8 - Pedri
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Fati_Future_BallonDor
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GloryHunter 007
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Been severely overplayed but dont understand how he's being compared to those guys.
He's a great player though.
He's a great player though.
JamDav1982
Senior Member
He has played the best football of his career before and after Xavi.
Pedri could play any position in midfield more or less but he needs to be where can get on ball from back often and as much as can. Not waiting through others for the balll as much as was under Xavi.
To me Pedri is suffering a bit as the defence is chaotic and the front line has four players who are all or nothing on the ball.
Look at Fermin.. goalscorer he is fantastic but he has no brain to pause game or care about tempo. Everything is 100mph and focused on goal with a lot of goals and a lot of poor decisions.
Not just Fermin...every attacker is like that at Barca and having four of them doing it is allowing for a lot of goals/assists but lack of control.
Pedri is ending up running shuttles between defence and attack constantly and looks knackered.
The best for Pedri would be a fit/confident Olmo at AM asked to calm down and be more of link player than a stat heavy attacker as they are all trying to be.
Also playing into that is Barca dont have a CF that can hold up the ball.
Ferran and Lewa are the same in that they are not great hold up players but can have some decent flicks/passes to set up chances... but again it is a lot of balls given away before comes off.
The holy grail every club is looking for at CF is height, pace and hold up play... Barca lack it.
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jamrock
Senior Member
Hes the only one of our Midfielders that can excel in all 3 phases of the game and a natural by product of that is, he's the only one asked to and is so vital to the engine of our team, the moment he's off form, it's immediately noticeable.
None in our Midfield can pick up the slack.
He's also just tired as fuck and this part is on flick because just sub the man when cames are well in half 70th minutes into the game
None in our Midfield can pick up the slack.
He's also just tired as fuck and this part is on flick because just sub the man when cames are well in half 70th minutes into the game
JamDav1982
Senior Member
Always same shite.
Pedri doesnt play well and made out to be others fault.
Literally the last game v Girona team got better when he went off for example and won.
Other players have stepped up plenty.
Frenkie came on to win game v Oviedo a few prior etc.
Pedri doesnt play well and made out to be others fault.
Literally the last game v Girona team got better when he went off for example and won.
Other players have stepped up plenty.
Frenkie came on to win game v Oviedo a few prior etc.
Pedri seems like he is struggling partly because the space between our lines is too big. The off the ball movement is suffering alot missing Raphinha, Lamine not fully fit and Rashford to an extent learning the system. I don't think Ferran looked fully fit against Madrid.
Still, against Madrid after the early barrage where we could have been 2 or 3 down, we settled at 60%+ largely lethargic possession. And Pedri was a key part of this, keeping in mind the lack of movement. It was a late days Barca under Xavi performance. Which was the biggest worry of the game as despite a few Vini, Bellingham and Mbappe moments of individual brilliance, Madrid were there for the taking a very much still a work in progress.
They were not better, just less worse, which is possibly the biggest red flag for Spanish footballs current standards, unless Barcelona get back on track to how we performed with Flick last season.
Still, against Madrid after the early barrage where we could have been 2 or 3 down, we settled at 60%+ largely lethargic possession. And Pedri was a key part of this, keeping in mind the lack of movement. It was a late days Barca under Xavi performance. Which was the biggest worry of the game as despite a few Vini, Bellingham and Mbappe moments of individual brilliance, Madrid were there for the taking a very much still a work in progress.
They were not better, just less worse, which is possibly the biggest red flag for Spanish footballs current standards, unless Barcelona get back on track to how we performed with Flick last season.
FinBarcelonafan
Well-known member
But he becomes useless if he plays all the time. So which one we choose? His level is dropping fast. Can't keep up with the intensity
Change the workouts. Way lighter. Move every day but light walks or test different things. The guy looks completely finished at this point of the season.
JamDav1982
Senior Member
This idea he has to play to avoid injury doesnt add up.
So he would be injured in weeks where there is not a midweek match or when suspended?
So he would be injured in weeks where there is not a midweek match or when suspended?
I mean i don’t know, it is just what he said.
I also doesn‘t think we play like this because of pedri beeing tired. I don’t know it really, maybe we need a fit raphinha and Lewandowski in top form. And a good defender like inigo.
Last year, Lewa was also criticized by many, even though he scored 40 goals. Perhaps this type of striker is essential for Flick, someone who is also strong in the air.
Another point is that this year we're trying to establish more control in the build-up play. Last year, Pedri and Frenkie played much faster and more vertically. We conceded a lot of goals as a result, but we scored even more. Perhaps Pedri needs to bring more chaos back instead of controlling the game. But these are just my suggestions; I have no idea if it's true.
I also doesn‘t think we play like this because of pedri beeing tired. I don’t know it really, maybe we need a fit raphinha and Lewandowski in top form. And a good defender like inigo.
Last year, Lewa was also criticized by many, even though he scored 40 goals. Perhaps this type of striker is essential for Flick, someone who is also strong in the air.
Another point is that this year we're trying to establish more control in the build-up play. Last year, Pedri and Frenkie played much faster and more vertically. We conceded a lot of goals as a result, but we scored even more. Perhaps Pedri needs to bring more chaos back instead of controlling the game. But these are just my suggestions; I have no idea if it's true.
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