Lliga: UD Almería - FC Barcelona 1-2

[Heisenberg is cooking]

Why did we pay 80m for best striker in the world then? How do you and Lucho expect him to play on his level when he hasnt played for 4 months? By benching him for 19yr old who has done absolutely NOTHING? How does he expect team to gel and have chemistry with constant rotation? Whos fault is that we play like SHIT but at the same time have most expensive team in the world? Why are we 4th? Why do we need Messi to save the day week in week out?

Appearently he REALLY cant do anything right.

Yes yes yes

 

[Kohe321]

You'd think this was a perfect match for Suarez to get some match fitness and possibly score his first goal.

 

[DonAndres]

Some of the complaining is way overboard. The only real incorrect omission was Suarez, Neymar really needed rest today if you look at how much he's played recently. I actually like the Adriano/Bartra decision. Benching Pique, giving Bartra chances, seeing the fault in Alves, etc. These are correct personnel decisions, you guys are trying to fault where there isn't too much of, again just the Suarez omission that I find to be a blatant error.

What actually might backfire is an incorrect tactical setup which is the actual major downside to Lucho, not the way he handled this lineup.

 

[kilian]

What Suárez needs is to play well. Any coach would bench him after his game against Ajax.

The guy didn`t play competitive football for 4 months. How do you expect him to start performing well, if he`s on the bench? We`re not talking about Bojan ffs, Suarez is a world class striker, just needs game time to get back to his usual self.

 

[Cule4life]

All the players on the pitch have earned their starts. Suárez, Alves and Piqué have played like shit, so they're deservedly on the bench. If he lined up these players, the same people here would complain about it. He can't do anything right and apparently 95% of the people on the internet are better coaches than Lucho.



And that's a good thing. Or do you want to go back to the Tata days where MD revealed the whole world the correct line-up 1 week in advance?

 

[Hamzah]

Some of the complaining is way overboard. The only real incorrect omission was Suarez, Neymar really needed rest today if you look at how much he's played recently. I actually like the Adriano/Bartra decision. Benching Pique, giving Bartra chances, seeing the fault in Alves, etc. These are correct personnel decisions, you guys are trying to fault where there isn't too much of, again just the Suarez omission that I find to be a blatant error.

What actually might backfire is an incorrect tactical setup which is the actual major downside to Lucho, not the way he handled this lineup.

Well fucking duh, it's about time the moron benched alves and pique. Even the fans have spotted it for weeks. Everyone also knows that suarez needs time. I could handle neymar getting a rest but only if suarez was playing.

You're giving him credit for some basic decisions that everyone can see. He only finally got round to doing it.

 

[Ustari]

Again more and more pessimism before the game

 

[Heisenberg is cooking]

Some of the complaining is way overboard. The only real incorrect omission was Suarez, Neymar really needed rest today if you look at how much he's played recently. I actually like the Adriano/Bartra decision. Benching Pique, giving Bartra chances, seeing the fault in Alves, etc. These are correct personnel decisions, you guys are trying to fault where there isn't too much of, again just the Suarez omission that I find to be a blatant error.

What actually might backfire is an incorrect tactical setup which is the actual major downside to Lucho, not the way he handled this lineup.

Fair post. But remember this: We already have a average rafinha for iniesta. So dropping suarez and neymar is a SERIOUS error. I mean: Rafinha, pedro, munir vs iniesta, neymar, messi? Different class.

 

[Hamzah]

Again more and more pessisim before the game

We might win but it's obvious our team is not in good hands at all.

 

[DonAndres]

Well fucking duh, it's about time the moron benched alves and pique. Even the fans have spotted it for weeks. Everyone also knows that suarez needs time. I could handle neymar getting a rest but only if suarez was playing.

You're giving him credit for some basic decisions that everyone can see.

I'm not giving credit, just saying that the hatred is being misdirected. If I were to try to find fault with Lucho's actions today, the lineup decisions is one of the things that he more or less actually improved upon sans benching Suarez. It's the tactical side that I'd observe with high scrutiny. I can get being more than irritated about the Suarez decision but you guys are acting as if he smeared our lineup with the likes of Douglas, Roberto, Masip, etc.

