Hello! Apologies, we used an image of Pau Victor for Hector Fort at 27:04 and also mislabeled him as aged 22 instead of 18. We'll be more careful in the future.
Because 1.Barca has la masia and they churn in great players many of barca starters are youth players of their academy united dont have that heritage 2.People especially united fans are delusional sometimes
@@Btw8901 lol heritage? Man Utd literally dominated the 1990s with their youth academy and won the UCL in 99. They had a better Youth Academy and more UCL's than Barcelona in the 1990s up until 2006 Messi Xavi Iniesta era. Only recently has their academy dried up after Fergie.
@@alexojideaguuhm, yeah, they had 1 UCL more :))) And they've had good academy back then as well, players like Guardiola, Luis Garcia, Pepe Reina, Guillermo Amor, Sergi Barjuan etc, came through the academy. Not on the level of the Xavi and Iniesta generation, but high level players nonetheless.
Ten hag played attractive football with Ajax. I still remember how they dominated Real Madrid in Bernabéu. I think the problem is with united players and the environment there.
Because Madrid, instead of signing to improve on a very well balanced system, ditched the system to sign (and accomodate) a galatico. Barca, on the other hand, got a a very good coach who built a very good system around what the club has available. Both clubs basically reverted to type.
Should’ve signed someone like Kimmich to compensate for the loss of Kroos. They have 0 creators in the midfield, everyone there is just running around trying to overpower players and 0 time trying to make creative passes. Modric can, but he’s only one guy and he’s too old to be starting hard games. Arda Guler can provide something like that but i guess Ancelotti is just not interested in the player.
@@orvilfuentes5444 it Vini and Rodrygo were both young and developing when they joined 😂 IF Arda had any of the ability to back the hype he would be on the team.
@SouthJerzVillains 5 penalties in 6 games. Ref already handed Madrid 5 points they shouldn't have. But sure I'm crazy. Just watch. Every time Barca is in a good spot refs save Madrid.
Yup. Madrid absolutely needs a classical striker. There are limits to Vini and Rodrigo without Kroos and Modric, which a resurgent Barca have started to show them.
They need someone who can pass the ball and be a real creative midfielder. They bought young guys who are much better at defending or intercepting the ball.
So a penalty isn't a goal? What are you saying? All the clubs in the world are dumb for having a penalty taker selected since it's a free goal right? Heck, have a fan from the crowd take it because it's so easy and guaranteed to go in. That's what you are implying.
What a great video. In an online world of football where there is so much noise for so called content. These guys so chill and delivering fact after fact without agendas.
as a barca fan, the unhealthy amount of hype toward the current barca somehow make me worried about el classico. guess i haven't recovered from the trauma of these past few years of suffering lmfao. edit : i guess im worried for nothing, and the only thing that could make it better is if lewa could just score the hat trick. but that aside, very well done barca.
Rudiger’s goal came from a Mbappe cross from the right wing. Vini’s goal was an open goal, tackle on Mbappe by Dortmund defender. Lucas’ goal came from the right, he passed the ball, it deflected back to him & he scored individually. Vini’s 2nd goal, he got the ball inside his own half & ran with & scored from outside the box. Kylian’s run making it easier. Vini’s 3rd goal is individual brilliance. No goal was scored from proggresive plays through the middle like they say in this video.
Sorry, you're right. I've mistakenly used a photo of Pau Victor not Hector Fort. And I've also mislabeled him as being 22 instead of 18. Thanks for the reminder, we'll be more vigilant in future episodes!
@@_DioBrando_bro flick started his Barca career like 2 months ago, of course carlo is gonna have much more trophy in his Madrid career because he has been coaching them for several years
@@ilham9108 If he only started a few months ago, then no one should be spewing this "collective teamwork vs Individual quality" rubbish. Let Barca earn it on the pitch with silverware first. Btw I only mentioned the major trophies Carlo won in his second stint. He also won another CL in his first stint. So that's 2 Ligas, 3 CLs and a handful of other trophies. Barca have a long way to go before matching that.
1. Bellingham is an average Central midfielder. 2. Mbappe is at his best when there is a Central striker for him to play off, usually off the left. 3. Vinicius is at his best attacking space off the left, very much like Mbappe, but he is also able to create more than Mbappe does. 3. Without Kroos and Modric playing limited minutes, due to his age, the Real Madrid midfield isn't creative enough nor is dominant enough with the ball. A very physical midfield but something that can't dominate a game.
