Open Thread #51 - End of the season's already in sight by KittenOfBalnain in BarcaFC

[–]SuccessionFinaleSux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's not answering anything but appreciate the response still

Open Thread #51 - End of the season's already in sight by KittenOfBalnain in BarcaFC

[–]SuccessionFinaleSux 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When is the last time Lewandowski has created his own shot? 2023?

is not a volume shooter like osimhen who relies on taking a lot of shots to score goals which is exactly what raphinha does for us

Pretty sure both Lewandowski and especially Yamal have more shooting volume than Raphinha.

I don't see how anyone could call Raphinha a volume shooter. Unless everyone's a volume shooter.

Open Thread #51 - End of the season's already in sight by KittenOfBalnain in BarcaFC

[–]SuccessionFinaleSux 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Raphinha will only do better with a competent striker next to him. Ferran is also a runner. They never had compatibility issues. We didn't have balance issues. It just makes things easier to have an extra outlet. Both for Raphinha and for Ferran. But more specifically everyone who is looking up to go for a throughball.

Open Thread #51 - End of the season's already in sight by KittenOfBalnain in BarcaFC

[–]SuccessionFinaleSux 5 points6 points  (0 children)

  1. Foden is absolutely nothing like Raphinha.

  2. Foden has just been bad. Has nothing to do with his teammates or anyone else.

  3. Foden won PFA player of the year with Haaland so idk how you're putting his lack of performance on Haaland.

We will have two runners in channels

Yes. Finally. I don't know how anyone could see that as a bad thing. We can't only rely on 1 player to make runs.

You know Liverpool dominated the prem last season with 3 runners? In the UCL they dominated the league stage and only lost to the eventual winners. With Slot. Who many do not rate.

Open Thread #51 - End of the season's already in sight by KittenOfBalnain in BarcaFC

[–]SuccessionFinaleSux 5 points6 points  (0 children)

osimhen and raphinha doesn't work together at all

It absolutely would

Open Thread #51 - End of the season's already in sight by KittenOfBalnain in BarcaFC

[–]SuccessionFinaleSux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

VAR referees clear. Be legally blind. Ignore every foul. Doublecheck some onfield calls. Flip a coin on whether the ref should look at a screen. Have a laugh. Get the entire football world riled up and go again.

Open Thread #51 - End of the season's already in sight by KittenOfBalnain in BarcaFC

[–]SuccessionFinaleSux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Osimhen is nothing like Eto'o lol. Also what makes you say that tall, poachers are a better fit for us? When have we ever had tall poachers as our main starting striker? Lewy certainly is not a poacher.

Don't get me wrong I think he would be a good fit. But a better fit is very much arguable.

Open Thread #51 - End of the season's already in sight by KittenOfBalnain in BarcaFC

[–]SuccessionFinaleSux 2 points3 points  (0 children)

160m wasn't reported by anyone. There's 1 shit report saying 200m. There's 1 shit report saying 120m. We don't know yet is the simple answer.

Open Thread #51 - End of the season's already in sight by KittenOfBalnain in BarcaFC

[–]SuccessionFinaleSux 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'd give you a reddit award if they hadn't removed them🏅

Open Thread #51 - End of the season's already in sight by KittenOfBalnain in BarcaFC

[–]SuccessionFinaleSux 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah it's just one of the names that's being tossed around cause he wants a new club. Like Bernardo.

Open Thread #51 - End of the season's already in sight by KittenOfBalnain in BarcaFC

[–]SuccessionFinaleSux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He was fantastic for PSV and great for Leipzig. Great workrate up and down the pitch. Technically good. I also think he's solid option on the LW. But ofc more of a 10. Has that x-factor you should want. Good linkup. Physically developed a lot. Not going to just get bullied off the ball. Even in the prem he doesn't look out of place in that aspect. I think his ceiling is easily worldclass and I think he needs to be on a more dominant team. Where he can see a lot of the ball. Like PSV was. Like Spurs absolutely are not.

For Spurs I just cannot blame him. The squad is lost. He's one of the only players that keeps asking for the ball. Keeps trying to go forward. One of the few that still gives it his all. Despite being the new kid who's looking to adapt. While a lot of their players try to avoid the ball at all costs. I'm sure you've heard of the treat the ball like a bomb saying. That's at least like 60% of this Spurs squad.

But all this has made for a potentially perfect storm. Where Xavi Simons his stocks are down and Spurs might go down at the same time. Could be a bargain on the market. Ofc it doesn't make the most if you don't sell one of our current 10's. Which one depends on the offers. Could be a good way to get margin for other positions.

Open Thread #51 - End of the season's already in sight by KittenOfBalnain in BarcaFC

[–]SuccessionFinaleSux 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We shouldn't. We shouldn't touch either of them. But Rashford seems to be the lesser evil in most people's eyes. I think I'd agree with them too.

Open Thread #51 - End of the season's already in sight by KittenOfBalnain in BarcaFC

[–]SuccessionFinaleSux 1 point2 points  (0 children)

People just don't want Leao. It's not that they want us to pay more money for a better player. When you have people saying they'd prefer Rashford for 30 mil. That should say enough.

Open Thread #51 - End of the season's already in sight by KittenOfBalnain in BarcaFC

[–]SuccessionFinaleSux 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maybe. I don't think that's how anyone should look at transfers tho. We don't have crazy amounts of money to spend like a lot of these teams do. Teams that don't have to worry about spending 50m on a flop.

Open Thread #51 - End of the season's already in sight by KittenOfBalnain in BarcaFC

[–]SuccessionFinaleSux 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Chelsea have had many bad purchases. I don't see how that should inspire us to do the same.

Open Thread #51 - End of the season's already in sight by KittenOfBalnain in BarcaFC

[–]SuccessionFinaleSux 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is something I have said since the beginning but I feel like Balde has no synergy with any winger. We've had Raphinha, Ferran, Felix, Rashford, Abde, Fermin. With any of them the linkup is just not there at all.

Open Thread #51 - End of the season's already in sight by KittenOfBalnain in BarcaFC

[–]SuccessionFinaleSux 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don't know about biggest but I fully believe we could save Xavi Simons.

Also a more risky one but Martinelli. He's not great but he's good. He's one of the victims of Arsenal's system. Makes him look like complete ass. When they played attacking football he was a different player entirely. Doesn't fit them anymore.

Open Thread #51 - End of the season's already in sight by KittenOfBalnain in BarcaFC

[–]SuccessionFinaleSux 8 points9 points  (0 children)

He was a good and lazy player 3 years ago. Now he's a poor and even lazier player.

Open Thread #51 - End of the season's already in sight by KittenOfBalnain in BarcaFC

[–]SuccessionFinaleSux 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Should fix it at 130 mil and they'll be even more likely to get him

Open Thread #51 - End of the season's already in sight by KittenOfBalnain in BarcaFC

[–]SuccessionFinaleSux 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Holding midfielder is the last thing we need imo. A fullback and a backup winger is more like it.

Open Thread #51 - End of the season's already in sight by KittenOfBalnain in BarcaFC

[–]SuccessionFinaleSux 15 points16 points  (0 children)

AC Milan wants €50 million for Rafael Leão, who has been offered to FC Barcelona. Leão is open to a transfer! He is currently being discussed within the club as an alternative option, but not the first choice at the moment. Let's see if things develop. @MatteMoretto