 

[Alarcón]

Thats nonsense. Suarez was good against real, and his only average match was the last one. And his maximum level is 10 times as high as munir and pedros. ANd take pedro. He has been weak for like 2 years, and you are taking about "deservedly". Further, many of his decisions even a 12 year old wouldnt make.

Suárez was average against Celta and terrible against Ajax. Pedro did more against Ajax than Suárez in the entire match. So, he's deservedly on the pitch. And I fully agree that a 12-year-old wouldn't make the same decisions as Lucho, though in my opinion that speaks for Lucho.

Neymar was in good form and he is not starting, Suarez was out for 4 month..You expect him to be in beast mode immediately? No he needs playing time, not sitting in the fucking bench.

Why did we pay 80m for best striker in the world then? How do you and Lucho expect him to play on his level when he hasnt played for 4 months? By benching him for 19yr old who has done absolutely NOTHING? How does he expect team to gel and have chemistry with constant rotation? Whos fault is that we play like SHIT but at the same time have most expensive team in the world? Why are we 4th? Why do we need Messi to save the day week in week out?

Appearently he REALLY cant do anything right.

Neymar needs a rest, he has played a lot lately. And no, I don't expect Suárez to in beast mode immediately, but you can't play someone who doesn't perform for several games straight, no matter what his name is. Suárez has been bad, he deserves to be on the bench. Lost the ball countless times both against Celta and Ajax. He is not some youngster who desperately needs playing time to progress. He's an established player and if he doesn't perform, he sits. He'll get plenty of chances in the future and I hope he'll take the next one.

 

[Sumlit]

Some of the complaining is way overboard. The only real incorrect omission was Suarez, Neymar really needed rest today if you look at how much he's played recently. I actually like the Adriano/Bartra decision. Benching Pique, giving Bartra chances, seeing the fault in Alves, etc. These are correct personnel decisions, you guys are trying to fault where there isn't too much of, again just the Suarez omission that I find to be a blatant error.

What actually might backfire is an incorrect tactical setup which is the actual major downside to Lucho, not the way he handled this lineup.

Don't think anyone's upset about Pique and Alves getting benched, is the benching of 2/3 of the starting attacking force for little reason that people are upset about.

I think even people would have accepted Neymar only getting some rest, but both Neymar and Suarez on the same game?

Montoya getting overlooked for even the backup LB is also bothering people some.

 

[Cule4life]

Some of the complaining is way overboard. The only real incorrect omission was Suarez, Neymar really needed rest today if you look at how much he's played recently. I actually like the Adriano/Bartra decision. Benching Pique, giving Bartra chances, seeing the fault in Alves, etc. These are correct personnel decisions, you guys are trying to fault where there isn't too much of, again just the Suarez omission that I find to be a blatant error.

What actually might backfire is an incorrect tactical setup which is the actual major downside to Lucho, not the way he handled this lineup.

All of these "decisions" would have been made by my grandmother weeks ago. Has the standard for Barca managers fallen so low that we credit them for taking decisions that should have been taken an eternity ago?

 

[suckabov]

Almería are a terrible team. Anyone wins to them

Exactly the reason why Suárez, playing bad or not, should start if we want to rely on him as a part of a functioning attack in the bigger games. The clásico or CL game against PSG and the likes aren't exactly the ideal platform for him to regain his form and form an understanding with Messi & co. Almería is exactly the type of game where we can afford giving him playing time even if putting in a bad performance.

 

[Flavia]

Some of the complaining is way overboard. The only real incorrect omission was Suarez, Neymar really needed rest today if you look at how much he's played recently. I actually like the Adriano/Bartra decision. Benching Pique, giving Bartra chances, seeing the fault in Alves, etc. These are correct personnel decisions, you guys are trying to fault where there isn't too much of, again just the Suarez omission that I find to be a blatant error.

What actually might backfire is an incorrect tactical setup which is the actual major downside to Lucho, not the way he handled this lineup.

Most are complaining about suarez, not because he benched Alves. Benching him was the right thing to do, also Pique. Although playing a different defense each games doesn't help, those were correct. But Suarez? Unless he is tired beyong belief after the ajax game, I can't think of a good reason for it.