Mavericky Puig

Gnidrologist

Senior Member
Is 433 working recently for us?

Don't reply with La liga arguments.
In La liga we could win with every possible formation.

Again, you didn't even give a chance for 4-5 matches to a new formation.

Is this how this season will look like?
In 2018, whenever Arthur, Dembele, Malcom, Alena didn't play, people wanted to sack EV.
2 years later, it seems that EV was a visionary for not playing those clowns.

This season, we will see a meltdown in every match if Ansu and Puig aren't playing, isn't it?
There is nothing wrong with 4-3-3 formation per se. In fact it's the better one for fast, mobile, skillful players like DeJong, Puig or Fati. It's bad for YOUR favorite crap sacks like Rakitic, Vidal or now probably Pjanic. Double pivot is designed for teams that have mostly old and slow players, who cannot press, cannot run in circles around their opponents and only way they can have some stability is playing slow, positional, defensive game.

Valverde played different clowns, because he was a massive cuck, who licked balls of veterans and was a yesmen to Barto & Co, who never did have any football project in their minds. They wanted their pet coaches to play all the famous hasbeens, because they thought it's good for business, not because they were actually bringing good end product. It's actually those geriatric veterans, who are maybe good for La Liga, but crap their pants year after year against more vital, younger and hungrier opposition in Europe.
 

AjaxAmsterdam

New member
Not a fan of Koeman but what did people expect hes coaching with the sword of Damocles hoovering above his head. Unless he finds some massive success early, hes gone next year with a new board so I dont expect him to develop any younger players lol.

He would be an interesting option to buyback clause sell to Ajax since we just lost our CAM vd Beek.
 

Gnidrologist

Senior Member
So far all the resident forum clowns can only shit on Puig for things he might "hypothetically" suck at because of his size. Nothing for what he's actually done on the pitch, which is fit in like a glove offensively and be one of the hardest pressing dogs in the whole team.

Shame on those people here, and their entire understanding of the sport lol. Saying he's not even worth a 10m player or would get benched at Betis. The same mouths who at points were calling Rakitic for a world class player because of his 2km/h pace and sideways passes... lol

Also lol considering how many people in this forum were praising "The Koemannder" 2 days in saying he's a revolutionary coach and wants to decapitate the amigos and bring life to the team, while Messi was holding us back and trying to undermine him.

The narratives here are just so delusional it's funny, just how far downhill the forum has gone over the years. Actually licking the boot and following the narrative that a guy like Barto and his hires have laid out on a platter for you. Just please open your eyes to who you're in bed with.

Like this post.
Also there was that list that was supposedly Cukmeanders bullet points on what has to be done. One of that was "Meritocracy". If these rumors are true, then he have already forfeited this and everything else will fall down like stripe of dominos along.
 

jairzinho

Senior Member
There is nothing wrong with 4-3-3 formation per se. In fact it's the better one for fast, mobile, skillful players like DeJong, Puig or Fati. It's bad for YOUR favorite crap sacks like Rakitic, Vidal or now probably Pjanic. Double pivot is designed for teams that have mostly old and slow players, who cannot press, cannot run in circles around their opponents and only way they can have some stability is playing slow, positional, defensive game.

Messi wants to play centrally, so the 4-2-3-1 makes sense for him and everyone else. Besides, he doesn't have the speed to play out wide in a 4-3-3 anymore. So either 4-2-3-1 or 4-4-1-1 with him behind another striker. In any event he will always drift to the center. France also used mostly 4-2-3-1 last World Cup. Doubt they were old and slow back then. Maybe if it were not for Greizmann they would play 4-3-3 but he wants to play centrally also so you have to find a system to accommodate him and everyone else.
 

khaled_a_d

Senior Member
Thanks god that we have Pjanic then who is such a physical beast that he doesn't actually need to run anywhere. He will just jog around in his sublime positioning and his muscle mass alone will cause balls to gravitate towards him for MAXIMUM INTERCEPTIONS.

Taugh to criticise a player for jogging with such user name.

Alena only bigger than Puig. Other than that, he is far worse.



Up until the pandemic, Alena was the far better player in e every aspect, Kudos for Puig for proving himself but it is harsh to write Alena off that way too.
 

khaled_a_d

Senior Member
Marca report that Koeman has also recommended Pedri and Alena to go on loan as they will struggle for minutes this season.

Koeman: "Riqui Puig? I spoke to him yesterday. In my opinion, young players have to play: Riqui, Alena, Pedri... I told him that it will be difficult for him to play regularly, but I also told him that he has a future here. A loan deal could work for him."
 

Gnidrologist

Senior Member
Messi wants to play centrally, so the 4-2-3-1 makes sense for him and everyone else. Besides, he doesn't have the speed to play out wide in a 4-3-3 anymore. So either 4-2-3-1 or 4-4-1-1 with him behind another striker. In any event he will always drift to the center. France also used mostly 4-2-3-1 last World Cup. Doubt they were old and slow back then. Maybe if it were not for Greizmann they would play 4-3-3 but he wants to play centrally also so you have to find a system to accommodate him and everyone else.

To be honest, at this point i don't give a crap about what Messi wants. He hasn't proved to be reliable leader of the team and his strategic decision making seems to be infantile. He's still great with the ball and can decide matches all on himself, but i'm tired of Barca that is OBLIGED to cater to his needs and if he fails then Barca fails. I'm old enough to be ready for a seasons of decline, but at least hope for future watching hungry, skilled youngsters develop.
 

Fati_Future_BallonDor

Well-known member
Koeman: "Riqui Puig? I spoke to him yesterday. In my opinion, young players have to play: Riqui, Alena, Pedri... I told him that it will be difficult for him to play regularly, but I also told him that he has a future here. A loan deal could work for him."

A loan ? This kid should be atleast on our bench and should be the first sub if we have problems to win a match. Pjanic and Busquets are finished.
 

vegitot

Senior Member
Have you seen Puig defend?

Have you seen Alena defend?

Or to you it's all about height ey, if the player is taller then he is more physical and better defensively.

To you itakuwa Gomes is a better defensively and more physical than Kante

Puig defending is quite weak. He usually presses hard but easily to be dribbled past.
 

vegitot

Senior Member
Taugh to criticise a player for jogging with such user name.





Up until the pandemic, Alena was the far better player in e every aspect, Kudos for Puig for proving himself but it is harsh to write Alena off that way too.

Alena was not even starter for Real Betis.
 

BBZ8800

Senior Member
Alena was not even starter for Real Betis.

Imo, neither will Puig.

But that is yet to come.

People will then reply:
- a bad team for him
- a coach doesn't love him
- he needs to play for a possession team.

Btw, Halilovic and Samper got exactly the same excuses.

Poor guys, they can't play in any team that doesn't play exactly the same as Barca.
 

Gnidrologist

Senior Member
Are you fuciking blind or a fool? He was our most valuable player in numbers of matches. Don't you like meritocracy? It was supposed to be one of RK's principles.
 

serghei

Senior Member
Imo, neither will Puig.

But that is yet to come.

People will then reply:
- a bad team for him
- a coach doesn't love him
- he needs to play for a possession team.

Btw, Halilovic and Samper got exactly the same excuses.

Poor guys, they can't play in any team that doesn't play exactly the same as Barca.

Samper didn't show the same quality when trusted with minutes at Barcelona. Puig did. Same goes for Halilovic.

Academy players that play well when trusted should be kept and played no matter who is manager.

And of course he needs to play for a team that usually has the ball. Didn't you see his size? :lol: Hardly the player you put in a defensive team that plays in low block defense. That's not an excuse, that's called common sense.
 
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