9 - Luis Suárez - v1

[Hamzah]

And how is it not a waste to take the best goalscorer of all time and move him further away from the goal and behind a primary striker? The only logical thing to do is keep Messi as false 9 and use Suarez on the right, with him cutting inside, but I don't think Suarez can handle the responsibility that comes with that role.

That will probably happen, but in a lot of games Messi at false nine is static and because there's nobody to occupy the cbs we don't create anything. Now we can play Suarez as a real nine and move Messi back where he can actually pick up the ball and create. Similar to how we beat Milan bus in 2013.

 

[Flavia]

And how is it not a waste to take the best goalscorer of all time and move him further away from the goal and behind a primary striker? The only logical thing to do is keep Messi as false 9 and use Suarez on the right, with him cutting inside, but I don't think Suarez can handle the responsibility that comes with that role.

Barça 4 - 0 milan. Villa as a cf in front of Messi. Since then Messi asks for a cf, as he gets more space.

 

[Kohe321]

Insane! Our attacking frontline is now the best in the world, without a doubt. Welcome Luis!

 

[darthvader7888]

The exact amount does not matter.We all know he costed shitloads of money.

Well, there is a difference between 81m and 95m.

 

[Neymessi]

Well, there is a difference between 81m and 95m.

It is,but either way he costed a fortune.

 

[Kerrybai]

Stop thinking Messi will be the 1st violin like in the past. Neymar - Messi - Suarez should be a trio of complete equality.

I don't see many people suggesting that. Also it's not that common for 3 forwards to have equal roles, I would prefer if we played with Messi deeper leaving the goals to Saurez and Neymar.

 

[Neymessi]

On facebook , the post from official barcelona page that confirms suarez as signed has got 125000 likes in just 1 hr.Amazing

 

[Stric]

Barça 4 - 0 milan. Villa as a cf in front of Messi. Since then Messi asks for a cf, as he gets more space.

Villa was still the RW by vocation. We were still playing our standard 4-3-3, he was just cutting inside to the CF position whenever we were in possession (which is most of the time, to be honest), with Alves overlapping on the right. You could see Villa going back to the right everytime we'd have to move back. If Suarez can handle that role, then fine. I don't think he can. Most CFs can't. Using him as a default CF would be a mistake, as it would mess with our width, our defense, and Messi's efficiency.

 

[Vilarrubi]

Sky Sports reporting they believe the fee for Suarez is £64 Million. What a bargain that is.. Especially when there is rumours of Pogba going to Chelsea for £60 Million.

 

[darthvader7888]

Sky Sports reporting they believe the fee for Suarez is £64 Million. What a bargain that is.. Especially when there is rumours of Pogba going to Chelsea for £60 Million.

Apparently the source is Guillem Balague

 

[serghei]

This is THE line-up. Best one.

 

[darthvader7888]

This is THE line-up. Best one.

Yeah, I really like that lineup too. Though I think this could also work:

Mats
Alves-Pique-CB-Alba
Busquets-Masch
Iniesta-Messi-Neymar
------Suarez--------

With the 3 behind Suarez all roaming.

 

[Galning]

Bad line-up. Who will defend?

 

[Flavia]

Villa was still the RW by vocation. We were still playing our standard 4-3-3, he was just cutting inside to the CF position whenever we were in possession (which is most of the time, to be honest), with Alves overlapping on the right. You could see Villa going back to the right everytime we'd have to move back. If Suarez can handle that role, then fine. I don't think he can. Most CFs can't. Using him as a default CF would be a mistake, as it would mess with our width, our defense, and Messi's efficiency.

You're assuming Lucho will stick with past tactics. He might as well change it all. Xavi is leaving, our midfield will be quite different.

 

[CatalinR10]

Busquets next to Masche. That is all I want.