He was my MOM
Dunk?
He was my MOM
Exactly.Dunk?
Whoa! Since when have we called him 'Mitty'? And can we stop it please. Immediately.Get Mitty and solly back and things aren't so bad.
His cover for the overlap required a centre forward playing left midfield to have a detailed understanding of defending against an overlapping full back, he was very much on his own.Agree. He looked out of his depth at left back. Out of position for first goal, gifted them the third, a few other mistakes in there as well. Much better up field.
Great analysis. Well done on Pedro who went to Barco after to give him some reassurance. I was disappointed that none of the senior players did so - especially Dunk. Barco's confidence could have been completely blown after and he could have ended up hiding on the pitch. But I thought he was as good as anyone else and loved seeing him getting stuck in and winning tackles. Put in some decent (and different) corners too.His cover for the overlap required a centre forward playing left midfield to have a detailed understanding of defending against an overlapping full back, he was very much on his own.
The third was a real case of whodunnit. Barco won the ball made space and went to play the forward pass into the space which had opened up on the left hand side. This was clearly the drill as he hesitated to see if anyone was going to move into the space. There was no response so he cut back towards the centre of the pitch and then tried a much riskier pass. The thing is we may never know who went to sleep and forgot what they were supposed to be doing.
Well they were interested originally but think he joined us as more game time and I suspect we will not be loaning him out.Hmmmmmm, tapped up already and in plain sight!!!
Doubt that was what it was about.Hmmmmmm, tapped up already and in plain sight!!!
I think @Surf's Up was being humerus. We occasionally see Pep with his arm round the shoulders of a opposition young player who has done well.Doubt that was what it was about.
Barco doesn’t need to be tapped up to Citeh - they ‘apparently’ were in direct serious talks with Boca Jnrs for months (as far back as last August) about signing him - Pep will know Barco quite well personally because Citeh dealt with Barco and his agents directly when they went out to SA. Barco was apparently keen on joining them too but were they unable to offer the lad immediate Premier League football instead were looking to a loan period with Leicester City.
Having said that, Citeh will almost certainly be in Barco’s radar and they may come back for him in a few seasons, maybe as early as summer ‘25, once we have improved him![]()