11 - Raphinha

[Saladin]

That's it. Bench this 2023 version of Raphinha. Horrible.

 

[Andresito]

Very bad game

 

[jairzinho]

Uncharacteristically bad game from him. Deserved to get pulled.

 

[jamrock]

Sell?

 

[SeloBarca]

Raphinha worked hard when he was about to loose his position to Nico.
Now when hes "safe" he has returned to his average self, he was not good in preseason either.

 

[jaype]

Awful, missing simple passes that would've probably been goals

 

[Barcaman]

Was ok with his sub but Ruth is we looked even worse when he came off.

 

[JamDav1982]

Was ok with his sub but Ruth is we looked even worse when he came off.

Same with Olmo even though he was crap. At least popped up in right areas.

Fermin was flying about like a headless chicken offering nothing.

 

[Masetro10]

Unpopular opinion. Raphinha last season was way above what his usual level is. Flick optimized him perfect. This season he may regress some.

 

[Maradona37]

Unpopular opinion. Raphinha last season was way above what his usual level is. Flick optimized him perfect. This season he may regress some.

Yeah I think that too. Hope we are wrong, though.

Even if he regresses, will still be a good player given very high level of last season. Discussed it with @Total-Football in Rashford topic.

 

[FCMessi]

Raphinha selfish when he should have passed vs Rayo.

And fumbled when he tried to make the right plays.

 

[AL-MALKI]

Selfish

 

[Fati_Future_BallonDor]

Raphiiiiii

needs to pass to Ferran, especially because Raphi had to shoot with his weak foot

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

Unpopular opinion. Raphinha last season was way above what his usual level is. Flick optimized him perfect. This season he may regress some.

I think this was obvious

 

[BusiTheKing]

The problem for me is that we're not really playing full throttle attacking football anymore. We've gradually drifted back towards possession based attacking and are now caught somewhere in the middle.

As a result, Raphinha doesn't really know what to do with himself. He can't really create much against an organized defense. If he just goes full throttle forward, teammates may not be on the same page, leaving him isolated.