OPEN THREAD: CASINO ROYAL | APRIL 16, 2026
Let’s make one thing painfully clear, and make no mistake there is no two ways about it, Vinicius Jr has to leave Real Madrid. This season, after all his issues with Alonso, Vinicius got the ultimate nod. Arbeloa’s job wasn’t to coach the team but to rediscover Vinicius’s form, to cater to his whims, to keep him happy. Real Madrid bet on Vinicius and we ended up with a donut. On the list of departures, Vinicius is at the top. Real Madrid has always been a win or leave club, and we didn’t win anything after going all in on Vinicius. He has to shoulder half of the blame and depart because of his failureThe board and Perez are also huge culprits for the situation this club is in, the other half of the blame is squarely on them. We are making alleged top profits but can’t win a trophy to save our life. And they cannot build a team to save theirs. Our structure is putrid, we are 5 years in the past, the scouting is atrocious, the identity of this club is no longer competitive. Individual brilliance in the past has worked but now a team is needed to consistently win. No matter who is brought in, what manager is appointed, as long as these things don’t change they will always heave an uphill battle and we will always be inconsistent
0OPEN THREAD: CASINO ROYAL | APRIL 16, 2026
Let’s make one thing painfully clear, and make no mistake there is no two ways about it, Vinicius Jr has to leave Real Madrid. This season, after all his issues with Alonso, Vinicius got the ultimate nod. Arbeloa’s job wasn’t to coach the team but to rediscover Vinicius’s form, to cater to his whims, to keep him happy. Real Madrid bet on Vinicius and we ended up with a donut. On the list of departures, Vinicius is at the top. Real Madrid has always been a win or leave club, and we didn’t win anything after going all in on Vinicius. He has to shoulder half of the blame and depart because of his failureThe board and Perez are also huge culprits for the situation this club is in, the other half of the blame is squarely on them. We are making alleged top profits but can’t win a trophy to save our life. And they cannot build a team to save theirs. Our structure is putrid, we are 5 years in the past, the scouting is atrocious, the identity of this club is no longer competitive. Individual brilliance in the past has worked but now a team is needed to consistently win. No matter who is brought in, what manager is appointed, as long as these things don’t change they will always heave an uphill battle and we will always be inconsistent
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