Ousmane Dembélé

[Sorin]

Vinicius can finish better than this guy.

S E L L

An eunuch can finish better than him. Dude either skies it or passes it to the keeper. Every now and then he flukes a shot and it goes in.

 

[Laplacian]

It's only been a few weeks but people have already forgotten, aside from not having a quality CF, him being absolutely useless as a winger for the past few months is also part of the reason why Koeman decided to experiment with him as a striker. Don't change the narrative to "he's a winger not a striker" now, he was shit there too.

 

[malvolio]

Ousmane "brings Messi closer to goal" Dembele

In line with "Antoine works hard defensevly Griezmann" and "Martin good guy to have in the lockeroom Braithwaite"

 

[serghei]

Ousmane "brings Messi closer to goal" Dembele

Too bad we don't have Gomes. His decoy runs with Dembele's pace, and teams would just short-circuit themselves.

 

[DonAK]

Agree but would still play him at CF for now.

He should play out the season as CF as he's the best option there right now. Especially with Ansu injured.

Can still win a domestic double or at least Copa del Rey.

Need much better next season though.

 

[JamDav1982]

Too bad we don't have Gomes. His decoy runs with Dembele's pace, and teams would just short-circuit themselves.

Ah the 'decoy run' comment that caught all those it was expected to lives to this day.

 

[Porque]

Hey, atleast he is proving the narrative correct that what we been missing all these seasons is a pacy forward.

His finishing was bad today, but there are so many other attackers (Griezmann, Coutinho, Braithwaite) to get rid of before thinking of Dembele.

 

[FCMessi]

Braithwaite costed 15m, on much lower salary, more effective than Griesmann and is yet bundle with frauds Griezmann and Coutinho.

 

[Richard.H]

Braithwaite costed 15m, on much lower salary, more effective than Griesmann and is yet bundle with frauds Griezmann and Coutinho.

^^ This. Never forget that a Middlesbrough and Lleganes striker has been more effective for this club so far than Griezmann.

 

[DonAK]

In most league games in this specific system having Dembele up front is helpful even if he sucks at finishing his chances simply because it helps the rest of the team.

But as soon as the season is over we need to find someone better to play that role if we're going to persist with this system.

 

[Vilarrubi]

From now on he should just carry cut it back every time. So bad at shooting, nearly Vinicius level.

 

[Horatio]

Think he will do damage in La Liga with CF position.

 

[serghei]

Not sure you can teach and develop scoring instincts at this stage. He improved his passing imo and his dribbling is not as erratic, but finishing... you either panic in front of goal and you mishit shots or you don't.

 

[Porque]

Braithwaite costed 15m, on much lower salary, more effective than Griesmann and is yet bundle with frauds Griezmann and Coutinho.

I like Braithwaite, but I would keep Dembele ahead of him.

I would keep Braithwaite ahead of Griezmann and Coutinho though.

 

[te amo barca]

From now on he should just carry cut it back every time. So bad at shooting, nearly Vinicius level.

The thing is his cutbacks, when he's bad, also lead to dangerous counter-attacks from the opposition 70% of the time. Worse than Suarez in this regard, at least he would just lose the ball.