I think he benefited more the fluency than fluency benefited his presence.
I don't think Neymar cannot play in a environment like that. In fact we could have Suarez or any strange player there and the fluency would be similar.
But again: he was fine, pretty solid. Good for him, for his confidence and, ultimately, for us.
I have said on Roberto's topic that against weaker teams at Camp Nou Roberto is a much better Dmc than Masch.
Because against weaker teams, we attack 80% of time, and defend only 20% of time (roughly).
So, Dmc like Roberto (if there is no Busi) is a much better option for controlling the game and dominating then Mascherano.
But also, some similar patterns are happening with Neymar and Pedro.
For example, our last matches at Camp Nou were:
-- when Pedro was in the starting 11:
-- Barca:Cordoba 5:0 Bravo - Montoya, Pique, Masch, Alba - Busquets, Rakitic, Iniesta - Messi, Suarez, Pedro
-- Barca:Levante 5:0 Bravo; Montoya, Mascherano, Bartra, Adriano; Busquets, Xavi, Rakitic; Neymar Messi Pedro
-- Barca:Rayo 6:1 Bravo - Alves Pique Mathieu Alba - Xavi Mascherano Iniesta - Messi Suarez Pedro
-- Barca:Almeria 4:0 Bravo, Alves, Bartra, Mascherano, Adriano, Sergi Roberto, Xavi, Rakitic, Pedro, Messi y Suarez
-- when Pedro wasn't playing:
-- Barca:Atletico 3:1
-- Barca:Villareal 3:2
-- Barca:Malaga 0:1
-- Barca:Real 2:1
Ok, Pedro played against much easier opponents.
On the other hand, our 2 home defeats and our lineups:
Barca:Malaga 0:1 Bravo - Alves Pique Mathieu Alba - Rafinha Busquets Iniesta - Messi Suarez Neymar
Barca:Celta 0:1 Bravo - Alves Mascherano Mathieu Alba - Rakitic Busquets Rafinha - Suarez Messi Neymar
Our only two defeats on Camp Nou came with Rafinha, who is weak in holding his position and is too often "all over the place".
In both defeats we had Rafinha+Neymar on the field.
On the other hand, in 3 out 4 high scoring wins at Camp Nou we had both Xavi+Pedro on the field, Xavi played 3 times, Pedro 4 times.
I am not trying to say that Pedro is better than Neymar.
But, some patterns are visible in some matches.
For example, if we are playing at home, against midtable/lowtable team:
1. Xavi+Pedro or some other Busi/Roberto/Xavi/Iniesta+Pedro formation will usually bring a lot of automatism and control.
2. if you put Rafinha instead of Xavi, we are losing automatism and control
3. if you out Mascherano+Rafinha, we don't have any domination in midfield
3. if you put Rafinha+Neymar in the same time, we will also have much less control than with Xavi+Pedro
Again, Neymar is much better than Pedro, but Bernie is not talking a total nonsense.
With each of them on the field, the team is playing differently.