Barca 2025 pre-season: Barca 5-0 Como

[DonAK]

Guille either has a transfer worked out already or flick doesn't rate him at all, which is worrying because flick is horrible at identifying talent

Probably a transfer with a buyback being worked out. There's just no room for him in the midfield and Porto + Dortmund want him.

 

[jamrock]

Probably a transfer with a buyback being worked out. There's just no room for him in the midfield and Porto + Dortmund want him.

I think this is it too.

 

[Porque]

Guille will make it somewhere else. No chance we negotiate a good buyback fee.

We only get those on players we have no plans on bringing back. Like Big Dom or Estanis.

 

[Horatio]

this will end in cleansheet simply cause it is not ter stegen between the posts

called it per usual

 

[FCBarca]

Difficulty for both Jules & Eric playing out from the back, Ratiu would be a great upgrade still now that Rayo has bought 50% of rights

 

[MonteCuler]

Rapha Rashford Lamine Fermin

Need to see more, but I think this might be our best front 4 right now

 

[BerkeleyBernie]

siuuu Fermin.

So genius by frenkien to pick someone in that area to pass to

This is FdJ's big improvement since returning under Flick. He scans more and has much better awareness of his teammates' positions than he used to have. No hesitation, immediate release to players ready to receive. Just another Rakitic up until this past year.

 

[Horatio]

This is FdJ's big improvement since returning under Flick. He scans more and has much better awareness of his teammates' positions than he used to have. No hesitation, immediate release to players ready to receive. Just another Rakitic up until this past year.

Frenkie has always had that awareness. He’s always been one of the most astute players. One of his biggest strengths.

It’s just that he used to try to eliminate risk from his play style and I think Flick is telling him he has more freedom to do what he wants.

The moment I was alluding to had nothing to do with ball hogging. It’s where he makes the better decision in a situation where most players would pass it to rashford who is higher up the pitch and could also make shot after controlling it.

 

[BerkeleyBernie]

Frenkie has always had that awareness. He’s always been one of the most astute players. One of his biggest strengths.

It’s just that he used to try to eliminate risk from his play style and I think Flick is telling him he has more freedom to do what he wants.

The moment I was alluding to had nothing to do with ball hogging. It’s where he makes the better decision in a situation where most players would pass it to rashford who is higher up the pitch and could also make shot after controlling it.

No, he hasn't always had that awareness. Previously, a head-down player when receiving the ball with his back to goal, always getting caught up in dwelling on the ball and shielding it in 1 on 1 battles with his markers, killing offensive play because he had no idea what his options were before receiving the ball. It's night and day since returning from injury under Flick.

 

[FCBarca]

This is FdJ's big improvement since returning under Flick. He scans more and has much better awareness of his teammates' positions than he used to have. No hesitation, immediate release to players ready to receive. Just another Rakitic up until this past year.

Agrée with this, mostly. I honesty have the impression he checked out mentally, whether it was down to contract pressure to renegotiate or the lean years in terms of team competitiveness

But this Frenkie, is not the one we have had to endure for several years since even prior to Leo’s exit - I am a fan of this De Jong who gives all indications he is ALL in