Recent content by Lkzerinho

The only logical explanation I can think of as to why they are getting the minutes, and he is not, is that the staff believe that their ceilings are higher than his, and they can play on the right, and he can't. Or something is going on with him behind the scenes that we don't know about.

Does Ferran have some sort of side deal with his agent? Was there some requirement to have a Brazilian in the squad for marketing reasons? He doesn't even look like a pro he literally offers nothing, and we turned down 70 million for him?????

Something must be going on here. Never been a big fan of him since he has been here, but the way they have kept him on the bench, especially during a game like today, says there is something more going on behind the scenes.

Don't think he was that poor today, he did create some great chances, did lose the ball a bit too much.

In fairness, One of the areas where we the club has also messed up is allowing a ton of our analytics and scouting department to continue to get poached by rival clubs window after window and not attempt to keep some of these guys around. I don't think that is the only reason but it certainly...

It feels kind of Arsene Wenger-ey to me. He's obviously still brilliant, but some of the decisions have been head scratchers. You had Leeds and Fulham next week, why would you choose to roll that squad out last night instead of rolling that out vs a very poor Leeds team instead of a team that...

I think the 115 is certainly part of it and has definitely impacted our strategy in some ways. But I think there has been a feeling at the club of "Pep will figure it out" for a few years now, and the concern has become more on the image of how much we spend as opposed to bringing in the right...

Maybe the punishment for the charges should be us keeping him and having him see out his contract with us

There is a massive depth problem, and we are literally a Haaland injury away from being out of the top 4.

And that alone should tell you something about what Pep and the staff think of him. We have been crying out for goals, and this dude isn't getting any serious minutes until tonight. The staff sees him every day in training. If they felt he could add goals and create, he would get minutes.

Feels like Navas 2.0 Solid dribbler, but horrid final product, and can't process the game fast enough.

He's not good enough, This has been the story with him since he got here: solid finisher, but offers little to nothing else, loses the ball too easily, his football IQ is very "meh". We need goals and fast, Omar is not the solution, I think he will still have a market, I think you cut your...

Quite frankly I think all 3 should be gone. But bear in mind, Pep and the staff see these guys every day at training. If they really thought this dude was good enough and could make an impact He would be getting consistent minutes week in, week out. I don't think they rate him, and I think they...

He seems scared and unsure of himself. I wonder if there's something mentally going on. He's not taking players on in the same way he did a year or two ago; he's playing very conservatively and safely and not taking enough risks. We know his quality, but he seems to have some sort of block.

We seem to struggle against defenses that are well-drilled with physical midfielders. I know Nico has been phenomenal at LB, but I wouldn't mind trying him in midfield and putting RAN back at LB, just to give the midfield some physicality in games like this.