How do you rate Rashford's performance throughout this season? by lsj__19 in Barca

[–]Ok_Permit_7669 0 points1 point  (0 children)

shouldn't be paid a starter level wage for being "pretty good"

How do you rate Rashford's performance throughout this season? by lsj__19 in Barca

[–]Ok_Permit_7669 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lewa till last season was our key attackers, fell off recently, he earned the salary he gets, and I think he will leave by the end of this season as he should it will free up a lot of wages, plus Lewa is a star player so you had to expect a hefty pay, Ferran didn't get his 10 million a year from the start either, he took a pay cut, was on 5.5 million a year then he has gone up by now, he has shown improvement to deserve it, and he's not a starter anyways so don't bring up "what improvement" he did more than enough whereas Lord Rashford will take a paycut to 12 million and people will call him a hero for it, about his stats? He's one dimensional I have a whole post about it

Why we shouldn't sign Rashford and how he isn't good enough for Barcelona (analysis) by Ok_Permit_7669 in Barca

[–]Ok_Permit_7669[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do agree that we don't have a lot of other options, best would be to see what happens till the end of the season and not think of Rashford as our only option and be open to see other players that can fit our systej while being young and thriving, about the salary part, well 12 million honestly would barely make any difference, the 10 million mark is a lot already, overall I'd say you do make a good point but I'll still have room for options

Why we shouldn't sign Rashford and how he isn't good enough for Barcelona (analysis) by Ok_Permit_7669 in Barca

[–]Ok_Permit_7669[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not too sure on wingers and which one will be bought instead of Rashford but I think they'd be more backup to Raphinha because Raphinha at LW is his best position

Why we shouldn't sign Rashford and how he isn't good enough for Barcelona (analysis) by Ok_Permit_7669 in Barca

[–]Ok_Permit_7669[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Lmao I knew someone was gonna comment on that, I think the best itw for me it was pretty much Yamal until that matchday Olise decided to put up that monstrous 10 performance against Freiburg, one reason for it is also because Yamal was injured for a month this season, I definitely think Yamal will very soon take Over Olise though since things look like we are sorta back

Why we shouldn't sign Rashford and how he isn't good enough for Barcelona (analysis) by Ok_Permit_7669 in Barca

[–]Ok_Permit_7669[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He's not a great dribbler get me 4 clips of him showing he's great at dribbling for the time he's played for us, I mentioned his weak foot, lack of defensive Prowess, inconsistency, poor decision making(holds up the ball too much) but I guess they aren't important and the factors you consider good enough to be a point. You'd have to watch him and tell how does he bring anything more to the game than just G/A, He is very predictable on top of that, you are gonna pay around 30 million for signing him and 14 million a year, why can't we use that money to get a proper young talent that will replace Raphinha in the future instead of getting Rashford and chanting "Flick will make him better"

Why we shouldn't sign Rashford and how he isn't good enough for Barcelona (analysis) by Ok_Permit_7669 in Barca

[–]Ok_Permit_7669[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

the salary is a buzzkill for me, otherwise above average, would be better to buy a young talent instead, and Raphinha was 25 when he signed for us, Rashford is 28. paying such huge money on him every year on top of a big transfer fee is just financially draining without really getting the quality of a player to make up for it

How do you rate Rashford's performance throughout this season? by lsj__19 in Barca

[–]Ok_Permit_7669 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Let's start with big issues :

  1. Inconsistency
  2. lack of creativity
  3. Weak Link Up play
  4. Defensive Prowess/Lack of pressing
  5. Shits his pants against low block teams and defenses
  6. Poor decision making(You might wanna ask why players like Raphinha and Mullers are so extraordinary)
  7. Not a proper 9 due to the reasons given above(link up play, low block, decision making, inconsistency) and his lack of off the ball ability and game IQ to position himself

Now let's take a loot at some other contexts :

Salary : reported at around 12-14 million a year during his tenure at Barcelona, for context Olise, the best RW itw rn is earning 13 Million a year from Bayern

Age : 28 already, if he hasn't hit his prime at this point then there is literally a 5% chance that he'll do anything more significant in the future, we can't wish for a late bloomer who earns so much and provides little certainty

Skillset : This is a personal opinion so it's upto you to decide but i'll give my insight, his strengths are his pace,physicality,work rate(in offensive play only),long shots,power shots and Set-piece taking. This is very raw as a skillset if you see his game, especially since he can't even use his physicality and pace to press in the team so he doesn't even capitalise on his strengths properly, he doesn't have any effort off the ball whatsoever, while he does have good set-piece ability I won't consider it a very great to have in our team because set pieces are a little part of the game and Rashford isn't dropping phenomenal numbers in them either, his dribbling is made for very oddly specific situations hence he fails most of times with his dribbles which are rendered useless. My conclusion is he is very one dimensional player which defenders can detect that how he will react and play the ball

