11 - Ousmane Dembélé - V1

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BarçaBarça

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People are having their mind blown because we now have more players available than can fit into a realistic starting-11.
Guess what - he will be getting playing time in the league (subbed in half time, or coming on the last 30 minutes), when the schedule tightens, because
1) we need players fully fit in CL-matches and therefore needs to rest key players in the league.
2) he needs to get integrated slowly
3) our enormous lead makes it a minimal risk
 
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MessiCam

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BarçaBarça said:
People are having their mind blown because we now have more players available than can fit into a realistic starting-11.
Guess what - he will be getting playing time in the league (subbed in half time, or coming on the last 30 minutes), when the schedule tightens, because
1) we need players fully fit in CL-matches and therefore needs to rest key players in the league.
2) he needs to get integrated slowly
3) our enormous lead makes it a minimal risk
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We're not discussing rotations, we're discussing squad balance. Dembele, Coutinho and Iniesta present a problem for this 4-4-2 or 4-2-3-1 even with one sitting on the bench.
 
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Calidad

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This guy is a pure baller. Give him a few games and he’ll show his worth.

He’s a tier 1 talent along with Mbappe. And currently, they’re probably alone in that tier.
 
dakt

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I am amazed that we are already drawing "hard wired" conclusions based on few games that he had.
Talent for sure. That is all we know at this point. Rest is uncertain, let's hope he'll have easy time here.
 
FinBarcelonafan

FinBarcelonafan

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dakt said:
I am amazed that we are already drawing "hard wired" conclusions based on few games that he had.
Talent for sure. That is all we know at this point. Rest is uncertain, let's hope he'll have easy time here.
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Just sick of waiting for him to play. 😐 Injuries suck.
 
BarcaJack

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The reason you can't play Coutinho-Suarez-Messi is that none of three plays as a winger, it would be too crowded in the middle. Unless you let both the fullbacks to go full-attack mode, which leaves huge holes in our defense which can hurt seriously -- as we were 0-1 against Alaves.
As a "Coutinho hater", I admit that Coutinho increases the fluidity of our midfield play, which should lead to more chances -- if Coutinho is capable of delivering some killer passes. A slightly disordered position play is not a surprise. Every new midfielder introducing to our system will cause some issues. However, how to deal with Coutinho's defensive game remains to be seen.
 
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Ousmane Dembélé

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Surprised we haven't anything about him from the club, guess they just don't want to build up the hype again like they did last time only to see him get injured 4 matches in.

He could be in the the squad against Espanyol or Valencia away, but he'll most likely return next Sunday against Getafe.
 
BarcaJack

BarcaJack

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Stop jinxing him... IMO his situation is quite similar to Alex Sanchez who pulled his thigh quite a few times when he came here. The trick to play in narrow spaces: try more small and light touches, prepare to fall down, and don't twist and burst too often.
 
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