Juan Foyth

[jamrock]

Emerson is definitely better than dest, he's been played pretty well under conte, not uprooting trees or anything, but has made that position his and conte very much plays players based on merit.

Not even close really, only thing dest is better at us technical skills, which he is incapable of using in attack anyways.

 

[JamDav1982]

Emerson had more or less lost the RB position at Spurs to Doherty who was playing well who then got injured. Alhough Emerson got back in for couple when Conte lost patience with Regulion and put Doherty to LB.

Dont think Conte is 100% convinced by him and had some ropey games but he needs time to improve.

Emerson is an athlete though and Conte does love that part. Be interesting to see how he develops.

 

[JerseyAddict]

Fuckin 42m for him?
Laporta is or is not so mad?

 

[vuji_31]

Fuckin 42m for him?
Laporta is or is not so mad?

He is crazy but we are brooke.

 

[JerseyAddict]

He is crazy but we are brooke.

Haahha. Thumbs up. You NAILED THAT ONE.

 

[serghei]

Emerson seems dumb in terms of football IQ. He could do the basics decently, but is really bad at reading the game, both offensively and defensively.

Dest is smarter player, but seems to be mentally weak.

 

[Richard.H]

Laporta is starting to remind me of mobsters who need to burn through cash at casinos so they don't get arrested. Except for this situation, he is burning the club. If this experiment fails, the club will topple and be brought out by rich Arabs or Americans.

 

[Messigician]

This type of player we sign for 2m for a punt

Not 40m lol

 

[xXKonan]

Miguel Rico says the club is considering trying to add Balde into the operation to lower the price.

 

[serghei]

Anyone here who actually watched this guy play consistently to give an informed opinion?

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

Miguel Rico says the club is considering trying to add Balde into the operation to lower the price.

Please no. Unless buy back option.

Balde could surprise.

 

[Givenchy]

Isn't Foyth really defensive? like, more of a CB at RB.. I don't understand what our club see in some of these players.

 

[Co0ter]

Isn't Foyth really defensive? like, more of a CB at RB.. I don't understand what our club see in some of these players.

I would like one of our fullbacks to be a well rounded, balanced player. He obviously needs to be able to attack as well, not strictly a defensive option. The other should be given free reign to attack, like Alves in the past. A dribbler who can take on defenders like Frimpong would be a good option, with a well rounded LB on the other side. Alba could last until next season, then spend big on a LB option like Theo Hernandez (who unfortunately just extended his contract in Feb). Zinchenko would of been a good option for a well rounded player, they were sleeping on that one.

 

[Birdy]

Emerson is definitely better than dest, he's been played pretty well under conte, not uprooting trees or anything, but has made that position his and conte very much plays players based on merit.

Not even close really, only thing dest is better at us technical skills, which he is incapable of using in attack anyways.

LOL
Good try, but couldn't be furthest from the truth.

Ran a stat comparison between Dest and Emerson, and Dest eclipses him in almost all categories offensively and defensively

Some of Emerson's numbers are shocking BTW:
for instance, Emerson gets dribbled past 1.29 times per 90' (Dest 0.54)
His tackle win % is as low as 46.9% (Dest's 67.9%)
His progressive distance carrying the ball is ONLY 98.8yrds per 90' (Dest's 189.4)

and others like dribble % per 90, pressure success per 90 are abysmal

Candy on top: Emerson who is 'athletic' and so many points taller than Dest wins only 4% more aerial duels (a category where Dest is bad)

I never got what people saw in him.
He is as average, mediocre, and bad for top level as it gets...

 

[ajnotkeith]

LOL
Good try, but couldn't be furthest from the truth.

Ran a stat comparison between Dest and Emerson, and Dest eclipses him in almost all categories offensively and defensively

Some of Emerson's numbers are shocking BTW:
for instance, Emerson gets dribbled past 1.29 times per 90' (Dest 0.54)
His tackle win % is as low as 46.9% (Dest's 67.9%)
His progressive distance carrying the ball is ONLY 98.8yrds per 90' (Dest's 189.4)

and others like dribble % per 90, pressure success per 90 are abysmal

Candy on top: Emerson who is 'athletic' and so many points taller than Dest wins only 4% more aerial duels (a category where Dest is bad)

I never got what people saw in him.
He is as average, mediocre, and bad for top level as it gets...

4%? Which statistics are you using?

FbRef says Emerson wins 1.50 aerial duels p90 vs Dest's 0.6. I assume you are taking win percentage which of course is irrelevant without being contextualised in the amount of duels attempted.