Players make mistakes, even more younger ones. Just watch him now with bayern. And even with problems, he had a good season for Barça. Letting him go is proving to be a big mistake, unless his brother really is better than him, as Thiago says Rafinha is.
Will you be one of those that gets one mistake to crucify a player? I imagine you'll have fun in ter stegen thread next season, then.
Slating him? When? He can make mistakes, no problem. However he can't expect to walk into the stating XI - which basically he says was the reason why he left - regardless of his performances ahead of Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta and Fabregas if he makes rookie mistakes like that. The worst thing wasn't even the mistake itself. It was how he reacted for the rest of the match. It really rattled him psychologically and he went invisible for the rest of the game. 4 days after that mistake was the CL game against Milan. No coach in his right mind would start Thiago in that game after such a showing. Yet some people have a go at Tito for not doing that now in retroperspective and "playing Xavi on painkillers instead".
I'm watching him at Bayern. Not much has changed. Still the most erratic player in their entire midfield with the highest number of turnovers who gets dispossessed the most and plays overflamboyant passes. Pep plays him as the furthest forward midfielder now after he failed the deeper role at the beginning.
Obviously I would have kept and developed him. But he thinks he doesn't need to learn anymore and he's already up there with the big boys and wants to showcase his skills. Good luck to him.
If Zubi had a brain he'd push for Kroos. Kroos, Thiago, Schweinsteiger, Lahm, Martinez, Götze all playing centrally is obviously not sustainable and Kroos seems unsettled already. That would solve all issues.
Yeah. Him scoring a random goal in the 83th minute in a game that is already won is definitely a more conclusive indicator about his state of development as a central midfielder and totally outweighs his lapses in the buil-up process.
