Pedro Rodriguez

[Irish_Cules]

Yeah, and Messi missed three "sitters" in the 6 yard box- he sucks!



Complaining about little Pedro mis-directing a header a bit past the post? OMG- how many times does anyone his size on Barça find himself at the end of a header? He actually did it exactly right, trying to put it inside the post, and quite a decent effort.

He also did a great reflex job trying to redirect a fast pass inside the 6-yard box, either to put it in the net at the far post, or have a teammate knock it in. No teammate arrived in time.

The one spot I thought he made the wrong choice was Messi's chest pass to him- he should have taken it out of the air, and the defenders beat him to the bounce. He didn't anticipate them closing so fast.

I'm not saying it was a bad effort but 3 years ago he would have scored that. And we're not talking about just last weekend, we are talking about the last couple of seasons. Pedro has been missing chances that used to be sitters for him for a long time now. This has nothing to do with his role in the team. He used to perform this role and score goals. Maybe this role has become more exaggerated and maybe he has less space than he used to do but it still doesn't explain him missing chances when he gets them, especially considering his goalscoring for Spain. His confidence in front of goal is nowhere near what it used to be for Barcelona.

 

[Poor_Sunyol]

Same old tired nonsense, though thankfully it appears that the perfectly capable coaching staff (including under Pep, Tito, and Martino) happen to disagree with you guys.

+1

It is incredible the amount of BS that gets spouted on here at times.

 

[CatalinR10]

+1

It is incredible the amount of BS that gets spouted on here at times.

I personally think it's incredible that some people here chose to turn a blind eye for a player that didn't score last season in 22 consecutive games in La liga and is shit compared to what he was 2-3 years ago.

 

[Poor_Sunyol]

He scored more goals in La Liga last year than the previous year? Are you sure we are talking about the same Pedro?

 

[Kerrybai]

+1

It is incredible the amount of BS that gets spouted on here at times.

Get off your high horse. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Belittling other posters makes your own argument appear weak. Many of us feel that Pedro is not providing enough in attack, you should be able to respect that.

 

[Poor_Sunyol]

Everyone is entitled to their opinion I quite agree. However, just slagging off a player without actually thinking it through is actually very tedious for the rest of the posters. Try and at least back up what you say, rather than this I don't like x, y or z because of the colour of their hair. It borders on the immature. We are 3 games into the season, the guy has one mediocre game and it's get rid of Pedro!

This isn't a computer game.

 

[Elite-BkD]

Get off your high horse. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Belittling other posters makes your own argument appear weak. Many of us feel that Pedro is not providing enough in attack, you should be able to respect that.

I don't think many people have a problem respecting a sentiment expressed in that kind of matter.
With that said, this thread has more or less been hijacked by a seemingly never ending stream of redundant, asinine, extremely thoughtless posts which make no attempt what-so-ever at providing discussion/analysis of any sort and don't accomplish anything other than bashing Pedro with outrageous hyperbole literally every time there's a tough match, with absolutely no regard for the actual quality of his performance.
He's getting slightly more support now and will probably continue to do so as his quality shows better when the team isn't an absolute train-wreck, but it's been going on for ages and it really is quite annoying.

 

[CatalinR10]

Everyone is entitled to their opinion I quite agree. However, just slagging off a player without actually thinking it through is actually very tedious for the rest of the posters. Try and at least back up what you say, rather than this I don't like x, y or z because of the colour of their hair. It borders on the immature. We are 3 games into the season, the guy has one mediocre game and it's get rid of Pedro!

This isn't a computer game.

It's not about 1 game , it's about the last 2 seasons.

 

[Poor_Sunyol]

There isn't a face palm big enough to respond to that statement. I would be grateful if anyone could find a suitable one. I give up.

 

[Cule4life]

There isn't a face palm big enough to respond to that statement. I would be grateful if anyone could find a suitable one. I give up.

 

[Poor_Sunyol]

Nicely played.

 

[barca1899]

There isn't a face palm big enough to respond to that statement. I would be grateful if anyone could find a suitable one. I give up.

 

[Poor_Sunyol]

Oooooh. The bench mark has been moved up.

 

[Cule4life]

Inb4 these posts get moved to Troll Quarantine

 

[jiopi]

Finally dribbled successfully couple of times, possibly saw the list before the game. :eusa_think:

13-14 Season

Dribbles - Fouled - Lost possession

1. Messi 19 - 8 - 8
2. Iniesta 10 - 8 - 9
3. Sanchez 6 - 14 - 8
4. Neymar 6 - 9 - 9
5. Fabregas 4 - 6 - 12
6. Pedro 2 - 6 - 10

InB4 he doesn't have the license to dribble.