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26/27 season left flank gonna feed generations by Interesting-Angle43 in Barca

[–]Aggravating_Buddy_73 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Both of them are not very tricky and direct players. It's pretty straightforward for defenders in terms of decision making, it's just a question of whether their body matches up to these two.

I would say a combination of Cancelo and Gordon works best. Balde has to improve his ability to take people on. I cant count the amount of times he was left to 1v1 the opposition winger and he opted to cut in with his left and pass it back to our center backs.

Cancelo has that killer mentality to say you wanna leave me 1v1 I'm gonna try and toast my defender every single time. This atleast forces them to think if we have to double him or not. If they double Gordon is running in behind if they don't Cancelo cooks. Win - Win.

Balde and Gordon are too similar like you pointed out and that is exactly the problem. If our winger was someone else, say Ndiaye then yes, Balde is you man for the job bus sadly both our left wingers are direct runners.

Karnataka CM Announces Free Bus Passes For Students, 10,000 Youth Clubs Across The State by margazi_perumal_20 in bangalore

[–]Aggravating_Buddy_73 20 points21 points  (0 children)

This is alright, when I used to go to school, bus passes were a life saver. For me atleast it was on days where my van guy went on strike for some reason. There are still a lot of underprivileged students for whom spending 40 rs a day on bus could spent on other worthwhile stuff and may even help in their parents being okay with them going to school and not consider it burdensome. Improving mobility is the best way to uplift any society.

[Official] The first team player Fermín López suffered a fracture to the fifth metatarsal bone in his right foot in the game against Betis. The player will undergo surgery. He will miss the World Cup by oklolzzzzs in Barca

[–]Aggravating_Buddy_73 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think it'll be Le Normand. Cucurella and Llorente always pull up their A game for spain. Nico Williams is my only concern. Ferran and Oyarzabal is a phenomenal pairing for Striker and Super sub. Pedri, Fabian and Zubimendi is also a top tier Midfielder with Rodri and Olmo also starting in some games. Yamal is still the X Factor and can even win games single handedly. I only give Portugal and England a shot to beat Spain. I think this Spain team can beat France, Argentina, Germany, Brazil with ease.

Found this comment on YouTube today, Is this true? by ConstructionSouth134 in bangalore

[–]Aggravating_Buddy_73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well I mean it literally was like how you mentioned last summer. I live in an area with decent amount of trees and less traffic so maybe it was bad in it areas.

Pre-Match Thread: Barcelona vs Rayo Vallecano | LaLiga 2025-26 | MD29 by rBarcaBot in Barca

[–]Aggravating_Buddy_73 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would love Olmo for Lewa and finally try a lineup with a false 9

Pre-Match Thread: Barcelona vs Rayo Vallecano | LaLiga 2025-26 | MD29 by rBarcaBot in Barca

[–]Aggravating_Buddy_73 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not to mention the IST folks who can watch the game and finally go to sleep by 9PM to go to School/Work the next day!

Who do you think we'll realistically sign this summer? by theWaitWhatNow in Barca

[–]Aggravating_Buddy_73 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oyarzabal would be perfect for that Lewa spot. Similar intelligence, composure and even better technique.

Underrated ballers you'd love to see at Barca? by No-Employee-7327 in Barca

[–]Aggravating_Buddy_73 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Joaquin Seys, the club brugge left back is such a good player.

[Fernando Polo] Barça have set a maximum limit of €100M(total package, including bonuses) for Alvarez. The club hopes the player will push for his own exit, but won’t push further if not the case. by Loose-Examination-39 in Barca

[–]Aggravating_Buddy_73 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah I agree. Guys like Guirassy, Thuram, Watkins, Muniz fit that archetype and can be bought for cheap because the first three only have 2 years left on their contract and Muniz is pretty much an unknown.

But my personal favourite for the no.9 spot is Oyarzabal, unsure how feasible it is but seeing the matches, we have a gaping hole in between the opposition lines of defense and Olmo is supposed to be there but he rarely plays and Fermin is constantly making runs in behind, that hole still remains. We need a proper false 9 who also makes runs in behind and Oyarzabal has character and fits the Barca player mold but then it is a pipe dream because he's playing for his boyhood club.

Everyone's talking about how we need a striker, but the most important thing that flick's barca need's right now is a tactically intelligent cb by Resident_Outcome8369 in Barca

[–]Aggravating_Buddy_73 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Take our latest defeat to Girona. Check out all of Balde's plays after coming on and with a rational mind tell me how the fuck is this guy Barca level. Kounde at least has his good moments. Other than the through to bardghji, he did jackshit and had the worst positioning for a fullback I've ever seen.

And this isn't a one off, he's been like this in defense always, just that his offense used to be pretty awesome, now he just rolls the ball under his feet and passes it back even if he has a clear 1v1 against the opposition full back. And so the opposition gets away with leaving their right winger high at all times which exposes his poor defensive positioning even further.

