Seriously Meta, ur always quick to defend ur favs no matter how horrendous their performances are.
U keep giving excuses for his poor performances everytime and ask for patience. A 25M defender who at 23yrs with his experience should be doing better but it didn't take u long to criticise an 18 y.o who was playing in tough conds in a midfield that didn't 've Xavi and Busquets.
Sorry, to disagree but the boy did much much better than ur fav and had a decent outing. And, he is also better than JDS and it's evident everytime they play together.
As for Chyg.
Hes not good enough for us. Not just the foul that led to penalty, but his late tackles and sloppy passing through out the game has become synonymous with his performances.
As for his overrated passing, its of no use till he learns to defend first. We need a defender than can put in a shift not to make sexy passes, we 've our midfielders and Piqué to do that.
I'd swap him for David luiz or Simon Kjaer in a heart beat.
criticising someone is not the same as writing them off.
I'd criticise chysus, but why bother? everyone on here is doing such a sterling job I don't need to say anything, and in fact I find it more pertinent to call for patience from the mob that are writing him off.
after six months. fucking batshit.
regarding money, the fee should not be an issue. he was the player pep wanted. and shakhtar didn't want to sell. we were always going to have to pay over the odds. get over it.
as for thiago, I criticise him (not write him off, there is no doubts he will improve, his talent is enormous) for what appears to be a negative, selfish trait. not for any lack of skill, but for a wrongness in his attitude.
skill for me is rarely an issue at barca. it comes down to mentality. chysus, in RCB, was confident and assured. in LCB he was shaky and uncertain. mentality. piqué, when he first arrived, was shaky and uncertain, after time, games and faith, he was imperious. mentality. thiago is obviously skilled to the sky, but right now his mentality is a very CR-esque "LOOKATME!" one. and I don't like that.
he reminds me of quaresma. almost waiting for an opponent to come near so he can dribble him. more focused on doing that than providing a pass or keeping the ball moving. people say he can be like deco or iniesta but both of those players know that it's pass first. keep the ball moving. even at 18 iniesta had this intelligence.
it just annoys me how everyone, yourself included, is going gaga over this kid and running poor jonny down, when really jonny is exemplary of the barcelona system. his play is crisp and concise, he knows the value of moving the ball, and he can be expansive if he has to be. frankly I don't care if thiago is "more talented" - he's not showing that talent except in do-nothing dribbles. until he improves his application I doubt he'll see as much gametime as jonny. at least I'd hope not.
and the main reason I criticise him is he has no reason to still carry this trait being a barcelona canterano and having grown up in the system. he should know better.
and I really like chysus' defending, he just needs more confidence in himself. he made some great tackles and jabs in that first half. the difference between him at RCB and LCB is miles wide. hopefully he gets more games on the right from now on.