Dunno why Messi ever moved from that RW playmaker role, he looked back to his talismanic best 14/15 to 15/16. Stop with this dropping into centre midfield bs.
Very disappointing behaviour and nothing new over the years. Sad because by many accounts Messi is a very decent and humble guy off the field, but when it comes to football he is clearly arrogant.
Yes Pep adapts to his player, at Bayern he was practically playing 4-4-2 with Muller and Lewandowski. Also saw him use Javi Martinez as a target man to avoid Dortmund's counters.
The only constant is the players who aren't good enough. How you gonna play great football with mediocrities like Arthur, one-legged Suarez, Busquets, Rakitic and flop signings like Coutinho and Dembele.
Messi used to drop so deep even when he played with Xavi and Iniesta, I think it's a flaw in his game tbh. The loss vs Chelsea in 2012 where he lost the ball on the halfway line comes to mind. He gets anxious and tries to hero mode it when the game's not going well.