Except Busquets is pretty widely regarded as the best defensive midfielder in the world, and rarely if ever has a bad game, while Pedro regularly misses easy to take chances and offers little threat going forward besides finishing. He works hard and very rarely gives away possession, but he has no creativity, especially in his passing, and so is a very limited player. If he was just a player who worked hard and got a goal or two every time he featured against a smaller team, I would be perfectly fine with that, but the problem is he tends to go invisible for long stretches in which he does nothing in the attacking third due to inconsistent finishing and poor decision making. Not to mention he does poorly against larger teams because he doesn't have the brilliant dribbling of Neymar nor the creativity of Alexis; all he can offer is break at pace and tuck away finishes. Again, that would be fine if he was consistent, but he isn't. He either offers a goal outlet against smaller teams when he's in form, or a roadrunner who is guaranteed to fluff a few chances when he's not. I absolutely loathe this phrase, but I think for Pedro it must be said; he's just not good enough for Barca. No trickery, no creativity, no incisive passing, what we saw against Cartagena was probably the best of Pedro we'll ever see, while Alexis and Neymar have still to hit their ceilings in terms of performance and have already outperformed Pedro.
