Alex Kirkland

We've discussed it.

Some of the big players in this team weren't happy.

Yeah, that's gone now.

He's gone and someone else has come in.

Are we going to see a big uptick in performances from someone like Vinicius Junior?

Well, tonight we didn't.

You know, he's one of the few sort of big names who stayed in the team and started this game.

And he was poor.

It is difficult for a player like that to go away from home to a lower tier side.

Maybe not the best pitch, but still.

He was poor.

And so, you know, let's see how Vinicius Junior performs, for example, on Saturday against Levante, where we see a big improvement in his performance because the coach that we know that he wasn't that keen on has gone.

So that's another big one to watch, I think.

Well, look, never say never because I didn't think Xabi Alonso would be sacked on Monday either.

But no, look, Arbeloa, the club really believe in Arbeloa and the president believes in Arbeloa.

They've got a lot of faith in him.

Zidane is one example of a reserve team coach who stepped up midway through the season when the previous coach failed, turned it around and that turned out

In the best case scenario, Zidane won the Champions League and then won it twice more in the following seasons.

Other times it hasn't worked out.

We saw Santi Solari promoted at Real Madrid from the reserve team coach as well to take over mid-season when a coach hadn't worked out in Lopetegui.