Cristian 'The Flash' Tello

Good player..Reminds me a bit of Jese in RM and CR7.

Am i the only one who think he was the worst player in the pitch in the last 10 classicos (maybe even from both teams not just Barca)?

eelir wrote:Am i the only one who think he was the worst player in the pitch in the last 10 classicos (maybe even from both teams not just Barca)?

don't over-react.. he had a decent game..
he's 20 playing his 1st clasico.. what do u expect from him? to win us the game?
he is no Messi, Tello is a very talented winger with great potential.. yesterday, he showed some confidence, when he had the ball tried his best to create chances trough dribbling against Arbeloa, took a gd shot from outside the box etc.. ( the most important, Tello wasn't afraid, his work-rate /pressing/tracking back, passing was very gd for a start..)
Its true that he missed an easy chance (Thiago's World Class final pass).. but its normal... I'm satisfied with what he offered in his 1st clasico...
He'll improve a lot with time while gaining experience..

Tello is Barca's Cr7! He'll be very useful in the future to break opponents defence...

Khaled wrote:

eelir wrote:Am i the only one who think he was the worst player in the pitch in the last 10 classicos (maybe even from both teams not just Barca)?

don't over-react.. he had a decent game..
he's 20 playing his 1st clasico.. what do u expect from him? to win us the game?
he is no Messi, Tello is a very talented winger with great potential.. yesterday, he showed some confidence, when he had the ball tried his best to create chances trough dribbling against Arbeloa, took a gd shot from outside the box etc.. ( the most important, Tello wasn't afraid, his work-rate /pressing/tracking back, passing was very gd for a start..)
Its true that he missed an easy chance (Thiago's World Class final pass).. but its normal... I'm satisfied with what he offered in his 1st clasico...
He'll improve a lot with time while gaining experience..

Tello is Barca's Cr7! He'll be very useful in the future to break opponents defence...

To be honest, I don't really see the potential in this kid. At best, he's probably gonna be someone like Pedro...a "so-so" player in a team of stars.

No offense, but I rate Walcott better than Tello, and I don't even really like Walcott. Tello is just too one dimensional, all he has going for him is speed. If you close his path, he is about as useful as an ashtray on a motor-cycle.

Tello just didn't have a good game.. ffs it happens when you put a kid in an el clasico to start.

Still, i think you're over-reacting.. Tello had a decent game, with time and more experience he will be very useful..
Other than the chance he missed (after Thiago's pass), he was okay.. again, what do u expect from him? No one said he's the new Messi..

He made good runs but his nerves were shot and couldn't take his chances.

I also disagree hes just speed. He can beat his man with trickery easily as well. Just needs to improve his crossing.

He wa bad, but I didn't expect anything good from him. B-team player starting in El Clasico. He play like B-team players do in that type of games and just as Muniesa, Fontas and the rest of not good enough La Masia products would do - terrible.

Tello will never be a starter in Barcelona, he is another Jeffren and Bojan = hyped not good enough player. He is good enough though for 6th/7th forward in the team.

Giggity5313 wrote:He made good runs but his nerves were shot and couldn't take his chances.

I also disagree hes just speed. He can beat his man with trickery easily as well. Just needs to improve his crossing.

he couldn't even beat Arlbeola one on one..everyone beats Arlbeola!

Khaled wrote:Still, i think you're over-reacting.. Tello had a decent game, with time and more experience he will be very useful..
Other than the chance he missed (after Thiago's pass), he was okay.. again, what do u expect from him? No one said he's the new Messi..

For a player you say is "Barca's CR7", great things are expected of him. Unfortunately, Tello is not Barca material.

Well i do not mind the shot, but Arbeloa had him in his pocket, at times i think he was letting him drible from inside just so he can disposes him and get the ball out. I mean he tried that countless time without anny affect but giving RM the ball. I get the feeling he is a bit too selfish and a one-trick pony.

If Tello finished his opportunities he'd have a brace and would be the hero of El Clasico. What would you say then?

He lacked composure, his finishing is still pretty ordinary. If he can improve upon that, he will do fine. He's intelligent and quick. You can say he's one-dimensional or not good enough all you like, at the end of the day he got in behind Arbeloa enough to put the game dead. When you're a striker, you only need to have a couple of chances to win a game. Tello is someone who seems to make those chances. He just missed them, and then lost his composure and it fell apart from there. Pep took that gamble.

I hope he's OK, I can see him being pretty crushed after that game.

Man, people and the overreacting.

Imagine if yall were around back in the days, its people like this that wanted Xavi out.

Obviously Tello isnt Xavi but be logical.

Tello is a B team player..he isnt new anything...he still should be with the B team. If things were normal injury and form wise, he would still be there.

His appearance in the Classico showed his hard work and great results, ahead of time, and he earned himself a chance.

He is a bit predictable at this point..but he is a work in progress and at his age, he is doing well for himself.

