4 - Ronald Araújo

Barcaman said:

Don't think he was that bad.
Either way, he is among 15 outfitted players Flick mostly uses and he is very much needed as rotation option.

Almost scored from that corner.

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he is one of the few headers outlet in the team has to be said.

As a squad player he's surely luxurious to be fair. And I havent't lost total hope that he can amount to more. Not holding my breath though. His weaknesses are clear as day and he hardly progresses (so far).

jamrock said:

He's damned if he tries to pass
He's damned if he doesn't.

How is he going to learn?

Again He's not prime Pique.

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He had a great game last game and one before? Can’t remember.

I feel Araujo he pushing himself to do more and more to point it goes wrong. Should skip the technically more difficult pass at times instead of forcing it.

At least just hoof them instead of playing low passes with power straight to the opposition. You ain't Cubarsi mate.

Not his biggest fan due to how he is on ball but he wasnt terrible today and that loss of ball is more on Lewa.

He was good while defending. But was at fault with that goal.
Quite a conundrum really.
We all know, and he knows, that he's not good with the ball.
Either he never tries it, so he never improves, and thus proving his critics correct.
Or he tries it, but he will eventually fuck it up and thus proving his critics correct.

Damn if you do or dont. LOL

He always seemed a big unit to me, physical and really good defensively.

So it really is a shame he struggles with his passing and on the ball. I notice it too when I watch him. If he was better technically he'd be a hell of a player.

He can still be very useful in certain gamestates. Like he was against Benfica.

But under normal circumstances in the big games Inigo and Cubarsi are our starters and there is really no reason to think of anything else.

I don't have anything against him but the objective truth is that denying Juventus offer was a massive, fat, unexplainable and senseless blunder by the board. Money they offered will probably never be offered to us again, Juve was in a desperate situation and that's why they did it.

mc_lovin said:

Caused the goal. Gifted like 5 passes straight to the opposition. Your overly simplistic view of defenders just having to defend is outdat
You disagree about Cuba and Inigo being clear?

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Lol.... if you want to be fair, please watch how that goal came about again, this time more open-mindedly and in slow-mo . You would see that at that instance, other passing routes were blocked(Kounde, Garcia, Pedri and Yamal) but he had two other options, he either goes back to his keeper(which is what he is fond of and can be accused of overdoing) or he boots the ball out into the air and to no one in particular. But he did well to raise his head well enough to see a Lewa who was a little free and alone in the centre of the park and he felt that was a better choice. That type of pass is what some use to build counter attacks with a simple flick on, but we all know Lewa is sluggish and somehow the defender caught up and was able to nick the ball away from Lewa easily, Garcia intercepted but the ball inadvertently fell to a Danjuma who was metres away from him and caught the entire defence line off-guard.

Please tell me any of the great CDs past or present that has not had a similar or worse situation. If you can mention 1 with proven facts, I will defer to your argument and keep quiet on this.

My views about defenders? A Cancelo is a straight up and resdy to go example. In a world where a basic Rudiger and speed merchant Kyle Walker are Champions league winners and still at the top of the choice of teams in Europe and a Cancello is somewhere in the desert exhibiting his passing skills to cameIs as a ball playing defender is enough justification for a simplistic perspective about defenders. I dont need to add more

And if you care to look at a few posts in the previous page before this one, you would have seen where I stated in a respnse to a comment from IniestaGoat that although I am an admirer of Araujos abilitues s a CD but I am not irrational ans deluded to the point of not seeing that Curbasi and Inigo are ahead of him at the moment.

I put objectivity and rationality in any of my analysis and opinions. They may not be popular or chorus singing for some but you cant accuse me of any of those two or being delusional.

draconifire said:

He was good while defending. But was at fault with that goal.
Quite a conundrum really.
We all know, and he knows, that he's not good with the ball.
Either he never tries it, so he never improves, and thus proving his critics correct.
Or he tries it, but he will eventually fuck it up and thus proving his critics correct.

Damn if you do or dont. LOL

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That goal could be 30% on him but 50% on Lewa and remaining 20% shared around. How come you guys blame other players when they turn over the a ball and it leads to a goal but decided to heap everything on Araujo even when it js obvious Lewa controlled a pass but lost it easily and even a Garcia still had a better opportunity at intercepting but missed it?

It is becoming irritating here!! It is obvious this dude is being hated for events of the past, not what he is doing currently. Come on!!!!!

Maradona37 said:

He always seemed a big unit to me, physical and really good defensively.

So it really is a shame he struggles with his passing and on the ball. I notice it too when I watch him. If he was better technically he'd be a hell of a player.

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Spot on!!. He is not so good on the ball and even his most fanatical supporters know that. But he makes up for that with other attibutes that his fellow defensers/teamates lack. It should be complementary!!

Its not just the pass.. which Lewa was more at fault for.. it was fact he then compounded it with zero inclination to play offside there.

Has strengths and weaknesses and isnt a starter when all fit but was ok today.

Gazzznigga said:

That goal could be 30% on him but 50% on Lewa and remaining 20% shared around. How come you guys blame other players when they turn over the a ball and it leads to a goal but decided to heap everything on Araujo even when it js obvious Lewa controlled a pass but lost it easily and even a Garcia still had a better opportunity at intercepting but missed it?

It is becoming irritating here!! It is obvious this dude is being hated for events of the past, not what he is doing currently. Come on!!!!!

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more like 60% him and 30% Lewa.

rewatched summary. Lewandowski looked poor as well.

Gazzznigga said:

😆 🤣 😂.....how was he a liability in this match?. I am all ears.

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When you play for a team that expects to win every match having some great defending moments and last ditch tackles as your MO isn't enough. He is just too inconsistent on the ball and in his positioning.

He needs to be tactically and technically sound. The 11 players are a unit and we can't have any technical or tactical weak links.

Araujo is the kind of defender that would work miracles for a lower level team that relies on deep defending.

But he just isn't technically or tactically on the same level as the rest of the team and it always shows. He is just a bit too slow with his passes, or he misses them sometimes, or sometimes he keeps people onside whilst the rest of the team onside trap, etc.

Amazing **defending** skills. Tactical and technical skills, massive let down.

Inigo and Cubarsi are simply better footballers and that is why they've been preferred. At the end of the day football is a team game, you can be as physically talented as you wish, but it won't matter if you don't know how to work with your teammates.