Mavericky Puig

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mc_lovin

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There was an analysis of the Betis game on twitter and a comparison between Gavi and Puig in particular... long story short Puig has no positional sense, which just gets very apparent when you directly compare him to Gavi.
 
Bobo32

Bobo32

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mc_lovin said:
There was an analysis of the Betis game on twitter and a comparison between Gavi and Puig in particular... long story short Puig has no positional sense, which just gets very apparent when you directly compare him to Gavi.
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If you're going to bring it up, please bring the link.
The video posted is not complete with all Puigs touches, but check how he each and every time was in a good space, and also delivered the ball to a player with good space and time.
Statistically, Puig played 55mins and Gavi played 35. Puig attempted 45 passes, missing 2 and Gavi attempted 16 and missed none. Nico missed 4 of his 33 attempts, playing a few minutes more than Puig...
Click around here to see the stats for yourself: https://fbref.com/en/matches/268dc2a6/Barcelona-Real-Betis-December-4-2021-La-Liga

I am curious to see the analysis, the earlier attempts I have seen has been very disappointing to say the least, and I expect this to be more of the same, because I watched the game and him in particular pretty closely.

Rory said:
He combined with Busquets well a few times but to little effect, that's one of my worries with Puig. There's looking nice and stylish but that has to come with a level of effectiveness otherwise you're looking good for the sake of looking good. Hopefully we can see a larger sample size of minutes with him so it can be seen whether he improves the team or not. I also want to see some positional discipline from him, it's great he wants to close down intensely but you can't sacrifice the shape of the team, or leave a dangerous man available in exchange for that. I don't remember seeing that against Betis so perhaps that's just been his sub appearances where he's looking to impress.

Even with this improved performance of his I still have him as 5th-6th choice midfielder with everyone available.
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Ok, it's nice that you agree he looks stylish and nice at least, I too want a larger sample size. I am not too into this player to change my mind btw, I loved Iniesta when he broke through, and I always loved him (Platonically rather than Aristotelesically!) but I had a lot of critique for him in his last years at Barcelona...

The goal was due to Puig being a bit late in the press, then Alba did the same, and then Lenglet/de Jong were too late to even get into the press. The goal was partly on Puig - but the big point is that him and Alba were both supposed to run into the press and leave space behind, it was just that Betis did brilliantly.
 
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iniestaGOAT

iniestaGOAT

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mc_lovin said:
There was an analysis of the Betis game on twitter and a comparison between Gavi and Puig in particular... long story short Puig has no positional sense, which just gets very apparent when you directly compare him to Gavi.
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You just ignor the posts praising Puig they have no idea what they are talking about. Low football IQ like the player.
 
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