9 - Luis Suárez - v1

[Sumlit]

Come on, it was just meant to be a joke. Because of all the folks saying we should have gotten Reus over Suarez.

Reus over Suarez makes no sense. I'm a huge fan of Reus, have been for a couple of years, but with Messi and Neymar already at Barca, Suarez fits much, much better than Reus.

The better argument is Reus over Neymar a year ago.

My personal opinion, Reus-Messi-Suarez > Neymar-Messi-Suarez > Neymar-Messi-Reus.

 

[DonAK]

Reus over Suarez makes no sense. I'm a huge fan of Reus, have been for a couple of years, but with Messi and Neymar already at Barca, Suarez fits much, much better than Reus.

The better argument is Reus over Neymar a year ago.

My personal opinion, Reus-Messi-Suarez > Neymar-Messi-Suarez > Neymar-Messi-Reus.

You better beware now or else Jaden.....

 

[Sumlit]

You better beware now or else Jaden.....

I'm in trouble now, aren't I?

 

[Pepe Silvia]

Reus over Suarez. Riiiiight.

 

[ViscaBarca914]

You can check my posts in the BVB or Reus threads, I absolutely love the guy. One of my favorites, easily, but I think Suarez was the right transfer to make. He is what was needed, imo.
Sumlit is 100% right, it was more Neymar vs Reus that made sense. We chose Neymar and I accepted that and moved on.
This season we needed somebody who could put the ball in the back on the net that wasn't Messi, period. Who else is better at that right now than Suarez? Reus is a fantastic player, but we need something different. Suarez brings more tools with him, tools that complement us perfectly and could very well be out ticket back to the top.
I wouldn't be surprised if Suarez got more goals AND assist than Reus hypothetically could have. I honestly think he brings that much to the team.

....you will always be in my heart Reus

 

[MagIX]

Ok.

Our 3 starter in front will be: Messi, Suarez and Neymar.

If we play Messi as winger, it will be a waste of his ability. If we play Suarez as winger, it will be a waste of his ability.

Moving Messi from winger to false 9 was one of the best decisions ever taken (for barca and for the history of soccer). In this position Messi has multiplied his efficiency, he is out of this world, he could deliver his best. On the other side, playing a striker as winger (see Villa), does not make sense, waste of efficiency. As winger, you have to run up and down because you also have an important defensive role (see Neymar, Pedro or Sanchez)... i dont see Messi or Suarez in this role.
I hope Lucho can find a solution.

 

[darthvader7888]

Ok.

Our 3 starter in front will be: Messi, Suarez and Neymar.

If we play Messi as winger, it will be a waste of his ability. If we play Suarez as winger, it will be a waste of his ability.

Moving Messi from winger to false 9 was one of the best decisions ever taken (for barca and for the history of soccer). In this position Messi has multiplied his efficiency, he is out of this world, he could deliver his best. On the other side, playing a striker as winger (see Villa), does not make sense, waste of efficiency. As winger, you have to run up and down because you also have an important defensive role (see Neymar, Pedro or Sanchez)... i dont see Messi or Suarez in this role.
I hope Lucho can find a solution.

--------Messi---------
---Suarez-----Neymar

Problem solved. It is, in practice, the way we've been playing so far under Lucho.

 

[MagIX]

--------Messi---------
---Suarez-----Neymar

Problem solved. It is, in practice, the way we've been playing so far under Lucho.

Do you mean that Neymar and Suarez will be in charge to run defensively up and down on the side ? as we plaid under Lucho with Munir and Pedro/Rafinha ?

 

[Egert]

Suarez played as winger at Liverpool, but of course here he doesn't need to play very wide, he can play more centrally.

 

[pacp_96]

--------Messi---------
---Suarez-----Neymar

Problem solved. It is, in practice, the way we've been playing so far under Lucho.

This.

 

[FC B]

Neymar on the right is a total waste of his abilities and we've seen that pretty clear last season with Tata using him there on a few unfortunate occasions.

-------------Suarez-----------------
---Neymar-----Messi--------------

Where Messi would play centrally also moving to the right wing occasionally if needed. Rafinha and Alves would suppelement the lack of a proper attacking RW. Or against some opposition Pedro / Rafinha could play RW.

That is possibly the only way I see each of these three playing in their natural positions where they can deliver their best.

 

[pacp_96]

Neymar on the right is a total waste of his abilities and we've seen that pretty clear last season with Tata using him there on a few unfortunate occasions.

-------------Suarez-----------------
---Neymar-----Messi--------------

Where Messi would play centrally also moving to the right wing occasionally if needed. Rafinha and Alves would suppelement the lack of a proper attacking RW. Or against some opposition Pedro / Rafinha could play RW.

That is possibly the only way I see each of these three playing in their natural positions where they can deliver their best.

Neymar on the wing in general is a waste of his abilities. Key is to have them all playing centrally with what Darth said as the basic structure. Obviously they would all rotate as well. Width is provided by full backs.

 

[Gohan]

I still wonder.. How can you bring out the most out of Suarez without sacrificing Neymar and/or Messi.

Good luck Lucho.

 

[Hamzah]

We could try a 4-3-2-1 with Suarez up front and NeyMessi right behind.

 

[SocalBarcaFan]

Neymar on the wing in general is a waste of his abilities. Key is to have them all playing centrally with what Darth said as the basic structure. Obviously they would all rotate as well. Width is provided by full backs.

Exactly. Also remember, Messi routinely drops back all the way to the midfield line in the build up play. There's plenty of space for all 3 of them to play centrally with Luchos fullback philosophy and Raki / Busi covering for them.