Any player with technical ability on the team are still capable of playmaking: Messi, Busquets, Sergi Roberto, Jordi Alba, and fuck even Dembele himself. It's not like there were a bunch of speedsters when he playmaked against Levante, Leganes, and Espanyol. Speed matters when they're on the counter sure, but not one everyone's on the opposition's half. Seriously there are runs made all the time by Messi, Suarez, etc and he misses them and goes for a backpass instead. This is some Pogba level "he needs this this this and this " to be a good midfielder type of excuses.
Fine, I'm fine with the poor playmaking. But at least get into good positions, make that speed useful. Literally there's space all over the place and he decides to drop deep and sit right next to Alba, no shit Alba doesn't pass to him and their link up is shit. What does he do when there are runs being made right beside the box? He sits right outside the box ball watching. This is why I'm calling all of his goals in the beginning of the season flukes, his instincts to anticipate space and balls are just terrible. I'd still be okay with him if this was last season but come on, it's the end of his second season and he's still playing like he just got here yesterday. It's genuinely horrible.
I'm getting frustrated because he's our only winger option. Coutinho's a shit winger and Malcolm only plays 5 games a year. He's our genuine "next generation 120m euros winger" and his fundamentals are so bad. I just can't stand it.
Don't worry guys I'm done ranting. I'll just enjoy Messi, Suarez, and the new midfield talents now. No point in getting frustrated over something I have no control over.
