Lionel Messi - v7

Would Eriksen Help? Who can we Sign?

There are little options available. We are in big trouble. Personally, even though it isn't ideal, I would try Coutinho as an AM and now with Griezmann here hopefully he can help him with his interplay, and cover for his poor ball retention and workrate.

That way at least we have another attacking outlet whilst Griezmann is tracking back and defending.

ARTHUR FDJ COU

MESSI SUAREZ AG.

Let AG and Cou interchange.
 

Kul_z

Senior Member
There are little options available. We are in big trouble. Personally, even though it isn't ideal, I would try Coutinho as an AM and now with Griezmann here hopefully he can help him with his interplay, and cover for his poor ball retention and workrate.

That way at least we have another attacking outlet whilst Griezmann is tracking back and defending.

ARTHUR FDJ COU

MESSI SUAREZ AG.

Let AG and Cou interchange.

My thoughts also. Coutinho could play in the middle if ag is upfront, his workrate is insane. But arthur is a big if. Maybe with fdj, coutinho and who? barca mf could be good again but we need someone who could get the most out of fdj and cou. Suarez should never play as a starter again. He doesnt press, his link up play is worse then ever, he is slower then any cb he faces. What annoys me most about him he is nowhere to be seen in 16m box area when fullbacks go upfront. Semedo is a liability in attack, indeed, but yesterday he made two or three runs and he had no one in 16m. What should we expect from him actually? To dribble past everyone and have that killer final pass right in the legs of donkey suarez? He is not messi ffs, no one is. I think that even prime alves would look like shit in this setup.
I think that messi made enough yesterday, if alba converted that chance he would just build on that. Similar performance to that 10 years ago when we won 5-0, but on the end of that pass was henry, so yeah, you know the outcome.
Messi, for sake of all, needs to let go his best buddy, we need to buy some fast st, lautaro is my pick. I know this model is not sustainable, but fuck dembele, fuck arthur, fuck everyone who is not responsible and professional enough. Sell them both for 100m if we can, even if they showed something promising. What use of them club have? To be injured or god knows for what reason they're out when we need them most? Ffs
 

El Guaje

Member
There are little options available. We are in big trouble. Personally, even though it isn't ideal, I would try Coutinho as an AM and now with Griezmann here hopefully he can help him with his interplay, and cover for his poor ball retention and workrate.

That way at least we have another attacking outlet whilst Griezmann is tracking back and defending.

ARTHUR FDJ COU

MESSI SUAREZ AG.

Let AG and Cou interchange.


For Coutinho to work here we must get rid of Fraudverde and have a team that actually moves off the ball and also make runs, not the static shit we have today.

I'd get rid of Valverde, then sell Rakitic, Vidal, Busquets and Suarez. Maybe even Dembele if he doesnt stop getting injured so often.

Buy Ziyech and De Beek from Ajax and Son.

Mats
back 4
Ziyech - FDJ - Coutinho (could also be Ziyech - FDJ - De Beek)
Messi-Griez-Son

If Griez doesnt work out as a striker sell him and buy someone else next summer.
And we're back on track.
 

Respekt_III

Anti-everything
There are little options available. We are in big trouble. Personally, even though it isn't ideal, I would try Coutinho as an AM and now with Griezmann here hopefully he can help him with his interplay, and cover for his poor ball retention and workrate.

That way at least we have another attacking outlet whilst Griezmann is tracking back and defending.

ARTHUR FDJ COU

MESSI SUAREZ AG.

Let AG and Cou interchange.

You're suggesting we should replace one useless midfielder with an even more useless one? there is no way this would work with Suarez Messi and Coutinho on at the same time. If we replace Suarez with someone more mobile and athletic then it could work.
 

Havesaks

Senior Member
Some of these pictures are too unlucky. Felix looks like some sort of exotic animal and neymar definetly looks like a crazy rapist. Haaland wasn't born lucky in his looks, damn
 

Horatio

You're welcome
Neymar looks like a burglar about to hit a house solely occupied by a little kid forgotten and left behind by his family.
 
You're suggesting we should replace one useless midfielder with an even more useless one? there is no way this would work with Suarez Messi and Coutinho on at the same time. If we replace Suarez with someone more mobile and athletic then it could work.

There is no perfect solution, which is what happens when you spend 400m on 3 LWs who have never played LW before. We have to realise we somehow need to make a silk purse out of a pigs ear. My preferred formation from the start of this season and still now is the 3 5 2 / 5 3 2 which worked perfectly vs Inter.

Mats

Bob/ Perez/ Dembele Semedo Pique Todibo Alba/ Fati

ARTHUR FDJ Griezmann

MESSI SUAREZ

At home we go with attacking wing backs Perez/Fati/Dembele if need be .

Away we go with Bob/Alba.

