10 - Lamine Yamal

[JamDav1982]

I thought being 18 and pubalgia were the usual excuses. Now I see that goalscoring is not his primary role.

He still is our best player, by far. But this season he has been a bit underwhelming, for various reasons.

PS: last season he overachieved IMO. So probably this is his level?

You wish.

If he does well this season and in World Cup you can cope with excuses again.

 

[JamDav1982]

Yamal would be Liverpools best player and they would do anything could to get him.

Clearly will never happen though.

 

[Temptation]

Yamal would be Liverpools best player and they would do anything could to get him.

Clearly will never happen though.

Mbappe would immediately be Barca's best player after Frenkie. Doesn't mean it's the right fit for the club and the club would do anything to get him.

Clearly will never happen. Not how clubs and players operate.

 

[JamDav1982]

Mbappe would immediately be Barca's best player after Frenkie. Doesn't mean it's the right fit for the club and the club would do anything to get him.

Clearly will never happen. Not how clubs and players operate.

Nah Yamal is Baracas best player then Frenkie/Pedri and Raphinha in next bracket below that.

Mbappe would be Barcas 2nd best player but he absolutely hasnt been better than Yamal for club or country in last two seasons.

Mbappe is one of those that would be in argument for best in world though for club and country.

But point remains Yamal would clearly be Liverpools best player and they would love to have him. Would fit Liverpool or any other team like a glove.

But it is impossible any time soon.

 

[Temptation]

Nah Yamal is Baracas best player then Frenkie/Pedri and Raphinha in next bracket below that.

Mbappe would be Barcas 2nd best player but he absolutely hasnt been better than Yamal for club or country in last two seasons.

Mbappe is one of those that would be in argument for best in world though for club and country.

But point remains Yamal would clearly be Liverpools best player and they would love to have him. Would fit Liverpool or any other team like a glove.

Okay....

 

[BBZ8800]

I thought being 18 and pubalgia were the usual excuses. Now I see that goalscoring is not his primary role.

He still is our best player, by far. But this season he has been a bit underwhelming, for various reasons.

PS: last season he overachieved IMO. So probably this is his level?

A lot of players have the similar career path when they have their prime or play at 120% of their abilities in early seasons and never repeat it.

Especially players of Brazilian roots or with a similar personality traits (Yamal).

Ronaldinho was awesome for the first 3 seasons at Barca.
Then he lost his motivation.

Deco, a similar story.
Neymar was on prime in his 2nd Barca's season.
After that he got fat and started dribbling backwards.

Even Arthur had 2 episodes of excellent 3-months form in his first 18 months here.
When he came, he was a sub for Rakitic. Then he gave 120% and earned his spot. But whenever he would earn his spot in the starting 11, his form (and stamina though) would fall a lot.
So, his displays were also influenced by motivation. When people doubted him, he played at 120%. But when he would have proved himself, he would lose his form very fast.

Imo, Yamal is showing similar traits.
Last season, on two occassions when we won against Real in Supercup and CDR, he behaved as if we won a CL, only to get into a bad La Liga run form after that and losing to Inter in semis of a CL.

This whole season is quite similar.
We could watch at Yamal from 2024 and 2025 as a kid who wanted to prove himself.
And a current Yamal is already a complacent player.

The problem is that Neymar, Ronaldinho, Deco at least played till the age of 25 or 28.
But these new kids will be done by the age of 21 because everything is "bigger" today.
Yamal and new kids have more followers (due to social media) than Ronaldinho.
Every single dribble or goal goes viral on social media, so it may seem that everything what the current playeds do is sonething out of this world and never seen before.

And then, if those kids don't have good role models (and Yamal doesn't have them), then there is a 90% chance that they will buy their own hype and lose their mind and motivation eventually.

Anyway, imagine if social media, reels and videos existed in 1996 when we had Ronaldo the Brazilian.
Today all sorts of average goals and dribbles get insane media hype and exposure.
Imagine what kind of hype would a player like this get today:

 

[JamDav1982]

BBZ back as dissapeared once proven completely wrong on Lamine not even being good enough for first team.

Now moving goal posts as has done with every player proven massively wrong on.

Now its 'Yamal will be done at 21'.

When that doesnt happen it will be new claim to be wrong on.

'He isnt Messi' the last call.

Neymar never got 'fat' at Barca.. complete and utter lies.