JamDav1982
Senior Member
Feel bad for him having Kounde behnd him and Lewa on front of him.
Must be a fucking nightmare at times.
Must be a fucking nightmare at times.
10 - Lamine Yamal
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ajnotkeith
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His off the ball work is just weak.
I said this before but he is brilliant on the ball, the question is, what happens in games that are harder to get into, where there is less space, where ball to feet might not be possible?
He needs to learn to threaten more with his movement, to make runs in behind, to play with one or two touches, and then he will reach his full potential.
The best forwards all learnt how to threaten not only with the ball but also off it.
jormatar
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He passes the ball back a lot when there isn't a way for pass forward. Even Vini accused him of doing this too much in clasico. The problem is him passing the ball back usually results into nothing for us because most of the time others are incapable of finding space to pass the ball forward and instead of playing the ball forward they keep passing it back resulting into enemy pressing us and eventually forcing our backline into hasty decisions with the ball.
We need RB someone like Dani Alves who has the stamina and skill to keep up with the best and make support runs for our best player. But that is easier said than done.
Release the ball to who? He has no one close to him to play 1-2. His only choice is playing through pass or cross forward.
Yeah but can you imagine Messi played hug the touchline role all the time, with Kounde as RB instead of Dani Alves???
Unfortunately, to be an all time great, you need to have some off the chart physical attributes. Look at how strong and agile Messi's core and legs are
jamrock
Senior Member
Facts
jamrock
Senior Member
The haters who are getting at him for not showing up in big game so far this season are the same ones who downplayed when he was tearing everyone apart in every big game for 18 months straight.
Its just frankly regarded & make what araujo did today for the first yellow look genius
Its just frankly regarded & make what araujo did today for the first yellow look genius
BBZ8800
Senior Member
I wouldn't change team's tactics because of Yamal.
In terms of tactics, in Football Manager words, Barca went from a slow sterile TikiTaka from the last decade to a more direct Vertical TikiTaka under Flick.
If you slow down the game and move Yamal more centrally, you will get more balls from Yamal but the team will have less space and less counters.
Our goal (tactics) is not to get the best out of Yamal but to win matches.
And in the last few years, big teams are moving away from a slow TikiTaka towards more vertical approach to avoid playing against parked buses for 90 minutes.
So, the question shouldn't be: how to change tactics for Yamal but instead how to make Yamal better in a faster, more direct version of TikiTaka football.
Shayan_barca
Member
Sell him to psg and bring back Messi
feggydinho
Senior Member
I don't know if we're all talking about the same game, cause I saw Yamal's quality in this game, though not like against Bilbao. He created that first chance for Torres, and pushed the attack whenever he had the ball, and he didn't have the ball a lot. Chelsea, on the other hand, played well. They were pressing like bees, and it was like they weren't tired, cause I was starting to wonder if they were more than us, even when it was 11 v 11.
We would've had a better chance if there was a Pedri who could think and hold the ball under pressure, cause the pressing from Chelsea was a lot, and only Yamal and Balde were able to push forward sometimes. Cucurella was also in his A game against Yamal, and Chelsea also had an extra player helping Cucurella when Yamal was on the ball, like they didn't even allow Barca to think with the ball, would've definitely been easier with a Pedri, but kudos to Chelsea.
We would've had a better chance if there was a Pedri who could think and hold the ball under pressure, cause the pressing from Chelsea was a lot, and only Yamal and Balde were able to push forward sometimes. Cucurella was also in his A game against Yamal, and Chelsea also had an extra player helping Cucurella when Yamal was on the ball, like they didn't even allow Barca to think with the ball, would've definitely been easier with a Pedri, but kudos to Chelsea.
Temptation
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Chelsea players and fans bantering Yamal
Messigician
Senior Member
Ban him from social media all he does it take Ls
Barcelona_Boy1
Active member
Talent, great suff happend, but now he's more on social media and hype. Important games, he loses himself and he's invisible if Raphinha doesn't play. And that's simple, Raphinha isn't about hype and shit, he just plays and he want to play and be there. Yamal gone wrong, but who can judge him? Only 17 years and did stuff, hyped everywhere, got milions... If he doesn't go "on the ground" and stop be "insta boy", there is another shit No10 in Barca.
Yamal is the team best player and most creative one. If you want more chances to score then Yamal must have the ball and space.
Thing is Hansi uses Yamal too strictly as a hug the touchline winger. He can dribble from flank but every teams will put 2 or more players on him. Look how Chelsea effectively cut all pass to Yamal because they know Yamal's position.
Did Rijkaard use Ronaldinho as a hug the touchline winger? No. He allowed Dinho to move freely to recieve the ball and create the play.
Yamal is the same type player.
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