Alexis Sanchez

[Semi-Neutral]

That wasn't even that bad of a miss, certainly better than Messi's slip in the first half...

 

[Stric]

Alexis will never reach Barca's level. Even if he were to play at his best (which he hasn't since his Udinese days), he still wouldn't be as good at his job as the rest of the team is at theirs. When he and the current Pedro are playing at the same time, it's harder to recognize how badly he fits. When there's Villa on the other side, you start to realize just what a huge gap there is between Alexis and the rest. A team of Messi, Villa, Iniesta, Xavi, Busquets, Pique, Puyol, Alba and Alves cannot condone having a player like Alexis for a regular. And with Pedro and Tello, and Cuenca and Deulofeu who'll soon be at our disposal, we sure don't need a €37mil Alexis to rotate with the regulars.

 

[Deco 20]

Good defensive work, link-up and movement, especially in the first half. About as good as Iniesta (almost), Cesc, Thiago.

 

[Barcaman]

Noone is blaming him for one miss. His overall game stinks. Had few good games this season, best of which were against Segunda Division team and soon to be Segunda Division team.
One improvement he made is that he tries to stay on his feet lately.

As for comparing Messi and Alexis..

 

[Barcaman]

Alexis will never reach Barca's level. Even if he were to play at his best (which he hasn't since his Udinese days), he still wouldn't be as good at his job as the rest of the team is at theirs. When he and the current Pedro are playing at the same time, it's harder to recognize how badly he fits. When there's Villa on the other side, you start to realize just what a huge gap there is between Alexis and the rest. A team of Messi, Villa, Iniesta, Xavi, Busquets, Pique, Puyol, Alba and Alves cannot condone having a player like Alexis for a regular.

Not that he was ever good at Udine playing as a winger. Had 2 or 3 good months playing as a striker and was soon hyped the new Ronaldo.

 

[Stric]

Not that he was ever good at Udine playing as a winger. Had 2 or 3 good months playing as a striker and was soon hyped the new Ronaldo.

That and all the midfielders we play as CBs sums up the transfer policy pretty well.

Alexis was brought in at a huge price to make a worthy contribution to the team. Obviously, that didn't happen. At this point, even if he does improve greatly, which is highly unlikely given that he's had more than enough time and opportunities, he still won't be half of what was first expected of him. The Alexis transfer has failed and we should come to terms with this and sell him to whoever offers more than 12€.

 

[ceefoo]

All I ask is that people get a grip and judge the player fairly... Was that miss awful? Yes! He needs to improve and be more consistent? Hell yes! Did he play an unacceptable performance vs. Rayo? Definitely no...

I'm not trying to pick a fight with you evilhita666. I'm here to debate, not argue.

I don't believe you would be that sympathetic if he had missed that chance in the UCL Final at 0-0 or 0-1.

I don't understand why Strikers always seem to get an easy ride when it comes to missing excellent goal scoring opportunities (in essence; making bad errors)

If a goalkeeper was to do the same i.e. throw one-in, he would get absolutely slaughtered.

And YES I like to use BOLD CAPITALS. It provides emphasis. And I am passionate about my football team, hence the wording of my posts.
If anyone is offended by this then I apologize, but that's my style I'm afraid.

 

[evilhita666]

That's right! I will praise a player when they have a good game. I will equally criticize a player if they have a BAD game.

Since you have done your homework on me, you will also have noticed that I thought he should have started the home game against Milan because of THAT performance. However ...

My reaction to Alexis' performance today is not me acting on a whim. Alexis will have to have a MARKED improvement til the rest of the season if I am to change my mind about him.

In the "Shocking Miss" from TEN yards and the counter-attack when he had at least 3 players in the area to pass to and F***ed it up, told me everything I needed to know about him.

That he WILL NOT make the grade at Barca!

Now I could be proved wrong. And If the day EVER COMES, you can then come back to me and label me "DICK"!

Sorry man, I didn't call you a dick, actually I said I was the dick for pulling posts from the past...

What baffles me, is how can he go from excellent one week (8/10 according to your scale), to unacceptable the next, when nothing really changed except the goal... If anything, his overall play was better against Rayo than against Depor, but as there was no goal/assist then he must suck, right? You claimed he deserved a starting spot against Milan, that's good, then he played against Milan and did well, so tell me what was his sin, or what was so wrong that all of a sudden he must be disowned and dropped for good? A good game against Depor awarded him the chance to probably start a game, yet a game where he was supposedly bad should deny him any other opportunity to prove himself? Tell me how that's fair...

