On episode 404, Dan is joined by Kevin Williams to discuss Barcelona’s 4-0 win over Ernesto Valverde’s Athletic Club. They talk Dembele, Balde, Lewandowski’s finish, Kessie, and much more!
0:00 Barcelona 4-0 Athletic Club
1:00 Sergi Roberto’s injury
5:14 Dembele had himself a day
13:05 Balde’s Best Barça Game
27:38 Lewandowski’s Finish
37:40 Kessie’s Issues
48:02 Bayern Munich Preview
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Great analysis Dan!
Reprehensible human??? Okay bro. Get off your high horse
A "partnership" with Dembele insists that the back behind him be ready to cover for his incredible turnover rate. Against a decent team, because Bilbao is plain awful, Barca would have paid a price for all those freebies. Dembele should excel against poor teams, that is not the question. Against good teams, he is a non-factor, and y'all are falling for this pattern YET again. It's incredible how people have not picked up on how he does well (enough) against poor teams but is mediocre against challenging opponents. This is not what you need out of a "world-class" forward. He was very fortunate to have Kounde and Balde locking the back down. Dembele is like an Isaak. He really shows and looks great against a plain background, but put him with some competition and he fades away.
Dembele is just to inconsistent . 1 game great ,4 games bad. This has gone on for to long now. I've lost faith in dembele . I'm not saying that he doesn't have great potential and abilities but the inconsistency is ridiculous . All the big matches dembele has disappeared . Bayern and inter for example .
i was wondering why this video was an hour long and then i heard the guest speakers tempo and it all made sense
hey Dan how can I be guest on your show?
Imagine being Busquets, 34 years old and the fanbase calls him “Grandpa Busquets” 💀
Ferran should always start
I think it’s a pattern for you to bring in pessimists on your podcasts 😂
I love Kevin's unvarnished opinion. All too often, neither the manager, the club, the press, nor the "fanboy" fans hold faded players accountable. However, a large contingent of vociferous fans have said enough-is-enough and have called out "grandpa" Busquets, "geriatric" Roberto, and I will add: "egomaniacal" Pique. Only with the whistles and criticism has the club sat Busquets, has decided to go hard-pass on Roberto (1 year contract) and have attempted to unload Alba. And another unvarnished truth: Alonso killed an innocent girl while driving drunk, and nothing happened to him. Dan is right, Balde is a far better player than Dest and total ownership of that left back position should soon be his. Also, Alba didn't really get in on the precision passes until both Alves and Neymar left, so Balde has time to get that down. FDJ's long-passes are hopefully a glimpse of a potential DeBruyne in the making. As far as Raphinha is concerned, Barca has had a recent track record of killing a forward's magic: Coutinho, Deulofeu, Raphinha…
What a Buzz Kill. Thanks Kevin, the way you described Dembele makes the title of the episode so schizophrenic! Look, Xavi is the only Manager that got Dambouz to play at this level. Show some love will ya