11 - Raphinha

[JamDav1982]

He isnt in great form but that is normal and every player in squad had periods when been off it.

Will come good again and still hugely important.

 

[iniestaGOAT]

He just needs to realise you ain't that guy
When daddy lamine asks for the ball, you give it to him

Flick and the fans have hypes him too much and there's no coming back

 

[JamDav1982]

I think Flick hypes him a bit to keep feet of Yamal on ground and not be seen as top dog at 18 and has to work.

But reverse maybe happening and Raph believes him and wants to prove he is the best of the lot.

Either way he is still working hard and it will come.

 

[Horatio]

But reverse maybe happening and Raph believes him and wants to prove he is the best of the lot.

Was my take

 

[vegitot]

He should not try to force himself to be Yamal. He isn't that gifted.

 

[JamDav1982]

Another poor game.

Needs to step it up soon.

Relying too much on Yamal at moment with Raphinha and CFs being so poor.

 

[serghei]

Had enough of this joke. Either he scores vs Newcastle or he's dead to me. He's been shite after the Supercup.

 

[JamDav1982]

Wasnt great before the Supercup either really bar couple games and even then had largely played against the poorer teams in league.

Even then he scored in games was fairly ropey in overall if remember correctly.

 

[MonteCuler]

Unlike the CFs at least he makes up for his poor form with superb workrate

But he still has to up his form

 

[JamDav1982]

He is in danger of over pressing and leaving holes/knackering himself this season.

Cant come on and run everywhere out of position and 'press' while only seeing the ball for x3 passes like last night.

 

[wisconsincule]

Man hes bad

 

[MonteCuler]

I don't know about you guys. Yes he is bad but...

I feel he is scoring today

And if not today, then on Camp Nou. And he will decide the tie

This is the Raphinha I know. If that doesn't happen then maybe he is gone and we need him back

 

[Andresito]

Kinda crap today. This is most players' biggest enemy, trying to do stuff they can't and trying to be players they aren't, just because of a successful season prior.

 

[CatalinR10]

Bad first half

 

[Saladin]

He seems sooo off of it, the injuries really screws the players rhythm it seems.

Big difference between before and after for both Ferran, Raphinha and even Lewandowski is nowhere near his usual 'stable' quality.

I would take Rapha out for Rashford, he played his best game of the season against them at St James.