Wasn't it just a week ago when YOU came up with the deliverance saying that players from those "inferior" (your words) leagues can NEVER make it to La Liga???
Do you have reading problems?
When have I said a shit like that?
I have said:
= when a player plays in an inferior league like Portugal, Brasil, Netherlands, Croatia etc, you can't judge whether he looks awesome in THAT league:
1) because he is REALLY a world class
2) or because a league is shit
In numbers:
Imagine that a quality of an average player in a Croatian 1st division is=a skill 50 (where 100 is the maximum).
And then, imagine that a quality of an average player in a French 1st Division is=a skill 65.
And then, imagine that a quality of an average player in La Liga is=a skill 80.
And then, imagine that a quality of an average player in a Champions league (or World cup knockout matches) is=a skill 90.
Now, if you have two players in a Croatian 1st division, Modric and Halilovic, BOTH of them will be the best player in that league.
But, you can't tell (from matches in a Croatian league ALONE), whether those two are a true world class players or just players who are the best in a Mickey Mouse league, but will fail against better opponents.
So, let's say that Modric's skill was 90 in a Croatian 1st division.
While Halilovic's skill was let's say 60.
So, Modric with a skill 90 was dominating opponents with a skill 50.
But ALSO, Halilovic with a skill 60 was dominating the same opponents with a skill 50.
So, if you are watching those two only in a Croatian league, it is hard to tell: HOW GOOD they actually are.
This is why you have additional factors where you can get a better insight of their true quality, and those additional factors/options are:
1. matches in Europa League, where the skill of opponents is let's say: 75
2. matches in a Champions league qualifying rounds and group stage where the skill level is: 80 or 85
3. NT matches
So, I have never said that players from a weaker league can't make it at Barca, lol.
I am from Croatia and a few guys from my country have made it in big clubs even though they came from Dinamo Zagreb, like Modric and Mandzukic, for example.
I did say, since I am watching a Croatian league since early 90s, that it is hard to judge how good a player is based on matches from a Croatian league alone.
For example, 3-4 years ago, I was fooled and I thought that a winger Pjaca will be a real deal (since he was dominating in Croatia) and that he will be good enough for teams like Juve, Bayern and similar.
But he was another example of a player with skills GOOD ENOUGH to dominate in a weak league, but not good enough skills to perform against top level opponents.
In that sense, regarding current players linked with Barca, I have said that it is very hard to judge Felix, based on his matches in Portugal.
On the other hand, matches in Europa league, Champions league, NT team can give you way more informations.
This is why majority of big clubs are not as naive as fans like you, who would buy every single hyped kid, because he played good in Portugal or France.
And why are they "letting" young talents to sign for Roma, Dortmund, Porto, Monaco.
Then big teams are judging those kids against better league opponents and in Europa League and Champions league.
And ONLY THEN big teams are usually ready to buy a player if he proves himself in bigger leagues.
It is more expensive.
But the other option is a hit and miss with a low percentage of success with buying youngsters STRAIGHT from a weaker league (when they haven't dominated in Europa league, Champions league or NT matches), like Halilovic, for example.
Oh, I remembered now.
Someone said that ALL of our youngsters have regressed under Valverde.
And I said: regressed compared to what?
And people said: Dembele played awesome in France, Malcom played awesome in France, Semedo was an awesome RB in Portugal.
Now, let's go back to numbers:
1. if Dembele played well in France, where the quality of opponents is 65.
And he is questionable in Spain, where the opponents have a skill 80.
Can you be 100% sure that he is playing BAD only because of a coach?
Or there is a chance that he is playing bad because his skill level is GOOD ENOUGH for a league like France, but is not good enough for a team like Barca?
2. the same with Malcom.
If his skill level is let's say 75, that means that he will be able to play well in France or Italy, but he will struggle at Barca, Champions league, NT teams.
Sounds familiar like in 100s of similar examples?
3. Semedo?
If a quality of Portuguese league is 60, then Semedo with skills 75 will look like a world class RB there.
But when he will come to La Liga where opponents have skill 80, or to a Champions league (or NT teams) where the opponents have a skill 90, he will look like a clueless guy who doesn't know how to make a forward pass.
Sounds familiar?
How about just the opposite?
That very promising young talents - like Dembele and Semedo - become problematic under such a horrible coach like Valverde?
Sorry to be personal, but how old are you?
I would say that between 15 and late 20s, right?
Because I can't believe that too many people older than 30, who are watching football for 15-20 years and who have seen 10s of Dembeles and Semedos could be such die-hard fans without opening the doors to an option that these guys are just not as good as you are hoping them to be.
Dembele is a talent. I agree. So what?
To make it at a club like Barca, you need way more than talent.
You need IQ, which Dembele don't posses.
You need to be a hard worker, and Dembele is the laziest and the most unprofessional member of our team.
You need to have a strong drive, motivation, desire. Dembele and these new gen of kids are getting an insane wages and they look as if they don't give a fuck and as if they are complacent after a few Months of football.
You need to stay injury free. Which sadly, Dembele can't.
You need to have a profile which fits perfectly to our team. Dembele is one of the weirdest fits for our style ever.
But he has talent. Alexis, Adama, Halilovic, Deulofeu, Bojan they all had talent.
But they lacked in 10s of other factors, the same as Dembele.
About Semedo, why even bother to argue? We went from Dani Alves to a 3rd or 4th pick from a Portuguese NT team, and you are blaming EV for Semedo's flaws, inability to pass and a snowflake mental strength?
When you dislike some players, "of course" you dislike "ideas" that the same ones could blossom under a different manager...
The reason behind it is fucking simple: if facts and all visibly common sense suppositions do not match your personal taste or agenda, you simply start manufacturing different facts and you keep on doing that until that tremendous amount of garbage satisfies yourself and yourself only.
Seriously dude, how old are you, when you have such a blind belief that everything ELSE is wrong regarding Dembouz, Semedo, Malcom and others?
Have you whitnessed with your eyes tons of other similar (and way better players who failed here in the past) like:
Geovanni Deiberson, Gerard Lopez, Fabio Rochemback, Riquelme, Simao Sabrosa, Saviola, Quaresma, Bojan, Alexis?
If you have, and you are still having a blind fate in Dembele, Malcom, Semedo, Arthur, my apologies.
If you are somewhat new to following Barca's hyped future superstars, then sit down, enjoy the ride and reply to me in a 1-2 years to see how will these 4 will develop.
If more than 1 will turn into a type of a player which majority of guys here are expecting, that will be a success like winning a lottery.
But wait and see.
Till then you can defend them as much as you want, but a truth will be shown in the end.