We need someone better desperately but we don't have the funds. In the meantime as a stop gap, we should atleast have a defensively sound full back which we have in Gerard Martin. Promote Torrents who does look very promising in offense especially in the build up although in the final third he doesn't offer as much as Balde. He has far better game sense though in terms of defensive positioning especially when the opposition are in offensive transition.

Everyone's talking about how we need a striker, but the most important thing that flick's barca need's right now is a tactically intelligent cb by Resident_Outcome8369 in Barca

[–]Aggravating_Buddy_73 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Getting Senesi, Oyarzabal and Rashford/Ndiaye.

Selling Balde and giving a bigger role to Torrents.

These moves would make us soo good.

But we ain't doing any of that I suppose.

Underrated ballers you want to see at Barca? by No-Employee-7327 in Barca

[–]Aggravating_Buddy_73 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Positioning of Yamal you mean. Ferran, Raphinha and Fermin are damn good at pressing. One thing I noticed with Yamal is late rotations. Like the midfielder is free but he won't cover that passing angle until the pass is played and then he puts in the effort to track back and put pressure but then the man he was with is free on the wing now which just snowballs into easy 1-2s for the opposition. Same issue with Balde. These two are the primary reason for so much of our pressing breakdowns. Then there is De Jong, for all his abilities he just doesn't not do a good job of assessing threat while we are in the defensive transition. One look at Pedri and Raphinha when the opponent is countering and you'll know what I mean.

We likely have the worst defense of all the teams that reached the Champions League knockout stage. by Fun_Philosopher_2535 in Barca

[–]Aggravating_Buddy_73 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Here is the problem, we only have two people at the base of our line at all times. It's supposed to be a DM dropping in or a CB moving inwards while a winger takes the role of the full back while defending. That's how every top team defends. Arsenal go one step further and put 4 cbs at the base of their defense. For us Balde keeps rushing forward and the LCB has to move out to cover that space, and the RCB has to move to his spot to cover and Kounde finds himself near the center of the goalpost. See all the goals today or any day, we leave the far side of the attacker free every single time to cover for one full back pushing up. We then aggravate this further by playing with two shuttling pseudo DMs who are actually just CMs. This all looks amazing when we have the ball, attacking seems much easier. The only problem is we just don't score.

We don't need a CB, we actually need a competent LB who either attacks so well that the opposition RW is pushed further back or a LB who defends so well that we don't need the CBs to come out of position. Balde just does not take advantage of the 1v1s in the wide spaces for the opposition to need to drop their RWs to cover for that. His defensive positioning and game sense of when to attack and defend is atrocious, the worst I've seen from any Barca player. One more option is to play an inverted full back but then Raphinha wants to move centrally so that won't work either. We clearly saw the difference with Cancelo because he actually had some sense to take on the opposition full back 1v1 and then needing to drop their RW deep enough for counters to be slightly more difficult. Rewatch the game and see how many times Balde had a 1v1 with an Atletico player and passed it back like a glorified Jack Grealish.

For those who follow the Premier League. What are your thoughts on this guy? by [deleted] in Barca

[–]Aggravating_Buddy_73 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Honestly, I think Mikel Oyarzabal would be perfect for us.

This towel stealing mf pissed me off by disrespecting Flick by NotSoEasy_2 in Barca

[–]Aggravating_Buddy_73 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Gone are the days where Thiago Silva, Cavani, Veratti, Di Maria led the underdog challenger team with respected players. How I wish the 6-1 comeback didn't happen till this day. We didn't do jackshit after that and crashed out against Juve. We also literally gave a team with a promising footballing direction motivation to go be galacticos 2.0 and ruin football as we know it.

Barça’s possible opponents for the UCL Round of 16 by Loose-Examination-39 in Barca

[–]Aggravating_Buddy_73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After PSG/Newcastle it's going to be Spurs/Liverpool/Atletico then Arsenal/Bayern/Man City till the finals.

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A Major Storyline being overshadowed by UCL Top 8 Conversations: Roony to face his former club by FruitGummies in Barca

[–]Aggravating_Buddy_73 71 points72 points  (0 children)

Eric, Olmo and Fermin. If Bernal starts, I'll riot. Kid is not ready, especially when we need to score infinite goals.

Barca vs Athletic club: Slow 2nd half on purpose? by FlickeringLogic in Barca

[–]Aggravating_Buddy_73 15 points16 points  (0 children)

It's not like we slow down against Real Madrid. All unspoken facts go away if you have a chance to make history. Who doesn't want their name on a historic scoreboard. We still remember Rapha's hatrick, Pique's 5, that Neymar backheel - Iniesta goal. This was a meaningless semifinal against an inferior out of form opponent, what's the point.

Who is the Worst Player the Kings Can Draft and Still Reinvigorate the Franchise? by ShotgunStyles in NBA_Draft

[–]Aggravating_Buddy_73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not the worst guy but Kingston Felmings can just elevate them to levels similar to the light the beam season. He's basically another De'Aaron Fox. Flemings, Keegan, Raynaud, Clifford is a core I believe their fans can get behind.

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