8 - Pedri

[te amo barca]

Here is a hot take : What if those great performances were just the honeymoon period ? The more I look at it the more his season's trajectory reminds of Dest : Great start to the season only for his performances slowy reverted back to his actual level. Obviously Pedri still has a long career ahead of him , but I genuinely don't see it yet.

Nah he just got exhausted and probably complacent. Should not have been given a stonewall place in the starting 11 at 17-18 years old

 

[Zidane82]

To be fair to Pedri he has been kicked all evening by Rustig who was not booked for continuous fouling - Rustig just went off and his replacement kicked Pedri up in the air after 3 minutes

 

[Joan]

To me it's obvious he's got it, unlike Dest. Even tonight good at carrying the ball, sees great switches, diagonals. Just doesn't try a thing. Can't say he's terrible, but needs to start taking risks with no fear of losing the spot.

 

[fergus90]

Here is a hot take : What if those great performances were just the honeymoon period ? The more I look at it the more his season's trajectory reminds of Dest : Great start to the season only for his performances to go back to his actual level. Obviously Pedri still has a long career ahead of him , but I genuinely don't see it yet.

It's certainly possible, many players burst onto the scene but not many can consistently stay there. Positionally he is always pretty sound but he's currently performing a role that many players could.

I think under normal circumstances his play time would be reduced by about 70% and he'd be left to nurture properly at 18 years of age. Although his status seemed to have grown exponentially as is quite often the case with a talent, and I think Barca clung onto his quick rise as the next great hope in a pretty dark period for the club.

Koeman of course refused to play alternatives in moments where he could of to and thus over played him too.

 

[BBZ8800]

Here is a hot take : What if those great performances were just the honeymoon period ? The more I look at it the more his season's trajectory reminds of Dest : Great start to the season only for his performances to go back to his actual level. Obviously Pedri still has a long career ahead of him , but I genuinely don't see it yet.

Arthur was also awesome for 3 Months in his first season.

Later he showed his real face.

 

[Porque]

Working better with Thiago near him and a bit of urgency.

 

[jamrock]

Shouldn't be starting & finishing the game, that's just Luis being stubborn, he wasn't that good.

 

[DonAK]

He's had 3-4 great passes since your post
[MENTION=18675]messi2140[/MENTION]

 

[xXKonan]

He's actually been pretty good at least in the 2nd half from what I've seeing.

 

[te amo barca]

Had a good end to the game with nice passes to Alba

 

[Messi983]

Shouldn't be starting & finishing the game, that's just Luis being stubborn, he wasn't that good.

Was clearly better than all the players who were subbed off.

 

[messi2140]

He's had 3-4 great passes since your post
[MENTION=18675]messi2140[/MENTION]

On a serious note , [MENTION=22060]fergus90[/MENTION] explained the point I was trying to make alot better than I did. Especially the part were young player burst into the scene.

 

[jamrock]

Was clearly better than all the players who were subbed off.

He was literally a ghost the first 45 minutes, so idk what clearly better you saw.

 

[mc_lovin]

Easily Spain's best player in the 2nd half. Looked quality.

 

[Richard.H]

Absolute crap in first half, but the last 30 mins stepped up massively and actually moved and passed forward