11 - Raphinha

Nucky

Senior Member
They need to offload him, he is not suited for us. He has quality but for decent team and style.

If Arsenal offered 70mil in january, it will be easy to sell him back to PL on summer.

I can best Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool might be interested.

And who exactly will play RW if Dembele picks up a injury?
 

Porque

Senior Member
Did anyone see how easily Newcastle carved through United with quick 1 touch plays?

This brother will be fine back in the Premier.
 

Birdy

Senior Member
And who exactly will play RW if Dembele picks up a injury?

We need a sub.
Ez Abde worst case, but I would go for a cheap young decent sub in the summer with SIMILAR PROFILE
that's the gist: Raphinia's profile is totally different and doesn't fit our tactics. When Dembele is out, NONE can open up space out wide


Did anyone see how easily Newcastle carved through United with quick 1 touch plays?

This brother will be fine back in the Premier.

He misplaces his one-touch passes like crazy.
Don't make it sound like he is Xavi or Iniesta at one-touch. Far from it. He wants to play one touch, yes! is he good at it? Hell NO
 

JohnN

Senior Member
Had some hope once and it's still his first season.
But he needs to show more to compete with Dembele.
At the beginning they shared minutes and it was in more equals terms. Now he is clearly below.
 

Porque

Senior Member
He misplaces his one-touch passes like crazy.
Don't make it sound like he is Xavi or Iniesta at one-touch. Far from it. He wants to play one touch, yes! is he good at it? Hell NO

The game is better for him there. And that doesn't need to make him Iniesta or Xavi.

Obviously he can play better here too. Even Dembele had an incredible improvement in his linkup efficiency and one touch passing with Xavi. But perhaps he was helped by a) having a higher level of natural talent and b) Xavi really taking to him (and vice versa).
 

JohnN

Senior Member
Had some hope once and it's still his first season.
But he needs to show more to compete with Dembele.
At the beginning they shared minutes and it was in more equals terms. Now he is clearly below.

Why the hell am I even mentioning him in the same sentence as Dembele. He can't dribble a cone.
 

ajnotkeith

Senior Member
You guys need to ease off on the criticism a bit.

He was really poor offensively, yes, but having to run and defend that much means by the time you get the ball on offense you're knackered and don't have energy to do much.
 

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