14 | Nico Gonzalez - 2024/25

[Bluewonder]

You can't really judge a player arriving from abroad for 6 months in any case, but he's got next to no chance when he's playing next to Bernardo and Gundogan.

I expect he'll look a good player next year next to Rodri.

 

[Blue-Ghana]

Good passer, but a bit slow. Madrid has players who are technically good as well as physical/fast

 

[skillman]

Good passer, but a bit slow. Madrid has players who are technically good as well as physical/fast

Rodri was the same. Still is. But has learned the art of positional sense which I’m sure Nico will too.

A screamer tonight too. Beautiful.

 

[Brewster's millions]

We needed some pace and athleticism in midfield and he actually looks slower than Gundogan.

 

[ninjamonkey]

Thought he was more mobile than that. Only thing I'll say, no rash judgements based on his third game for us at the bernabeu with a dreadful gameplan to execute. Shame he didn't really smash vinicius when taking the yellow card instead of just pulling his pants down.

 

[Thaksinssoldier]

No point in judging him when the movement around him was so poor.

 

[Jonas.shaffer]

He was rough... and slow.

 

[Mr Grumpy]

4/10. Woeful.

 

[bert38]

Big lesson for him tonight

 

[WallyA]

Customary comment, don't blame the players too much, Pep handicapped them all.

 

[jrb]

So, he’s gone from a 10 to a 1 in the space of 1 game?

 

[Damanino]

looked really slow vs a team that has speedy midfielder. Newcastle midfield aint quick at all and thats why it didnt show up how slow he is.

 

[Gabriel]

Not sure we could play both him and Rodri against Real Madrid, Barcelona, or Paris Saint-Germain. There’s a lack of pace over short distances that these sides can exploit.

 

[OrigamiNinja]

No point judging anyone when they’ve got Gundo and Bernie next to them. I not sure Rodri is going to do much better with those two in the middle.

 

[Worzel Gummidge#9]

So, he’s gone from a 10 to a 1 in the space of 1 game?

He will be quality for us going forward no doubt.

 

[Brewster's millions]

looked really slow vs a team that has speedy midfielder. Newcastle midfield aint quick at all and thats why it didnt show up how slow he is.

I seem to remember that a Porto fan posted on here before we bought him, said that he doubted whether he was good enough for us and in particular whether he had the engine to make it in the PL.

 

[Bluewonder]

Not sure we could play both him and Rodri against Real Madrid, Barcelona, or Paris Saint-Germain. There’s a lack of pace over short distances that these sides can exploit.

Gundo was hardly lightning at his peak and we did fine then.

 

[Gabriel]

Gundo was hardly lightning at his peak and we did fine then.

We did, but teams have since changed their tactics, using younger, faster players and more of them.

 

[Bluewonder]

We did, but teams have since changed their tactics, using younger, faster players and more of them.

No they haven't and no they aren't.

Footballers aren't faster than they were 2 years ago.

 

[skillman]

looked really slow vs a team that has speedy midfielder. Newcastle midfield aint quick at all and thats why it didnt show up how slow he is.

Newcastle’s midfield is quite notorious for being high energy and constantly on top of you. Actual physical speed is just one side to a team being ‘quick’ IMO.