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[Albion] Valentín Barco **Signed 20/01/24**
- Thread starter Bozza
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Dunk?
Exactly.
Great start, hope he plays at Plucky.
Disagree with the ‘lack of pace’ comment, not many players give Walker a 5 yard start, with or without the ball, then recover to get goal side.
(Shame he then dived in though).
Uh_huh_him
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- Sep 28, 2011
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Loved the way he pinged the ball in from the couple of corners he took.
Clearly he's been impressing in training, not sure I've ever seen the first corner being taken by anyone other than Gross.
Horrible cross under no pressure in the second half though.
Clearly he's been impressing in training, not sure I've ever seen the first corner being taken by anyone other than Gross.
Horrible cross under no pressure in the second half though.
Withdean11
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The third goal was just as much on Baleba as it was on Barco.
Whoa! Since when have we called him 'Mitty'? And can we stop it please. Immediately.
- Jul 10, 2003
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Looked very positive, some great control taking in long passes and I like the way he fires corners in at pace. Got caught out a few times, a couple of which led to goals but probably a good lesson for a young player in a very competitive league. I suspect we'll see a lot more of him next season and maybe a bit more this 
Looked really good I thought. Arrogant little get as well - which is like. Shouting at other players and demanding the ball. Great corner and is deceptively quick. Just has one of those slow looking gaits. Diddled one of their players with a nice drag back and pass in the second half. Definitely looks more of a midfielder or wing back though.
Hotchilidog
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- Jan 24, 2009
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Impressive full debut. It's clear there will be an adjustment period for Colo and this run-in provides the perfect opportunity to gain some experience. Shame he was kind of stitched up for the third but that aside he was my MotM for the Albion. Very composed, positive attitude against a highly motivated City. A baptism of fire and I think Valentin did as much as anyone could have expected. I'd not loan him out, let him learn here.
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.
schmunk
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His flat corners are a big improvement on Gross' delivery, and I was impressed with him shooing Gross away for one in the NW corner near the end.
PascalGroß Tips
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- Jan 29, 2024
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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.
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Hmmmmmm, tapped up already and in plain sight!!!
Well they were interested originally but think he joined us as more game time and I suspect we will not be loaning him out.
- Oct 20, 2022
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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
Comrade Sam
Comrade Sam
I thought he looked good, but just read a piece of tut on the internet - apparently his debut was a disaster and Boca were right to say it was too soon for him to leave.
Silly Billies.
Silly Billies.
Jackthelad
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- Mar 31, 2010
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A lot of potential, raw yes, but he has skills that some of our players will never have. I like to see him get stronger, build muscle, but he has really nice touches but really does need to get physically stronger and deal with pressure better.
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
Someone may have mentioned this, but Hinshelwood had a pretty challenging debut (that walloping at Villa), then a rather dodgy start in the match at Forest….but he has class, and a great football brain - despite his age. I’m pretty sure Barco has the same attributes. We could easily see them at LB and RB next season (although Jack should probably play further forward).