A rare positive video about Barcelona from The Athletic. I guess it helps that Dermot and Balluis were nowhere near this, their takes after the Sevilla gane were ghastly especially with Ayo sneaking in the talk about Barcas finances coz that seems to be the only thing he knows about Barca.
The last hyped up El Clasico and which was very even pre-game and delivered as well was the 2-2 draw, in Ronaldo's last El Clasico. Ronaldo, Messi, Bale and Suarez all scored. These current players still don't give the same hit as Messi and Ronaldo, but it will be damn exciting. I support Madrid and Man United, but if Flick's Barca continue to believe in their aggressive style and win today, mad respect for them. We forget that Barca do have a talented squad but a squad which is very very young. Flick is doing wonders.
@@DS-bz4mz Why? What's wrong with that? I started watching football because of Ronaldo and I always liked to watch a transitional fast style of play, so I naturally ended up supporting both these teams, and that too when City and Barca were on the top. And Man United have made things easy for me by not playing in the CL, because they can't come up against Madrid LOL! The game would go wrong if I would dump United to watch Madrid just because they are winning. Pretty sure many Ronaldo fans also support both teams.
These guys are actually smart and know ball and their opinions are backed with stats and data, unlike thos ESPN FC pundits TRASH ! I suspect they watch football like that
Randomly cued up an episode of the podcast the other day . . . was ecstatic that Joe was back. Felt like the good old days with all the hilarious silliness ❤️.
Barcelonista here, I had to listen to the game instead of watching it and must admit that while I didn’t think winning beyond us, specially after the first half, I was very pleasantly surprised to get the W nonetheless and to have our front three all perform and score, it surely did wonders to uplift us from an otherwise disappointing season last year, specially in Europe. Kudos to our players but here goes my unbiased analytics of Madrid: You can’t continue to say their missing Kroos is at the root of their failing but rather the early stage they find themselves in what with figuring out their best approach. Barça’s high line is essentially keeping is from conceding much and for attacking sides like Madrid, they are going to try and turn that against us. We were absolutely spot on and created enough offsides to upturn Madrid and make them frustrated. This Madrid is a side that can only play and win when they have momentum and with that first Lewandovsky goal, we made them insecure and forced their hand. de Jong’s abilities centrally then tore them apart and we got four. Madrid can learn this from this game: play a 3-4-3 allowing Vini to play as LM and Mbappé to play a LAM/LW/LF role where he drifts in allowing Vini to take full advantage of the width and pace to overload the left flank. With a healthy Rodrygo play as a RAM/RF hybrid, Jude can better adjust to playing centrally and allowing for overloads moving left or make runs in centrally or right with Rodrygo. The other mids for Madrid should be Valverde as the RCM with either Tchouameni or Kamavinga slotting in in the CDM/LWB role so they can support the three at the back with Rudiger and Militão being the de facto CBs. Simply put, they’re going to become increasingly comfortable playing as pressing game and using their left flank speed to get in behind and Valverde will have to step up to play off Rodrygo on the right to somehow balance their mid and forward line.
4:55 Barcelona literally played the same way with Neymar, Suarez and Messi. There was a huge gap between the midfield and those three but 363 goals in 3 seasons between them took care of things....
Messi and Neymar are two of the greatest playmakers ever... add to that Busquets and Iniesta, and that team had more than enough creation. Vini and Mbappe are great, but they're nowhere near the same level of self-sufficient in offense as MSN were.
interesting how different the discussions on the BVB vs RM games are compared to here in Germany and internationally. For our media it was clear: Sahin missjudged and shouldnt have swapped Emre Can and Anton in and should have kept Gittens on the pitch, while you discuss it from the perspective of Madrid and what they did wrong in the first half.
a 12 yr old kid could play football manager and understand what the budget restraints are on registering footballers for barcelona, how does a professional board not understand?
Before I indulge in watching your opinion and (well-crafted) video on it: Barca fan here and since the days of Tiki Taka it has been somewhat painful. I am happy to see fresh faces and immense talent at the club. My other liked team is in a much worse situation squad-wise , Manchester United.
