Boring Madrid scavenge 3 points

It was a pathetic display of ineptitude.
Real Madrid does not need Bale, they need a whole new team!!
What is the forward line doing? It cannot get together a couple of passes and get inside the Granada defence? If they cannot breakdown the Granada defence, what will they do against the better teams like Barcelona and Athletico Madrid?
Ancelotti you have a lot to think about. Ronaldo is clearly out of form, Benzema should be benched even if he scored the only goal. The only two players who tried today was Di Maria and Ozil. The rest spent the 90 minutes putting us to sleep.
Albeloa does not have the ability to cross the ball into the penalty area. The number of times he back passed the ball to Pepe or another team mate was incredible. The flow of the game is savagely cut and all comes a halt. In this day and age, if a left back cannot cross the ball and feed the forwards, he has no right to be in the team. Look at Marcelo, he crosses are beautiful - if the forwards mess it up - it is not his fault.
I am really frustrated seeing this poor poor quality of football.
Are the stories of the imminent arrival of Gareth Bale so disturbing to the Madrid players?
What is the reason?
They were up against Granada for God's Sake not Bayern Munich or Dortmund.
God help us.

 

Too many plays down the left side - Real Madrid

Isn't it true that Madrid prefers playing down the left side?
Probably because Ronaldo is more comfortable down that flank.
This rules out the possibility of using the "breadth" of the playing area in their play.
The use of wingers can cause havoc catching defences out of place - with long diagonal passes.
But with all or most of the plays down the left, the attacks can become predictable.
If I may venture to add, this was perhaps of the one of the reasons why Madrid couldn't get an early goal in the return leg against Dortmund.
Any views?