Balde is making me nervous with his lack of defensive awareness and crappy positioning. Dear God, he's bad at defense.
This man to man press is giving us all sorts of trouble. Gonna need to win the individual battles to open up the field.
Flick going with the single pivot [FDJ] is making their press more effective as well. I'd like a 2nd goal before half to quell any problems.
Ferran makes me miss Lewa , Lewa makes me miss Ferran , hopefully at the end of the season both can Fvck off somewhere else ...
I'd say Ferran is fine as a sub. I doubt we can sign two 9s. It's already gonna be tough signing one. I don't even know who's on the radar. Would be nice if we could develop one in La Masia. Something we've really never been able to do.
On Fotmob, Barca have an xG of 3.89 so far, and have only scored twice. This is getting dumb, and being so wasteful puts this game at unneccesary risk.
OK, so Subs: 1. Olmo off for Bernal around minute ~60 2. Balde off for Cancelo around minute ~60 3. Raphinha off for Rashford around minute ~60 4. Ferran off for Lewandowski, like, NOW 5. Cubarsi off for Araujo, minute 70 Is what I might do.
Just s reminder: both Ferran and Lewa average a goal every 100 minutes this season. And both score consistently. It's not like 6 goals in 3 games, and then nothing for 2 months.