Lost soul

I’m curious to know which under-18 players you think have been “impressive” this season in the top 5 leagues.

True, but for a 17 year old(then) to bench an arguably world class player is impressive regardless.

Barcelona forums are always overly critical and toxic, so I highly recommend not taking their opinions at face value. [added to say: r/barca is a better place to look for player opinions] There’s a reason why Pedri benched Pjanic the entire season, and is a starter for Spain, while there’s Thiago, Fabian Ruiz etc on the bench. I agree his performance dropped off in last few weeks, he looked tired. He’s 18 and he’s played almost 50 games this season... “He hasn’t done anything special at Barca” isn’t true. On Moriba, he’s barely played and they already hate him.

You’ve described exactly why we have and need stats. Because it’s simply not possible to watch every single player out there. For the sake of argument, let’s say you somehow manage to do it, how are you going to convince me that player A is better than player B? Especially if they are defenders or midfielders. We’re all biased. While eye test is important, stats- when used with proper context- are extremely useful. Judging a midfielder with how many goals and assists he has?

Kulusevski + cash or DCL? Koopmeiners+ Geertruida or DCL?

Keep, I believe. Sergi Roberto is likely to leave.

Give Kante for Lorenzo Pellegrini + Declan Rice? (all three of them would start for me)

I’d give ocampos+ Sow for dembele Kimmich+ Griezmann

Give Hakim Ziyech for Frank Kessie?

Duo unless you already have a really strong team with proper depth imo.

Ah snap nvm, thought Frankfurt was a ligue 1 team for about 10 minutes ...😭

Still possible? Frankfurt got over yday.

Duo IMO. Weird as Depay got a +1 from a higher rating...

Gerard Moreno too.

Thanks! Adding on to that, Kubo, Silva Brenner, Simon Sohm- sell? [Brenner(1G, 0A in 5 games so far)seems to play for a really poor MLS side- bottom of the table... ]