Poch can legit save his carreer, been hoping Alena leaves for so long, he is being destroyed under EV.
Has Alena shown anything? With Puig I can understand the hype, but Alena is just as mediocre as it gets.
You know, you can drag Barca B without being anything special. I havent seen a single performance where I thought, yeah, hes brilliant. And he needs to be brilliant as an attacking midfielder. Asensio for example was banging in screamers for a while, but I never thought he looked special.
Edit: And you got personal quite fast.
Alena looked better than Puig with B team tbf. Puig barely played in 1st team (official games) to make a conclusion he is better talent for 1st team football. May be he would, but didn't warrant that yet
Alena is the only Barca B player in whom I had faith after Thiago.
In younger years, he seemed as if he doesn't have any flaws.
1. His technique was very good
2. His physique was very good
3. He had a nice IQ
4. He was quite brave and a leader.
He looked as a future captain (the same as Xavi Simmons).
But today it seems that he is a weaker version of Roberto: Jack of all trades, master of none.
He is not an attacker.
We don't need a Cam.
For a midfielder he is meh and average defensively.
In terms of skills, the same.
He is good in everything, but not a world class in anything.
Passing=losing too many balls.
Scoring=ok, but not good enough to be an attacker.
Dribbling=average.
Pace=ok, but poor to be a winger.
Defending=meh.
He could turn into some Rafinha, Gabri or a weaker version of Roberto.
An eternal 5th choice as a midfielder and an option for some other positions.
But that way, our fans will start to whine when he will be 25 or 26 with posts=why is a coach giving minutes to Alena (who can't improve), when he could have given his minutes to a new flavor of the Month (insert some new 19 years old La Masia kid from 2024)?
So, unless if he will improve a lot soon, he is finished.
And he will start to be hated in a few years.
If it was 2015,2016 I think Alena would have been given chances to experience top level football more and improve his development as a player.
Alena is the only Barca B player in whom I had faith after Thiago.
In younger years, he seemed as if he doesn't have any flaws.
1. His technique was very good
2. His physique was very good
3. He had a nice IQ
4. He was quite brave and a leader.
He looked as a future captain (the same as Xavi Simmons).
But today it seems that he is a weaker version of Roberto: Jack of all trades, master of none.
He is not an attacker.
We don't need a Cam.
For a midfielder he is meh and average defensively.
In terms of skills, the same.
He is good in everything, but not a world class in anything.
Passing=losing too many balls.
Scoring=ok, but not good enough to be an attacker.
Dribbling=average.
Pace=ok, but poor to be a winger.
Defending=meh.
He could turn into some Rafinha, Gabri or a weaker version of Roberto.
An eternal 5th choice as a midfielder and an option for some other positions.
But that way, our fans will start to whine when he will be 25 or 26 with posts=why is a coach giving minutes to Alena (who can't improve), when he could have given his minutes to a new flavor of the Month (insert some new 19 years old La Masia kid from 2024)?
So, unless if he will improve a lot soon, he is finished.
And he will start to be hated in a few years.