La Liga Round 21: Barca - Oviedo 3-0

Who wins?

  • Barca

    Votes: 5 71.4%
  • Draw

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Oviedo

    Votes: 2 28.6%

  • Total voters
    7

serghei

Senior Member
Kounde is by a mile the best defender we have. Guy played a World Cup final. Cubarsi doesn't even make the team for Spain.

And that with the current selection of mediocre CBs Spain has atm.
 

JamDav1982

Senior Member
No chance.

You claim nonsense like Kounde is best on ball....

Kounde cannot defend 1v1 and is slow footed. Shows it against just about any decent wide player and makers howlers positionally and on ball regularly.

Good on Kounde 'playing a world cup final'.

So too did Molina..he won one.
 

serghei

Senior Member
No chance.

You claim nonsense like Kounde is best on ball....

Kounde cannot defend 1v1 and is slow footed. Shows it against just about any decent wide player and makers howlers positionally and on ball regularly.

Good on Kounde 'playing a world cup final'.

So too did Molina..he won one.

Kounde is also the fullback with best end product in the team in bigger games btw.
 

serghei

Senior Member
As opposed to who?

Balde?

Amazing.

Garcia scored in CL semi final from RB.. scored in La Liga decider from RB v Real.

And barely played there.

That's true. Garcia is probably 2nd best defender.

Ideally best place for Cubarsi and Balde would be the bench.

If Cancelo is any good he will easily bench current Balde. But we are still left with a mediocre defender. Cubarsi, Araujo, or Martin, pick your poison.
 

JamDav1982

Senior Member
That's true. Garcia is probably 2nd best defender.

Aye keep telling us how the woeful Kounde is best defender on the ball.

As for 'big games'.. Balde who can barely cross a ball has more goals/assists v Real than Kounde.

Dont let truth get in the way though.
 

JamDav1982

Senior Member
That's true. Garcia is probably 2nd best defender.

Ideally best place for Cubarsi and Balde would be the bench.

If Cancelo is any good he will easily bench current Balde. But we are still left with a mediocre defender. Cubarsi, Araujo, or Martin, pick your poison.

Mediocre right back who cant defend 1v1 and has brain farts every game in Kounde also.

Balde as bad as been on ball been better than Kounde this season.
 

serghei

Senior Member
If that header by Kounde drops on the other side of the goal line, Cancelo did more vs Sociedad than Balde all game.

Balde is totally overrated offensively and not much to look at defensively. One footed, limited IQ. All he has is some pace to beat a man, but the follow up is almost always shite. Cancelo would have to be utterly incompetent in defense not to start. The bad news is, he might be.
 

JamDav1982

Senior Member
If that header by Kounde drops on the other side of the goal line, Cancelo did more vs Sociedad than Balde all game.

Aye terrible miss from Kounde.

Similar to his fumble v Real to take points off them away.

Balde is poor in final third... not breaking news.

Just like it is not breakling news Kounde makes huge errors on ball near on every game and cant defend 1v1.
 

serghei

Senior Member
Mediocre right back who cant defend 1v1 and has brain farts every game in Kounde also.

Balde as bad as been on ball been better than Kounde this season.

And yet, he was superb vs Madrid in both Supercup and Cup final. Amazing assist, key winning goal, saving the CBs several times in ET...

Even this season. Great assist for Rashford vs Newcastle... 2 goals vs Frankfurt. Kounde shows up in bigger games.

I'd rather have a player that raises his level in bigger games, even if he is prone to some issues vs lesser teams.
 

JamDav1982

Senior Member
And yet, he was superb vs Madrid in both Supercup and Cup final. Amazing assist, key winning goal, saving the CBs several times in ET...

Even this season. Great assist for Rashford vs Newcastle... 2 goals vs Frankfurt. Kounde shows up in bigger games.

Against Madrid in Cup Final his man scored from corner... and wasnt great but top goal.

He wasnt saving anyone in ET.

'Shows up in bigger games'.

Same game Vini took him to cleaners and scored as loves to play against him in that Supercup.

In Cup Final his man scored from corner.
 

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