11 - Ousmane Dembélé - V1

[Pepe Silvia]

Dembele is a funny dude

 

[ronniecro]

umtiti seems like a kind of a guy who i'd like to get high with

 

[Horatio]

Now Dembele's pitch and laugh also resembles Eddie Murphy's.

 

[wisconsincule]

umtiti seems like a kind of a guy who i'd like to get high with

How awesome that would be.

 

[MessiCam]

I have no idea how people can be serious about Roberto as a midfielder and Semedo as a RB.
We played that combination like what, 1-2 times this season?

1. Roberto played 100 minutes as a midfielder this season
2. Semedo is always a sub RB
3. Roberto and Semedo (and Dembele) are rarely on a field together and don't have too much chemistry, and a team would lack automatism both in attack and defense which could result in some easy counters and goals
4. Semedo was injured and probably out of form
5. also, what, if we would play Roberto-Semedo, does it mean: Messi-Suarez-Demebele, and Iniesta-Roberto-Busquets midfield? So, ALL of Rakitic, Paulinho, Gomes out? Well, good luck with that part.

In short: in big matches, you don't experiment but you play with a proven lineup.

We could try Roberto-Semedo duo against Las Palmas at Camp Nou, though.

How is this working out for you?

 

[BarçaBarça]

Hope he gets a full game this weekend and at least half of the second leg.
Then we can rest some important players half/half the next two games..

 

[Barcaman]

Not getting any minutes indicates Valverde wasn't pleased with him against Sevilla.

 

[FCBfan22]

He doesn't trust him defensively, which is understandable. Still, he could've been given those 10 minutes instead of Gomes.

He'll play the whole game against Leganes probably.

 

[Barcaman]

He trusted him against Chelsea so this is a step back.
Hope kid takes it in the chin and re-doubles his efforts.

 

[5ergio_Busquets]

Not getting any minutes indicates Valverde wasn't pleased with him against Sevilla.

Couldn't have performed any worse than Roberto did. Roberto lost possession a lot of times and didn't add anything to the attack.

 

[FCBfan22]

It will be interesting how Valverde handles the 2nd leg against Roma. We all said the same about Dembele before the 2nd Chelsea game and then he started. It seems to me, that Valverde tries to be more cautious during the 1st legs. We'll see what happens, because I wouldn't draw conclusions with Valverde. He didn't play Denis in months and then he has thrown him in against Sevilla away.

But, of course, a lot will depend on Dembele's performance against Leganes.

 

[Total-Football]

Valvered has an agenda.. or maybe valverde is also an internet troll, or maybe the guy has a pair of eyes and see that dembele, at his current level, is not good enough to rely on in big matches.

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

I think Valverde made smart choice by not starting Dembele. Rome was threat and Roberto and Semedo brings us better defensive stability.

 

[Ousmane Dembélé]

I think Valverde made smart choice by not starting Dembele. Rome was threat and Roberto and Semedo brings us better defensive stability.

If you're afraid to start Dembele at home against Roma then the only matches you would be okay with him playing would be against the minnows of La Liga.

 

[MessiTBE]

Dembele should start in the 2nd leg and in all la Liga matches.