Nelson Semedo

[CatalinR10]

Height means shit if the opponent is much much better than you. They played with same players , same height first round and they lost 4-1 here in Barcelona. If Valverde didn't fuck up that Roma game , we would have had a decent shot at the trophy.

 

[Cule4life]

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Why are you going off topic to push your agenda?

You forgot the days when he had Masch as a CB? We are much better now in that regard thankfully.

Frenkie is 1.8
De ligt is 1.88

So they will increase our height. Oh right players have to be old and tall for you to even consider them.

But Willian is 1.75m but you still have a massive hard on for him.

You are a classic case of Cognitive dissonance 101

Roma wouldn't score 3 goals against us if we didn't play like cowards. But no that would mean Valverde was at fault which you'll never admit so you keep pushing the narrative we lost because we are too short and our squad is shit

 

[Zidane82]

Watch him play solid defensively, even make some great offensive runs, make it painfully clear he is our RB and than straight to the bench again..

Counting the days till EV is sacked..

The worst part is he will be judged on tonight's performance and he will have Rakitic in front of him who's neither use nor ornament imho

 

[ebieymjunior]

Not too bad, he just needs to learn when to make the run and to be confident and ask the ball (like Alba)
Right now he’s playing like a newly bought Abidal and needs to train and work on the possession play

 

[evilhita666]

I don't think he offers much more than Roberto, they are just correct players... PSV danger came mostly from his flank...

 

[biraboyz]

So to sum it all, only Semedo played great defense out there. Even if the Goal start at his side, the same fanboys blaming Roberto in every Goals.....

 

[ebieymjunior]

So to sum it all, only Semedo played great defense out there. Even if the Goal start at his side, the same fanboys blaming Roberto in every Goals.....

Do you really enjoy saying idiotic things (not trying to be mean)? No one said he was perfect, yes the goal did start from his side, he could have done more, but for that 1 goal, he defended countless others

 

[Cule4life]

I don't think he offers much more than Roberto, they are just correct players... PSV danger came mostly from his flank...

He definitely needs to do better in his attacking output, but then look at the state of our team as a whole.

Rakitic and Busquets gifting the ball away in dangerous areas and putting pressure on our defense being the turtles they are.

Pique and Lenglet having no idea how to handle Luuk De Jong.

Messi and Rakitic on RW means the RW is deader than a fish out of water.

Semedo benched as soon as Roberto is back leading to no match rhythm

It's a shitshow all around. Yeah we can get a new RB but under Ernie who would be better? I for one would not pass judgement on our lesser used players until a new manager comes in. Except Dennis ofc that guy is crap

So to sum it all, only Semedo played great defense out there. Even if the Goal start at his side, the same fanboys blaming Roberto in every Goals.....

Back with a bang aren't you.

After claiming Semedo should have been marking Diego Costa now he's responsible for the goal from a cross in the box and Pique getting owned by De Jong.

Did he steal your GF or something?

Roberto is blamed when he keeps backing away from the opposition winger and gets owned one on one match after match. Not when opposition scores from setpieces/crosses in the box.

I just gave Semedo constructive criticism that he should be doing better with his attacking output. But for you Bob can do no wrong.

Just take a break from the forum until Bob is back so you can wank over him. But i understand a month might be too long so you're getting your rocks off railing on Semedo

 

[Danic]

Yesterday i was a bit dissapointed by him. Was not as strong as usual in the defense and looked tired/unmotivated. Which is a no go if a player has a good opportunity to show himself.

 

[biraboyz]

The President of the fans club of Semedo's still don't have any idea about his double standard....
For me Bob can do no wrong? Wait since when I became a Roberto fan? Oh since when I called out the fanboys double standard

 

[Nothanks]

all im saying is that if roberto were in yesterdays game, the semedo fan club would be whinning and moaning about how the cross came from the that side
not impressed by the defensive god some people potray here.

 

[Messi983]

I don't think he offers much more than Roberto, they are just correct players... PSV danger came mostly from his flank...

Agreed.

But that was mostly because he lost confidence because Valverde benched him after he had 2 or 3 "great" games.

 

[henias]

Agreed.

But that was mostly because he lost confidence because Valverde benched him after he had 2 or 3 "great" games.

So after the Dembele commotion, EV supporters are back to the Semedo thread. After a while, they hop over to the Dembele thread once he has a bad or average game. This is basically the recurring theme for the past few months.

I dont get why the need to turn against players time and time again only to be proven wrong. Reason why people believed in Semedo because he definitely showed alot of potential at the start of last season as a newcomer. Roberto has been here ever since Lucho and his defensive flaws has been too prominent to be a RB, especially his simple one on ones let alone a 2v1 situation. Just one too many times. Semedo definitely had a great run of games when Roberto was injured, not to say with Semedo there will be no goals, but he would quell one-on-one dangers much better. Obviously, Pique would have to do much better, but he is another one overplayed as well.

Could say the same for you when you supported Gomes or Paulinho but it's clearly obvious these guys dont have a very high talent ceiling, so I'm not trying to be offensive or anything. I think it's reasonable to support EV early last season, but the honeymoon period is clearly over, there's no reason to be given excuses over and over again with a squad like this. No excuse to be overplaying Roberto and Rakitc when you have Semedo and Vidal.

Many players regressed under Valverde either due to overplaying or simply poor development. This should be an known fact by now. Should people justify the benching of Malcom by saying because he played bad? No matter how talented the player is, they all need a certain level of investment and trust, supported by consistent and well balanced minutes.

Sad to say you're actually an admin here and would go as far as saying "we are playing good football in CL". There you have it the epitome of a "good football" against PSV. Arthur made our hell alot better within those few weeks when Messi is gone but clearly after that we are back to mediocrity. By no means should we conclude we are playing good football in CL, and there should be no excuse for La Liga as well.

I dont get the players fanclub vs fanclub immaturity. I would want to see Barca under a new direction, with development and vision before I judge players.

 

[Joan]

I'm afraid to say anything...

 

[DonAK]

Can we agree that both Roberto and Semedo have no place as a starting RB for Barcelona?

At least I think Semedo can be sold for a decent fee, especially to England, but I hope that doesn't mean we're stuck with the patient one.

Sign a new starting RB or give a shot to Wague in some of the CDR games at least and see what he got and move Roberto back to being a bits and pieces midfielder that will be on the bench as a rotation option.

Almost all of our rivals for the CL have a better RB than we do.