Benjamin Šeško

Don Juan Laporta Estruch

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We can do better, much better. Gyok is miles clear. Let's face it. Positions are locked down next season. Only desperate upgrades required are GK and CF. Unless you don't believe in Balde.

I would be reticent to get a new LW with Raph playing so well there. Plus, if you do that you have to drop Olmo, which I'm also not in favour of.

We can afford to go big on the striker. Bigger than Sesko.
 

TheStig

Member
Who? I only see Isak as someone clearly better that could be a long term solution for us but he would cost at least double than Šeško. Gjokeres is an even bigger risk since he never played top football at his age and he'll be more expensive. Not many other 9s on the market, it's a shit market nowdays. I think Šeško is quite underrated because not many people are watching him a lot neither in club nor national team.


It's gonna be important who we bring, we already have his partners in attack, we should find someone who brings the best out of Yamal and Rapha.
 

FCBfan22

Senior Member
We can do better, much better. Gyok is miles clear. Let's face it. Positions are locked down next season. Only desperate upgrades required are GK and CF. Unless you don't believe in Balde.

I would be reticent to get a new LW with Raph playing so well there. Plus, if you do that you have to drop Olmo, which I'm also not in favour of.

We can afford to go big on the striker. Bigger than Sesko.
Strongly disagree. We need a winger. If either Rapha or Lamine are out for a month, we are cooked. We need a decent replacement for them. If everyone is healthy we need to at least load manage them. Now our best winger backup is Tuna Torres. We need to do better.

Lewa needs to sit more next season, if we want him to be himself in the spring. Hansi started to rest him more, but still not enough. That's why I think next season is the perfect one to make the transition.
 

te amo barca

Blaugrana al vent
We can do better, much better. Gyok is miles clear. Let's face it. Positions are locked down next season. Only desperate upgrades required are GK and CF. Unless you don't believe in Balde.

I would be reticent to get a new LW with Raph playing so well there. Plus, if you do that you have to drop Olmo, which I'm also not in favour of.

We can afford to go big on the striker. Bigger than Sesko.
Gyok is really suspect technically, he's a brute. I don't think he scores those goals in a top 5 league.

Felix and Darwin Nunez used to destroy that league too.
 

FCBfan22

Senior Member
HIm and Gyokeres were head to head yesterday. Both scored 1, Leipzig won 2-1 and Šeško was MOTM.

I'd say there is not much between them at this moment.
 

Messi983

Senior Member
When he'll "have quality" or "be ready" he'll be unavailable or worth 150m. Like Isak. Sometimes you have to take gamble. Or just be stuck with a 40 year old tractor forever.
 

Porque

Senior Member
Need to take a deep dive into his finishing.

How is it?

The last guy RB exported was Werner, who couldn't finish a Currywurst out of Bundi. I don't think he can finish one now that he is back either.
 

khaled_a_d

Senior Member
Need to take a deep dive into his finishing.

How is it?

The last guy RB exported was Werner, who couldn't finish a Currywurst out of Bundi. I don't think he can finish one now that he is back either.


Tab xG then exclude penalties if you want to look at a player finishing in statistical way.
He overperform his xG at club level and underperformed in NT.

So, we can assume he is good finisher.

However, his xG is actually really really low in a concerning way too. Players like Osimhan, David or Lautaro don't look good finishers using this method, but they get way more into scoring spots. This suggests that Sesko isn't natural in this.
 

Messi983

Senior Member
I think he's a far better finisher than Werner, not even close. He's also pretty rational with his shoot selection but when he does shoot it's mostly on target which is what I want from strikers. Even if it's a poor attempt you can always count on a lucky bounce or GK's mistake. Just don't shoot from everywhere and kill birds on the roof, lol.

Here is comparision between Šeško and Werner age 21 seasons. 2nd season at Leipzig for both so fairly comparable but Werner then stayed for two more years in BL.

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And full career so far

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Haaland's age 21 season (his 2nd and last season at Dortmund)...

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Tried to compare him with Lewy's 2010-11 season (first year at Dortmund aged 21) as well but incomplete stats so instead comparing their current seasons.

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Messi983

Senior Member

Tab xG then exclude penalties if you want to look at a player finishing in statistical way.
He overperform his xG at club level and underperformed in NT.

So, we can assume he is good finisher.

However, his xG is actually really really low in a concerning way too. Players like Osimhan, David or Lautaro don't look good finishers using this method, but they get way more into scoring spots. This suggests that Sesko isn't natural in this.

I think playing in a two striker system is taking some opportunities off him. Also played some games as AMC behind Openda where he's clearly not as comfortable.

RBL is also struggling to create chances this season. They are last in BL in SCA and midtable in GCA.

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Assuming we get him (we won't) I wouldn't be concerned he wouldn't get into enough scoring chances playing alongside Lamine, Raphi and Pedri. Even in a different system if/when Flick will leave.

This looks (very) good too.

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khaled_a_d

Senior Member
I think playing in a two striker system is taking some opportunities off him. Also played some games as AMC behind Openda where he's clearly not as comfortable.

RBL is also struggling to create chances this season. They are last in BL in SCA and midtable in GCA.

Assuming we get him (we won't) I wouldn't be concerned he wouldn't get into enough scoring chances playing alongside Lamine, Raphi and Pedri. Even in a different system if/when Flick will leave.

This looks (very) good too.

All of this could be understandable if he has any history of being a big goal scoring threat, but he doesn't.

Your argument feels like the one that was used with Roque, a new system will make him shine, turns out it exposed his weaknesses (and I am fan of the kid btw).

Players could shine in new system indeed, but odds are always against it. tbqh I would take Ferran/Lewa next year over signing Sesko next summer, and hope we will see more improvement from him if he stays.

Lewa for all his faults, has awareness about where he should be and where his teammates are, he can create chances for others by dragging defenders for example, he is a part of the system. Ferran also has that, one of the smartest attackers out there, just with poor finishing and confidence issues. Those are integral parts of Flick's system, and not just a byproduct of it.

If Lewa decides to leave this summer, and we have to go for a striker, then yeah Sesko might be worth the gamble.

With Olmo and Flick here, I would bet that the club is fully aware of him and what he can do and what not.
 

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