14 - Javier Mascherano

[Galning]

You can go to page 100 of this thread and see that most people will say his positioning sucks. He is not a centre back and never will be. As Darko said he will do fine against poor teams that attack once or twice every game but against teams where we actually have to defend he almost always screws up.

 

[ryuken]

Won't be sold cus of Tata man crush on him while young Bartra just sit there on the bench

 

[tello]

You can go to page 100 of this thread and see that most people will say his positioning sucks. He is not a centre back and never will be. As Darko said he will do fine against poor teams that attack once or twice every game but against teams where we actually have to defend he almost always screws up.

True

It is so sad to see these kind of management decisions for years now...

 

[Catorce]

He actually was our best CB in 11-12, but I really can't get my head around the fact he is still played instead of Bartra (and Puyi)...

 

[Flavia]

He was lucky he wasn't sent off, and sociedad got a penalty... Actually, Barça was lucky. He shouldn't be playing cb anymore. Maybe eventually, but he is too reckless.

 

[CatalinR10]

terible so far

 

[UberNjufer]

cant believe he's still playing in our defence,he's slow short recless with horrible positioning.Only in barcelona can this happen

 

[Trickykid]

Yeah, he's having a real shocker so far. Hopefully he'll get his shit together in the 2nd half. He'd better...

 

[Chong Li]

Almost cost us 2 goals against. And should have been sent off!

He's just so terrible at defending.

 

[Zebulun]

I see he's still afraid of bouncing balls. :lol

 

[Alarcón]

We need 2 CB's to replace Mascherano and Puyol

 

[FCBarca]

Absolutely no reason he is 1st choice ahead of Bartra, not any longer

 

[evilhita666]

The thing is that his mistakes are so obvious and dangerous... Every player can screw up here and there, but Masch's problem is that when he screws up it is a massive screw up...

He got away with tonight though, so I hope he wakes up and manages to play more conservative instead of being so rash...

 

[Flavia]

The thing is that his mistakes are so obvious and dangerous... Every player can screw up here and there, but Masch's problem is that when he screws up it is a massive screw up...

He got away with tonight though, so I hope he wakes up and manages to play more conservative instead of being so rash...

It's how he plays, I doubt he'll change now. He's a major liability as cb, and it seems he'll continue to be.

 

[Kerrybai]

Hopefully Bartra has a solid game on Sunday which will see him bench Masch for future games.