11 - Ousmane Dembélé - V1

[Tekkers]

He lost 10 balls against a Bteam.
Had two good actions.
He defends worse than Messi.
And showed some bad attitude towards teammates.

Also, he is an attacker.
In the last few matches, he has one shot attempt per match and each time his shots are as horrible as penalty kicks from Sergio Ramos when he sends the ball to the Moon.

He had several shots already with 10m off target each time :/

What is your problem?

He's a direct-dribbler in the same vein of an Arjen Robben, of course he's going to lose the ball when he's directly attacking the enemy lines in an attempt to unravel it. I could literally scour YT and find highlights of every great dribbler, past or present, losing the ball. When the hell did that start becoming a cause for serious concern until now? Or does Messi have a 100% dribble completion rate?

His "two good actions" (it was more, but whatever) > losing 10 balls

His attitude is down to the fact that he's not only had an unfortunate debut season that has been plagued with injuries, but also the fact that it occurred in a World Cup year, when he looked destined to be a France starter heading into the 2017-18 season. He's acting like every player, young or old would, if they faced the exact same circumstances that have been bestowed upon. The fact that you refuse to acknowledge this is either down to your mere lack of intelligence, or due to the fact you're just being disingenuous and have some weird grudge against this guy for whatever reason.

Edit: And since when was he scouted for his otherworldly finishing before the goal? He's a dribbler and a playmaker, first and foremost.

 

[Cule4life]

Haha you just making shit up again?

Dont think I have ever 'ranted against Dembele' and even tonight havent. Been positive about him for most part.

Textbook crap from you desperate to try and make a point.

See my edit above. Thought i was replying to someone else.

 

[clemente]

Just watched highlights, nowhere near as bad as people making out to be. And people calling him flop, this forum is sad to read, nothing but pathetic people desperate for trainwrecks to feel better about themselves.

 

[Cule4life]

Just watched highlights, nowhere near as bad as people making out to be. And people calling him flop, this forum is sad to read, nothing but pathetic people desperate for trainwrecks to feel better about themselves.

Or Valverde apologists/Workhorse lovers

 

[Barca83]

I can't believe people were mocking Madrid fans for saying Asensio is better than Dembele, I would honestly take Deulofeu over Demfraud atm

 

[Tekkers]

Just watched highlights, nowhere near as bad as people making out to be. And people calling him flop, this forum is sad to read, nothing but pathetic people desperate for trainwrecks to feel better about themselves.

Barca fans are starting to look real bad right now. Any other player and this performance is praised, his dribbling and ball distribution (especially the way he switched the ball to the opposite flank with both feet) was breathtaking.

But I guess because a guy who was never regarded as a goalscorer widely misses a shot he's somehow the biggest flop of all time. Pathetic.

 

[Barca83]

This should be our lineup vs Chelsea

MATS

Vidal
Pique
Umtiti
Alba

Roberto
Rakitic
Busquets
Alcacer/Gomes

Messi
Suarez

 

[kattanib]

We would be lucky if we can sell him for 40M .. the rest is sunk cost. No need to keep on spending on his salary in order to get a decent return on investment. We should accept that he is a sunk cost and move on

 

[FCBfan22]

This should be our lineup vs Chelsea

MATS

Vidal
Pique
Umtiti
Alba

Roberto
Rakitic
Busquets
Alcacer/Gomes

Messi
Suarez

Vidal at RB? Today he was backheeling the ball in front of our box and you would give him full defnsive duty against Chelsea? Alcacer in the midfield? His link-up play is almost 0.

 

[Cule4life]

We would be lucky if we can sell him for 40M .. the rest is sunk cost. No need to keep on spending on his salary in order to get a decent return on investment. We should accept that he is a sunk cost and move on

Well then thank God you aren't in Barca management eh?

 

[FCBfan22]

maybe this then

Alcacer's "link up play" is better than Demfraud losing possession every time he gets the ball

MATS

Roberto
Pique
Umtiti
Alba

Alcacer
Rakitic
Busquets
Gomes

Messi
Suarez

Paco did 0 today. He wasted every chance he had (3), or shot straigth at the keeper (1). Other than that, he just camped in the box. Some of you forgot, that we played Paco at RM/RW this year already and it was a horror show.

 

[serghei]

He has to start playing regular minutes in the league, and as he plays better in them, with the help of the world class players, he'll grow in confidence. He is a kid, you can't be asking 20 years old players to basically force themselves in the team by being crazy good from the start. It doesn't work this way all the time.

We paid 120m + change for him. We have even more to lose than him, considering the investment we made. Give him several starts in a row in La Liga and we'll see where we are after a month or so.

It's hard to draw conclusions after a game like this one, with a mixed team.

Dembele has the decision making of Deulofeu, shooting of Gomes, slipping and losing possession of Sanchez, ball hogging of Neymar, and the playmaking and linkup play of Paulinho.

Add the face of young Eddie Murphy and that's the perfect footballer.

 

[Cule4life]

Give him several starts in a row in La Liga and we'll see where we are after a month or so.

Get out of here with that level headed response. Get in with the hyperbole and ask for his head/write him off as sunk cost for not celebrating in a friendly against Asspanyol.

 

[JamDav1982]

The ability is clearly there it is just about him fitting into a system where he will be there to fit round Messi.

No doubt he could go somewhere and get freedom and be brilliant just need to give him time and see if can fit in as part of a system based on someone else.

 

[FCBfan22]

The ability is clearly there it is just about him fitting into a system where he will be there to fit round Messi.

No doubt he could go somewhere and get freedom and be brilliant just need to give him time and see if can fit in as part of a system based on someone else.

This.

I said many times that playing with Messi may be as difficult as playing against him. Especially with him playing in a free role this year. Even proven WC player like Coutinho is still trying to master that.