I've always understood Toni Kroos' role as space and control.... He was the brain of the team, he always figured out where space is, and with his passing controlled the game and how his team used space. When a progressive pass was going to just inevitably end up coming back he would opt against it, and when a chance was on he would pass the ball to someone who could make the chance come about.... Someone like Fede (who has taken over most of Toni's metronomic passing duties) doesn't yet have the level of reading to fully understand when a progressive pass will lead to a chance and when it's likely to run into a dead end. And although Luka has just about the same passing range as Toni, they are too different for him to just slot in and do his role. And I think the player who has the most similar thinking patterns in possession currently would be Rodri at City. And since there's no more Tonis on the market, Real need to phase out the Toni role and rework their midfield instead of giving his role to Jude and Fede
Hmm.. So Real is having a Midfield issue. Barcelona doesn't have that problem due to continuity and youth. Barcelona getting healthy makes things even more scary
In the goal scoring section, and then just saying how many goals Vini and Mbappe have does not tell the full story. I think mention the fact that a lot of those are actually pks would give a better representation of how poorly they are playing together
Jude Bellingham is nothing like Kroos. Bellingham is a typical English box to box, arrive late in the box and score goals player. Bellingham cannot dictate the game, his passing range is average and he’s not that technical. The English have done the usual overrating of their players. Bellingham is not a replacement for Kroos at all. The English think a great midfielder is someone who scores goals and gets stuck in. On the continent great midfielders are players who are technical, great passers and can dictate a game like a Modric, Kroos and iniesta. This view is why the English very rarely produce players who dictate the game. On where gavi fits in. The lads were saying he could go in the 10 position but gavi isn’t that creative. Olmo is far superior to gavi in every way in the offensive side of the game. IMO there is no starting place for gavi in this team. He’s a solid squad player but not a starter. I think he’s very overrated and also he gets carded constantly which puts the team at risk of getting a man sent off.
As a Barca fan. You can’t imagine how wonderful this is. They bought Bellingham and Mbappé. I mean it’s basically Galacticos 2.0. And they are losing. To an attack consisting of an 18 year old. A 36 year old and an underrated Player. You love to see it.
That’s a heckuva headline to start.😂😂😂😂. Mbappe has scored half his goals from the penalty spot. So it has been a challenge so far. And Jude was running in his lane this past weekend against Barca.
I respect the panels knowledge and all you guys bring to the table but One of the main characters of a striker is being able to play with back facing the goal .....THATS NOT MBAPPE ....MBAPPE IS NOT A STRIKER ..
3 of Mbappe's 6 goals and 2 of Vini's 5 came from penalties. So whether the two can synergize in open play, while wanting to occupy similar spaces, is still very much an unanswered question.
Hello! Apologies, we used an image of Pau Victor for Hector Fort at 27:04 and also mislabeled him as aged 22 instead of 18.
We'll be more careful in the future.
Why shutting up is better and talking is worse
That was a trapezoid, not rhomboid at min 8:57
How could you.... completely ruined my day, i feel traumatised, i feel i was cheated, you can't just do that
Hector Fort would have been more careful.
Unforgivable
Posting this before the 4-0 thrashing is wild
They know ball
I mean good way to prove their point
Everyone with a brain knew Barca were better, and they proved it now.
I mean everyone knew this was happening
Yeah the Real defense aged badly...
Anyone here after 4-0 vs Madrid 😅
Yeah
YEAH
Yeah
You all are fast
Why did Bayern ever let go of Flick? He’s been an elite manager for years, it about time he gets his respect
Isn't it crazy how Barca can go from disaster to a top team in a short time and people still think Ten Hag needs time.
financial disaster no less, said what you want about united but they always has cash to splurge
Because
1.Barca has la masia and they churn in great players many of barca starters are youth players of their academy united dont have that heritage
2.People especially united fans are delusional sometimes
@@Btw8901 lol heritage? Man Utd literally dominated the 1990s with their youth academy and won the UCL in 99. They had a better Youth Academy and more UCL's than Barcelona in the 1990s up until 2006 Messi Xavi Iniesta era. Only recently has their academy dried up after Fergie.
@@alexojideaguuhm, yeah, they had 1 UCL more :))) And they've had good academy back then as well, players like Guardiola, Luis Garcia, Pepe Reina, Guillermo Amor, Sergi Barjuan etc, came through the academy. Not on the level of the Xavi and Iniesta generation, but high level players nonetheless.
Ten hag played attractive football with Ajax. I still remember how they dominated Real Madrid in Bernabéu. I think the problem is with united players and the environment there.
