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  1. DonAndres

    Quique Setien

    The last 2 coaches we've had are buried in the mentality of "I'm just happy to be here". EV didn't think critically as a manager whatsoever. Just a bunch of "it is what it is", completely aimless and lethargic training sessions while he stared blankly off into the distance, a complete and...
  2. DonAndres

    Arthur

    Did you only watch the first 30 seconds of that comp or what? Puig was easily our best midfielder today. Arthur doesn't show as much passing range, not as quick at moving the ball, not nearly as good off the ball, definitely doesn't press as actively either. And this comp doesn't even show the...
  3. DonAndres

    Quique Setien

    Fucking lol at those people saying EV was a savior and that we somehow badly miss him. We dropped points in like 5 away games in a row to start the season under EV. This is just par for the course. The problem in the team is due to the culture and the roster. Way too many players relied on who...
  4. DonAndres

    Samuel Umtiti

    From Umtitan to Bumtiti. Fucking tragedy what happened to him since the knee injury. He was woeful today and on the 1st goal had a textbook David Luiz style action. And I read someone say he wasn't that fast before and I couldn't disagree more. He was very fast and athletic as a CB, covered a...
  5. DonAndres

    Lliga | Round 32: Celta Vigo - FC Barcelona 2-2

    Umtiti was absolutely atrocious there holy shit. Went full David Luiz. He's been awful today
  6. DonAndres

    Lliga | Round 32: Celta Vigo - FC Barcelona 2-2

    Yeah it's obvious at his age there will be good/bad games but it's good to see a "bad" game is still him being involved in very dangerous situations, just not finishing them. Generating offensive threats is what you want to see from a developing prospect.
  7. DonAndres

    Lliga | Round 32: Celta Vigo - FC Barcelona 2-2

    Messi been good but his shooting has been woeful lately, he's probably pissed with himself lol. Rakitic as a CDM is his best role for sure these days. He wasn't looking good when pressured early on but as that faded, he looks good when he can sweep up and isn't under pressure. Ansu's worst...
  8. DonAndres

    Lliga | Round 32: Celta Vigo - FC Barcelona 2-2

    Puig has been so fantastic and so natural with everything. Also mixes in long balls and switches when the immediate pass isn't available. Looks like he's been part of the team for years.
  9. DonAndres

    Lliga | Round 32: Celta Vigo - FC Barcelona 2-2

    Haven't you heard? Can't defend unless you are Casemiro or Van Bommel
  10. DonAndres

    Lliga | Round 32: Celta Vigo - FC Barcelona 2-2

    That long sequence of great one touch passing was the most vintage Barca I've seen in years. Puig and Ansu were both heavily involved. Gorgeous play.
  11. DonAndres

    Lliga | Round 32: Celta Vigo - FC Barcelona 2-2

    Good spacing with Leo sitting further wide and Ansu a natural winger unlike Griezmann. Also Vidal spreading at the right time. The ball movement looks so much more fluid in general, and at a tough congested stadium like Balaidos as well.
  12. DonAndres

    Mavericky Puig

    Lol that Arsenal team back in 2011 was far, far superior to Chelsea or Tottenham today and would probably trash this corpse of a Juve team as well. Juventus are abysmal these days. To say EPL was weaker back then than it is now is just insane, 2004-2012 was the EPL's best era ever. Fast...
  13. DonAndres

    Miralem Pjanic

    Pjanic is definitely in a significant decline, Jorginho role or not. He even started the season well in that role but dropped off massively. Throughout his entire career and even in his very best years he has always been an extremely inconsistent player. Most Juve fans think Betancur is a better...
  14. DonAndres

    Mavericky Puig

    It seems like you're conflating the idea that because Xavi/Iniesta were small, that they were constantly losing physical/pressing duels but made up for it on the other end due to their offensive wizardry. But they weren't, the 2011 midget team wasn't getting steamrolled in physical pressure and...
  15. DonAndres

    Miralem Pjanic

    The stats which don't even have a variable designated as "sideways", right. Math and science and logical thinking isn't your forte mate. Like I said, I can do it too. Even more consistently than Pjanic I reckon. I could pretty much be the most progressive passer in all of Europe if I wanted...
  16. DonAndres

    Miralem Pjanic

    Lmfao you're just trolling now, the language even sounds like Donald Trump talking about science when he doesn't understand it. I can play a 10m pass sideways, that goes 5cm forward, and I can do it super consistently too. That's a forward pass. Barca should sign me up, I can be one of the...
  17. DonAndres

    Ansu Fati (loaned to Monaco)

    His speed over the first few steps is a great strength and doesn't limit him whatsoever. He's just not gonna be winning a long winded footrace against to reach a pass over 20-30 meters against the fullback, which is fine. His IQ, acceleration/agility, and intuitions for movement allow him to...
  18. DonAndres

    Miralem Pjanic

    Do you understand what an expected assist is? It is the weighted probability that a pass that a player makes is one that is followed by an expected goal, xG. Based on a large sample of a historical dataset of shots / goals from certain field positions to give a probability weighting. It is not...
  19. DonAndres

    Miralem Pjanic

    Expected assists, not assists. A huge difference which you clearly don't seem to understand. xG Chain per 90 for Arthur in the last 2 seasons have been: 18/19-> 0.71 19/20-> 0.58 xG Chain per 90 for Pjanic has been: 18/19-> 0.56 19/20-> 0.57 He has been in a clear and underwhelming...
  20. DonAndres

    Arthur

    14/15 and 15/16 were great seasons from the team as a whole. But that was 4 years ago, a long time. 16/17 we were abysmal outside of MSN, with Lucho having to resort to desperately trying to force the likes of Gomes/Arda into midfield as Rakitic became worse and us having to use Roberto as a...

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