I think Pep is showing a lot of tactical flexibility this season e.g. playing haram defensive ball and giving wingers a bit more freedom (vs how he destroyed Grealish). Doku is doing his thing this season.
That's exactly what is happening. Yamal lost close to 40 balls against Inter last season that was essentially the catalyst to his balon dor run. Difference, he was spamming crosses to 50 guys inside a box. Even when Vini beats player the only ball he can play is the diagonal ball to the midfielder at the edge of the box. This guy is criminally mismanaged. I checked the stats, I was half expecting Doku to be neck and neck with Haaland for stats. Boy has 1 goal and 3 assists. My words, we are experts at hyping up players that aren't our own.
My man, he dribbled past 3 and got in the box, 4 others were in there, and what does he do? He doesn't know. Error 404: gets dispossessed. Mismanaged? This is standard Vini sh!t under 3 coaches now. What he needs is a brain transplant.
You try to tell Vini how to play then, maybe that will work. Since you're into stats checking, check these stats. 1986407981420786147 is not a valid tweet id And these while youre at it 1986806341436907851 is not a valid tweet id "Checked the stats" lol
Fact still remains that he has worse end product than Federico Valverde. Vini is WAY past those expectations. Nobody cares if he has the most dribbles or shit. They would still call him not good as he thinks he is.
No, just gets substituted every match and in a few matches he came in from the bench because Pep rotates heavily.
Vini's final ball has been an issue for two seasons now. Two coaches are at fault for him not executing basics? Yesterday he overdribbled twice inside the box after doing the hard part when passing was better option. Be better than total player homers when this issue has persisted for two seasons now!
Rayo is shit and the fans who paid did get to see him. No lies detected. Now who's going to call Zidane and tell him he needs to start wrapping things up with his Formula 1 racing dream because Carlo isn't available until next summer at the earliest. Besides that, Carlo doesn't take over from failed Spanish technocrats, that's Zidane's ally.
ZZ benched baby Vini against Man City for Rodrygo. No way he'd want to deal with current tantrum version. Xabi will complete the season rather than RM getting 2025 Luxembergo version to please Brazilian players. You can stay in your obnoxious universe like always.
Subscribe to his onlyfans while you're at it will you? Nothing about his attitude is reflected in the performances, or how i'd like a leader of our team conduct himself. When he wonders why nobody likes him, this is the kind of stuff that's relevant. When you shit talk the entire league, nobody will treat you like a colleague or part of a large player fraternity. There was an interesting point mentioned the other day on Cadena SER, if Vinicius hates everything surrounding him so much, why is he even there anymore?
Also like, if you wanna talk shit, do it when you score a hattrick or something. If you're making Bradley and Ratiu look like Maldini, maybe focus on your game instead.
Vini told them what every away crowd already knows and paid for. Hardly a crime to remind Rayo that the only reason anyone tunes in for their matches isn’t the fullback yeeting it into Row Z
Which is what i always say about Franco, football in 2025 is about volume not raw efficiency. The "this guy can win you the game with one move!" thing is past it. When one on our teams creates volume we see him as chaotic and uncontrolled when he's practically playing what he has to play perfectly. One day Vinicius won't even be the fifth best player on the team he plays for and that's when eventually people will point and make fun of him. When you walk from park to park in europe and tell people they are garbage, don't demand that they rally around you and praise you when it's time to collect the applause of the sport.
Vinicius' attitude belongs to 2000-2018 Barca. Is part of the reason why the club is bending over backward for him because they learned the wrong lessons from handling Cristiano? Now they back the player no matter what even when it's not in the clubs best interest.
When have we backed him no matter what, is there any examples that stand out as I can’t recall outside of backing him at the Ballon D’Or ceremony which I still think was BS with how City were informed of the winner and we weren’t, in the first year UEFA was involved in it’s organising … I’m not defending Vini’s attitude recently btw, he’s behaving like a clown. We should consider accepting a large offer if one comes, if this form continues.
That’s a cute fairy tale, but football doesn’t work on moral lessons. You don’t get applause for good manners. You get it for changing games. And until Madrid finds another player who bends a defense like Vini does, the parks of Europe will keep revolving around him, tantrums and all. And we're here for it.
For Jan-May 2025, this is a misleading / BS stat that can be explained through things like EL v CL, not prioritizing FA Cup, etc.. For Aug-present 2025: well, yeah, cuz Liverpool have been just as mediocre as Man Utd.
The thing is the club feels like replacing the player is financially difficult so you go along with the whole show for as long as it goes. It's basically the financial factor. If Brahim behaves like that he's fried.
His football is not good, the optics are not good, the relationship with the manager is not good, and the synergy with our best player is not there. At some point, even if the finances are not working out perfectly, everything else is just not working out. There's too much tension in the team, not fully his fault but we can probably live without it. Even if we just decide Rodrygo stays as LW, maybe we lose some quality and star power but the temperature ramps down and his chemistry with Mbappe works out better.
I don't think the "football is not good" end of the day we're not in the rooms where these discussions are made so we're only speculating, but I've never seen a 100 million coach while for any half decent player and ts the entry level fee now. If it's between losing a big asset for nothing or placing a Raul in a suit on the bench for some cool photo ops for a couple months, I think the second option looks a bit more attractive to a lot of business minded people.