Some chaps with very short memories in here. Griezmann was trash for us in any combination. This bullshit about Messi hindering his role is nonsense. It's not about Messi or any other player, it's about Barca being a team with initiative that always wants to have the ball and score.
France is a defensive, reactive team. They don't go and beat teams into submition with their play. They don't keep the ball as much as Barca. They play two DMs and a big donkey upfront in Giroud. Without Mbappe they wouldn't be world champions in 2018 or in the semis this year. Griezmann likes to be this beta type player that links the play and provides another body when defending, which is fine by me. But he is no conductor, a man that dictates play, wants the ball and gets you out of trouble when the chips are down.
So unless you want Simeone/Deschamps football, there is no point in fawning over this guy.
I don't think it's about Messi hindering, just about griezmann being tactically redundant and useless. Overall i agree with you. It works with Deschamps/Simeone football, an attacker that hates attacking just isn't for this club. I don't know why the users on this forum fawn over him so much either.