Nico Gonzalez
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BBZ8800
Senior Member
Slow
Slower hips than 30 years old Rakitic
Zero vision
Releases the ball way too late
We are really overhyping our domestic players.
And I have no idea why is Koeman playing all these average kids.
1. we don't have any other options?
2. or he is trying to buy fans, media and socios with these youngsters?
Slower hips than 30 years old Rakitic
Zero vision
Releases the ball way too late
We are really overhyping our domestic players.
And I have no idea why is Koeman playing all these average kids.
1. we don't have any other options?
2. or he is trying to buy fans, media and socios with these youngsters?
Bobo32
Senior Member
I think your point #2 is the only grain of truth in this post. Koeman clearly has an agenda there.
Nico is good and I like him, but this isn't the time for him.
Nico struggles in games that get chaotic. It is something I noticed last season for B.
But this seasons form at the start to me seems more to do with mentality adapting to first team dynamics than ability. There are glimpses but he is far from his best level.
We should take it slow, as not to kill his confidence. Gavi is a different case, we can push him faster and could be another Pedri.
But this seasons form at the start to me seems more to do with mentality adapting to first team dynamics than ability. There are glimpses but he is far from his best level.
We should take it slow, as not to kill his confidence. Gavi is a different case, we can push him faster and could be another Pedri.
ajnotkeith
Senior Member
Nico hasn't developed his game enough to be a reliable sub or rotation option for the first team. Very good at making the safe pass but many youth players are. Currently, another one of the youths who you put with the main-team and they kind of fade into the background doing nothing because they haven't got the experience and ability that you get through seasons of play, and understanding different positions and tactics. Nico has only played pivot with Barca B who were by far the best team in Segunda B last season on paper. No use rushing players into the first-team when they aren't of the level yet. I think a loan would be great for him but for some reason we don't like to loan our Barca B players out without buy options.
And to make it clear, these players could develop to be really good like I've always said! But playing them with the first-team before they are ready doesn't help them, reduces their confidence and they don't get much game time. Not every sub 20 year old should be played with the main team.
He needs to lose weight. He looks more like a bouncer than a football player and it's clearly holding him back, he doesn't win many headers or use his size anyway and it is making him so inagile. He had this problem in Juvenil as well where he was very heavy, & Needs to be way more progressive to contribute in the first-team. Even in Barca B nothing he passed was vertical or in key positions, it's players close to him or behind him which is very necessary a lot of the time but as a midfielder you need to be able to create as well.
And to make it clear, these players could develop to be really good like I've always said! But playing them with the first-team before they are ready doesn't help them, reduces their confidence and they don't get much game time. Not every sub 20 year old should be played with the main team.
He needs to lose weight. He looks more like a bouncer than a football player and it's clearly holding him back, he doesn't win many headers or use his size anyway and it is making him so inagile. He had this problem in Juvenil as well where he was very heavy, & Needs to be way more progressive to contribute in the first-team. Even in Barca B nothing he passed was vertical or in key positions, it's players close to him or behind him which is very necessary a lot of the time but as a midfielder you need to be able to create as well.
I don't think Gavi should be pushed faster. This performance vs Cadiz is what he will display daily if he plays from start.
Joan
Well-known member
He did well against Cadiz. Pretty good in fact. Should get lots of chances.
fergus90
Senior Member
My thoughts exactly. He had a good game and has plenty of fight in him. Deserves to start the Levante game without question.
KingLeo10
Senior Member
Funny, I could have sworn you were cartwheeling over in the Coutinho thread for us not to judge players over 1-2 games. In this case, less than a full game.
And here you are with your usual
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I'm not judging Nico until he gets a start.
BusiTheKing
Senior Member
He's probably too slow either way but it's really not true that he doesn't have vision.
ajnotkeith
Senior Member
In important progressive pass metrics (Smart, key, progressive) he barely beat or didn't beat the Segunda B median for his position. I've heard many times Nico is really good at scanning etc etc but his forward pass seems to be non existent, barely anything is progressive and I don't think that would appear for the first-team any time soon if it didn't in Segunda B.
Look at Jandro's recent games for Barca B. Is taking a touch and playing crazy line-breaking passes and he wasn't considered for the first-team at all, but if you have good vision, you should be able to do that against Segunda B opposition.
ajnotkeith
Senior Member
Starts today. Let's see if he can prove he's ready
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