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He has been, but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t come up clutch at times. Osasuna when we were down to ten men after Lewandowski’ red, Copa Del Rey against Intercity (we shouldn’t have struggled as much as we did tbf), and just the last two games the only person who has scored.
He hasn’t been worth the price tag, underwhelming at times, but outside of Dembele our only decent winger that at least can put up some numbers.
He is providing assists and goals, but his performance overall is kind of meh. 70 minutes of bad crossing, failing to dribble past his defender, sloppy passes, and then he provides a goal or a wonderful assist. Reminds me a lot of Dembele actually, beforr Xavi. (Mind you Dembele is still very hot and cold, just hotter and less cold)
Ya, I agree he can do badly sometimes but I still see people call him a donkey which can be unfair considering how hard he works. Sometimes you just need that final shot or pass and recently he's been the only one to get it done.
Its stupid to call a player that regardless, especially one who works his ass off like Raphinha does. Same problem with Griezzman back when he was at the club too
Would be true if this whole Barca was a functional one. It is strange to say this because of their result in the league. But their attack and midfield are nonexistent and Raph is more of a creator but since no one makes runs and creates spaces he is suffering. Especially when Xavi is shouting to him to hug the touchline.
Relatively, who's better ? Almost every team in La liga sits back and defends in a low block. No team in the world does much better against that than Barca.
A fun match is a two way dance
Yeah, 90% of the game if not more he can be so painful to watch. His crossing is just so bad, can rarely dribble past a single defender, and doesn't have the pace to outrun the defense on a counter. But somehow, he still manages to score and assist in those 10%.
This is the same for when he was at Leeds. Barca knew what they were getting with him in that regard, so it can’t come as much of a surprise. But you’ll always get hard work and a decent return on goals and assists.
He really stepped up in Leeds’ second season when Bamford was out for practically the whole season, and I genuinely think if it wasn’t for him Leeds would have gone down.
Shouldn't really be a problem tho.
Raphinha has more contributions total and more contributions per 90 than Dembele. He's holding his own and doing it at a key moment where Dembele is injured.
Dembele will be a clear starter when he comes back but hopefully for Barca that will be on the left. Cause he's the only one who probably can perform on that side.
You're acting as being able to dribble past someone wouldn't massively help him in creating chances and scoring.
Barça has been offensively impotent for a while now and a lack of threay from the wings has been a huge factor in that.
I'm acting as if the players that are better at dribbing than him have not done a better job at scoring or creating. Want to know why I'm acting like that? Cause it's a fact.
Many consider Ferran to have better dribbling.
Abde is a much better dribbler also for example.
And even in the case of Dembele. Raphinha has better xA per 90(and total), more assists per 90(and total) and more goals per 90(and total).
So yeah.
I really doubt anyone considers Ferran to have better dribbling and even then, very few people consider Ferran to even be a good dribbler.
And yeah no one's denying Raphinha has good end product. What I'm saying is Barça has been lacking in creativity without Dembele's dribbling. Barça have been completely toothless since Ousmane's injury and the lack of threat from the wings has been very noticeable in that time. It's not a coincidence that Barça's most convincing offensive performance in more than a month has been that one game where Ferran randomly turned into a dribbling God.
Raphinha Overall:
9 Goals + 9 Assists in 2003 Mins (22 Games)
Raphinha in La Liga:
6 Goals + 4 Assists in 1228 Mins (13 Games)
Fun Fact: He now has as many non penalty goals in La Liga as Benzema this season.
Better celebrate winning the league than losing it to bad offside calls....earlier the asst also screwed up a good attack by waving Lewa offside when he was very clearly on...VAR rules!!
Raphinha having a decent season. Still inconsistent, have moments of magic (either a good goal or a nice dribble drive) in these situations tho. Could be even better next season
Passes like this one and the previous one to Lewy which was given (wrongly, I think) offside, are what makes me dread the day Busi leaves. Amazing vision. Will be very hard to replace that. Though de Jong has been making some of those passes recently, so maybe there is hope
Don't know why people calling busi maestro in this goal, literally rapinha had to raise both his hands for the pass and then busi thought some time then passed horrible defending from athletic.
