20 - Dani Olmo

[FC B]

Don't get why Flick insists wiht him after being so shit week in week out even in the absence of Fermin.

 

[Devils]

Looks softer and slower than both Fabregas and Coutinho. That’s quite accomplishment.

 

[Fati_Future_BallonDor]

@Messi983 will hate me for this but we should have kept Felix, guy is absolutely worldclass this season and can't stop scoring. Also his passing has massively improved.

 

[TheStig]

Felix at Barca is a good comparison with Olmo. They both started great and got a lot of hype after first few games but then fell in form (Olmo also got injured). Both weak in the body and the mind, both 10s with a nice flick here and there but no real end product, no consistency, no fight in them...Very similar. At least Felix was only a loan while Olmo cost us a fortune.

 

[Barcaman]

Not giving up on Olmo.
His first season was ok and he only started the 2nd.

Been underwhelming and concerns need to be raised though.

 

[Don Juan Laporta Estruch]

His bad form is a blessing in disguise. Flick will be so desperate to replace him that he will shoo in Raph at CAM.

And then our best front 4 will fall into Don Flick's lap.

Yamal Raph Rash
Ferran.

God showing He is a true cule AGAIN.

 

[Barcaman]

His bad form is a blessing in disguise. Flick will be so desperate to replace him that he will shoo in Raph at CAM.

And then our best front 4 will fall into Don Flick's lap.

Yamal Raph Rash
Ferran.

God showing He is a true cule AGAIN.

Good on paper but Rapha didn't look that good in that role.

 

[zanela]

Same neck posture. Same mentality.

 

[Andresito]

When he plays like this you wonder, what the hell are his strengths?

Can't keep ball under pressure, can't distribute balls to runners at wings, can't finish, average defensive effort. Anti 10.

 

[jamrock]

I don't see Raphinha as a 10. Raphinha should be playing the Dembele role for us; I've been saying that since last season.

Play Rashford or Torres wide to cut in as he drops deep.

Drop Olmo, play a fit Gavi because, as I pointed out versus Inter, when we are losing the midfield battle, we need someone who can drop into the CM role and feel comfortable and help.

Olmo or Fermin can't do that.

Our manager isn't thinking on that level, so it's not happening. Playing Raphinha at 10, we'll be dominated in midfield by teams like PSG again, because when we are being outnumbered and outplayed, he doesn't have the awareness of a midfielder to help. But it may work in 95% of the games, but we win those anyway with him at LF.

Garcia

Kounde Araujo Cubarsi Balde
De Jong Pedri
Yamal gavi rashford/Torres
Raphinha

Should be our gala XI, swap rashford and Torres for lewa as needed, move raphinha back to LF (Obviously)