14 - Javier Mascherano

Ursegor

World Champion
He's good at tackling and recovering balls, that's it. His positioning as a central defender is dreadful and his passing pfff...don't even want to talk about it.

The disappointing bit is that he's taking game time away from Bartra despite playing being badly. I've lost count how many times he's cost us goals this season. Yet Bartra is watching from the stands.
 

jamrock

Senior Member
That's true his positioning and reading of the game needs work, it cost us a the drogba against Chelsea last season
 
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mitkoa7x

Guest
Im starting to dislike him, he has been abysmal for so long and I dont see him improving. Maybe he's boycotting his CB role or he just genuinely cant play there, either way this cant continue.
 

Cule4life

The Culest
Im starting to dislike him, he has been abysmal for so long and I dont see him improving. Maybe he's boycotting his CB role or he just genuinely cant play there, either way this cant continue.

Sad thing is Barca mngt will ignore it and say we dont need a CB Masch is great bla bla :facepalm:
 

loozy

New member
The disappointing bit is that he's taking game time away from Bartra despite playing being badly. I've lost count how many times he's cost us goals this season. Yet Bartra is watching from the stands.

But that's not his fault, right? I doubt that he forces Tito to play him.

At least Masche offers some experience and to bring on Bartra at a time in the match when the team is slowly falling apart... I doubt it would have worked, to be honest.
 

Stric

New member
And I love how we spent, what, 19 million (?) on Song when we have a good CDM who never plays as CDM, but rather plays (and sucks) as CB. I really don't understand the logic behind transfers in Barca. Don't you think it would have made more sense last summer to buy a CB and just put Mascherano back to his real position? NO! We need to buy another CDM and then make them both play as CB's. :facepalm:
 
And I love how we spent, what, 19 million (?) on Song when we have a good CDM who never plays as CDM, but rather plays (and sucks) as CB. I really don't understand the logic behind transfers in Barca. Don't you think it would have made more sense last summer to buy a CB and just put Mascherano back to his real position? NO! We need to buy another CDM and then make them both play as CB's. :facepalm:

Which is why I think one of them should be sold if we get a new CB this summer. We don't really need 2 backup CDMs.
 

Irish_Cules

New member
Mascherano's role in this squad is very strange. There's no doubting his work ethic and commitment to the team and he does put in some excellent performances. However, the fact remains that he is not a natural centre back and this is exposed time and time again. If he was at almost any other team in the world he would be showing that he is a world class defensive mid but it seems that Tito, like Pep, doesn't think he has the technical ability to play there for Barca. It's hard to be angry at Masch when he plays badly because for somebody who is not a centre back, he does quite well.
 
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messi_xavi_iniesta

Guest
And I love how we spent, what, 19 million (?) on Song when we have a good CDM who never plays as CDM, but rather plays (and sucks) as CB. I really don't understand the logic behind transfers in Barca. Don't you think it would have made more sense last summer to buy a CB and just put Mascherano back to his real position? NO! We need to buy another CDM and then make them both play as CB's. :facepalm:

100% agree. I don´t get ir how such basic errors are commited by barça managers...it´s so obvious. Masche or Song as sub for Busquets and buy a new CB. There are a lot of good CB. Mangala in one of them. Speed, power, pace, play with both feet, great on air balls, very high. All the package.
 
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messi_xavi_iniesta

Guest
WHY DIDN'T WE? He was 10 million Euros (half of what we paid for Song) and from the Ajax Academy which play the exact same system Barca does so he'd be up to speed by the end of preseason. Mascherano is no CB. Just look at the goal in extra time... he was infront of the goal scorer and the ball went by him and neither he or Valdes could stop it.

Verthongen would be good. Barça is not very good at signings except bring back cantera like Pique,Cesc and Alba.
Zlatan, chyngrisky, alexis etc....
 

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