14 - Javier Mascherano

[Icarium]

Not bad or not too good. Start him against some big team and then we may find out.

 

[BarcaGirl]

Luis Enrique: "I saw Mascherano mainly as centre back, but now I see he can also help us in midfield."

Praise the Lord! Finally!

 

[Egert]

He did good, but not very good. I still missed Busi there...

 

[Barcaman]

Everyone missing Busi needs to think hard and try to think what exactly did he bring to the table in last couple of years.
Give Mascherano a proper run here and you'll see the difference in both dedication and quality.

 

[KingMessi]

Everyone missing Busi needs to think hard and try to think what exactly did he bring to the table in last couple of years.
Give Mascherano a proper run here and you'll see the difference in both dedication and quality.

Give Busi a break. His hernia is clearly causing him issues.

 

[Barcaman]

Why is he playing all the time then?
And if true, he shouldn't be playing.
Injury or not, he sucks and we have options.

 

[Ini8]

Up until Xavi's goal, he was the MOtM for me. Great game from him overall. Good to see that Lucho is open for him to play in midfield.

 

[Alik]

He did ok.

Give him more games there and he will do well.

 

[DonAK]

Busquets have had several good-great games this season. A couple of bad games and he is being called for lazy, that he sucks and what not.

Funny. Very funny.

Sometimes, people are too busy disliking a player that they would quickly disregard whatever he does.

 

[linetty]

Bojan you seem to have a really short memory. Busi had a few great games this season and his interceptions led to goals on more than 2 occasions.

 

[Flavia]

Bojan's bias against Busquets is something...

Masch was OK today, he can give Busi a good rest sometimes.

 

[Schumi]

I am also of the opinion that he can do better than Sergio in midfield. But I get the sense that we can use both against mighty opponents.

 

[CatalinR10]

Everyone missing Busi needs to think hard and try to think what exactly did he bring to the table in last couple of years.
Give Mascherano a proper run here and you'll see the difference in both dedication and quality.

first Iniesta now Busi .


Who's next , Messi ?

 

[Androutsos]

The difference with Busi & Masche is that Masche make these massive lung busting sprints to do crazy slide tackles and win the ball and then takes two or three touches and plays a good ball into a forward player whilst Busi is already where he needs to be, sticks a leg out, wins the ball and plays a first time pass to a forward player.

 

[Androutsos]

Neither are necessarily bad though!