11 - Ousmane Dembélé - V1

[FCB1987]

Dembele is having a great season so far (5 goals in 9 games) so there is no room to be worried over him after one time he was benched. I TRULLY BELIEVE IN THIS KID. He already showed haters he can add another dimension to this team and he will show it again.

BBZ8800 I honestly don't understand why do you support Barca? 90% of things you admire are not part of Barca's philosophy and never were. You are talking about physical players and workhorses 24/7, you prefer much more direct football than we ever played, you don't believe in young players or La Masia. You should honestly think if Barca is a team that suits your philosophy because it for sure doesn't look like that.

Dembele is this year's Paulinho where he'll live off a few early goals for the whole season. If you actually watch every touch Dembele makes in a match, the vast majority of his play is average at best and nowhere near the "future ballon d'or" level he's claimed to be.

Dembele is an Mbappe level talent 2% of the time but the other 98% he is around Deulofeu level.

 

[khaled_a_d]

Why sell him? Helping him adapt.

Hmmm, I am not sure anyone (or many at least) are saying we should sell him, but we surely need to consider the possibly and assess our options in the summer
Dembele has a lot of question marks in his game, he is a turnover machine, with loose ball control and first touch and bad passing and dribbling habits, on the other hand he is undeniable talent.
He showed he can develop into better goalscorer but he also showed being a tactical problem.
Was last game without him and with extra midfielder (and with Coutinho having left side for himself) a random game or it will be a trend that he kills the flaw of the game? will he be able to get his game into better level, develop his 1st touch and play with more cautious and better for the team? Is he going to reach his potential
At the end we will have to gamble, either on him not making it and cut our loss and sell him and risk him turning into superstar somewhere else, or on him making it and risk his value going further down

 

[Jombi]

The huge issue is that we dont have space for support forwards like Dembele and Malcom the way we should play. If Messi and Coutinho do not play its easier to find room for him of course. If we didnt have Messi and Coutinho and had a strong number 9, he could have caused all sorts of trouble for the opposition playing off the striker. Even with Malcom added into the mix too with three midfielders behind them. I dont know what the solution is to this.

 

[BBZ8800]

I like how a team plays and has more control without him in a team.

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

I like how a team plays and has more control without him in a team.

We look better, especially defensively. Neymar used to help our defense, Dembele needs to do the same but he is not used to it.

 

[Total-Football]

damage control.. like with gomes, alcacer, denis,.turan and the rest of useless players.. we should market him good and find him a club.. this player is not having what yall imagining in your wishful thinking parallel universe.

 

[Obiaseti]

Don't see the point in subbing him on for 10 mins. The pattern with him so far has always been 10 to 15 mins of mediocre to poor play followed by intermittent bursts of creativity and chance creation. Would have been better off bringing Malcolm in the final minutes.

 

[Maxim4]

Dembélé brought a lot of games in attack during his 10 minutes.

 

[Donatello]

Don't see the point in subbing him on for 10 mins. The pattern with him so far has always been 10 to 15 mins of mediocre to poor play followed by intermittent bursts of creativity and chance creation. Would have been better off bringing Malcolm in the final minutes.

Not even 10 mins, he was subbed at f*in 84th min.

And IDK what you get by playing Rafinha over Malcom, in the hopes of increasing Rafinha's market value, you are surely decreasing Malcom's & that guy hasn't even got a chance yet.

 

[Vahue]

Terrible match. He should've scored at least 3 goals.

 

[Alik]

Should be have been subbed in earlier.

 

[Donatello]

Terrible match. He should've scored at least 3 goals.

Coutinho deserves to start over him 100%, what a player today, perfectly suited for left wing.

 

[Maxim4]

Not even 10 mins, he was subbed at f*in 84th min.

And IDK what you get by playing Rafinha over Malcom, in the hopes of increasing Rafinha's market value, you are surely decreasing Malcom's & that guy hasn't even got a chance yet.

he brought danger during the 7 minutes.

 

[Potroh]

Should be have been subbed in earlier.

Definitely. And of course in Suarez's place...

 

[Maxim4]

I like how a team plays and has more control without him in a team.

Well, Dembélé only played 7 minutes, but Barça drew. apart from Messi, no one scores a goal.
they did not win without Dembélé.