Pedro Rodriguez
- Thread starter M.L. King
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Monster Masch
That makes the Spanish players even more amazing, especially Barca's boys. Pedro above all has been sharp as fuck throughout.
Galning
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brilliant Gneg.
gingerless
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Sammie
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Valon
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I don't think Muller as good as he is, is remotely close to being like Pedro.
you just cant dislike a player with that workrate for the team.
BerkeleyBernie
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Though, to quibble, there is that one ball he should have laid off for Torres...but I've never seen him play that selfishly with Barca. And given Torres' crap form during the World Cup, that may have crossed his mind.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/pedro-regrets-torres-horror-in-spain-v-germany-14871103.html
It's BS to not call him world class...he brings a entirely different set of skills than Iniesta or Messi. While Messi and Iniesta have to dribble slaloms through midfielders, Pedro just needs to get a step on the backline defender marking him. He's got plenty of quickness and moves for that, and then pace to exploit the space he gains. He's got to be the fastest of Barca's starting players. And "work rate" is a skill. It's not just stamina, but knowing how to use it. Not to mention his lay off passes and assists- the gem he worked with Messi against Villareal for instance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAcU9pyqpwI
And he has a goal-scoring tenacity that reminds me of Ronaldo (Brazilian); he sees weaknesses in the defense and bears down to exploit them, such as where he saw Marcelo ball-watching in the Clasico and beat him to the cross to score.
Anyone know his goal to shot ratio? He's got to have one of the highest finishing percentages on Barca, if not the highest.
This year, just a great, great part of the Barca chemistry.
gingerless
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nah he's fine the way he is imo... his flicks 'n tricks are helpful most of the time, and his connection with messi is that of (if not better than) alves
beef-supreme
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In my opinion Pedro not passing to Torres really embodied the general consensus that everyone felt Torres was shite. There were a few people who kept backing Torres in spite of his weakness in the qualifiers but particularly the early games, but even they were silenced in the end. This is not to say that Torres will never recover, but imo while Pedro was selfish, there is plenty of reason behind a potential lack of trust and confidence in Fernando
Gnegneri
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Nah, like Pedro more obviously and Muller should never play at Barcelona.
Just saying their career is VERY alike. Came out of nowhere, picked up by their coach in a lower division, cogs in the machine controlled by other stars, impact on World Cup, similar direct playing style, ...
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