Barca squad/XI 2024/25

[Masetro10]

Haaland isn't a footballer, he's a goalscorer, big difference. Technically (outside the box) he is really poor, he has poor close control, mediocre passing, can't dribble, awful with back to goal.

He's just a big, fast, ugly, robot who uses his physical gifts to brute force his way to scoring goals. HIs huge goalscoring ability is in complete inverse to his dogmeat technique.

I don't know why Barca fans on here want Haaland. I think he'd be a disaster (in the big games). He can't offer the great and unselfish hold-up play Lewa does. As far from a Barca player as you're ever likely to see. He doesn't fit at Man City for the same reason. Even when they won the treble I thought they were fortunate, and I still maintain they've declined as a team since signing him (though to be fair to the ogre there are other reasons, like the ageing of their squad and Pep too).

I agree Haaland isn't a great footballer. I also think if his only job is to put goals in the net from Yamal/Raphinha/Pedri/Olmo passes he will do exactly that at a high level.

Lewa is mostly slow I can see a world where this quick counter attack unlocks Haaland much better than Peps slow playing compressed offense at City.

Alternatively I wouldn't mind Gyokeres if it's possible. I just do not in any way want to see Leao. That would be the end of Hansi Flick

 

[draconifire]

I agree Haaland isn't a great footballer. I also think if his only job is to put goals in the net from Yamal/Raphinha/Pedri/Olmo passes he will do exactly that at a high level.

Lewa is mostly slow I can see a world where this quick counter attack unlocks Haaland much better than Peps slow playing compressed offense at City.

Alternatively I wouldn't mind Gyokeres if it's possible. I just do not in any way want to see Leao. That would be the end of Hansi Flick

We will never play a counterattack style football, ie: where we let the other team on the ball more. Nah
The style we play requires a lot of physical movements and quick touches to progress. Haaland seems to be worse at these.
Yes he's faster and a better scorer than Lewa, but he is lot worse on the ball, which Lewa is much better and we even want more from him, and he will be worse at pressing the opposition pivot cuz Haalands movement on the pitch is awful.

IMO I think we will play a lot worse with Haaland if we carry on with the same style. Flick will have to change the style of our football to fit him. or he needs to re invent himself in order to fit.

 

[Masetro10]

We will never play a counterattack style football, ie: where we let the other team on the ball more. Nah
The style we play requires a lot of physical movements and quick touches to progress. Haaland seems to be worse at these.
Yes he's faster and a better scorer than Lewa, but he is lot worse on the ball, which Lewa is much better and we even want more from him, and he will be worse at pressing the opposition pivot cuz Haalands movement on the pitch is awful.

IMO I think we will play a lot worse with Haaland if we carry on with the same style. Flick will have to change the style of our football to fit him. or he needs to re invent himself in order to fit.

We play a counter attack style this season...half our goals are from quick counters. I'm not saying full on counter attack but we get a ton of goals from quick counters.

Anyways we have to see what happens

 

[Masetro10]

We play kind of the opposite of Real Madrid in that we rely on the machine working. When the machine breaks down we are finished because we have very little individual brilliance.

Yamal
Olmo
Pedri

That is all we have that can bail us out in tough matches. Take Yamal out like today and it's very tough.

Real Madrid have no machine but a ton of individual brilliance that can save them when they are playing terrible. Which is often. This also costs them when their lack of a system becomes too much.

Mbappe
Vini
Valverde
Modric
Rodrygo
Bellingham

 

[serghei]

We play kind of the opposite of Real Madrid in that we rely on the machine working. When the machine breaks down we are finished because we have very little individual brilliance.

Yamal
Olmo
Pedri

That is all we have that can bail us out in tough matches. Take Yamal out like today and it's very tough.

You managed to leave out the 2 biggest match winners we have atm. Lewandowski and Raphinha. They are not scoring tapins mate.

 

[Masetro10]

You managed to leave out the 2 biggest match winners we have atm. Lewandowski and Raphinha. They are not scoring tapins mate.

Raphinha and Lewa without the team to feed them are basically useless. With the full team they become great. Sociedad game exposed them.

 

[serghei]

Raphinha and Lewa without the team to feed them are basically useless. With the full team they become great. Sociedad game exposed them.

Of course, attacking players are useless if the ball doesn't get to them. Such is the nature of team sports.

 

[Masetro10]

Of course, attacking players are useless if the ball doesn't get to them. Such is the nature of team sports.

I'm glad we are on the same page then.