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Koeman is a bad manager but sacking him and getting Xavi won't make us win LaLiga like people think. Our squad is subpar and the finances are bad, with a potential Europa League berth awaiting us. I.e our pull is shit and our players are bad so we might have a bad squad for a while if we don't...

Nailed it Also many of the players you listed are going to retire soon with no clear plan on how they are replaced except pray for La Masia gem. With no money and seemingly a pretty bleak La Masia crop coming through there will be more holes than a Swiss cheese in our squad, and no way to fill...

Last season he ranked in the 56th percentile for PSXG or Goalkeeper expected goals. Meaning more than half of the goalkeepers in LaLiga outperformed him in expected goals conceded. He conceded 32 goals whilst being expected to concede only 29, so a -3 PSXG . For reference Oblak had a +6.8 PSXG...

If we had a top keeper that makes big saves sometimes and can win us points we'd win games like today.

MATS might be the worst performer out of any 'top' goalkeeper in the one stat we have for this which is Xg/goal ratio. xG is only a theoretical probability so it can't account for amazing finishing in one isolated game for example but over time forms a very positive correlation as not every...

He didn't even play good football as many claim. Those who watched the B team knew how ugly it could get at times, his football mainly was just relying on players like Collado/Manaj/Konrad who were far too good for the level to bail the team out. Managed to make the team look poor even with...

I don't think international football tells you a lot about players alone tbh. Proven to be a very unreliable indicator of who is good or not. Different pace of football with vastly different systems. Players barely spend any time together as opposed to club level so different characteristics are...

Many clubs employ this system. They know how to hide their star players weaknesses in easier leagues and showcase them. Sancho who stacked up goals and assists for fun with Dortmund made MU spend 80 mil on him for him to get benched a few games in. Even Luuk De Jong scored 20+ goals in that...

Is it worth sacrificing their development for some extra squad fat? We already had guys like Collado who were older B players that could make the numbers up (not even registered for some reason) If they are gonna do nothing but warm the bench and play Copa games there are easier solution to that.

We will have a better idea of if he can be a long term solution in a year or two. He made a big jump from u19 football to playing the Clasico in only one season so it's normal he won't look good instantly when put into these games. After he settles in and we understand his strengths and...

Only thing puig is better than Fati at is golf

Better striker than Luuk De Jong

Shocking mismanagement of the B team this season by Laporta & Koeman. Several players who would be key players with Barca B and help a badly struggling team that right now is totally bereft of talent are warming up the bench for the first-team, exactly what Koeman initially said he wouldn't do...

Of course not. He was marked out of the game by Cadiz FB. Why the fuck did the club think he can be a solution at RW? You even see now we are playing a full-back at winger because there was meant to be someone to fill that hole. Absurd to me the club thought Demir is a solution Have barely...

Another game where he doesn't even warm up from the bench. What a genius Koeman was putting Nico Demir and Balde with the first-team where they get no play time

I'm not sure it's that. I think many talents from the Eredivisie tend to be early bloomers that don't improve much at all. Look at De Ligt. They said he was the potential best CB in the world and what do you know, he's not even a top CB in Italy..

Fati's issue as pointed out by many on here is he is pretty anonymous if he doesn't score a goal and his upside largely comes from goalscoring. As BBZ pointed out if this skill were not to be there he wouldn't be that good of a player. But he still has time to add other skills to his game and he...

Decent game. We were threatening and getting into the final third a lot. If the midfield had been better we win this game

Good in this game actually. Crisp pinpoint passing and decent under pressure. In these games where the opponent fields a less combative and slow midfield (You can't get much slower than Casemiro Kroos Modric) then he can really be useful.

Extreme. He's just not ready to contribute in such high-level matches yet. Nico/Demir/Gavi/Balde etc fall into this category, some more than others. Gavi can handle the lower-level league games and maybe some CL games but at 17 it's a tough ask to play well against Real. We can see his potential...