4 - Ronald Araújo

[Horatio]

How he's still here after the PSG red and disrespecting Gundogan is beyond me.

I am still waiting for his public apology.

 

[Richard.H]

He looked way out of position in some Mallorca attacks. It’s fine vs lowly LL sides, but he will get exposed heavily in the CL (again)

 

[Iniesta Ultra]

He looked way out of position in some Mallorca attacks. It’s fine vs lowly LL sides, but he will get exposed heavily in the CL (again)

We deserve to go out if he's our starting CB this season.

 

[Barcaman]

Fuck. Reading the not so good reviews about Ronald after playing with 2 men extra almost got me depressed. Thank god I'm not sober.

 

[Don Juan Laporta Estruch]

The ones criticising his passing are acting in bad faith because his passing was never something that made him great. You are simply asking something of him he has never been, nor even needs to be in order to be great here.

The most important plus point is he has his aggression back.

The most important negative point is that the aggression has resulted in him giving away numerous tedious, silly and unwarranted fouls which could have resulted in him picking up cards.

He needs to find that tenuous balance between aggression and stupidity.

 

[Devils]

It's not a question of if this guy will cost us this season, it's a question of when and how big the impact will be.

 

[FCBarca]

I support Araujo but I agree that a reinforcement in central defense & future CF are the two biggest areas of 'need' going forward

He had moments good & bad last night, not sure how he escaped a booking tbf

 

[Horatio]

I support Araujo but I agree that a reinforcement in central defense & future CF are the two biggest areas of 'need' going forward

He had moments good & bad last night, not sure how he escaped a booking tbf

Nice. You also coming around on Araujo now.

 

[FCBarca]

Nice. You also coming around on Araujo now.

I haven't given up on him like most or expect an apology (which is absurd) but I recognize his limitations

 

[Horatio]

I haven't given up on him like most or expect an apology (which is absurd) but I recognize his limitations

You are just in bargaining stage. If you recognize his limitations you have given up.

Also you understand why I thought the apology was important right? It’s not about how I feel hearing him tell us he’s sorry.
My feelings have 0 effect on Barca success.

 

[Barcaman]

Still not seeing what he did wrong against Mallorca.

 

[jamrock]

Because he did nothing wrong

 

[FCBarca]

Not a knock against Flick or Xavi but under Flick I don't think Gundo would've said what he said in the press after the PSG red card. If he hadn't, I'm sure Uruguayo would've apologized but following the public way he was singled out by a teammate? No way, damage was already done

In a traditional tactical setup Ron would flourish but I can see the speed of the game with a high line leaves him open to dangerous situations that force him to make a tactical foul - this risks a booking. You could see early against Mallorca that Arrasate instructed his team to let Ron roam forward to catch him out - unfortunately for Araujo, he didn't always make great decisions when he did this. Still, early days but I have a suspicion Hansi is not fully comfortable with our central defense

 

[jamrock]

If that's the case good thing we have Christensen, who Martinez as much as I like him, is no better than, except he's left footed.

Might have been a good idea to get him on the field yesterday to get some minutes one would think.

 

[ZenI]

Still not seeing what he did wrong against Mallorca.

Many unnecessary fouls, sus positioning, meh passing, to hotheaded etc. Funny you see everything wrong Rashford does though...