I couldn't agree more with what you are saying. As I have been continually saying for a while now, we do not need another striker because we have Villa and he should be the classic #9. I think that he needs to be in the center and Messi be moved back out as a RW. If we do that, I guarantee that Villa would have a 25-30 goal season while Messi wouldn't maybe have 71 goals, but would still easily be able to be in the 55-60 range. Besides our classic 4-3-3 with Iniesta and Xavi playing as attacking midfielders in front of Busquets, this is the formation I want barca to use against parked buses:
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Its a 4-2-3-1 but in reality, its more like a 2-4-3-1 and we would dominate teams offensively, especially against parked buses. Jordi Alba (we need to sign this guy asap before Euro comes when he has a great tournament and his price goes up) and Dani Alves give us width that would stretch back lines in order to give more space for Messi, Iniesta and Fabregas to run into. With Villa as the #9 target man, there would be too many threats for teams to man mark. That would force teams to defend zones and thanks to width from our fullbacks, it would neutralize the zone defense because there would be too much space for players to cover.
I use this formation in FIFA 12 and it works like a charm lol. Thoughts?