Horatio
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Cubarsi is not injured. But has been taken off precautionary
Hans-Dieter Flick
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Ok. Forgot about Ferran too. Flick said he had some issues.
draconifire
NTC with a Positive attitude
Hope all our injury issues happen now and are out of the players' system when games start thick & thin.
MonteCuler
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You ditch the high line and play safe football and of course deadly offensive power will decrease. But in our defense, problems are both systematic and player related. Unless Araujo or Christensen magically solve their issues we have no world class centreback. Cubarsi being closest to that is still very young and physically weak to handle world's best strikers.
So defensive problems would not be solved, while our offense would drop. In essence you gain nothing. High risk high reward is what we currently need.
There is almost nothing to work on tactically. More pragmatism towards end of the games and better game control ability is all we need from a tactical viewpoint next season. And we will see if that is implemented in real games, I think it will. No need to do it in pre season because point is not really to win the game just to evaluate the available players before season
Horatio
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He said it end of last season no? He would use pre-season to improve defense.
. We're gonna shock Europe and use Rashford or Raphinha as back-up to Balde.
jamrock
Senior Member
Yea with how busy the end of the season was,he probably needed pre season to make the needed adjustments.
I'm encouraged by these statements.
Gnidrologist
Senior Member
Sneaky Flick not improving defense, but attack again.
MonteCuler
Well-known member
Better pressing = Better defense, in our situation. If Lewy is not in starting XI our pressing is a lot better
FinBarcelonafan
Well-known member
I think the team is better because we have more depth but some positions we are still awfully thin.
ToranagaSama
Active member
Last season against Real Madrid at home when they went 2 goals up early I saw an onslaught from Barca for a period of 30 minutes which reminded me very much of prime Barca of 2010. Madrid didn't string 2 passes together for half an hour and it should have been like 5-2 at that point alone.
I just want to see that type of urgency and intensity for longer periods and without needing to concede first.
I just want to see that type of urgency and intensity for longer periods and without needing to concede first.
The defence could improve indirectly. We were never going to sign a WC defender this summer but what we can do is keep everyone fresh.
Last season Christensen missed 75% of the season and Araujo first 50%. With those two back, Eric can cover RB full time to rest Kounde and our CBs won't have to play every game.
At LB Martin is one year more experienced and Jofre is knocking on the door. It is an improvement even if it's not what we had hoped for. I would've liked a new LB backup for example. Then next up is getting a WC CB to partner Cubarsi. We'll see who will become Cuba's partner in the biggest games this season. If Christensen can stay fit it's a big win.
Last season Christensen missed 75% of the season and Araujo first 50%. With those two back, Eric can cover RB full time to rest Kounde and our CBs won't have to play every game.
At LB Martin is one year more experienced and Jofre is knocking on the door. It is an improvement even if it's not what we had hoped for. I would've liked a new LB backup for example. Then next up is getting a WC CB to partner Cubarsi. We'll see who will become Cuba's partner in the biggest games this season. If Christensen can stay fit it's a big win.
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