This aged like fine wine.
Not the Real defence.
what?
@@aldenpadilla1773 never heard that expression before?
@@aldenpadilla1773F wine gets better as it gets older. This video makes more sense now after the 4-0
Because Madrid, instead of signing to improve on a very well balanced system, ditched the system to sign (and accomodate) a galatico. Barca, on the other hand, got a a very good coach who built a very good system around what the club has available.
Both clubs basically reverted to type.
Should’ve signed someone like Kimmich to compensate for the loss of Kroos. They have 0 creators in the midfield, everyone there is just running around trying to overpower players and 0 time trying to make creative passes. Modric can, but he’s only one guy and he’s too old to be starting hard games. Arda Guler can provide something like that but i guess Ancelotti is just not interested in the player.
@@BIadeloresancelotti is not gonna trust a young developing player 😂
@@orvilfuentes5444Kimmich is 29😭😭😭
@@BIadeloresI'm starting to think they signed him because Barcelona wanted him
@@orvilfuentes5444 it Vini and Rodrygo were both young and developing when they joined 😂 IF Arda had any of the ability to back the hype he would be on the team.
Again, after so many years, there is some thrill in watching El Classico.
Yeah I agree
Finally Barcelona can match up to Real Madrid and the el clasico hopefully can become like it was with Messi and Ronaldo 😌
to be fair not for me. i know the ref will burry barca today. just how it is
@@sadssadsa5944already crying in advance is crazy lmao
@SouthJerzVillains 5 penalties in 6 games. Ref already handed Madrid 5 points they shouldn't have. But sure I'm crazy.
Just watch. Every time Barca is in a good spot refs save Madrid.
@@SouthJerzVillains firat free kicks Madrid gets should be a Barca Fredrick. Go figure. First 5 min ref already helping. Lol.
Who’s here after Barca won Madrid 4-0😂
hi there
Should've been 6 - 0 like dammit Robert haha. But he did show up when he was most needed
I love how Madrid used Mbappe to solve the problem that didn’t exist in the first place…
as barca fan we know if instead of mbappe they would sign Haaland ,its game over for us
Yup. Madrid absolutely needs a classical striker. There are limits to Vini and Rodrigo without Kroos and Modric, which a resurgent Barca have started to show them.
Brilliant! Thank you!
They need someone who can pass the ball and be a real creative midfielder.
They bought young guys who are much better at defending or intercepting the ball.
If only he kept things as they were 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 he actually made them worse.
Dude said Mbappe got 6 goals like 5 of them weren’t from penalties.
Only 2 lewa got more pens
So? He gets in the position where he forces penalty.
@@MildlyHumorous-cq1nn the refs gift Madrid penalties you mean.
@@OddEyes1 lewa got more pens
So a penalty isn't a goal? What are you saying? All the clubs in the world are dumb for having a penalty taker selected since it's a free goal right? Heck, have a fan from the crowd take it because it's so easy and guaranteed to go in. That's what you are implying.
Picture of Pau Victor speaking of Hector Fort 😂😂
Great video though
aged like fine wine
yeah y'all cooked hard
I guess I'm the first. Cheers!!
P.S. JJ Bull's "Pedri Pedri Pedri" needs to be heard in the new Spotify Camp Nou.
What a great video. In an online world of football where there is so much noise for so called content. These guys so chill and delivering fact after fact without agendas.
as a barca fan, the unhealthy amount of hype toward the current barca somehow make me worried about el classico. guess i haven't recovered from the trauma of these past few years of suffering lmfao.
edit : i guess im worried for nothing, and the only thing that could make it better is if lewa could just score the hat trick. but that aside, very well done barca.
We beat bayern so i am pretty confident tbh
@@Prettyepic12 you aint beating madrid
Relax bro
Think we did alright today
Calma bro calma❤
yall called it
Rudiger’s goal came from a Mbappe cross from the right wing.
Vini’s goal was an open goal, tackle on Mbappe by Dortmund defender.
Lucas’ goal came from the right, he passed the ball, it deflected back to him & he scored individually.
Vini’s 2nd goal, he got the ball inside his own half & ran with & scored from outside the box. Kylian’s run making it easier.
Vini’s 3rd goal is individual brilliance.
No goal was scored from proggresive plays through the middle like they say in this video.