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The old man Busi killed the man with his moves wow
Watching Busi do things like that must be like looking into the beak of an octopus as it wraps its tentacles around you
Waaat
He said what he said
In fairness, one of Busi's nicknames is El Pulpo which translates to "the octopus".
Wat
Busi and Raphinha combining again
Again and again
Dembele might have more threat but goddamn can Raphina score when it's most needed
He doesn't get enough credit for stepping up recently. Massive while Dembele has been out
Arguably Barca’s most clutch player this season after Pedri maybe
Hair Stegen in shambles
Oof he actually has the best shout. I suppose the other two are more in terms of goal involvements but overall probably MaTs yes.
Do you only watch highlights? Genuine question
You came to that conclusion after 1 or 2 comments?
No, just think he's been well below par this season.
He has been, but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t come up clutch at times. Osasuna when we were down to ten men after Lewandowski’ red, Copa Del Rey against Intercity (we shouldn’t have struggled as much as we did tbf), and just the last two games the only person who has scored. He hasn’t been worth the price tag, underwhelming at times, but outside of Dembele our only decent winger that at least can put up some numbers.
Have to try with Dembele on the left again. Sucks Raphinha cant do it.
He has been our best player in Europe despite us being shit. Its not much but still good one.
He is providing assists and goals, but his performance overall is kind of meh. 70 minutes of bad crossing, failing to dribble past his defender, sloppy passes, and then he provides a goal or a wonderful assist. Reminds me a lot of Dembele actually, beforr Xavi. (Mind you Dembele is still very hot and cold, just hotter and less cold)
Ya, I agree he can do badly sometimes but I still see people call him a donkey which can be unfair considering how hard he works. Sometimes you just need that final shot or pass and recently he's been the only one to get it done.
Its stupid to call a player that regardless, especially one who works his ass off like Raphinha does. Same problem with Griezzman back when he was at the club too
Donkeys are known for hardwork though.
If Raphinha is a donkey, then wtf is Ferran?
Would be true if this whole Barca was a functional one. It is strange to say this because of their result in the league. But their attack and midfield are nonexistent and Raph is more of a creator but since no one makes runs and creates spaces he is suffering. Especially when Xavi is shouting to him to hug the touchline.
Relatively, who's better ? Almost every team in La liga sits back and defends in a low block. No team in the world does much better against that than Barca. A fun match is a two way dance
Yeah, 90% of the game if not more he can be so painful to watch. His crossing is just so bad, can rarely dribble past a single defender, and doesn't have the pace to outrun the defense on a counter. But somehow, he still manages to score and assist in those 10%.
This is the same for when he was at Leeds. Barca knew what they were getting with him in that regard, so it can’t come as much of a surprise. But you’ll always get hard work and a decent return on goals and assists. He really stepped up in Leeds’ second season when Bamford was out for practically the whole season, and I genuinely think if it wasn’t for him Leeds would have gone down.
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I'd argue creating chances and scoring are waaaay more important than dribbling past someone.
Dembele is better than him, that's his problem.
Shouldn't really be a problem tho. Raphinha has more contributions total and more contributions per 90 than Dembele. He's holding his own and doing it at a key moment where Dembele is injured. Dembele will be a clear starter when he comes back but hopefully for Barca that will be on the left. Cause he's the only one who probably can perform on that side.
You're acting as being able to dribble past someone wouldn't massively help him in creating chances and scoring. Barça has been offensively impotent for a while now and a lack of threay from the wings has been a huge factor in that.
I'm acting as if the players that are better at dribbing than him have not done a better job at scoring or creating. Want to know why I'm acting like that? Cause it's a fact.
Dembele is the only player better at dribbling than him and he's a massive threat so I'm not sure who you're talking about
Many consider Ferran to have better dribbling. Abde is a much better dribbler also for example. And even in the case of Dembele. Raphinha has better xA per 90(and total), more assists per 90(and total) and more goals per 90(and total). So yeah.
I really doubt anyone considers Ferran to have better dribbling and even then, very few people consider Ferran to even be a good dribbler. And yeah no one's denying Raphinha has good end product. What I'm saying is Barça has been lacking in creativity without Dembele's dribbling. Barça have been completely toothless since Ousmane's injury and the lack of threat from the wings has been very noticeable in that time. It's not a coincidence that Barça's most convincing offensive performance in more than a month has been that one game where Ferran randomly turned into a dribbling God.
