Antoine Griezmann

Richard.H said:

Another not so good transfer by this board. First dembele, then coutinho, and now Griez.

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Wolfe said:

Nonsense man. He made several decent runs today and very often actually Messi was either in the way of a pass through the middle clogging up the lane or chose to pass elsewhere. He's not nearly as terrible as you're making him out to be. And he's also the only reason you're still in the Copa.

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Ernesto GOATverde Tejedor said:

The mental gymnastics of Real Madrid fans to lay the blame of every situation at Messis door. But I guess that's what happens when your the El Classico top scorer by a country mile

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Mitchell1978 said:

I didn't mind him when his post were somewhat nuanced and balanced but now he's basically bashing barça and Messi with almost every post, time to stop tolerating him on this forum imo.

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Calidad said:

I said at the time when he was strongly rumoured to be a target for Barcelona that he was and is a good player, but definitely the wrong profile and fit for the club. I’ve obviously seen nothing so far to convince me otherwise. He is an SS and a fairly uncreative one at that and is very much a system player, now playing in a system he doesn’t fit. It’s an awful misuse of money for a player soon to be 30.

I don’t share this same sentiment for Coutinho or Dembele, because they are both the profile of player the team is still severely lacking in. We need a creative midfielder, which Coutinho is, and we need a pacey, creative, goal scoring wide forward which Dembele is (or can be). We don’t however, need Griezmann or someone with his skill set.

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jairzinho said:

He’s been playing as a #10 / second striker for years now. He rarely played for Athletico as a 9. Hardly ever. Same goes for France. He plays exclusively as a 10 / SS. So honestly I don’t have too much high expectations for him upfront but I hope he can figure things out.

I don’t know why we keep buying players and then not play them in their most comfortable position.

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wisconsincule said:

28 matches played. 11 goals. 4 assists.

That’s really not that terrible. Look at Hazards contribution for Real... at least Griezmann has stayed healthy.

We all knew that he occupied the same spaces at Messi while playing for Atleti...

I always wonder for these high profile moves if there are other hidden incentives for the club that we don’t see. Did Puma kick Barca some cash for bringing Griezmann over? Having him at Barca is way more profitable for them than having him at Atleti...

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FinBarcelonafan said:

and he is much more important defensively than Hazard.

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malvolio said:

Did he defended on any of the two goals we conceded yesterday? I only remember that he fucked up multiple passes and attacks. Otherwise what is it with people and forwards defending?
If I've wanted to see a forward defending I wouldn't have paid 220 mil for him!

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FinBarcelonafan said:

220mil? What?

You can critize Griezzman for his offense but not his defense

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malvolio said:

120 mil in transfer fee +20 mil a year in salary, over 5 years= ~220 mil
Again, why would I care if he defends or not when our problem is not scoring or inspiring fear in the opposition defences?

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