Sergio Busquets
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soul24rage
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Good game, helps that he has someone like Arthur to deal with pressure and get the ball out of our half
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Barcilliant
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He has the mobility of a traffic cone. He needs very mobile, dynamic players beside him.
Gnidrologist
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P. cunning traffic cone though.
DonAK
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He had Arthur and Rakitic and was outstanding vs Tottenham. He should be criticized for when he plays poorly, which happens more often than what we want to admit, but now you're just trying to find something to bash him for.
He had no issues with his lack of mobility vs Tottenham.
xXKonan
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It's true Busi is getting older but watch his performances with Spain especially when he's paired up with Thiago, He looked much better than he did for us. It wasn't just the system that helped but he also had a CM in front of him who not only had the legs but also knew what to do with the ball and can can withstand being pressed.
Busi at Barca had to play with an aging Iniesta who didn't have the legs he once had. Rakitic who while good in his own right had a number of limitations and he had guys like Gomes, Paulinho etc who are either not good enough or so widely different in terms of style to what the team is used to.
It's no coincidence that Busi played his best Barca match in a while with Arthur starting right in front of him. Surround Busi with players who are technically competent and you will still get some of that vintage Busi.
Busi at Barca had to play with an aging Iniesta who didn't have the legs he once had. Rakitic who while good in his own right had a number of limitations and he had guys like Gomes, Paulinho etc who are either not good enough or so widely different in terms of style to what the team is used to.
It's no coincidence that Busi played his best Barca match in a while with Arthur starting right in front of him. Surround Busi with players who are technically competent and you will still get some of that vintage Busi.
khaled_a_d
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Busquets is still very good on the ball, last season was one of his best with the ball
It is defensive duty that is affected, and sure a different system can hide it, and in Spain they play double pivot a lot and it usually helps, last year it was covered most of the time when he and Raki playing double pivot in 442 and Paulinho had the lungs for it but even a tough team like Chelsea exposed him badly (Willian repeated shots was his mistakes) although those games Paulinho was in bad form and didn't play second game.
This year with 433 he is exposed badly, I don't think it is just "the Arthur effect" as some people portraying it and has to do more with that extra midfielder we had.
That is why I think the Busquets- Athur- Coutinho midfield that people wants is a disaster waiting to happen, it will expose our midfield badly
Gnidrologist
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Here i agree. We can only deploy Busq in 433 system, if the both CMs are very skillful on ball and in tight spaces, which both Xavi and Ineasta were. Now we have Arthur at least for one of these roles. Need another adequate CM like De Jong and we can extend Busi's peak for much longer. Vidal is obviously not the choice even if he will be useful in some situations. Anyway, 442 seems to be a better formation for us at this point. It's not like Spain didn't dominate and win shit with 460. 
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