Ibrahim Afellay

[Culeee]

^Have you seen him play in PSV?

It is probably you who havent seen him play at PSV. I actually live in the netherlands and have seen plenty of affelay dont worry about that

1st paragraph = I somewhat agree.

But the part in bold =

well pep seems to agree.. he doesnt even play in midfield for the netherlands unless BOTH vdv and sneijder are out. We live in the times of youtube where every player that can do some nice flicks with the ball is regarded as a technical player that would fit perfectly at barca.. when truth is there is so much more to technique then just being able to pull of a nice trick.. afellay has poor movement and decision making for BARCA STANDARDS. decent ball control but decent is not enough to compete for a spot on this midfield..

 

[jamrock]

not good enough to play in the barca midfield indeed, but thats nothing to be a shamed of, he will do a job for us in the coming seasons

 

[Myrmecophile]

not good enough to play in the barca midfield indeed, but thats nothing to be a shamed of, he will do a job for us in the coming seasons

Agreed.

 

[gingerless]

not good enough to play in the barca midfield indeed, but thats nothing to be a shamed of, he will do a job for us in the coming seasons

+

i really like this kid

 

[iookram]

well pep seems to agree.. he doesnt even play in midfield for the netherlands unless BOTH vdv and sneijder are out. We live in the times of youtube where every player that can do some nice flicks with the ball is regarded as a technical player that would fit perfectly at barca.. when truth is there is so much more to technique then just being able to pull of a nice trick.. afellay has poor movement and decision making for BARCA STANDARDS. decent ball control but decent is not enough to compete for a spot on this midfield..

Good argument. I was wrong.

 

[mobster_1930]

His movement off the ball is poor, he's too static. And i really don't like that his every pass in the box must be to the nearest striker, no matter in which kind of position striker is. He must improve, otherwise he will see little playing time here.

 

[kaisers0ze]

His movement off the ball is poor, he's too static.

I do not agree, I really think he scores on these points. Wether there are better off the ball players in the starting 11 is another discussion.

 

[zanela]

Some Good keeping by Muslera there..

Afellay's decision making def needs improving. In the above video alone, there were couple moments where being direct could've been productive but chose a squared pass/pass instead.

 

[kaisers0ze]

How will Sanchez affect Ibi's playtime?

 

[Mocro]

How will Sanchez affect Ibi's playtime?

Sanchez might even effect Villa's or Pedro's playtime. We ll just have to wait and see. This is what being in a worldclass club is all about. Afellay can't be let down by some serious competition. He needs to fight for every minute and try to improve as a player to achieve a constant high level.

 

[Barcafan 2304]

Sanchez might even effect Villa's or Pedro's playtime. We ll just have to wait and see. This is what being in a worldclass club is all about. Afellay can't be let down by some serious competition. He needs to fight for every minute and try to improve as a player to achieve a constant high level.

Yip, it should push him to greater efforts. I thought we saw steady improvement from Afellay as the season progressed. Enough to suggest he is adapting to life as a Barca player

 

[Hassanova]

season 2011/2012 should be the afellay that deserve to play in this team. If he doesn't than we will say goodbye .

 

[impeh]

try him in the iniesta role, leave the wing role to sanchez, if we sign him obv.

 

[Blaugrana94]

Where is Afellay best - as a attacking midfielder or as a winger?

 

[FCBarca]

Where is Afellay best - as a attacking midfielder or as a winger?

Better question might be, where is he best at Barca...I think winger...He's never really going to get into the midfield lineup outside of giving say Iniesta a breather