FCBfan22
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Need someone rapid... According to your post we already have an even faster player in our squad.
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Need someone rapid... According to your post we already have an even faster player in our squad.
Messigician
Senior Member
One is a CB and one is a winger ffs... Koscielny top speed was over 35km/h last season. Dembele isnt even that fast.
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Cule4life
The Culest
Not if pace is the only attribute needed in a CB as per your analysis.
El Trencaxarxes
Member
Hey, do you want to see something funny and interesting?
These are the top speeds of the Spanish players during the World Cup:
33.30 - Dani Carvajal
32.83 - Gerard Piqué
32.62 - Jordi Alba
31.72 - Diego Costa
30.82 - Sergio Ramos
30.38 - Nacho
29.92 - Iago Aspas
29.48 - Rodrigo
29.02 - Koke
28.37 - Sergio Busquets
27.90 - Isco
27.68 - Lucas Vázquez
27.22 - David Silva
27.22 - Marco Asensio
26.46 - Thiago
25.92 - Andrés Iniesta
12.38 - David de Gea
Notice Piqué? Yeah, Piqué actually isn't slow when looking at top speed. But also notice how players like Asensio, Thiago and Iniesta are towards the bottom, yet they are the kind of players who consistently beat their opponent on the dribble? Guess what. Top speed doesn't matter in football. If it did, Marcus Rashford would be one of the best strikers in the world. He's not.
At the end of the day, a football pitch is still relatively small which is why acceleration is infinitely more important than top speed. You rarely take runs that are long enough for you to actually reach that speed anyway. Maybe once or twice throughout an entire match. And the really good players - though this mostly applies to defenders and midfielders - very rarely need to reach their top speed. That's usually a sign that you are behind someone or chasing something, which is never really a good sign if you're a defender or a midfielder.
Manolas needs his speed to be a good defender. Nesta didn't. Piqué usually doesn't. Manolas takes a lot of risks pushing forward when defending, and as a result, he often gets caught out. He needs to be fast, especially on the first couple of metres. One day he won't have that in him any more. Then he won't be half the defender he is today. This is one of a number of reasons why Piqué will always be and has always been a far, far better defender than Manolas. He just simply reads the game much better and anticipates where to be. That's what the best defenders do.
Messigician
Senior Member
Yeah and he was quite good especially against Madrid
Jaka Blazic
New member
Yes
DonAK
President of FC Barcelona
I'm trying to think about what it can be, but have a hard time finding a fan song with the tune to Supergirl.
Joan
Well-known member
Sport claims with Umtiti recovering quickly, and with Lenglet's form, there won't be any signings in January for a CB. it also says Valverde is happy with Chumi.
How did Chumi play? Barca twitter been all over him.
xXKonan
Senior Member
Thought he was solid for the most part.
BBZ8800
Senior Member
De Light wouldn't play too much in a short term future (2-3 years) since we have Pique, Umtiti and Lenglet.
Unless, as fans wish: we would drop Pique, and/or bench Lenglet so that De Light can get more chances and develop.
You know that idea: drop someone who is a safe bet but with a lower potential for someone who is young and has lots of potential on paper, but hasn't even came here yet.
But since Pique is a club icon, he won't be benched, and he is still a good player.
And a guy whom we already have, Lenglet, is playing quite good.
Quite better than fan's favorites Dembele, Malcom, Semedo.
So, to some extent: if those guys deserve chances even though they play hot and cold or bad, why would we bench Lenglet who is better than them in his 1st season?
Pique is 31, Umtiti 24, Lenglet 23.
If both 3 will play good, I don't see too much room for a new guy in the next 2 years, unless is we sell one of them.
GOAT_SUAREZ
New member
Basically.
I dream of signing backup GK, DeLigt, FDJ and Maxi Gomez. Sell or get rid of Vermaelen, Jasper (deserves to play and we can receive some solid return), Samper, Denis, Malcom and Munir.
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