9 - Robert Lewandowski

[serghei]

Cr7 is with Messi the greatest footballer or scorer of all time, winning numerous CLs.

Lewa somehow emerged in the last 2 years as some killer, when Messi and Cr7 declined and now with revisionism we are suddenly placing Lewa in the same bracket with Cr7.

I know that people need hope and everything.
But this sounds like Cryptobros to the Moon on Reddit.

It sounds as if we bought a player who is on a level of 27 years old Cr7.

Nah man, but he is level of Benzema and will probably get close to the 27 goals Benzema scored last season in La Liga. Or probably even get more than that.

No one else is gonna get you that for 45m. Nowhere near.

 

[Luftstalag14]

Yet, some rumors say that we are lying again and that we actually paid 65m, as always.
That we are cheating on numbers, payments etc.

I hope not. I generally trust figures reported by transfermarkt, according to them he did cost us 45m (without the variables):

 

[Birdy]

I remember Fcs who made transfers after 30:
Sheva from Milan to Chelsea. Disaster
Rivaldo from Barca to Milan. Bad
Ronaldinho from Barca to Milan. Finished
Henry from Arsenal to Barca. Meh in the first season.
Larsson and Aguero to Barca: injured all the time.
Stoichkov from Barca to Parma. Disaster

Only Zlatan kept his form to some extent, but turned into a poacher.
And Etoo was good.
Even Cr7 declined a lot after Real.
Messi almost retired.

Those are top Fcs in the last 20-25 years who moved to new countries after 30.
Not too many happy stories as this forum predicts with 40 goals for Lewa in his first season.

You are underestimating a lot Lewa's technical qualities, because of nationality bias (polish, germanic, suited to English run-gun etc)

He is very technical player, good in TIGHT SPACES - which is paramount for the football Barca needs to play -
can take one or two CORRECT touches and squeeze the ball in between defenders' legs straight into the corner of the net
- a skill that only Fati has in the squad (and he is lately injured all the time) and someone like Haaland, who the majority here are obsessed with, can't even dream of -

So, no he is not a-technical.

Concerns are elsewhere: his intensity off the ball and in pressuring mostly...

 

[snowy]

30 viagra have more chance of flopping than Lewandowski. Geeza is a goal machine!

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Geeza iz gonna flop his wings all right. Let's hope the fans don't throw him under the bus and go Viagra con Dios chop chop on him if he don't lay enough eggs O O O

 

[MTL_Barca]

Even Aubameyang with a worse team and no pre-season managed to score 11 in 17 games, i think Lewandowski will be fine.

 

[Temptation]

Cr7 is with Messi the greatest footballer or scorer of all time, winning numerous CLs.

Lewa somehow emerged in the last 2 years as some killer, when Messi and Cr7 declined and now with revisionism we are suddenly placing Lewa in the same bracket with Cr7.

I know that people need hope and everything.
But this sounds like Cryptobros to the Moon on Reddit.

It sounds as if we bought a player who is on a level of 27 years old Cr7.

If Lewandowski is a player who has "just emerged" then the problem is your ball knowledge.


You don't have over 600 goals while you have just emerged. Absurd.

He's the 3rd highest active Goalscorer.

 

[Joan]

Even Aubameyang with a worse team and no pre-season managed to score 11 in 17 games, i think Lewandowski will be fine.

It would be a big surprise for me if Lewa scored less than 20 goals. 25 is realistic imo, bar injuries.

 

[Horatio]

He will outscore Dembele's last season tally. Trust me.

 

[soul24rage]

He will outscore Dembele's last season tally. Trust me.

Let's hope you are correct

 

[Fati_Future_BallonDor]

Even Aubameyang with a worse team and no pre-season managed to score 11 in 17 games, i think Lewandowski will be fine.

Great stats from Auba, imagine Barca would still play with Braithwaite

 

[JamDav1982]

Even Aubameyang with a worse team and no pre-season managed to score 11 in 17 games, i think Lewandowski will be fine.

While Lewa will be on pens when Auba wasnt.

Auba would most likely score 20+ in this Barca team as main man at CF even if not on pens.

Lewa needs to do a lot more than that to justify paying another 40m odd a season for him on books.

 

[Gnidrologist]

This guy seems ultra focused and will to power sort of type that certainly wont get lost in different type of league. He seems to have also excellent technique not just for a big guy, but as such and has elite IQ. If Auba could shine as he did, then Lewsky should murder it.

 

[gasgas]

My man [MENTION=16942]BBZ8800[/MENTION] prep'ing himself for another potential big L.

Dude just loves taking Ls

 

[JamDav1982]

I hope not. I generally trust figures reported by transfermarkt, according to them he did cost us 45m (without the variables):

Trnsfrmrkt is not all that accurate either.. Barca didnt get 2.5m for Manaj.

 

[Porque]

This guy seems ultra focused and will to power sort of type that certainly wont get lost in different type of league. He seems to have also excellent technique not just for a big guy, but as such and has elite IQ. If Auba could shine as he did, then Lewsky should murder it.

True. I haven't seen a player this focused to succeed since Kevin Prince Boateng.