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  1. BusiTheKing

    8 - Pedri

    Expecting him to do more than one single good thing in an appearance is expecting him to carry the team?
  2. BusiTheKing

    8 - Pedri

    suppose it was the fatigue deteriorating his cognitive abilities as well, forcing him to make stupid passes and run straight into opponents?
  3. BusiTheKing

    8 - Pedri

    i've seen depressed 18 year goth girls move with more excitement
  4. BusiTheKing

    8 - Pedri

    A good rest would surely help but if it's a week since your last game and you move around like that from the first minute, then you have another problem.
  5. BusiTheKing

    8 - Pedri

    It was a fixed premise thought experiment to illustrate how stats like ball progression and ball retention are meaningless in a vacuum. Nothing to do with Pedri as a player really, more to do with using dumb measures to evaluate him.
  6. BusiTheKing

    8 - Pedri

    the only way i'd ever consider ball retention or ball progression a meaningful statistic in discriminating VIRTUE and not TYPE would be tying in correlations with xA or something
  7. BusiTheKing

    8 - Pedri

    which part of the scenario do you find implausible? in some way or other, the bulk of midfield players' attacking dispositions will map on to these two archetypes
  8. BusiTheKing

    8 - Pedri

    Player A and player B receive the ball 4 times in similar situations. Player A makes two safe pass and two riskier plays. One of the plays fail. The other one he pulls off and he sets up a goal. Player B makes makes four safe plays, carrying the ball forward by unthreateting paths, addings...
  9. BusiTheKing

    8 - Pedri

    When watching other midfield talents make bold plays, break through lines, give penetrating passes and score goals, I'll be sure to remind myself of Pedri's unassailable ability to take a lot of touches before losing or passing the ball.
  10. BusiTheKing

    8 - Pedri

    People need to look at the state of top football. It should be an obvious fact that Spanish teams haven't been pushed enough on the physical side of the game. Top English teams are miles ahead and it's showing. Both on fitness but also on straight up pace and physicality. We had the arrogance...
  11. BusiTheKing

    Gerard Piqué

    That one episode where he was tracking Soldado who was running with the ball and instead of doing anything at all, Pique just kept his distance as Soldado waltzed right into the box. Imagine if that had been a good striker....
  12. BusiTheKing

    Marc Cucurella

    I think he's a much more interesting player than Gaya. He impresses every time I watch him. Great mentality too.
  13. BusiTheKing

    Gerard Piqué

    Yeah but that's the stakes a defender has to navigate constatly. Being passive or active is a balance. That's the art of defending. Here, I have no doubt that a top defender could have done way more.
  14. BusiTheKing

    Gerard Piqué

    Precisely
  15. BusiTheKing

    Gerard Piqué

    look at how much space he gives Ronaldo here. A good defender would be all over Ronaldo right when he picked up the ball, forcing him outwards and thwarting any momentum. Already before Ronaldo has touched the ball here, Pique has conceded the upper hand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BBU93EbCpQ
  16. BusiTheKing

    Gerard Piqué

    I remember him doing the backing up thing every time Ronaldo had the ball near him. I don't think he's aware of how much easier he's making it for the attacker.
  17. BusiTheKing

    Gerard Piqué

    He's averse to rushing because he's afraid of making mistakes. But way too often by waiting for the attacker to make his move, he's just conceding the upper hand in the situation.
  18. BusiTheKing

    Gerard Piqué

    His main problem is allowing way too much space for attackers. Look at this clip where Chukwueze receives it in the box with a poor touch and no momentum. Pique could have pushed up on him immediately and forced him outwards, closing down any chance to pass it or gather momentum to dribble...
  19. BusiTheKing

    Sergi Roberto

    Even if he hits top form, there's no way he's up for that role in a 3-5-2 where so much of the attacking burden falls on the WBs to penetrate their side in runs or dribbles. We basically need a winger that knows how to defend. That's the point of the system.
  20. BusiTheKing

    Óscar Mingueza

    Honestly love him thouh. Mix of Pique and Puyol. Might be my favorite of our new lads.

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