Messi983
Senior Member
Yea, imo, we need to treat them with very low pressure. Otherwise, if we put pressure on them to deliver on a crooked platform, they will be well set up to fail. It's the veterans' team. Fine. Blame them for the shit that is happening and leave the youngsters alone.
This for sure. I won't demand to sell Trincao next summer if he'll have a poor season though I'm sure many fans will. First, almost all newcomers (even proven worldclass players at other clubs) struggles to adapt in their first season here. And second, a situation he's coming into is far from perfect.
I'm just worried how much playing time he'll actually get. Messi and Suarez will play 80-90% of minutes when available so he'll have to compete for playing time with Griezmann (playing outside of his best position but still a 100m signing who we'll try to make work again) and Fati (despite being younger he has a few advantages over Trincao being a homegrown kid and also having a personal connection with Messi whose brother is his agent). At least it seems more and more likely we won't buy Lautaro which would make things even worse for both youngsters. Not really counting on Dembele anymore even if he stays (which he probably will).