5 - Pau Cubarsí
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There's a reason why a CB doesn‘t usually play for a top team at that age. And Cubarsi shows exactly why. In terms of his defensive skills, he's no better than an average central defender his age.
What would have been better? Offering him a saudi level contract? It was his choice not barca.
jamrock
Senior Member
It's funny that his physical limitations that many including myself thought would be what limit him in top flight football, is what is thought to be holding him back today.
But I don't fully buy into that, I've been him hold his own against fast & strong CFs before, that issue is something else entirely
But I don't fully buy into that, I've been him hold his own against fast & strong CFs before, that issue is something else entirely
FinBarcelonafan
Well-known member
The whole team looks physically weak. Something went terribly wrong this summer or last season.
I can't understand how an 18 year old kid is not putting the work to get stronger, faster.
I mean maybe he is (he must be right? guy is intelligent, seems focused on football and not wasting energies with partying) but it is mystifying to me at the moment at least.
It's a bit like in times of past where Pique is playing great, then takes his top off and there is absolutely no physical development there and is upper body is soft putty. Now in retrospect we know he got away with much more than he should have been allowed to thanks to his insane natural ability and reading of the game when on. But yet, imagine how much better he could have been if he put his full focus into his football and not half the eye on the life, late nights at the poker room and later days business.
jamrock
Senior Member
I can understand where you're coming from, especially when we compare him to, say, Yamal, whose physical development has been massive since he got promoted.
It's definitely something Cubarsi needs to focus on to round off his game.
But I think his struggles have more to do with tactics than just how slow or weak he is; he doesn't give Eric Garcia vibes in that respect, far from it.
But with our manager, even defenders in their physical and footballing prime have struggled when he's been a manager over the three jobs he's held, so it can't be a coincidence. Asking an 18-year-old to be at his best consistently in such a system is a very difficult ask, in my opinion.
He needs someone to help him develop his game and focus on being a defender first, not just a great passer. He has that naturally, and everything will come together for him..
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