Neymar Jr. - v5

Pepe Silvia

Active member
Assists are nice, but he needs to shoot and score more. Over last months he's been frustrating. Loses ball too much. Goes on runs that often amount in lost possession/being left on counter.

He's had his good moments obviously, but he is frustrating recently.
 

abiabi

Member
Surely the one who tried the most tonight ... just that the final pass was a bit off ... but still he tried and tried until the end ...

We will surely miss him at Bernabeu ... and for the ones saying that he is not going to be a leader. I think exactly the opposite, with all his passion on the pitch in the big games (he still needs to learn some things) and eager for the win in these games ...


I don't get all these projections on Neymar. He's in his prime now, he's super athletic, he doesn't play slow like Riquelme or someone like that. He won't keep growing and growing and maturing and maturing. Like Kaka who relied on his explosiveness, he'll probably peak at 27 and decline from there. He's 25 now, so do the math. We are already seeing his prime
 

kilian

Senior Member
The problem with Neymar is the same as with Messi and Suarez. They are attackers and they should be put by their team in a position to do damage to opposition. Not take the ball 50 meters from goal and try to create something. He really tried yesterday, but he can`t do it alone against a really good side, just like Messi can`t.
 
MSN worked during the treble season that masked the crap barca team over the years with a crap mananager. However, the last 2 seasons, they couldnt carry barcelona.

Need a better overall team, rather than relying on MSN to win everything again.
 

BBZ8800

Senior Member
MSN worked during the treble season that masked the crap barca team over the years with a crap mananager. However, the last 2 seasons, they couldnt carry barcelona.

Need a better overall team, rather than relying on MSN to win everything again.

There is also an option that we don't need MSN, but only 1 or 2 star players and a more balanced team around them.
 

Neymessi

Active member
There is also an option that we don't need MSN, but only 1 or 2 star players and a more balanced team around them.

Having MSN and a doable midfield won't hurt. The problem is we have MSN who are arguably 3 best players out of top 5 and a midfield which is like..well we all know.
 

ATLBarcaFan

Senior Member
Love this guy's passion, he played his heart out last night. Wasn't as clinical as we needed him to be near goal, but he definitely left it all on the field.
 

behindbrowneyes

Well-known member
There is also an option that we don't need MSN, but only 1 or 2 star players and a more balanced team around them.

I would agree with you if MSN had airs and graces, but this isn't the case. Everyone saw lately that Neymar is a fighter and works very hard off the ball. You can say the same about Suárez. Messi is a different topic. We all know that he needs breaks during games to get the most out of him. No problem about that. One could argue that these players don't work together, but this isn't the case. It is true that their roles need to change. Messi is not a winger anymore or in other words: we lack of creating midfielders so he has to do the job.

Give these 3 a good midfield and they will be lethal again. I mean imagine them playing with the likes of Kroos and Modric. Just one spot in our midfield is covered perfect and this is Busquets. Sure, Iniesta is great, but we can't expect him to pull the chestnuts out of the fire. Rakitic is a hard worker and there was a time when we desperately needed this kind of player, but now we are lacking creativity and Rakitic is not the one to serve that.

The only thing in that MSN could hurt us is their price tag. I agree with you if you meant this. We just need to get rid of overpayed players like Arda. I don't know what he earns, but I can tell you surely that he isn't worth the money. Robert/new coach must stop paying 35M for such players.
 

abiabi

Member
MSN worked during the treble season that masked the crap barca team over the years with a crap mananager. However, the last 2 seasons, they couldnt carry barcelona.

Need a better overall team, rather than relying on MSN to win everything again.

Last season we won a double.. what are you talking about
 

serghei

Senior Member
There is also an option that we don't need MSN, but only 1 or 2 star players and a more balanced team around them.

We could still use MSN in a wiser way. Messi, Neymar and Suarez are team players, not individualistic stars. They have been made to look that way by poor tactics.

I'm 100% sure that the instructions have us to give the ball to Neymar and ask him to create superiority on our left side through his individual abilities. He almost never receives passes in space now, because he is played so much whenever a pass to him is possible. This is also the no1 tactical reason why he scored so few goals.
 
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JerseyAddict

Well-known member
We could still use MSN in a wiser way. Messi, Neymar and Suarez are team players, not individualistic stars. They have been made to look that way by poor tactics.

I'm 100% sure that the instructions have us to give the ball to Neymar and ask him to create superiority on our left side through his individual abilities. He almost never receives passes in space now, because he is played so much whenever a pass to him is possible. This is also the no1 tactical reason why he scored so few goals.

+1
 

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