Nico Gonzalez

[FinBarcelonafan]

Great game. We saw some promise. He even tried to Ronaldinho one guy in their box. Guy had great confidence today.

 

[Behrox]

Great game. We saw some promise. He even tried to Ronaldinho one guy in their box. Guy had great confidence today.

that's why Koeman subbed him off. We don't do confidence here

 

[ajnotkeith]

Pretty good game. Good offensively in a more advanced role.

 

[JamDav1982]

Pretty good game. Good offensively in a more advanced role.

He was class and the best both defensively and offensively in the team.

 

[khaled_a_d]

MOTM (from our side)

 

[te amo barca]

Pretty good game. Good offensively in a more advanced role.

He kept winning balls in the first half too. He will always be a decent tackler due to how physical he is, man is built like a brick shithouse. He could become the next SMS

 

[ajnotkeith]

And after another bad game you'll have an L... Or maybe you'll just be quiet.

He played good overall today, in a game that suited him pretty well. He is still a bit sloppy in his touch and a bit unsure positionally, and he lacks speed and agility, but here he was able to turn his marker sometimes and have a lot of space to run into, he made good use of these opportunities.

Bobo on the right lines here (It's only because Busquets fucked up but oh well)

 

[te amo barca]

Bobo on the right lines here (It's only because Busquets fucked up but oh well)

You kept saying that you're not big on him, criticizing at every opportunity. Don't try to conceal your agenda

 

[JamDav1982]

Bobo on the right lines here (It's only because Busquets fucked up but oh well)

Bobo is utterly wrong as usual.

Nico was best player on park for Barca at both ends and drove on with ball to make an impact a number of times.

 

[ajnotkeith]

You kept saying that you're not big on him, criticizing at every opportunity. Don't try to conceal your agenda

Well unlike some of the hounds on this forum I 1. Can admit when a player has a good game regardless of my thoughts on them and 2. A player having a good game vs Rayo doesn't change a lot for me.

I'm not gonna lie and say he played bad. He played good. But I also think if there are many other games he played bad those take precedence until there's a long-term change.

 

[te amo barca]

Imagine saying "he lacks speed and agility" when your favorite player is Busquets. The lack of awareness is absurd.

 

[JamDav1982]

Imagine saying "he lacks speed and agility" when your favorite player is Busquets. The lack of awareness is absurd.

Or saying Nico was 'sloppy at times' when Busquets sold the game with sloppiness.

 

[Bobo32]

Imagine saying "he lacks speed and agility" when your favorite player is Busquets. The lack of awareness is absurd.

Because one player lacks one thing, another player can't lack the same thing? Is this what "awareness" is about?

 

[te amo barca]

Because one player lacks one thing, another player can't lack the same thing? Is this what "awareness" is about?

Because you'd never say that about Busi. Only now you acknowledge it since I pointed out your hypocrisy. Not rocket science now is it? And anyway, he hasn't even been slow in this game but very good at breaking the lines in a fast fashion by dribbling, a skill that Busi never had (and that's ok because he is a different player).

 

[ajnotkeith]

Nico is not straight line slow but lacks agility and change of direction. When he picks up the ball and goes forward his pace is decent but it's the turns especially defensively where he can be caught out sometimes.

He likes to venture out his DM role and attack sometimes but he can get burnt like he did vs Atletico for both the goals since he didn't get back in position. I'd like to see him play CM instead so he doesn't have to defend that much and can go forward since he showed great things offensively today with the line-breaking passes.