Never_Forget40
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Dembele might be the better player at the moment but in constrast to Rakitic Dembele showed really nothing since his arrival at Barca.
Ousmane Dembélé
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What has Rakitic accomplished aside from being the 11th most important player on the field during the treble winning season? You could’ve put Andre Gomes in his place and the end result still would’ve been the same
Never_Forget40
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Lol this isnt true. Rakitic was a key player in midfield with a very very big workrate. He isnt the same anymore.
Afromaticz
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Bro... Raktic was never ever key to any success that we had in the past and could've been replaced by any workhorse midfielder.
Was he a grafter? Yes he was but did he ever add quality to our game? Nope.
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Once again, when we're discussing IQ we're talking about "football intelligence" - we're not actually talking about intelligence quotient; problem solving skills, analytical skills, logic puzzles solving, pattern recognition and so. When we're talking about Ronaldinho's "intelligence", we're talking about his abilities to read the game, his passing/vision, and creativity. We're not talking about his ability to understand and analyse differential equations, we're talking about skills and abilities we can evaluate by watching his performances.
Honestly, do so many of you people think we're commenting on a person's actual intelligence? I've seen complete nerds (phd students for ex.) with appalling decision making because they just freeze up when they're in possession of the ball. "Football intelligence" is just a phrase used to describe a certain aspect of athletic skills that's less physical than others like acceleration, technique, or physical strength. Things like reaction speed, 20/20 vision, and great peripheral vision play into "intelligence" in football and in other sports, but in reality it has nothing to do with IQ. It's just a term that stuck.
Once again, we're NOT talking about a player's actual intelligence.
Ah yes. it doesn t make sense for a 21 year old guy to make some progress. Just a statistical anomaly
Once again use your eyes and not stats, a lot of those goals aren't convincing. To me only about 8 or so goals of his are convincing, which is around his tally for previous clubs. Playing for this team will slightly inflate his stats imo. I'd have a different opinion if his movement was stellar and his finishing was consistent. He scorers some wonderful goals, but his movement is non-existent and his finishing technique is NOT (lol) consistent. Which is why I'm calling this season a statistical anomaly.
I might be wrong about that and I honestly don't mind.
I'm just saying, a lot of Rashford's goals are created because of his movement off the ball and/or really stellar finishing. I don't think he'll ever become world class but he shows better ability in front of goal than Dembele does.
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it's a vicious circle of what you're trying to make us believe.
Poor_Sunyol
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My thoughts exactly.
Messigician
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Dembele looks stupid only when compared to players with the passing range and creativity of Neymar.
Dembele is quite good I'm sure he will tear it up in the prem but we use a different system here. Players like Fabregas, Sanchez, etc didn't cut it despite being pretty good players.
Dembele is quite good I'm sure he will tear it up in the prem but we use a different system here. Players like Fabregas, Sanchez, etc didn't cut it despite being pretty good players.
Jägermeister
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Pff, low IQ thoughts!
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