Rafinha easily worth 25-30M in today's crazy market but how Bart fails to sell him is beyond me. He could ad great value to any team fighting for 4th place or EL.
He had that one iffy pass ( although our player was waiting for the ball rather than going to meet it ) but then Busqs was fabulous... just a shame that FDJ would also be amazing in his position
Everyone is a genius in front of a computer screen. In reality, my opinions, nor yours, are any better than those who actually coach the players. If they were we wouldn’t be here behind a keyboard believing that they were.
I remember seeing him in a couple of UEFA Youth League matches where he played quite well. Liked what I saw from him there but I never imagined he’d make his first team debut this early.
Dude made some savvy runs in and around the box his entire time out there. Also linked well with Nelson and Griezmann. Something you wish we could say about Dembouz. Mature beyond his years. Hopefully he'll get a good run of games in La Liga after we've clinched with 6 games remaining...
It doesn't take a genius to be able to judge a football player's ability. If you've watched football for long enough then you are more than capable of being able to judge an individual's ability just as well as most coaches. What separates a coach from your average fan are the intricacies of tactics, which understandably we all fall short of compared to any professional coach.
Today's match impressed me how direct and devastating we were especially in the second half. Griezmann is fantastic and he looked comfortable as a striker. I'd start him over Suarez without even thinking twice. The Perez youngster who I've never heard of before also has some real talent. Sergi Craperto had a good game with that beauty of an assist, Alba was good... I think we gotta give the young guys minutes. I would play this lineup next match or after the international break: MATS Semedo Pique Lenglet Alba De Jong Busquets Vidal Arthur Messi Griezmann Bench: Umtiti, Roberto, Rakitic, Suarez, Dembele, Perez If Dembele is healthy we could go 4-3-3 and bench Vidal. Suarez should be a sub that we put in after 60 minutes that can get us a goal. Perez should also get a bunch of minutes. And yea Craperto gets too much hate. He just shouldn't be starting but he's a decent player to have on the squad.
It was a great 2nd half performance but let's not get ahead of ourselves when Betis dropped their pants. Even Shitmes would have had a killer last night in 2nd half. Impressive by Perez taking on players and showing guts.