4 - Ronald Araújo

jamrock

Senior Member
1. Dudes coming back from an injury adapting to a system he's never played before, relax.

2. The players aren't the problem the system is, we haven't kept a clean sheet since the clasico and we've only had round 4/5 the entire season, and have conceded by far the most goals of any big team this season.

That's not a personel issue that's a tactically issue, even if his passing was prime pique level, we would still be conceding a shit ton of goals.

That's the real issue, not him being a average passer.

Flick has to figure out a better balance between attack and defending.
 

DonAK

President of FC Barcelona
Can he at least stop raising his arm for an offside all the time? He literally stops playing to do that when VAR is available and usually will sort out that kind of stuff anyway. I'm not sure how someone hasn't slapped his head already for constantly doing it.

Now imagine him doing it in the CL in a key moment which turns out to be onside......
 

Gnidrologist

Senior Member
damn…that escalated quickly
Think that's also because he hasn't played with demands to defensive line being so high and involved in buildup to any previous coach. Hell, don't think even Pep played so high. It's also that formation demands fast and dynamic vertical passing as there aren't as many outlets for slow buildup as with Valverde, Koeman and Xavi. His passing looked closer to 5 or even 6(on a good day) in previous years, but now it really sucks due to extreme way Flick has set up the team. Dunno, if he can ever adapt to that. He basically needs a pivot to be his close outlet at any single time, when on ball, which disrupts the verticality and potential for fast transition.
 

serghei

Senior Member
1. Dudes coming back from an injury adapting to a system he's never played before, relax.

2. The players aren't the problem the system is, we haven't kept a clean sheet since the clasico and we've only had round 4/5 the entire season, and have conceded by far the most goals of any big team this season.

That's not a personel issue that's a tactically issue, even if his passing was prime pique level, we would still be conceding a shit ton of goals.

That's the real issue, not him being a average passer.

Flick has to figure out a better balance between attack and defending.

He fucked up vs PSG with the team playing pretty conservative counter attack football. Flick's system exacerbates his already deficitary areas on an individual level. That I can agree with, but let's face it, man can't pass for shit. By Barca standards that is.

Besides, if we tailor the style to fit the worst players on the team on the ball, we end up close to Xavi ball. People don't want this either. What we want is for the team to play risky, bold, offensive football and for our defensive players to not fuck up when put under a lot of pressure. Consider me skeptical that someone as technically limited as Araujo can deal with this type of football.

The single biggest team upgrade we could make would be signing Van Dijk as free agent next to Cubarsi in the central defense.

People need to remember that Araujo is here because no team valued him as more than a 25m player. When you factor in his injuries, his brainfarts, and his low quality on the ball, not hard to imagine why that happened.
 
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M3ls

Well-known member
Our positional attacks really suffer with this guy in the starting lineup.
Thanks Mr. Flick for hearing a guy who understands football and replacing Araujo.

As soon as Garcia came on instead of that guy we started moving the ball forward a few times better. That's how important it is for your defenders to be able to play quality passing if you are “building” systemic, dominant football.
 

te amo barca

Blaugrana al vent
Net negative against deep blocks because his inability to progress the ball.

We didn't play against a deep block in the first half, only in the second because they lost some steam and we managed to pin them back with the subs... In the first half, Alaves pushed high and pressed us and we could barely move into the final third because or Araujo's inability to pass well (+ Casado didn't play well). They defended in a mid block.

Araujo's passing hinders us against any team these days
 

JamDav1982

Senior Member
We didn't play against a deep block in the first half, only in the second because they lost some steam and we managed to pin them back with the subs... In the first half, Alaves pushed high and pressed us and we could barely move into the final third because or Araujo's inability to pass well (+ Casado didn't play well). They defended in a mid block.

Araujo's passing hinders us against any team these days

Alaves left Araujo and Casado on the ball 1st half and sat off.

Barca couldnt get ball into midfield and past that until Garcia and FDJ came on.

If Araujo carries on like this cant see Barca getting anywhere near 65m for him. May have missed the boat on a big fee.
 
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Devils

Senior Member
He has absolutely zero ability on the ball.

I said during his renewal saga that it would be great to sell him for 70-80m.

The issue is he is completely erratic and isn’t a smart footballer. He’s just an unbelievable athlete and uses his athleticism to compensate for his lack of technical ability or intelligence.

If Barca sold him and used his funds to buy a new ST and LB, the team would be in much better shape.
 

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