Vini's 2nd goal came after Jude's challenge in Madrid's half.
27:02 , That's not Hector Fort ; That's Pau Victor
Surely if Hector Fort replaced the graphics guy, he would do it definitely better.
Also he's not 22, he's only 17. Loads of potential
Sorry, you're right.
I've mistakenly used a photo of Pau Victor not Hector Fort. And I've also mislabeled him as being 22 instead of 18.
Thanks for the reminder, we'll be more vigilant in future episodes!
I won't blame the editor because those Barca kids all look the same to me. 😅
Alpaca hair
Without watching the Full vid.. you're right
Hansi's Barcelona : Collective Teamwork
Carlo's Madrid : Individual Quality
That’s what media keeps pushing and it’s kinda bs
Carlo's Madrid: 2 Ligas , 2 UCLs
Flick's Barca: Nada
@@_DioBrando_bro flick started his Barca career like 2 months ago, of course carlo is gonna have much more trophy in his Madrid career because he has been coaching them for several years
@@_DioBrando_ You somehow managed to make the dumbest comment in RUclips history, congrats.
@@ilham9108 If he only started a few months ago, then no one should be spewing this "collective teamwork vs Individual quality" rubbish. Let Barca earn it on the pitch with silverware first.
Btw I only mentioned the major trophies Carlo won in his second stint. He also won another CL in his first stint. So that's 2 Ligas, 3 CLs and a handful of other trophies. Barca have a long way to go before matching that.
That reply to “Do you drink soup or eat it?” 🤦🏾♂️😂
1. Bellingham is an average Central midfielder.
2. Mbappe is at his best when there is a Central striker for him to play off, usually off the left.
3. Vinicius is at his best attacking space off the left, very much like Mbappe, but he is also able to create more than Mbappe does.
3. Without Kroos and Modric playing limited minutes, due to his age, the Real Madrid midfield isn't creative enough nor is dominant enough with the ball. A very physical midfield but something that can't dominate a game.
"In many ways, it would be good if they er..scored every time".
Brilliant comedic pause/timing LOL
Liked. Subscribed.
Who's here after the 4-0 over Madrid 🤣🤣🤣
A rare positive video about Barcelona from The Athletic. I guess it helps that Dermot and Balluis were nowhere near this, their takes after the Sevilla gane were ghastly especially with Ayo sneaking in the talk about Barcas finances coz that seems to be the only thing he knows about Barca.
Toni Kroos was the Joe Devine of Real Madrid
The Tifo football podcast of the Tifo channel if you will
Watching JJ clap back later with the pivot watcher comment was amazing
Watching JJ clap back later with the pivot watcher comment was amazing
The last hyped up El Clasico and which was very even pre-game and delivered as well was the 2-2 draw, in Ronaldo's last El Clasico. Ronaldo, Messi, Bale and Suarez all scored.
These current players still don't give the same hit as Messi and Ronaldo, but it will be damn exciting. I support Madrid and Man United, but if Flick's Barca continue to believe in their aggressive style and win today, mad respect for them. We forget that Barca do have a talented squad but a squad which is very very young. Flick is doing wonders.
I support Barca and united.. glade at least one of the teams we support are doing well..😅😂...
You support ManU *and* Real? Game's unironically gone
@@DS-bz4mzI'm telling you 😅. But yeah they're fans like that
@@DS-bz4mz Why? What's wrong with that? I started watching football because of Ronaldo and I always liked to watch a transitional fast style of play, so I naturally ended up supporting both these teams, and that too when City and Barca were on the top. And Man United have made things easy for me by not playing in the CL, because they can't come up against Madrid LOL!
The game would go wrong if I would dump United to watch Madrid just because they are winning. Pretty sure many Ronaldo fans also support both teams.
@@yeabsiramengistu1002 bro i support barca and united too
For the first time in a long time El Clasico hyped people up and what a game it was!
Wow, this aged like fine wine
JJ casually dropping more info about new FM features than SI have
These guys are actually smart and know ball and their opinions are backed with stats and data, unlike thos ESPN FC pundits TRASH ! I suspect they watch football like that
Never lose the humour that you guys out into these videos 😂😂 I always love the analysis and chuckle and the jokes
you are a damn wizard Athletic
Randomly cued up an episode of the podcast the other day . . . was ecstatic that Joe was back. Felt like the good old days with all the hilarious silliness ❤️.
