20 - Sergi Roberto

[abbbs97]

Good game but he should be the 4th midfield choice. Nowhere near starting midfield material.

 

[Zidane82]

Not sure what you guys are seeing .. I recall the assist to Suarez .. a nice pass but nothing special .. it wasn’t exactly inch perfect given that Suarez nearly ruptured his spleen stretching for it

 

[tacticvarium]

Shitkitic 2.0 incoming

 

[xXKonan]

Good game when he came on.

he will run into some problems with teams that press us when he has the ball but he at least he has the legs and attitude to make up for it.

 

[underoath]

This forum nightmare Roberto to Suarez 😂

 

[CatalinR10]

rakitic-busi-roberto ?

 

[Messigician]

Looked good.

 

[serghei]

We are stacked in midfield this season. No excuse really.

 

[Riordon]

Looked good. Always liked him as a midfielder, brings intensity and make a lot of runs. As of right now my favorite midfield is Bussi-Frenkie-Roberto, with Roberto being the most advanced. Would also give around 10 goals each season and lots of forward passes

 

[Poor_Sunyol]

Looked good. Always liked him as a midfielder, brings intensity and make a lot of runs. As of right now my favorite midfield is Bussi-Frenkie-Roberto, with Roberto being the most advanced. Would also give around 10 goals each season and lots of forward passes

Or Arthur -Roberto and De Jong as pivot? I wonder if Roberto can play as pivot?

 

[raedkuwait]

Come next season we all know where the shit face
is gone let him play
so you boys dont get excited to much

 

[Neeraj]

Roberto's situation really shouldn't be this complicated. He's a decent midfielder, who's not good enough to be a starter but not that bad that he can't be useful for us as a squad player. Pretty versatile, and has some qualities that could be useful for rotating/coming off the bench. Most teams have players like him who are utility players and teams are generally happy.

For some reason, managers here seem to struggle with a way to fit him into weird positions like RB, LB, RW, etc. in some sort of "he has to play no matter what" mentality, rather than using him as a 4th/5th midfielder like he should be used. Then again, Valverde IMO doesn't even make the 'average' manager cut, so not expecting him to utilize him well this season either.

 

[Poor_Sunyol]

Valverde just didn't trust Semedo last year. I don't know why, must be with what he saw in training. I hope that he (Semedo) starts more this season.

 

[xXKonan]

The way I see it if he can take what he learned from playing RB in the past several years and use his strengths to help limit some of his limitations, I don't think he would be all that bad of a Rakitic/Keita style successor in this team.

I'm not expecting him to be some Arthur, Frenkie or Prime Busi, looking pass and press resistant style player, but if he can sharpen up his positioning in the Midfield I think he will be alright even if he isn't the most talented on the ball compared to the likes of Arthur, Frenkie and Busi.

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

The way I see it if he can take what he learned from playing RB in the past several years and use his strengths to help limit some of his limitations, I don't think he would be all that bad of a Rakitic/Keita style successor in this team.

I'm not expecting him to be some Arthur, Frenkie or Prime Busi, looking pass and press resistant style player, but if he can sharpen up his positioning in the Midfield I think he will be alright even if he isn't the most talented on the ball compared to the likes of Arthur, Frenkie and Busi.

Yes. He should be good sub for many positions, but that's what he should be.. A sub.