If he didnt miss the two chances, he knows he has the ability to put away, then all of a sudden he is the hero and probably the same people go overboard in the praise.

He is 20...he shouldnt even be playing..put that in perspective.

matpol wrote:He wa bad, but I didn't expect anything good from him. B-team player starting in El Clasico. He play like B-team players do in that type of games and just as Muniesa, Fontas and the rest of not good enough La Masia products would do - terrible.

Tello will never be a starter in Barcelona, he is another Jeffren and Bojan = hyped not good enough player. He is good enough though for 6th/7th forward in the team.

Damn , you are harsh here . he was too nervous, but don't forget it was a kid playing in a so important game .

Dani, tbh, I don't even buy into this predictable nonsense. So is Messi. You know what Messi is going to do, doesn't mean you can stop him.

He still blew past Arbeloa with his pace and made good runs into channels. He just didn't take his chances. Simple as that. Add Villa's finishing, and like I said, he'd be a hero worldwide right now.

Well there was 2 occassions I can think of, 1 v 1 with Arbeloa and he went on the outside trying to kick it past.

All Arbeloa had to do was get his body in the way early (as he knew exactly where he was going) and shepard the ball out of play.

Needed to come inside once in a while to keep him honest, or fake the outside and cut in. Just a bit more diversity with the ball at his feet.

Off the ball, not much to complain about at all. He got into good positions.

He's 20 ffs people

Sure he didn't have a fantastic game but neither did a lot of Barca players. All of a sudden he's 'not Barca quality'...? What?

Come on people he's 20, give him a break. He'll improve. That's what being 20 is about. It's WAY too early to write him off.

He's a great prospect.

BarcaKizz wrote:If Tello finished his opportunities he'd have a brace and would be the hero of El Clasico. What would you say then?

If If If If....

Bottomline, he did not thus we lost.

He lacked composure, his finishing is still pretty ordinary. If he can improve upon that, he will do fine. He's intelligent and quick. You can say he's one-dimensional or not good enough all you like, at the end of the day he got in behind Arbeloa enough to put the game dead. When you're a striker, you only need to have a couple of chances to win a game. Tello is someone who seems to make those chances. He just missed them, and then lost his composure and it fell apart from there. Pep took that gamble.

I hope he's OK, I can see him being pretty crushed after that game.

to be frank, I wouldn't call trying to go past someone using the same retarded trick 4 times "intelligent", but hey, that's just me.

Surprisngly fast for me, and he proved it yesterday. Could become a big name in football industry someday, but before that he should train more about his technique with the ball.
Would make an excellent winger for any club.

Brady2Moss wrote:

BarcaKizz wrote:If Tello finished his opportunities he'd have a brace and would be the hero of El Clasico. What would you say then?

If If If If....

Bottomline, he did not thus we lost.

He lacked composure, his finishing is still pretty ordinary. If he can improve upon that, he will do fine. He's intelligent and quick. You can say he's one-dimensional or not good enough all you like, at the end of the day he got in behind Arbeloa enough to put the game dead. When you're a striker, you only need to have a couple of chances to win a game. Tello is someone who seems to make those chances. He just missed them, and then lost his composure and it fell apart from there. Pep took that gamble.

I hope he's OK, I can see him being pretty crushed after that game.

to be frank, I wouldn't call trying to go past someone using the same retarded trick 4 times "intelligent", but hey, that's just me.

I'm not saying he had a good game, but he did make those runs didn't he. He just didn't finish. If he improves that he's not a useless sod like you're making out.

Secondly, I'm obviously referring to his off ball movement. His positioning is better than Walcott's will probably ever be.

Meh I wouldn't blame the kid much for anything this game. It was his first clasico, the only player who I've seen who thrived under a debut clasico was Messi. But Messi is Messi, Tello is Tello and obviously not as talented(but really, that is a TALL order).

He is still young and with experience and a mentor in David Villa, we could soon be witnessing a new regular on the LW.

However, at the same time, he could "pull a Bojan" and completely lose the potential. At that point then he would probably deserve this criticism. Right now, however, I think that we should go easy on him.

Bojan never lost potential. Pep never believed in him and destroyed his confidence as a footballer. He may do the same to Pedro now.

Why dosen't Pep believe in Pedro?

Needs another season with the B's for sure. Give Afellay another season with Barca and then look to sell him for 9-13 million, then that when Tello can come in as he is a similar player to Afellay. His finishing let us down yesterday, o doubt about it.

paxtonpale wrote:Needs another season with the B's for sure. Give Afellay another season with Barca and then look to sell him for 9-13 million, then that when Tello can come in as he is a similar player to Afellay. His finishing let us down yesterday, o doubt about it.

How are they similar? They are both fast... thats where the similarities end.

Decent dribblers... Decent crossers... Tello has the edge on tricks though...