I can also play LW, the point is to play someone who actually fits the position well. A fast dribbler.
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FootyEra 19/20 Season |OT| CrowdNoise.mp3
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Few times. He wasn't all bad. Plus when he played there with us he was genuinely great.
This is not what I wanted to hear.
True. Guess Bayern were running out of options. Thought they were going for Roca instead.
Sure.
I also see Müller is still a starter. Maybe they want to spice up the league and give Dortmund a helping hand. Good luck with Pavard too.
For that you would need Dortmund to play more than half a season.
I don't really agree at all, peak Ribery was *much* faster over long distances and a much more vertical, athletic player imo.
Sad that it didn't work out with Coutinho. He just wasn't very effective playing left wing for us.
Yeah he wasn't right for that squad. Just highlights poor squad planning on Barca's part. That said though I think he could've been if Valverde wasn't there.
My bad, I must have a bad memory of Ribery then.
Watched the 2 goals and one was a deflection and the other a 1vs1 with Neuer. You could maybe say he could do more to avoid the second one but nor really his fault.
If I had Coutinho I'd be trying to turn him into a CM. Unleash his through ball skill/vertical passing from deeper positions, limit the impact on his lack of athleticism, put runners in front of him. I remember him being effective there a few times in a 4-3-3 under Rodgers.
More generally, I think teams aren't aggressive enough about experimenting with technical attacking midfielders playing deeper in midfield. That position is so valuable and in such scarce supply, you can game plan around athletic deficits, and the upside is massive (Pirlo, Schweinsteiger, Cazorla, David Silva all players who all saw huge jumps in value with this positional move).
I see it as pretty analogous to the gradual transition of many SFs to PF and C in the NBA. You get more skill on the field and coaches (who are naturally conservative) tend to overestimate the downside.
More generally, I think teams aren't aggressive enough about experimenting with technical attacking midfielders playing deeper in midfield. That position is so valuable and in such scarce supply, you can game plan around athletic deficits, and the upside is massive (Pirlo, Schweinsteiger, Cazorla, David Silva all players who all saw huge jumps in value with this positional move).
I see it as pretty analogous to the gradual transition of many SFs to PF and C in the NBA. You get more skill on the field and coaches (who are naturally conservative) tend to overestimate the downside.
Bayern has plenty of CMs though. Plus they just sent back James who they could have had for cheap and would be ideal for the same role. So getting Coutinho as a CM would really be a waste of a transfer.
Coutinho is a good player but he doesn't suit Barca's system.
That fucker is like an instafix to all problems. Wish he'd retire already.
Suarez off injured, Rafinha in, get a chance to see how Griezmann does centrally. Not sure this doesn't make Barca better in this match at least.
yeah it felt like 2/3 of Barca's games last year they'd play like shit for 70 minutes but Messi would score enough in the other 20 to make up for it. they're implementing the front half of that strategy effectively today, back half seems harder without him.
yeah it felt like 2/3 of Barca's games last year they'd play like shit for 70 minutes but Messi would score enough in the other 20 to make up for it. they're implementing the front half of that strategy effectively today, back half seems harder without him.
Got the wrong people advising him as well as Barca being awful. Would be nice to have him back though...but only for very little money
Neuer didn't have anything to do with both goals though. Both were absolute flukes he couldn't do much about.
Zero fluidity, zero solidity and zero control. Hard to believe this is a team coached by a man starting his third season. Looks like the opposite.
There is no system.
Coutinho and Dembele could've both been the main star of their teams if they didn't force a move to Barcelona
What a strike. First touch of the ball as well, I believe.
As for Barca, shit performance from everyone not named Rafinha, Ter Stegen, De Jong.
As for Barca, shit performance from everyone not named Rafinha, Ter Stegen, De Jong.
Players love the comfort playing for a fraud affords them. All on absurd wages, guaranteed their spots, FCB President has no fucking balls at all to can him. I have to say I'm beyond shocked how Messi has constantly backed that clown
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