18 - Gerard Maldini

Interesting player. Humble, hardworking and ready to learn. I guess that is one of the reasons why Flick values him. Still very much raw, but might have a good playing career if he continues to develop.

Gerard Maldini fools 100m players, if he decides to get serious

How does everyone rate him as CB?

Compared to:-
-Marc Marmol
-Marc Bartra
-Current day Konate @Temptation
-Serie A left winger Mikayil Faye @jamrock

Porque said:

How does everyone rate him as CB?

Compared to:-
-Marc Marmol
-Marc Bartra
-Current day Konate @Temptation
-Serie A left winger Mikayil Faye @jamrock

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He's like a cross between Titus Bramble and Winston Bogarde

Looks more like Humphry Bogard.

He has done a good job and is mentally very strong the way he plays in top games.. for most part.

Above all it shows what a LCB that can pass ball out brings.

Inigo could and it helps massively.

Badly need to address that.

Mikayil Faye>Bartra>Martin>Konate>marmol

jamrock said:

Mikayil Faye>Bartra>Martin>Konate>marmol

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Faye such a good CB he plays LM for mid-table side in Serie A lol

Andresito said:

Faye such a good CB he plays LM for mid-table side in Serie A lol

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Yea we know he's next level.

Some weeks ago I watched a podcast with Andy Bara, Faye's agent and he totally lost faith in Faye because he is so unprofessional. His own agent is so fed up with him that he said in the media that it's impossible for him to have a career because of the way he is. All talent but no brain. It was the right decision to get rid of him.

I think the Lenglet comparisons can be fitting. The question is, can he avoid the mental mistakes that eventually crippled Lenglet on the biggest stage when he is called upon? Time will tell, I guess.

If so, he can be very useful as an LCB, like Mathieu during the Lucho era.

As Jammy said, Martin is mentally strong. No matter what Barca forum or social media you're part of, Martin was crucified last season by fans everywhere.

This shift to LCB might be genius move by Flick or complete bust. Time will tell, so far it's promising.

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This shift to LCB might be genius move by Flick or complete bust. Time will tell, so far it's promising.

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It's genius move regardless

He managed to make a great squad player out of this guy. He now can be used at CB and LB

If he chokes in some big game which is very possible I hope people don't blame it on Flick for moving him to LCB. I don't think he would if he had other options

He's a serviceable backup. Useful for our team if we are looking at the LCB position.
LB is a no no. As the player he's a backup of is injury prone, and the LB position in our system is quite imp, where Martin doesnt have the required skill set to perform adequately.

Now if we are talking about the CB position. I honestly would take Martin over Araujo & Christensen even in the UCL Final.
Been saying this since Xavi days, we need players with Chutzpah, not mental midgets like these. Should have shipped him out after what happened with Gundo. And now we are seeing it.

Martin, with all his flaws, isn't a mental midget. Guy knows his shortcomings, and has improved and shown the world his resilience. Thats the chutzpah we need. Warrrior mentality.

Been saying this since Xavi days, we need to get rid of Mental Midgets from this team. Araujo, Christensen, Mats, Kounde, Olmo (now), Fati.
I used to put FDJ in this list, but he has shown improvements in his mentality.

I would rather have slightly less quality players, but warriors who would take their own leg off inorder to break the enemy, than mental midgets with WC talent but they crumble in UCL Quater finals. Been like this since the last decades. Humiliation after humiliation.

Wouldn't put Christensen in same bracket. He is a different type of mental midget. When he plays it's the CB I trust the most. His problem is more ahead of games whereas Araujo for example is the opposite.