8 - Pedri

[Loki]

Btw next season is his 5th and he will be 22. This season is the last of his youngster years. Expect big thing from him next season. Xavi has great trust in him and i think whether or not Xavi can succeed depend on Pedri's improvement.

He can only improve if he stays clear of injuries. It's the same reason why Dembele stagnated at some point. We can only hope.

 

[Messigician]

He can only improve if he stays clear of injuries. It's the same reason why Dembele stagnated at some point. We can only hope.

Robben disagrees

 

[Gazzznigga]

Does this guy have any responsibility or Not? Or everything wrong that is, is because of Xavi?

....nail on the head

He can only improve if he stays clear of injuries. It's the same reason why Dembele stagnated at some point. We can only hope.

...no one improves under a fraud

 

[Fati_Future_BallonDor]

Robben disagrees

Robben was one of the greatest players in this generation, for very good/good players its important they stay injury free so they dont end like Dembouz at Barca

 

[mc_lovin]

Had a good game for once if you ask me.

 

[BusiTheKing]

Yeah good game, nice to see him a bit more active. No synergy between him and Gundo or Christensen though.

 

[serghei]

Average for me. Need to sign an actual top AM like Bernardo and let him do his developing off the limelight if possible.

 

[Blanco]

I have said in the past that he is Betis/Sociedad/Villareal level player, but has to downgrade him to Osasuna/Getafe level. There is no midfielder in La Liga teams, which are above 15th place, who could not do what Pedri is doing on a football pitch.

 

[Horatio]

Did he play?

 

[ZenI]

Did he play?

Hardly...

 

[vegitot]

Nice tiki taka though. Not something you usually see from him.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1691178989899886592

 

[draconifire]

He's nowhere near a starter material.

 

[Messigician]

I can’t believe fools on here were saying he’s already better than Iniesta

 

[ZenI]

I can’t believe fools on here were saying he’s already better than Iniesta

He might be better than Iniesta’s son…

 

[BusiTheKing]

He was ok yesterday but it's true that his talents, while obvious, still don't really translate into much of consequence in a regular game of football.

The problem is that it's hard to see how exactly he will get any better. He won't get faster, he won't get stronger, and he won't change his basic footballing personality, his laid-back, conservative, polite style of play.

The only realistic improvement would be to perk up his off-the-ball running and take more charge of the distribution as a deep lying playmaker. But that won't happen since he's apparently chronically fatigued after playing a few too many games three years ago.