Martin Montoya

[Gasgas]

I still don't get why he wants to leave when next year the slot is his to take home if he proves it.

The slot is not his, his attacking is as bad as it gets!

 

[anguy]

So true. He wasn't desperate to create width. When other teams brought many men to crowd a certain area, we also brought many men there to try to unlock it. Pep's team was not scared of tight spaces.

Teams were already adapting to that tactics in Pep's last year. His central approach wouldn't have worked that well in following seasons. In Bayern he has amazing wingers in Robben and Ribery.

 

[Zangash]

He starts again. I wonder what happened to him not being good enough to even sniff the grass as many people liked to describe him. Hmm.

 

[Flavia]

He starts again. I wonder what happened to him not being good enough to even sniff the grass as many people liked to describe him. Hmm.

He had an awful half. He's better than douglas, but alves has to be renewed. We can't afford to lose Alves.

 

[anguy]

He had an awful half. He's better than douglas, but alves has to be renewed. We can't afford to lose Alves.

Alves would have played poor too with Pedro instead of Messi before him and acting like winger again.

 

[KyletheMuslim]

when montoya gets into the attacking third he has no idea what to do

 

[anguy]

when montoya gets into the attacking third he has no idea what to do

You can't make a lot of these one-twos ala Alves without the match practice. I think he did OK. Like I said don't compare Alves from last 5 games to him. Compare him to Alves, when he played winger in first matches of the season.

 

[KingMessi]

How'd he do?

 

[messi2140]

Mediocre at best.

 

[Deco10]

Montoya is just not good enough and will never be.

 

[SeloBarca]

Not even medoicre. He has no chemistry at all with the attackers.
If Alves makes bad crosses, Montoya have no attacking skills at all.

 

[KingMessi]

Not even medoicre. He has no chemistry at all with the attackers.
If Alves makes bad crosses, Montoya have no attacking skills at all.

You can blame the chemistry bit on his irregular gametime.

 

[anguy]

Not even medoicre. He has no chemistry at all with the attackers.
If Alves makes bad crosses, Montoya have no attacking skills at all.

To be fair our forwards made zero effort to attack the penalty area when he tried to cross. I believe Suarez would be much better target for him.

 

[Zangash]

He had an awful half. He's better than douglas, but alves has to be renewed. We can't afford to lose Alves.

We can, actually. Alves hasn't been a standout performer, even in the games where he has played well. Montoya having a bad game as part of an entirely awful game of football doesn't mean that Dani would not have. It's easy to forget this when he isn't playing, but Dani has pretty long spells of playing like shit himself.

 

[ZenI]

You can't make a lot of these one-twos ala Alves without the match practice. I think he did OK. Like I said don't compare Alves from last 5 games to him. Compare him to Alves, when he played winger in first matches of the season.

Not many players can. When Alves is on form, which he has been the last 2 months or so (and I really hope he keeps it going), his technique is awesome. There are not many forwards, attacking midfielders or midfielders who can match him, let alone defenders.

We can, actually. Alves hasn't been a standout performer, even in the games where he has played well. Montoya having a bad game as part of an entirely awful game of football doesn't mean that Dani would not have. It's easy to forget this when he isn't playing, but Dani has pretty long spells of playing like shit himself.

Say what? You want Montoya to be our first choice RB and Douglas our backup? Sure Alves has had a long streak of bad games, but he's been the best (attacking) wingback in the world almost since he came from Sevilla, and he's found his form again. I'm happy for him, hope he continues.