6 - Gavi
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Temptation
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I can see Flick using him alongside Pedri and Casado as a midfield 3. Olmo is very injury prone and won't be available for nearly half the games.
jamrock
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Yea this is more likely
FCBfan22
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No way in hell he replaces Casado long term with his positional unawareness.
He is a wild card midfielder and very useful when playing an agressive opponent. But he doesn't do the little things like Casado does. I think he is a sub for either Pedri or Olmo at this point.
He is a wild card midfielder and very useful when playing an agressive opponent. But he doesn't do the little things like Casado does. I think he is a sub for either Pedri or Olmo at this point.
Temptation
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Yes, he isn't a DM. I can see him developing into the midfield general archetype similar to a Kante, Keane, Gattuso, etc.
He doesn't have the positional discipline or defensive awareness to be a DM/number 6/anchor midfielder. He's an all action midfield enforcer like the names I mentioned above. He doesn't screen or shield the back 4. He charges, chases and presses wherever the ball is. He needs a Casado/Bernal kinda profile alongside him as the 6.
BusiTheKing
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Playing with a 10 as we do now, both pivots need to be positionally responsible. One is not enough. The only way I really see Gavi working is in a classic three-man midfield to be honest.
There is a world of different between Pedri-Casado and Gavi-Casado. The latter just doesn't have the passing range and pausa that Pedri has at pivot.
With that said, Gavi is still way early in his return road and for me, all the signs are positive.
If we manage to put Gavi-Pedri together to start a game, than we will get a much better idea of Gavi capabilities.
With that said, Gavi is still way early in his return road and for me, all the signs are positive.
If we manage to put Gavi-Pedri together to start a game, than we will get a much better idea of Gavi capabilities.
xXKonan
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He's kinda in no mans land in terms of where does he fit in Flicks system.
He's not a DLP like Pedri is and certainly not tactically disciplined like Casado is either and as a #10 you would bet on the likes of Fermin, Olmo or even Raph for creativity and goals.
If he was more tactically astute he would probably be competing with Casado but at the moment he isn't.
He's not a DLP like Pedri is and certainly not tactically disciplined like Casado is either and as a #10 you would bet on the likes of Fermin, Olmo or even Raph for creativity and goals.
If he was more tactically astute he would probably be competing with Casado but at the moment he isn't.
khaled_a_d
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How is that different from his Xavi days, though?
He wasn't disciplined enough to be DM, he wasn't controlling the tempo to be CM and he wasn't creative enough to be AM.
He had some great games in midfield trio, but Gavi excelled more as 4th midfielder.
He is La Masia version of Valverde, for now. Has the talent to be better than that tbf
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