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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 20745575" data-attributes="member: 158020">Not good enough - No Modric and no ideas as Madrid slip up again <img src="http://images.performgroup.com/di/library/goal_es/86/f1/cristiano-ronaldo-real-madrid-eibar-02102016_uhkn368q3qjx1gi7nndqyqilo.jpg?t=-2044831445&w=620&h=430" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> It is quite simply not good enough. For the first time since 2006, Real Madrid have been held to four draws in a row and, without the injured Luka Modric against Eibar on Sunday, there was a total lack of ideas.Zinedine Zidane's side won their first five fixtures in 2016-17, but came into this match looking to end a run of three straight draws against Villarreal, Las Palmas and Borussia Dortmund. Villarreal finished fourth in La Liga last season, while Las Palmas have been a revelation so far this term and were playing at home and BVB are always a strong side in the Champions League - especially at the Signal Iduna Park. So there was perhaps no disgrace in any of those results, even if Madrid should have done better. At home to Eibar, however, there is simply no excuse for the failure to claim all three points. Yes, Madrid have rarely looked the same side in the absence of Casemiro through injury, failing to win a game since his injury away to Espanyol. The Brazilian brings balance and defensive stability to Madrid's midfield, but at home to Eibar, the problems were further forward. Even though James Rodriguez picked up a knock before the game and was unable to start, and Luka Modric is sidelined with a knee problem and has already undergone surgery, Madrid should still have had more than enough to beat a team like Eibar. They were not helped by a mix-up in defence which allowed Fran Rico to head home and give the Basques the lead. But, once they had equalised with a Gareth Bale header at the other end from a Cristiano Ronaldo cross, it should have been straightforward for the European champions. Without Modric, though, there was a real lack of imagination. Crosses were lumped into the box, while Madrid sought to attack on the break and, when chances came, they were duly squandered. Ronaldo did well to set up Bale for the Madrid goal, but the Portuguese was guilty of several misses and still seems out of sorts since his return from the injury he suffered in the final of Euro 2016.For his part, Alvaro Morata did improve Real as he replaced Karim Benzema at the break, but the Spain striker saw a strike correctly ruled out for offside and was also booked for diving in the area. Isco, meanwhile, continually frustrated the home fans as he lost the ball time and again, slowing down Madrid's play and rarely showing his skills before being substituted with 18 minutes left. With Ronaldo, Bale, Benzema, Morata, Isco and Marco Asensio all involved in the game, this ought to have been three points in the bag for Madrid, but with Casemiro out and Modric now sidelined, the midfield is proving a real problem for Zidane - and if it is not sorted soon, Los Blancos will fall off the pace in La Liga once again.</blockquote>

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