Memphis Depay
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I think he will be okay, the light version of Benzema so to say. I am sure he would have been a starter for us this year, which is more than you can ask for considering hes free.
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Think Benzema is a much more intelligent player, but maybe that is what you refer to with 'light'. I think Depay is worth the shot considering there are no other options. Will have to wait and see how it works.
Bobo32
Senior Member
Benzema was crushing it at Lyon, a perfect 9 and it was evident there.
I don't get what there is to like with Depay. He is pretty fast and pretty technical, and he can potentially both score and make an assist now and then. I guess this is as far as the analysis goes for those who want him in. I have laid out a lot of negatives in the recent pages and maybe should not repeat myself too much.
But Barcelona already have a lot of players for the role, some young, and are in no need of this aging Man United reject with one penalty-doped good statistical season in a team challenging for the CL spots in France.
I don't get what there is to like with Depay. He is pretty fast and pretty technical, and he can potentially both score and make an assist now and then. I guess this is as far as the analysis goes for those who want him in. I have laid out a lot of negatives in the recent pages and maybe should not repeat myself too much.
But Barcelona already have a lot of players for the role, some young, and are in no need of this aging Man United reject with one penalty-doped good statistical season in a team challenging for the CL spots in France.
FinBarcelonafan
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Exactly and we need squad depth too. Most likely we will sell Coutinho and Dembele.
I've said in the past that im not a big fan of the player, but for free and on low wages thats a good operation even just for the sake of having useful depth.
Do i have to remind you that our second/third best attacker is a 18yo kid ?. And we don't even know if he'd still be a professional footballer after all the shit they've done to his knee.
Trincao has been a massive flop and it's most likely leaving given the reports about him, Coutinho is the definition of useless + the club is crazy to get rid of him and Dembele future is unclear, not consistency whatsoever and still hit or miss after 4 years here, last year of contract which means this is the last chance to cash on him.
Then you have Braith, a player who wouldn't be here if we were a serious club with standards and the B kids with zero experience in anything close to a top a european league.
Do i have to remind you that our second/third best attacker is a 18yo kid ?. And we don't even know if he'd still be a professional footballer after all the shit they've done to his knee.
Trincao has been a massive flop and it's most likely leaving given the reports about him, Coutinho is the definition of useless + the club is crazy to get rid of him and Dembele future is unclear, not consistency whatsoever and still hit or miss after 4 years here, last year of contract which means this is the last chance to cash on him.
Then you have Braith, a player who wouldn't be here if we were a serious club with standards and the B kids with zero experience in anything close to a top a european league.
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Messigician
Senior Member
Funny u think he's staying lmfao.
Messi983
Senior Member
Don't know why people dismiss penalty goals. Penalties are not guaranteed goals, you still need to score them. Memphis has scored 8/8 penalties for Lyon (and 1/2 for NT) this season. Messi has scored 7/10 and the rest of our team are 3/7 in "regular" penalties and we've also scored only 2/5 in penalty shoot-outs against Sociedad in Supercopa.
Also, couldn't care less about his pass success rate. It would improve here in a different system playing more shorter passes and also not being the one player trying to create the most chances and taking more risky passes. I don't care about possesion % in general. We've had 80% possession in two games this season and guess what, we've lost both.
Barca is the only team in the world capable of doing that because we're the only team "stupid" enough to push for that high (mostly sterile) possession against teams sitting back and then giving away easy chances and goals 2-3 times per game opponents actually get into our half.Don't know why people dismiss penalty goals. Penalties are not guaranteed goals, you still need to score them. Memphis has scored 8/8 penalties for Lyon (and 1/2 for NT) this season. Messi has scored 7/10 and the rest of our team are 3/7 in "regular" penalties and we've also scored only 2/5 in penalty shoot-outs against Sociedad in Supercopa.
Also, couldn't care less about his pass success rate. It would improve here in a different system playing more shorter passes and also not being the one player trying to create the most chances and taking more risky passes. I don't care about possesion % in general. We've had 80% possession in two games this season and guess what, we've lost both.
Because we're talking about goal scoring ability; movement, intelligence, composure, technique, and spatial awareness. You can be a really shit forward, and still be a great penalty taker. Players who were originally not good enough for being forwards/strikers and were moved back to being CBs can be great penalty takers. Goalkeepers can be great penalty takers. Penalties are so far removed from the actual game it's simply dishonest to include them in a discussion about someone's goal scoring ability. They require entirely different fundamental skillsets.
vuji_31
Senior Member
He is better then Braithwaite and Trincao for sure.
Does he have ideal spot in team? No.
Is he worth to bring? Yes.
Fati is questionable how he will recover, Griezmann is on sale , Dembele also if he does not renew, Messi is closer to exit , Braithwaite and Trincao are past.
Does he have ideal spot in team? No.
Is he worth to bring? Yes.
Fati is questionable how he will recover, Griezmann is on sale , Dembele also if he does not renew, Messi is closer to exit , Braithwaite and Trincao are past.
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