Alex Kirkland

After that VAR result in La Liga, they were getting on the right track.

And all of a sudden,

It's almost like back to square one.

And now I think there's a real worry about where does this season go from here?

Is it going off the rails again?

Because Arbeloa, like I say, had that dodgy start in the Copa del Rey.

They got knocked out of the Cup.

But after that, it looked like he was starting to put something together and the players were starting to buy in.

And here we are, like I say, right back to square one.

Yeah, Madrid fans want two things.

They want trophies and they want effort.

You know, it's not about a style of play, a philosophy like Barca might have, but you want to win things and you want to see that the players are working hard.

And we've seen that time and time again.

Some really popular players at the Bernabeu aren't always the superstars.

They might be, you know, a homegrown academy product.

who puts in a shift, who works hard, who always gives 100% despite being, you know, a fairly limited player compared to some of his Galactico teammates.

And one of the big frustrations around this team, and the reason I think they might be getting whistled again on Sunday in the Rio game, we saw all those whistles the other day after the Alonso sacking at the Bernabeu louder than I'd ever heard it being there.

I think we can get some more of that other weekend.

Maybe not quite as loud, but still, I think the team is going to sort of feel the frustration of the fans because...

increasingly, it's the players that are under the spotlight.