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jpmoriarti:
Our players just started this season in a stunning form. Everyone is on form.

Yes this is excellent but I hope we can maintain this level for a long while, so it won’t be that we hit form far too early in the season.

I know at some point this would drop but I love the foundation Hansi Flick has built. That’s why every player is performing above their expectations.

Only 5 games in and we have this level of depth and spread in goal scoring 🥰🥰🥰

milann:
what do you have to say about Raphinha first goal where he cut two defenders in the box?

jpmoriarti:
What do you have to say?

jpmoriarti:
Lots of our players have started the season in stunning form. Raphinha, Fermin even Lamine Yamal.

This is wonderful news for us. However, nothing is decided now. The season only just started. Games will come in thick and fast. The challenge now is to see how far this can be sustained.

Our doctors should be working extra time on the players to keep them in this top shape and the coach should also adequately manage the player’s minutes.

Lamine and Raphinha played the whole game yesterday when it was obvious at 75th minute, that the points were already secured. I think this was needless and other players like Balde, Hamza would have benefited from playing the remaining minutes.

Unless the coach has given up on Balde, he hasn’t had a single minute this season while Xavi Espart who has deserved his minutes, has played all the minutes. How can Balde improve if he doesn’t get playing time?

Mcleo007:
To be honest, I think we've got everything we need to go all the way this season. The squad has matured nicely, and there's quality throughout the team. Whoever gets called upon is capable of stepping in and making a difference.

The biggest challenge now falls on Flick. He needs to manage the squad carefully and rotate at the right moments to keep key players fresh. Lamine and Raphinha, in particular, are going to be crucial.

The complication is that both players will naturally want to keep producing numbers and boosting their stats, which can make resting them a tougher decision. Finding that balance between protecting them physically and keeping them happy and productive could be one of Flick's biggest tests this season.

Techu:
Hansi Flick start Balde on Sunday o..
You said he should improve.
Oya give him opportunity to improve.
Them no dey improve for bench.

AirBere:
You type as if you dont understand the dynamics of professional football. The coach sent a clear signal on match day 1 by leaving Balde out of his team. If Balde was smart, he woulved asked for a loan or an outright sell.

He's the freaking third choice LB. He'll play only in dire situations like both Cancelo and Espart getting injured or dead rubber games. He's not gonna start any important match. The message was crystal clear. You're not part of the team!

Meanwhile, you remind me of c0ol10 who kept hyping up a finished Sir Clifford until barca returned him to where he came from and brought not one but two players for that same position to show how useless he was.

Balde is a speed merchant with zero creativity, poor crossing and his defensive awarenes is abysmal. Like Araujo, he should eye the EPL. He'll always struggle in laliga.

Techu:
You wouldn't have typed this two seasons ago.

Balde is not good defensively, I don't understand it, please explain further. Like how..
The only left back that contributes more to attack is Balde and still manages to put up a good defensive performance.

Biko explain, niggas need to cut the slack on these Balde criticism.
But for physicality, Balde is just like Nuno mendes of PSG.. just that mendes is more physical but you can never take away that attacking contribution they offer.
This same Balde was compared to Mendes two seasons ago and please don't tell me he has not improved because he plays decent football with minimal mistakes.

Read what Deco said about him two seasons, Even he acknowledged Balde was something two seasons ago.

AirBere:
You're still behind and the game is running too fast. Two seasons ago is like one million years in professional football. Two seasons ago, nobody will mention Dembele and even assume he's a balondor material. Today some people will even argue that he's had a better professional club career both as a team and as individual than Mbape. Two seasons ago Kounde was considered one of the best defenders in his position. Some will even tell you that two seasons ago, only Hakimi was better than Kounde at right back. Today he's chopping bench for Eric Garcia.

Two seasons ago, Lewis Kelly was still trying his luck as a left back at Arsenal. Today he's the starting midfielder for the premierleague champions and UCL finalist.

You said Balde contributed more to attack? It's clear that you think contributions to attack as a full back is headless running up and down the left flank. How many goals, assist did he contribute? Espart don already drop two assist, how many Balde get in two seasons? Defensively he's been poor. Even when he was linked with United to replace fat and slow Luke Shaw, some United fans say them no want am.

Balde was compared to Mendes the same way Rashford was compared to Mbappe. Mendes is defensively very sound and he contributes goals and assist for club and country at the highest level possible. Balde can't even see shirt as second choice LB behind a defensive liability in Alex Grimaldo at national level. For club he's now behind a 19 year old midfielder Espart.

Balde didnt improve, because he's fast, he thinks that's enough but football is beyond acceleration. You gads use your brain!

Techu:
I don't agree with you

And I will say nothing until Balde plays again and his performance would be critically analysed. If he plays badly I be the first to say it.

You still didn't tell me how balde ain't good defensively.