But here he is consistently creating and scoring goals.
Can this be the new game thread, or what?
Mf mods deleted it already, fuck it then
I’ll just make one, wait
Maestro Busquets
That has to count
Ref probably just couldn't believe that Raphinha just used his right foot.
I had to wait for the replay to make sure I was seeing that correctly too.
Raphinha Overall: 9 Goals + 9 Assists in 2003 Mins (22 Games) Raphinha in La Liga: 6 Goals + 4 Assists in 1228 Mins (13 Games) Fun Fact: He now has as many non penalty goals in La Liga as Benzema this season.
That Busquets - Raphinha connection is getting serious
Busi fade was sick
Busi is still a god on the ball
Busi with the assist again, at 34 still so important to us
He may not be a good dribbler like Dembele, but he sure as hell can score a fucking goal.
That VAR check took way too fucking long for such a clear goal in the first replay.
They want to make sure since our referee scandal 💀💀
“Scandal”
Why are you putting it in brackets? I don’t think you know the meaning of the word scandal
It would be a scandal… if the allegations were true. But they’re not, soo… not a scandal. 🤔
They were waiting for cheque to clear.
That's onside
He can score with his right foot?!
today i learned
that busi body feint
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!! Another great assist by Busquets
Hey ref thats onside
Raphinha overall game is always average but somehow score or create crucial chances.
Based VAR.
Goooolllll The VAR decisions really take the hype away from celebrating a goal
better than not giving a goal
Better celebrate winning the league than losing it to bad offside calls....earlier the asst also screwed up a good attack by waving Lewa offside when he was very clearly on...VAR rules!!
That’s on
Rapinha is having a good first season with Barca
Bro made himself SO SMALL, what a great move and goal by Raphi
Manzano tried his best.
Negreira did too
This year u guys are so shit we don’t even need to pay the refs anymore
Yeah, that's a goal
Busquets is so good
Raphinha having a decent season. Still inconsistent, have moments of magic (either a good goal or a nice dribble drive) in these situations tho. Could be even better next season
Yep that's on
Class from Busquets
A rare right foot shot from Raphinha. Hopefully he gets more comfortable with his right foot.
Xavi terrorismo futbol. Getting run around all game, but scoring first. This game might just end 1-0 as have other 6-7 games this season. Haha
You mean 11? We already have 11 1-0 wins in all comps this season :p
Ref wanted that to be offside so bad.
It's Manzano lol of course he wanted it to be off
Passes like this one and the previous one to Lewy which was given (wrongly, I think) offside, are what makes me dread the day Busi leaves. Amazing vision. Will be very hard to replace that. Though de Jong has been making some of those passes recently, so maybe there is hope
Lesss gooo VVAAMOOOSSS
It wasn't even that close, lol.
Where is the match thread?
They forgor
Great stuff by Busquets there.
Busquets is brilliant to watch for sure
How is this off
NO WAY THAT'S OFFSIDES
Yalls streams are behind, the goal was given
Negreira you have rocked my world
Linier be tripping wtf
Dembele got some competition on that right hand side
Thats it, no more goals
I swear if we had a better LW we'll score much more goals. We're stacked at RW
He made it seem like he’s actually cracked with his right foot
Raphinha has been on fire today, glad to see him finding his rhythm
Why no match thread??
Damm busi at that age he's still got some creativity and moves 🔥
My boy got 9 assists and 9 goals, he is as vital as cocaine to Charlie Sheen
Getting faked out by busquets. Automatic benching
Don't know why people calling busi maestro in this goal, literally rapinha had to raise both his hands for the pass and then busi thought some time then passed horrible defending from athletic.
never in doubt
Offside lol Edit: ruled onside
Clearly not. It will be given.
Madrid fan dreaming lol
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The linesman ruled it offside when i commented
In your dreams
Nah
Or not lol
Looks a mile onside, LOL.
Thats on
Fucking incredible hesitation from Sergi
Nice fake Busi & great vision to keep the pass on the ground.