We played him against Bayern which didn't end well, but that hasn't quite dented his confidence has it?
Nah, I don't think he should, just providing a counter-argument that things are rarely ever so straightforward
If we can't play Bartra there, so be it... We will play Puyi in that position and Bartra woulod step up in the centre of the defense in his stead. Hopefully, Benzema's confidence is so low he wouldn't really do much damage against Bartra! Besides, we need some aerial strength when facing the likes of CR7, Ramos, Pepe, etc. in set-piecesHe is not ready to play RB against Madrid and its debateable whether he will ever be good enough to play RB.
Playing him there now against Ronaldo would be such the wrong thing to do. You would be putting him up against the best player in the world he could face in that position at a time where he is building confidence and momentum. A bad game in unfamiliar position in the top team against Ronaldo and Madrid could destroy all the progress he had made.
The idea is a total non starter.
JamDav i never said i wanted to see Bartra play as RB against Real Madrid, i would not feel confident about that.
What I said is that we need to avoid playing with two attacking fullbacks.
Now, playing Bartra in central defense could allow Puyol to play as a conservative RB, or open other options that I didn't think about.
It so happened once... But Puyi would definitely be able to do better this time after the lot of rest he got. Besides, di Maria is a better dribbler than CR7 isI hate to see it, but Puyol would be a dozen times worse than any other player at right back, Ronaldo could just kick and run and get past him every time. And just imagine something like this happening again...
Would be interesting to see Marc's role in the team after Mascherano and Puyol recovers completely. He has been receiving a lot of spot light especially after Mascherano's injury and I have a feeling that he will be the back up for Pique.
Puyol ( Mascherano ) i Pique ( Bartra )
I want pique to be bartra's backup
I want pique to be bartra's backup