The 4 3 3 with this squad is a dead duck and I don't see the obsession with it.

The above 3 5 2 fixes numerous problems with the team
 
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Respekt_III

Anti-everything
There is no perfect solution, which is what happens when you spend 400m on 3 LWs who have never played LW before. We have to realise we somehow need to make a silk purse out of a pigs ear. My preferred formation from the start of this season and still now is the 3 5 2 / 5 3 2 which worked perfectly vs Inter.

Mats

Bob/ Perez/ Dembele Semedo Pique Todibo Alba/ Fati

ARTHUR FDJ Griezmann

MESSI SUAREZ

At home we go with attacking wing backs Perez/Fati/Dembele if need be .

Away we go with Bob/Alba.

The 4 3 3 with this squad is a dead duck and I don't see the obsession with it.

The above 3 5 2 fixes numerous problems with the team

Of course there's no perfect solution even if we didn't have a retarded manager & board.
Your initial suggestion was set up for a 433 which would never work against any quality opposition.
Personally I'm not a fan of the 352/532 and think our players would be wasted there as its more suited to less technical higher work rate players imo; Like any system we choose it will have its advantages & drawbacks.
 

Andresito

Senior Member
Staff member
Can't see the 3-5-2 working out at Barca for two reasons.

1. Generally speaking, it's a formation that isn't very successful in the long run in the modern era. Not a lot of teams exist with a good 3-5-2.
2. We have Ernesto Fucking Valverde. Even if we'd have an expert of 3-5-2 like Conte it'd be a challenge to impose it at Barca with the current players. Imagine Valverde trying his best to teach these guys a different formation.
Disastrous.
 

Kul_z

Senior Member
Of course there's no perfect solution even if we didn't have a retarded manager & board.
Your initial suggestion was set up for a 433 which would never work against any quality opposition.
Personally I'm not a fan of the 352/532 and think our players would be wasted there as its more suited to less technical higher work rate players imo; Like any system we choose it will have its advantages & drawbacks.

352 should be the way to go with this players.
Umtiti pique lenglet
Roberto--------------alba
De jong rakitic
---- griez-----
Messi AnyonebutSuarez
 
You have to play the formation that fits your squad not the other way around

Some of the advantages of the 3 5 2

1) covers for Bobs weak defending
2) covers for Albas weak defending
3) covers for Semedos weak attacking
4) gets pace in the back 3 positions (Semedo)
5) changes up the disastrous pique lenglet combo
6) FDJ gets to play in his best position
7) AG is central rather than hugging the left wing.
8) Messi is more central.
9) Dembele gets to play in his favourite position (right back will become a RW in most games )
10) we will have real wingers with PACE for a change Alba/Dembele so we would be not only stronger centrally with Messi and AG but stronger out wide.
11) our weak midfield can be compensated with 5 rather than the present 3.

The list is endless. It already worked in San siro with our b team. 4 3 3 will still work at home vs weak teams but CL away from home? Going to be another big joke. 3 5 2 away in CL is a must
 
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serghei

Senior Member
Lol. Barcelona has played 4-3-3 for decades. Our brand of football is tied with the benefits of a 4-3-3 system. Just because this retard is unable to get proper Barca football out of his super-expensive side, it doesn't mean we should change the system. An idiot playing 4-3-3 is just the same as an idiot playing 3-5-2. Nothing changes. The flaws of Valverde are fundamental. They will show against any top side, no matter what system we use.

This is kids talk.

Let's change the system, and replace Semedo with X, or Y, and we'll conquer Europe with a manager whose thread is called 'Retardo'. Yea, right. :lol:
 
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Lol. Barcelona has played 4-3-3 for decades. Our brand of football is tied with the benefits of a 4-3-3 system. Just because this retard is unable to get proper Barca football out of his super-expensive side, it doesn't mean we should change the system. An idiot playing 4-3-3 is just the same as an idiot playing 3-5-2. Nothing changes. The flaws of Valverde are fundamental. They will show against any top side, no matter what system we use.

This is kids talk.

Let's change the system, and replace Semedo with X, or Y, and we'll conquer Europe with a manager whose thread is called 'Retardo'. Yea, right. :lol:

No one has said we are going to conquer Europe with a 3 5 2.

I've said we have to make the best of a bad situation. I've tried to offer a solution with numerous listed positives but all I see is people trying to find faults with that solution without providing any solutions of their own. That's what we should all be doing instead of waving the white flag and being defeatist because Valverde is the manager or just posting to abuse Valverde all day.

The 3 5 2 already worked with a b team against the serie A leaders at the time. EV was manager that day too. It's not kids talk at all. I'm trying to be civil I don't see why you have to reply arrogantly towards me all the time.

Let's hear everyone else's team for the rest of the season
 
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