Roberto Carlos mulling Real return

we do not need another old defender. we love you for what you did back in your prime, but we need to look to the future.

Ha! Is this Raul dream? The building of a team where he is the youngest? This is a joke.

Young and unproven versus Reliable and Experienced.

Too many of these kids experience is in playing video games not footy games.

Likewise, though I'm not backing Italy as my first team to win the World Cup, Cannavaro could well lead them to glory again.

onelove, I agree with you. Roberto was an asset for us simply due to his presence on the pitch, but honestly, as a defender, he fell short. He was never a great defensive player (only slightly better than Drenthe is now), and wasted SO many good free kick opportunities. He did use the pitch well however, and his pace disrupted almost every side we played. If he still has that pace, he could be an asset again. As far as being better than Cannavaro... hollyice, they play completely different positions. As much as I would love to see a bigger, quicker defender (Mexes?) partner with Pepe in the middle, Fabio is still serviceable. I'm not sure why Cannavaro was bought in the first place, but he's all we have, you know? Maybe we'll scoop someone up during the summer window.

hollyice, it's hardly fair to judge a player on 1 performance. What if we all judged Vidic by his performance against Liverpool?

Saying that, I don't think he's good enough for Real. He's solid enough in most games but he's a bit of a hothead. Real have massive problems in defence and it will take a much better player than Mexes to start fixing them. It's clear to me that the only defender who should be a regular is Ramos, the rest of them are liabilities.