And flick has not yet seen what he will bring to the team cause he is too stuck using one pattern, one system and one set of players without trying the rest enough. This is the problem with flick.

For me, Balde is better than cancelo, I chose Balde x10 over cancelo
Xavi Espart is trying but few games cannot judge a player, we never even reach mid-season.

When Balde plays again. We will jointly analyse his performance.

AirBere:
For now, unfortunately, Balde will never play meaningful games because he's simply third choice in his position. Behind Cancelo and a 19 year old midfielder. If a dead team like Manchester United is not excited about Balde, then you should know his level.

If you think you know more than Flick then lol. 😂

Techu:
Well coaches are not perfect

And that's why they get sacked.

One thing about Barca is that, at the beginning of the season, we always do well, everyone praising us, Barca is a UCL contender, blah blah.

But wait till knock out stage when they kick us out and cubarsi and kounder and Eric drops their usual disaster.

I am not expecting this season to be different though, Although I hope it turns out to be different.
Until we play a top European team, I won't rate the squad.

I saw clicks of Araujo at Liverpool and I was like My God is this Araujo.

We cannot lose good players all because they are not in flick good books.
This was the reason I was certainly against Balde leaving. They would fall into the hands of another coach and become monsters.

Whenever Balde plays, we are gonna watch his game closely. I watch every Barca match.

I want this misconceptions about Balde to stop.

AirBere:
Shoe get size, okrika get quality!

Flick is not your average Toni Pulis or Russell Martin. I didn't just mention coaches, I mentioned Fiick in particular. Right now, I only rate Luiz Enrique higher than Fiick. If I want to stretch it, I'll say he's top 3.

As far as club football goes, he's one of the best and I'll take his judgement on players ahead of Techu on nairaland.

There's no misconception about Balde. He's behind Cucu and a defensive liability Aiex Grimaldo at international level. At club level, he's behind Cancelo and a 19 year old midfielder. Balde must prove himself again because when a dead team like Manchester United is having second thoughts on your arrival, then you need really look yourself in the mirror.

Ask yourself, will United fans have second thoughts on Nuno Mendes or even a liability like Grimaldo? These are the critical questions you must ask and answer them yourself concerning the road runner Balde.

Techu:
Let flick go and coach Nottingham forest or better still Bilbao and make them a top team let's see.

Players matter not the coach.

AirBere:
If you don't understand that this is a wrong way to analyse coaches then to each, their own.

Meanwhile, players or coach don't matter. It's not one or the other. It's usually both. But I always lean towards coaches. For instance, the players Xavi said wont be able to compete, Flick came, used same players including weakling Dejong and won every available trophy and was some minutes to the ucl final.

On Balde, he's behind semi washed Cancelo and a 19 year old midfielder.

Techu:
I will not attribute it to hansi flick making the players better.

If the players are willing to work with a coach they will do well, simple.
It has nothing to do with the coach.

AirBere:
Ok. 👍

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Man of the match

I don't like this Raph's new beard cut,prefer that goatie.

Techu:
Well coaches are not perfect

And that's why they get sacked.

One thing about Barca is that, at the beginning of the season, we always do well, everyone praising us, Barca is a UCL contender, blah blah.

But wait till knock out stage when they kick us out and cubarsi and kounder and Eric drops their usual disaster.

I am not expecting this season to be different though, Although I hope it turns out to be different.
Until we play a top European team, I won't rate the squad.

I saw clicks of Araujo at Liverpool and I was like My God is this Araujo.

We cannot lose good players all because they are not in flick good books.
This was the reason I was certainly against Balde leaving. They would fall into the hands of another coach and become monsters.

Whenever Balde plays, we are gonna watch his game closely. I watch every Barca match.

I want this misconceptions about Balde to stop.

Bimmarlykay:
Niqqa you're in pains,and i like that. Earlier this season,you said you're waiting for Flick/Barça's downfall...now you're hoping, Hope Uzodinma.

Balde is a misfit, Barça moved on.Simple!

Techu:
I cannot be in pains over people who don't know me.

I don't like Hansi Flick.
Unfortunately his downfall would mean the downfall of Barca.

If you like him, Good for you.
Me i don't.

Bimmarlykay:
Then if you ain't in pain, allow us enjoy our great season so far,when we start failing, come.

Balde this,Balde that,where was Balde last season or 2?.

Bimmarlykay:
Then if you ain't in pain, allow us enjoy our great season so far,when we start failing, come.

Balde this,Balde that,where was Balde last season or 2?.

AirBere:

This season it's teku and Balde who's behind saudi Cancelo and a 19 year old midfielder.

Last season it was kul10 and the man who saved Barça. aka Sir Clifford.

Next season, it'll be Bisiwu and a new moniker after Bisiwu scores a hat trick in copa del ray and Flick stops playing him.

Techu:
I love Balde

Allow me to love him