Nelson Semedo

xXKonan

Senior Member
He's not quite there yet, but don't know why but he's such an exciting player to watch. Hope he really makes it.
It's why I liked the idea of us going for him over the likes of Cancelo and Bellerin.

Cancelo has some pace and technical skills but struggled with inconsistency and generally was very weak defensively while at Valencia. Bellerin has pace but IMO lacks the Technical ability to play for a team like ours.

Semedo really exploded at Benfica last season and was exciting, he showed pace and great technical ability and while defending wasn't always his strong suit he wasn't to bad at it either. Seemed the most logical option out of all the RB players we have been linked with.

You can tell these days how hard he's trying to be more risky. One of the main criticisms by a number of posters on here is that how reserved he was going forward and was more of a defending RB. Which was odd since Defending wasn't his strongest suit.

It seems like he realized that he needs to be risky going forward like he use to at Benfica than just be conservative. Which is good news since the Right side has the weakest area not just defending but in attacking as well since Messi stopped playing on the RW and Dembele got that bad injury early on in the season.

Sembele is here to stay.
 

Joan

Well-known member
Since he started going forward more, he's been caught out of position more often.

It has something to do with the midfield, too. We lose the ball way too easy.
 

ThwiX

Best midfielder around
That’s more what I want from a RB. Roberto’s time as the starting RB should’ve been over a long time ago. Got skinned by pretty much any good player he has come up against.
 
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xXKonan

Senior Member
Brought pace and stability on the right side that had been missing in the first half.

He really did a good job Forcing Marcelo into being cautious.
 

El Gato

Villarato!
If there's anybody to compliment over a footballing performance tonight it's this dude. I was really quite impressed.
 

Luftstalag14

Culé de Celestial Empire
Why, oh fucking why is Semedo not the starting right back?

Attacked, defended, covered a huge amount of ground.

Because Roberto is one of the club's favorite players who has a status and pecking order way ahead of Semedo's. It is sad to see us resorting to this kind of people management.
 
Marcelo was handcuffed by Semedo.

Roberto is not bad at Tiki Taka but little too small to defend and match opposition's speed.
 
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