8 - Pedri

[Devils]

Pedriesta!

Blessed.

 

[Andresito]

His absolute worst game for Barca. Damn.

 

[Iniesta Ultra]

Just disappeared no motivation really disappointing. Another Xavi untouchable smh.

 

[Tackle]

To be honest, lad has plenty of mediocre matches that are overshadowed by a moment or two of magic he produces.

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

He didn't have speed for the game. Gavi was better.

 

[serghei]

Bad game, move on since in the next 7 days we have two more.

 

[Iniesta Ultra]

Messi's 15 years older and gives more effort for wrecked PSG than Pedri did tonight. Even Alba kept running.

His laissez-faire attitude can't be justified. Xavi's probably still happy with him smfh.

Looked like we were playing with a red card until they got the red.

 

[Horatio]

Not a single post about how Xavi is letting him play every minute?



ok

 

[ajnotkeith]

To be an elite midfielder like Frenkie is you should be strong in the defensive phase as well and that's where he is weak. Does very little defensively.

 

[JamDav1982]

To be an elite midfielder like Frenkie is you should be strong in the defensive phase as well and that's where he is weak. Does very little defensively.

Dont agree with that.

Pedri is good defensively and presses well and reads it well.

He had the most tackles/interceptions for Barca tonight and v Sevilla. Yet folk try to make out barely ran...

Averages more than FDJ on both in league as well this season and sixth in team for tackles.

 

[Jadentheman]

As in many such comparisons of modern players to all time greats, people ignore factors that don't concern players themselves and their inner talents and qualities. Football (like any other sport) is not static, it's the opposite - very dynamic and plenty of factors change. From sport science (as someone mentioned here) to advancements in medicine, thorough work with youth products, professional lifestyles etc. It's really not a coincidence all old records are being broken or new goats emerging in all sports; and it can hardly be explained by younger generations being more gifted or talented. In analogy with fruit, they ripe sooner and stay fresh longer. There's no guarantee their peaks are as high though. So I think the arguments suggesting Pedri/de Jong/Gavi/xyz is better at age 17/20/13/ijk than Iniesta/Messi/Maradona/Xavi/mnl suggesting they'll grow into better players have next to no value.

I also feel like social media has risen the level of hype among people in general due to a huge sample size of people being broadcasted to millions in seconds. Not only that but the modern internet in general has allowed free unfethered access to in depth, and informational videos/articles/photos leading those to learn the necessary skills earlier and quicker than the greats probably did as they had to self teach themselves or learn from friends, try to replicate somethign someone did in an in person match or on tv back then. Where now you can learn all those tricks and skills, even the most difficult ones in three, four, five different ways by yourself in the span of minutes. Where you can find hundreds of clips and plays from your favorite player(s) and blast on repeat thousands of times, rewind, pause, slow motion. Find numerous videos on tactics, positioning, visual point outs, first person on field GoPro/POV and etc.

 

[JamDav1982]

It works both ways.

A lot of players that did not have same social media hype and scrutiny on every game were not as good week in week out as folk like to remember.

They remember the big moments and clips and think they played like that every game when didnt.

Zidane prime example of that for me. Was mediocre a lot more than folk seem to remember for me.

 

[wisconsincule]

Not a single post about how Xavi is letting him play every minute?



ok

This is a good point. Every other midfielder has been subbed regularly besides him. Hopefully he doesn’t pick up an injury from being over loaded.

He also plays way better as the left midfielder.

 

[BerkeleyBernie]

Messi's 15 years older and gives more effort for wrecked PSG than Pedri did tonight. Even Alba kept running.

His laissez-faire attitude can't be justified. Xavi's probably still happy with him smfh.

Looked like we were playing with a red card until they got the red.

Where's the right side midfield?

 

[Andresito]

Where's the right side midfield?

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Isn't that map skewed because both Pedri and Eric both switched sides during the game? Which is why Pedri appears at LCM and Garcia in Pique's lap.