I understand the criticism and to a point I agree with it, but there's no need for the gushing hyperbole of some rants against him, there's no need for the mockery and belittlement Alexis is being subject of, especially since he works his ass off for the team we all support...

 

[Stric]

You claimed he deserved a starting spot against Milan, that's good, then he played against Milan and did well, so tell me what was his sin, or what was so wrong that all of a sudden he must be disowned and dropped for good? A good game against Depor awarded him the chance to probably start a game, yet a game where he was supposedly bad should deny him any other opportunity to prove himself? Tell me how that's fair...

The game against Deportivo was one of the very few good games he's played since coming here. So when he plays "badly" the next time (in the same way he's played "badly" before), you can tell it's not a matter of just having a game which is worse than the previous, it's a matter of just going back to his usual. And his usual is what warrants getting rid of him.

 

[evilhita666]

I'm not trying to pick a fight with you evilhita666. I'm here to debate, not argue.

I don't believe you would be that sympathetic if he had missed that chance in the UCL Final at 0-0 or 0-1.

I don't understand why Strikers always seem to get an easy ride when it comes to missing excellent goal scoring opportunities (in essence; making bad errors)

If a goalkeeper was to do the same i.e. throw one-in, he would get absolutely slaughtered.

And YES I like to use BOLD CAPITALS. It provides emphasis. And I am passionate about my football team, hence the wording of my posts.
If anyone is offended by this then I apologize, but that's my style I'm afraid.

Don't worry, I'm not mad at you and I'm not offended by anything you said, and I'm not here to fight either, so all is good man, no problemo... I also apologize in case I acted like an asshole, hahaha...

So as I said, his misses are dreadful, I think no one can deny that, and he should work it out sooner rather than later, then if he fails by all means the staff and directives should find a solution... Is just that he's not as bad as people make it out to be, he surely is frustrating, and to be honest in Villa's I was begging that Messi didn't pass to Alexis which was the right decision, but he runs behind defenses and opens space like no one else in our team, so for the time being I'm taking the good and deal with the bad, now if it was CL final like you said, well, you know, that'd be hard to forgive, hahahaha...

 

[ceefoo]

What baffles me, is how can he go from excellent one week (8/10 according to your scale), to unacceptable the next

That's what disappointed me, in that I really hoped Alexis would push on today and prove to everyone that he IS a Barcelona player.
It wasn't his effort that was "Unacceptable" it was his failure at the KEY moments.

The SHOCKING MISS in the 55th minute from 10 yards, centre of goal, with little pressure from defenders was the straw that broke the Camels back.
A FCB quality Striker SHOULD NOT / CANNOT be missing those chances.
NOT GOOD ENOUGH!!

This was the moment of realization that turned me.
I think that in football there are things that can make you, and there are things that will break you.
THAT miss today, was what finally broke Alexis and it's moments like these which careers are made and broken.

IMO these failings from Alexis in this game, and it has only just taken until this game against Rayo, that finally made my mind up. Although I have had doubts for weeks.

I would love to be proved wrong, swollow my pride and admit I made a mistake about him. But in these TWO INSTANCES /\ I cannot see a way back for him. You might think I'm being unfair or hasty, but that was the impression I got.

You can call it intuition, or an epiphany if you will but what I saw today, tipped the balance.

 

[spark]

That and all the midfielders we play as CBs sums up the transfer policy pretty well.

Alexis was brought in at a huge price to make a worthy contribution to the team. Obviously, that didn't happen. At this point, even if he does improve greatly, which is highly unlikely given that he's had more than enough time and opportunities, he still won't be half of what was first expected of him. The Alexis transfer has failed and we should come to terms with this and sell him to whoever offers more than 12€.

The variables alone we have to pay total € 11 million. After the ibra deal we cannot afford another economic hit like that. Make it 25 and it would be worth considering. 12 is not attractive and he is not a dressing room cancer that you have to ax for the sake of the team, to make us so desperate that any bid more than 12 would be a good idea.

 

[El Guaje]

In what league this counts as "a decent performance", I don't know... this guy is missing sitters left and right, losing possession, passing back every time he goes up front, and spending the rest of the time on the ground.

Hahaha you sure you didnt watch Pedro? Because that sounds exactly like him

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Alexis had a damn good game until he failed miserably on that assist. He just need to make up his mind and act lil faster. Apart frlm that he was good, took on his players, some nice passes etc. Still better than Pedro.

 

[barca7788]

Striic definitely hates Alexis.lol

 

[Yugo Count Dante]

While there is nothing wrong with not liking someone, it is plain boring and annoying to repeatedly bash with no added value at all to your argument.