busquets first foul on ronaldo was absolutely a yellow he came in from the back to the heels i don't care if it was in the first 10 minutes or the last 10 minutes it was a yellow. He was easily swayed by the basura players. This is supposed to be spains number 1 ref he is going to represent them in the world cup what a shame. He did a trashy job in the costa rica v uruguay game and he did a trashy job in this game as well.