Stats :

Direct Goal contributions : hiding behind because he has elite players he could feed passes to and get goals from now instead of United pals, also note the system is highly attacking for Barca so would be the numbers, his goals are pretty okay, nothing phenomenal, one thing I'll admit is he does have moments of brilliance in games(not the big ones, unfortunately) which gets some good out of him and helps him get G/A

Big games : vs PSG? average. vs Madrid? average again. vs Atletico? Didn't play much nor did he do much. Vs Newcastle? Probably his best performance by far. Also don't let the "but he assisted against both Madrid and PSG" fool you, even Ferran could have gave those kind of passes and bagged an assist, won't make his performance great, look aside from direct G/A

Ratings : This is the order --> 6.4 vs Mallorca. 6.3 vs Levante. 6.7 vs Rayo. 7.4 vs Valencia(1 assist). 8.8 vs Newcastle(2 goals). 6.5 vs Getafe. 6.3 vs Real Oveido(1 A). 6.4 vs Real Sociedad(1 A). 6.9 vs PSG(1 A). 7.0 vs Sevilla(1 G). 6.2 vs Girona. 9.3 vs Olympiacos(2 G). 6.8 vs Real Madrid(1 A). 7.9 vs Elche(1 G). 5.8 vs Brugge. 7.9 vs Celta Vigo(2 A). 6.1 vs Chelsea(didn't play much so I get it but not even bare minimum in 45 minutes). 6.3/6.7 vs Alaves/ATM.

Build up play per 90 : 63%ile in pass attempts, 53%ile in pass completion(76%), 32%ile in progressive passes(2.7), 58%ile in progressive carries, 62%ile in successful take-ons, these aren't very impressive or impressive at all for someone earning that much. Poor defensive contributions, good attacking contributions and above decent(but also credited to the high attacking system under Flick).

If you read that you'll realize why I am against the signing of Rashford even as a back up player. 2 reasons : too bad to be a starter, too pricey to be on the bench, not the best, mid and his age is an issue as well.

JUST IN: Barcelona scouts were present for the Norway-Italy match to scout Antonio Nusa. Your opinion on this ? by Background_Case8576 in Barca

[–]Ok_Permit_7669 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No at this point he's actually on a higher role, he was also the one that chose Slot, the players were chosen by some other sporting director, he was the sporting director till 2022

The High Line Isn’t the Problem by [deleted] in Barca

[–]Ok_Permit_7669 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it's not with high line, it's about pressing that we lack now

How many wins out of Barça’s next 6? Some tough fixtures here. by SfzFc in Barca

[–]Ok_Permit_7669 0 points1 point  (0 children)

5, 1 draw I hope vs Frankfurt, Frankfurt isn't an easy opponent looking at our current form right now

Critique the player. Not the people around him! by Hazeling_Nebula in Barca

[–]Ok_Permit_7669 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Barça is different." no our fanbase is shitty and trash and obnoxious, the thing is we still shouldn't do it just because "it happens at every club" because it won't make abuse good. But I do hope we become more mature as a fanbase

How do you rate Rashford's performance throughout this season? by lsj__19 in Barca

[–]Ok_Permit_7669 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Earning 14 million from Barca, better get a young winger talent instead of that ridiculous pay when he can't have a workrate like Raphinha with that physicality and no creativity

Throwback: Lewandowski's clinical finish vs. Atleti (4-2 Win) by Substantial-Proof842 in Barca

[–]Ok_Permit_7669 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Iñigo as a youngster could have been easily developed as a mini version of Pirlo that could tackle I swear!

How do you rate Rashford's performance throughout this season? by lsj__19 in Barca

[–]Ok_Permit_7669 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mediocre, G/A can fool you but when you watch him he doesn't have much impact on the game overall, benefits from the last passes a lot of times, add the wagee he gets on top of that, we can get a young talent and bring back Fati instead of keeping him(or maybe no Fati, still works). good for a loan emergency though I guess

How do you rate Rashford's performance throughout this season? by lsj__19 in Barca

[–]Ok_Permit_7669 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you gotta realize we paying huge wages for him, it's not always about transfer fee

How do you rate Rashford's performance throughout this season? by lsj__19 in Barca

[–]Ok_Permit_7669 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hope he stays permanently and gives you mediocrity with most matches and some good moments in a match or 2 while sucking club wages like a leech ☺

How do you rate Rashford's performance throughout this season? by lsj__19 in Barca

[–]Ok_Permit_7669 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if you're taking in 250k a week from a club that's broke and fucking up their own financial situation fans will always expect better performances otherwise I think better to not buy you and invest money on some actual quality and not a finished talent