11 - Raphinha

[El Ilusionista]

Him and Cancelo were both combining quite well.

 

[Total-Football]

Lewy made so many great runs. This selfish idiot never passes the ball and Lewy gets all the blame.

Runs lol.. u mean uncle lewa was limping forward

 

[behindbrowneyes]

Very very active and much involved in Barca's great start which was key to succeed tonight. He's hit and miss.

Left side might suit him well but need more games to judge.

 

[Barcaman]

Think he did very good. Ran like hell and caused much trouble for Napoli. Also, remember he played on the left so not likely most comfortable for him.

 

[Temptation]

Runs lol.. u mean uncle lewa was limping forward

Bruv you can watch the replay and check out the positions he got into.


How does anything else matter if he gets into those positions in the perfect time?


Now Total-Football will teach RL9 how to position himself in order to score?

 

[Joan]

I think the LW spot is his to lose now. Did well, good game.

 

[Total-Football]

Raphinha and lamal the only one applying the basic football maxim of attacking empty spaces. No surprise the only ones making something of substance

 

[khaled_a_d]

Raphinha and lamal the only one applying the basic football maxim of attacking empty spaces. No surprise the only ones making something of substance

Torres does that too when he is healthy, Roque does thar too but he is too green.

 

[ZenI]

I'm his biggest hater, but I don't think we would win today without him...

 

[Horatio]

This guy is mentally weak and nerves getting to him. How he waited for lewandowski to get 3 meters into offside position before passing the ball on that counter.

But credit where credit’s due. Was involved with first 2 goals and ran a lot

 

[Andresito]

This guy is mentally weak and nerves getting to him. How he waited for lewandowski to get 3 meters into offside position before passing the ball on that counter.

But credit where credit’s due. Was involved with first 2 goals and ran a lot

Lack of footballing IQ probably.

 

[serghei]

His football IQ is very good. The problem is his technique can't match it. Often he has the right idea in mind but the executions show his average, inconsistent technique. He is a smart, disciplined, hardworking player, but the talent part is not quite there for a club like Barcelona. Too many scuffed shots, poor finishing, failed passes and failed dribbles. In other words, he is too ambitious for a player with limited technical quality. Still, if we decide to move him on, upgrading him on a budget might be a very difficult task.

The players that could provide more than him in some areas usually come with some penalties in other areas Raphinha delivers big in. And the players that could provide what he lacks and also deliver the rest are very expensive.

Considering the team lacks a top quality defensive player in midfield... not so sure getting rid of a hardworking winger that always puts in a big shift in defense is the right idea.

 

[Horatio]

His football IQ is very good. The problem is his technique can't match it. Often he has the right idea in mind but the executions show his average, inconsistent technique. He is a smart, disciplined, hardworking player, but the talent part is not quite there for a club like Barcelona. Too many scuffed shots, poor finishing, failed passes and failed dribbles. Still, if we decide to move him on, upgrading him on a budget might be a very difficult task.

The players that could provide more than him in all areas (that is to say provide excellent dribbling and goal scoring ability, while keeping his discipline and workrate) are very expensive.

It’s not just technique. He makes the wrong choice plenty of times. Could keep things much simpler for himself and thus rely less on having superior technique every time.

 

[Porque]

His football IQ is very good. The problem is his technique can't match it. Often he has the right idea in mind but the executions show his average, inconsistent technique. He is a smart, disciplined, hardworking player, but the talent part is not quite there for a club like Barcelona. Too many scuffed shots, poor finishing, failed passes and failed dribbles. In other words, he is too ambitious for a player with limited technical quality. Still, if we decide to move him on, upgrading him on a budget might be a very difficult task.

The players that could provide more than him in some areas usually come with some penalties in other areas Raphinha delivers big in. And the players that could provide what he lacks and also deliver the rest are very expensive.

Considering the team lacks a top quality defensive player in midfield... not so sure getting rid of a hardworking winger that always puts in a big shift in defense is the right idea.

Good post. With Lamine emergence we have to move on Raphinha (or Ferran) anyways and try to improve the left side.

Wenderson Galeno has been excellent when I have seen him the CL. Probably costs a fortune now from Porto so certainly out of our budget, but cost under 10m back when we signed Raphi.

Porkchop league's lesser clubs produces wingers for fun. We should be fishing there. Porto got Galeno after impressing at Braga, and even Raphinha himself made his European breakthrough there.

 

[jamrock]

His work on he defensive phase is why I thought he'd beat out Dembele to the starting position last season and why I think the club signed him.

He runs for days, his intense and direct when in attack, it doesn't always work out, he isn't efficient, but he can be effective.

11 Goals and assist in 20 games this season, I think only 12 starts.

If we get someone like flick, he's the only player in our front line that offers that hard running and intensity of movement in the offense phase, that flick likes, so for that reason he might stay.

Having him and yamal on the right isn't bad, if we can find the resources for a LW.

But he still had a decent market so good business if we sell