8 - Pedri

[clemente]

Awful. Shouldn't start any of the remaining games.

Yeah we should just start Iniesta or Verratti instead

 

[serghei]

In peak form. I think if you ask him to do 5 stadium laps, he can't do it atm without taking a long pause.

 

[unknowngenius10]

He offers nothing. Hws good at defebding snd thsts about it. He should be playing busquets position and we should find a proper player for his position

 

[putogusiluz8]

He's just drained. Let's not be too harsh on the kid.

 

[mc_lovin]

I agree with some of the criticism, but truth be told hes an absolute water carrier right now. We have two players who move between lines in the offensive 3rd - Pedri and Griezmann. The latter should absolutely have a different job though. No threat upfront either.

Its easier to look good when consistently asking for the ball (like Puig), but I am not sure thats what we need.

 

[jamrock]

The summer can't come soon enough for the kid

 

[fergus90]

I'd be very surprised if he played 60% of his minutes next season under a different manager.

He's almost become Koeman's project to prove he was right in discarding Puig and Pjanic rather than getting the appropriate time he needs to integrate sensibly for 95% of players his age.

I feel bad for him out there as he just looks way off it now.

 

[serghei]

I'd be very surprised if he played 60% of his minutes next season under a different manager.

He's almost become Koeman's project to prove he was right in discarding Puig and Pjanic rather than getting the appropriate time he needs to integrate sensibly for 95% of players his age.

I feel bad for him out there as he just looks way off it now.

Yep. 100%. Rarely saw a more stubborn manager than Koeman.

 

[CatalinR10]

he looks like he's about to collapse any minute now


this was his 50th game of the season ?



shit game but he's clearly dead tired



Puig would have been 3 times better that Pedri today

 

[DonAK]

he looks like he's about to collapse any minute now


this was his 50th game of the season ?



shit game but he's clearly dead tired



Puig would have been 3 times better that Pedri today

Child Protective Services should take him away.

Koeman treating him like a sweatshop worker.

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

One nice touch all game. His physicality and speed is laughable.

Perfect for Barca then. We like our players slow and lacking physicality.

 

[Fati_Future_BallonDor]

Another fraud.

 

[BusiTheKing]

How about when Player A fails that one pass in a bad position and the other team makes a counter and scores? Because Player A doesn't have the capacity to differentiate when you have to try a difficult pass, and when you have to temporize and play it safe.

And how about when Player B makes 3 out of 4 good passes, neither of which is registered as an assist because they are made in deeper positions, but all 3 passes put the attackers and attacking midfielders in great positions.

It was a fixed premise thought experiment to illustrate how stats like ball progression and ball retention are meaningless in a vacuum.

Nothing to do with Pedri as a player really, more to do with using dumb measures to evaluate him.

 

[te amo barca]

Bunch of upset people overreacting here. He is 18 years old and has played about 50 games in his second-ever season of professional football. Clearly burned out mentally and physically. Koeman shouldn't have used him this much.

 

[BusiTheKing]

A good rest would surely help but if it's a week since your last game and you move around like that from the first minute, then you have another problem.