The month Barcelona are having is insane. Is it twenty-one goals and only conceded two 🤯
With bayern and real in the mix too, it’s insane
Barcelonista here, I had to listen to the game instead of watching it and must admit that while I didn’t think winning beyond us, specially after the first half, I was very pleasantly surprised to get the W nonetheless and to have our front three all perform and score, it surely did wonders to uplift us from an otherwise disappointing season last year, specially in Europe. Kudos to our players but here goes my unbiased analytics of Madrid:
You can’t continue to say their missing Kroos is at the root of their failing but rather the early stage they find themselves in what with figuring out their best approach. Barça’s high line is essentially keeping is from conceding much and for attacking sides like Madrid, they are going to try and turn that against us. We were absolutely spot on and created enough offsides to upturn Madrid and make them frustrated. This Madrid is a side that can only play and win when they have momentum and with that first Lewandovsky goal, we made them insecure and forced their hand. de Jong’s abilities centrally then tore them apart and we got four. Madrid can learn this from this game: play a 3-4-3 allowing Vini to play as LM and Mbappé to play a LAM/LW/LF role where he drifts in allowing Vini to take full advantage of the width and pace to overload the left flank. With a healthy Rodrygo play as a RAM/RF hybrid, Jude can better adjust to playing centrally and allowing for overloads moving left or make runs in centrally or right with Rodrygo. The other mids for Madrid should be Valverde as the RCM with either Tchouameni or Kamavinga slotting in in the CDM/LWB role so they can support the three at the back with Rudiger and Militão being the de facto CBs. Simply put, they’re going to become increasingly comfortable playing as pressing game and using their left flank speed to get in behind and Valverde will have to step up to play off Rodrygo on the right to somehow balance their mid and forward line.
4:55 Barcelona literally played the same way with Neymar, Suarez and Messi. There was a huge gap between the midfield and those three but 363 goals in 3 seasons between them took care of things....
Messi and Neymar are two of the greatest playmakers ever... add to that Busquets and Iniesta, and that team had more than enough creation. Vini and Mbappe are great, but they're nowhere near the same level of self-sufficient in offense as MSN were.
interesting how different the discussions on the BVB vs RM games are compared to here in Germany and internationally. For our media it was clear: Sahin missjudged and shouldnt have swapped Emre Can and Anton in and should have kept Gittens on the pitch, while you discuss it from the perspective of Madrid and what they did wrong in the first half.
21:30 Absolutely savage😂
Mbappe isn't that good he's just super quick.
Thank you for having actual objective analysis of football.
a 12 yr old kid could play football manager and understand what the budget restraints are on registering footballers for barcelona, how does a professional board not understand?
Because its not as simple as a bloody video game
dunno i reckon you should knock their doors down and demand a job
anyone here after the match? Cuz I am.
Thank you youtube
Its simple they didn't replace Kroos and signed a 2nd LW instead which clogs up Vini's space
This aged so well that I pledge to never miss an episode.
They went through a lot of work to do this video and all many people are worried is that they mixed up Pau Victor and Hector Fort.
Imagine....pleasing people is very difficult.
They mixed up pau and fort 😡🫵
@@theflashgordon193no, I’m pretty sure they got it right.
New to the sport, love that one gentleman who broke down the Dortmund game. Love that level of analysis
27:05 that’s Pau Victor 😭
People here after Real Madrid 0-4 Barça 👇🏾
No Kroos replacement = no control
Well, he certainly wasnt wrong 🤣
I swear everyone was saying how much of a problem Madrid would be adding Mbappé but I knew it would only create problems
Real Madrid 0-4 Barcelona
Crazy insight, props
Before I indulge in watching your opinion and (well-crafted) video on it: Barca fan here and since the days of Tiki Taka it has been somewhat painful. I am happy to see fresh faces and immense talent at the club. My other liked team is in a much worse situation squad-wise , Manchester United.
Barca really flicking well 🔥
that's really bad
Robert Lewandowski, the Joe Devine of Fc Barcelona
i have to apologize athletic, i wasn't familiar with your ball knowledge
4-0
From where do you get your t-shirts Jon? I'd want one of these.
