Same here. He is 22. We shouldn't have put so much pressure on him. Not everyone is an Mbappé and a mental beast at 19 years. He will succeed.
The quality of passing the ball back every time when hes slightly under pressure really does shine through regularly. He's a utility player with a nice shot (that comes useful once in a blue moon). Sell while his value is still high before he gets exposed and reinvest.
He can't have his cake and eat it. If we lessen his minutes he complains. When we increase them and put demands on him, now there is too much pressure. Meh
Then again you're the guy who thought Balotelli was made for big time, so allow me to trust my own judgment of talent instead of yours. He's got good pace, reads the game very well and can finish in multiple ways. He's not flashy but he's shown he can do a whole lot.
lol aren't you tired of bringing up Balotelli every time there is an argument going on? Back to Asensio, his pace is indeed good, but not great. Doesn't really stand out in that aspect. Can finish, sure, even though he doesn't find himself in a position to do so often enough. In fact the reason for this is exactly because he doesn't read the game well. That is where your assessment is dead wrong. He moves a lot but he doesn't move smart. Can't think one step ahead. Doesn't react to defenses mistakes. Doesn't make space for others. His vision and teamwork is average at best. As I said, he's a good depth player to have, but at the price he could probably be sold right now, we're better off selling him. He's not getting better than this. He's had enough experience, changed enough coaches and positions and lack of maturity is not stopping him.
The guy was fire when the team was doing well, and he's not at the point of his career where he'll turn around an entire team doing bad. He doesn't look very confident but after terrible 20 something minutes he found his feet and had a very very good second half. Really tone deaf by Solari to sub him, he was almost on the scorers table which would have given him a break at least.
Completely disagree with this , unfortunately for Marco, I think his best position is one that we, as a team, don’t utilize, unless maybe he is played as a second striker, I think his best position is just behind the striker/ strikers, in the middle of the park, that’s where he can best display his teamwork and his vision which I actually think he has tons of and it’s where he made his mark at Espanyol, to continue to play him out wide is to waste his abilities, mind you I do think he needs to step up his game, but continuously playing him on the wings won’t help him IMO.
Right, its the position. As if he hasnt been played in every position and hasnt been average under a bunch of coaches. Hes good on the counter, like anyone with a bit of pace and shooting. But he doesn't have the brain to unlock defenses, use space wisely or make space for others. When in tight spaces Asensio just runs back with the ball or passes it back. He would be even worse in the middle. If you think his vision and teamwork is good, then you don't know the meaning of the concepts.
Yes, I think he’s better as a 10 than as a winger, he does not have the ability to get past his marker out wide on a regular basis, if he doesn’t get the ball out wide in behind his marker he turns back more often than not, as has been noted, I don’t find he’s effective out wide at all. I have seen him pick passes in tight spaces to set up strikers from the middle of the park more than once he has that vision, and again, it’s where he excelled and what brought him to more prominence at Espanyol, it’s what made the club take notice of him and bring him back I imagine, Marco has to up his game, he is lacking in confidence right now and not playing his best IMO, but I really think he is wasted out wide. Of course I don’t, you are the expert
Asensio has everything you claim he doesnt, the only thing you're right on is the pace thing. I'll also agree that he is indeed guilty of negative play at times but only when played on the left where he is reduced to drive the ball down the line and crossing it to usually no one. When he cuts from the right or drives through the middle you see that he indeed has a very good eye for through ball, this is more apparent with Spain than Madrid though since the former actually have strikers who make hurtful runs in the box.
I highly doubt Asensio will evolve into a world class #10. He lacks the football intelligence to suceed in that role. Happy to be proven wrong though.
Good job bashing a 22 year old worldclass talent that doesn't bring what he should bring in a team that has written crisis all over its image.
No player has played more games (54) for Real Madrid than Marco Asensio in 2018. Not even Benzema -53
Twice the player when playing on the right or centrally, playing him on the left is such a dumb move.
I don't even think that's the big issue. Feel like he needs to play with more fire and immediacy. We need him to be a difference maker. He was taking way more risks today (even using his right foot when breaking to the endline) instead of just passing and moving.
That’s an element but the major issue is what the poster above highlighted, he is very limited on the left, I have called this many times as someone who watched him at Mallorca, Espnayol and with Spain he is much better cutting in than driving the ball to the line and crossing it, he is simply not that type of player.