22 - Marc Bernal

Need Frenkie back asap. We have to big of a fall of when one of Pedri and Rodri are not playing.
 
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Absolutely horrible positioning from him that led to the equaliser.
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It was bad decision making. Should have just gone the safety route and cleared the ball. If you want to shield the ball with your body, you have to be 100% sure it works.
 
He can't defend nor control the midfield. Basically box to box midfielder. A Nico Gonzales. A poor man's Nico Gonzales from Barca 22.

Not too late for him to learn and improve but far far away from some level many deemed he is on already.
 
Loki said:
It was bad decision making. Should have just gone the safety route and cleared the ball. If you want to shield the ball with your body, you have to be 100% sure it works.
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First, he was completely on the wrong side of the opponent, on the outside instead of the inside. And once he saw that he had been beaten, he had to commit the foul. Completely wrong judgment and positioning.
 
I’m not sure what Bernals good at. Slow and gets easily bullied for someone of his height. Little mobility and not creative enough for a cm role either.
 
Barcaman said:
He can't defend nor control the midfield. Basically box to box midfielder. A Nico Gonzales. A poor man's Nico Gonzales from Barca 22.

Not too late for him to learn and improve but far far away from some level many deemed he is on already.
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He showed last season that he can control the game. Give him time, he is still just a kid. This is not how we should treat our youngsters. At his age Rodri was still playing for Villareal B.
 
Raketa10 said:
He showed last season that he can control the game. Give him time he is still just a kid. This is not how we should treat our youngsters.
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I said there is time. He can't control the game though. Needed a babysitter last season when played and needs one now.
There is also not much fight in him.
 
Raketa10 said:
Of course he needs a more experienced player next to him. That's normal for that age.
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Plenty of our youngsters did not and do not. He didn't play a pivot either. Played a role without that much responsibility further up than Rodri.

People are overrating him but to be fair to (and sorry to say) Frenkie, the Dutchman could yet be needed here. God forbid if we lose Rodri to injury.
 
We've won how many games with him starting between the end of last season and this season Again.?


Talk about over reaction
 
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There's something wrong with him. As a DM he seems to care about flashy things and slack off on the critical stuff that is his direct responsibility. He is hugely talented, but man, come off it, learn the trade of your position.
 
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At 193 cms, easily gets shrugged off the ball by a winger 20 cms shorter. And then goes on to fall on his bum at a desperate attempt to win the ball back clearly demonstrating his lack of pace. Comical all round. Hopefully the team doesn't need to rely on him in the CL KOs.
 
We may actually need frenkie to come back sooner than we thought in case rodri or pedri gets injured. I don’t trust bernal and gavi at all in important games.
 
Said it before but pretty certain there's a biomechanical issue there.

Explains why running looks such a chore to him. Dragging his feet, lackluster off the ball work, generally slow on the uptake.

Explains the lapses of composure and rigidity in certain situations, as we saw today.

Explains why he looks gassed so quickly, often shortly after coming on.

And it explains why after three years with the first team (minus the one lost to injury) he has so few 90 minute appearances under his belt. ChatGPT and Claude says he has a total of 3 full games, out of 45 appearances.

Even if you're seeing something different from me on the pitch, this final point should raise some concern. Not like Flick is averse to giving full minutes to youngsters if they have the level. For reference, Espart has played 90 minutes for 4 out of 5 games.
 
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Chill... he didn't have a good day at work - but neither did Martin, Pedri or Gordon.
 
And people said we don't need a midfielder. Imagine the horror season if we didn't get Rodri and FDJ would be out for the season. Playing Bernal and Gavi non stop with Pedri who would eventually break down because he would have to do everything in midfield. Flick would probably move Xavi to midfield if that happened but the Rodri transfer was crucial and very needed. I'm not writing Bernal off but he can't be a starter (yet), he still has a lot to prove. Hope Frenkie comes back, he would be great for depth.
 
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