I've always understood Toni Kroos' role as space and control.... He was the brain of the team, he always figured out where space is, and with his passing controlled the game and how his team used space. When a progressive pass was going to just inevitably end up coming back he would opt against it, and when a chance was on he would pass the ball to someone who could make the chance come about.... Someone like Fede (who has taken over most of Toni's metronomic passing duties) doesn't yet have the level of reading to fully understand when a progressive pass will lead to a chance and when it's likely to run into a dead end. And although Luka has just about the same passing range as Toni, they are too different for him to just slot in and do his role. And I think the player who has the most similar thinking patterns in possession currently would be Rodri at City. And since there's no more Tonis on the market, Real need to phase out the Toni role and rework their midfield instead of giving his role to Jude and Fede
I absolutely love the non-premier league content. Especially the Barça content!
Great analysis big up guys ❤
Great one
Why did madrid buy mbappe to make themselves weaker 😂
Hmm.. So Real is having a Midfield issue. Barcelona doesn't have that problem due to continuity and youth. Barcelona getting healthy makes things even more scary
Joe Devine is Toni Kroos of the channel. Spot On!
Real Madrid love their galacticos, but having all the best players doesn't always make you the best team
Damn bro aged like wine
Totally agree that Joe is the Kroos of Tifo and the Athletic. JJ is the Pedri. John is the versatile and Stalwart James Milner
I love how so often the tifo boys bridge the gap between eye test vs data. The truth is always in between and they really help bring that to the fore
You were right
Damn, i was really excited about hearing Toni Kroos’ opinion on soup consumption.
This aged well
im hereeeee💥💥💥💥💥💥
JJ getting sunburn off that orange wall.
In the goal scoring section, and then just saying how many goals Vini and Mbappe have does not tell the full story. I think mention the fact that a lot of those are actually pks would give a better representation of how poorly they are playing together
That’s Pau Victor not Hector Fort 🤣🤣
Jude Bellingham is nothing like Kroos. Bellingham is a typical English box to box, arrive late in the box and score goals player. Bellingham cannot dictate the game, his passing range is average and he’s not that technical. The English have done the usual overrating of their players. Bellingham is not a replacement for Kroos at all. The English think a great midfielder is someone who scores goals and gets stuck in. On the continent great midfielders are players who are technical, great passers and can dictate a game like a Modric, Kroos and iniesta. This view is why the English very rarely produce players who dictate the game.
On where gavi fits in. The lads were saying he could go in the 10 position but gavi isn’t that creative. Olmo is far superior to gavi in every way in the offensive side of the game. IMO there is no starting place for gavi in this team. He’s a solid squad player but not a starter. I think he’s very overrated and also he gets carded constantly which puts the team at risk of getting a man sent off.
1:35 i love the stoic reaction from jj lmfao
Huge credibility upgrade
As a Barca fan. You can’t imagine how wonderful this is. They bought Bellingham and Mbappé. I mean it’s basically Galacticos 2.0. And they are losing. To an attack consisting of an 18 year old. A 36 year old and an underrated Player. You love to see it.
This is Madrid we make comebacks just watch 😎
This has aged well 🤣
my fav yt serie
That’s a heckuva headline to start.😂😂😂😂. Mbappe has scored half his goals from the penalty spot. So it has been a challenge so far. And Jude was running in his lane this past weekend against Barca.
Loved the awkward tension
I respect the panels knowledge and all you guys bring to the table but One of the main characters of a striker is being able to play with back facing the goal .....THATS NOT MBAPPE ....MBAPPE IS NOT A STRIKER ..
Crazy how much regocnition Kroos is finally getting. Deserved, too.
Toni Kroos’ importance to Real Madrid is equivalent to Joe Devine’s importance to the Athletic podcast
I know it took a lot for y’all not to go deep into the drink vs. eat soup debate😂😂 👏👏
Great analysis guys!!! The El Classico is shaping up to be a real show
Pivot watcher is the best name for a position
3 of Mbappe's 6 goals and 2 of Vini's 5 came from penalties. So whether the two can synergize in open play, while wanting to occupy similar spaces, is still very much an unanswered question.
Miss when the podcast was like this
Hansi Flick. That's it. Barca haven't had an elite coach in 10 years
Best manager since Guardiola.
some how i dont know how but we have to win or be in the final of the UCL to recover from this
Really loved the chemistry among these threes😂
The guy in the middle is actually annoying 🤡
I guess there will be no mention that a huge percentage of goals came from the penalty spot especially in La Liga.
man i love the athletic