Sergio Busquets

xXKonan

xXKonan

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Ironic that Yaya Toure, the guy Busi replaced would be far better suited for this era of Football, in the DM spot in comparison to Busi who became a relic of the past.

Can't have a pivot like that can't move, is physically weak and can't defend in this era. Busi's passing game is not good enough anymore to make up for his flaws and decay.
 
serghei

serghei

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xXKonan said:
Ironic that Yaya Toure, the guy Busi replaced would be far better suited for this era of Football, in the DM spot in comparison to Busi who became a relic of the past.

Can't have a pivot like that can't move, is physically weak and can't defend in this era. Busi's passing game is not good enough anymore to make up for his flaws and decay.
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Yaya Toure got pretty lazy too and thought he is better than he was. Truth is neither is a very long-term world-class DM material. But then, few really are, almost nobody. It is one of the hardest positions with the most work you have to put in. You're basically playing center pitch with no time to just relax.

I feel people forgot that Busi at his best was a monster. It's the club's fault that he didn't really get competition after he turned 28-29 and he started to decline a lot. But he gave us some world-class 8 years. That's a lot by any measure.
 
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malvolio

malvolio

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xXKonan said:
Ironic that Yaya Toure, the guy Busi replaced would be far better suited for this era of Football, in the DM spot in comparison to Busi who became a relic of the past.

Can't have a pivot like that can't move, is physically weak and can't defend in this era. Busi's passing game is not good enough anymore to make up for his flaws and decay.
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Stop watching football mate. You talking shite.
 
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Barcilliant

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serghei said:
Yaya Toure got pretty lazy too and thought he is better than he was. Truth is neither is a very long-term world-class DM material. But then, few really are, almost nobody. It is one of the hardest positions with the most work you have to put in. You're basically playing center pitch with no time to just relax.

I feel people forgot that Busi at his best was a monster. It's the club's fault that he didn't really get competition after he turned 28-29 and he started to decline a lot. But he gave us some world-class 8 years. That's a lot by any measure.
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He was only good when Xavi and Iniesta were absolutely dominant and bossed the midfield. As soon as that control went all his flaws were brutally exposed. He should have been dumped four years ago but come 2025 I expect Busquets to be here. That's the meme we have become.
 
malvolio

malvolio

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Barcilliant said:
He was only good when Xavi and Iniesta were absolutely dominant and bossed the midfield. As soon as that control went all his flaws were brutally exposed. He should have been dumped four years ago but come 2025 I expect Busquets to be here. That's the meme we have become.
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Yeah, Xavi and Iniesta carried him. Or as most savants in here are saying - they were baby sitting him.

Where did you get your UEFA A license mate?
 
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JamDav1982

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He was only at his highest level with Xavi and Iniesta not been anywhere close to that since they left/declined.

To be fair they were only at their highest level with Busquets around also. Xavi was class at Euro 2008 but not quite to level he became.

Busquets has been by far the worst of the three outside of playing together though. Absolute disaster and liability in too many big games.
 
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Porque

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Busquets before was a prop to get the ball to Xavi and Iniesta quickly and effeciently.

Today we use the midfield duo as a means to prop Busquets and move him up the field and quarterback all our offense.

I think it's crazy that it is 2022 and we have returned to use our DMC in a late 80s/90s way of football when the game was way slower and less athletic.

We will have our games where it connects, but also times where the intensity increases and we get overrun completely.

Things are a little better with Pedri there, but the midfield (and especially the one not Pedri) are still hovering way too close to the attackers and not partaking much in the build up.
 
malvolio

malvolio

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Porque said:
Busquets before was a prop to get the ball to Xavi and Iniesta quickly and effeciently.

Today we use the midfield duo as a means to prop Busquets and move him up the field and quarterback all our offense.

I think it's crazy that it is 2022 and we have returned to use our DMC in a late 80s/90s way of football when the game was way slower and less athletic.

We will have our games where it connects, but also times where the intensity increases and we get overrun completely.

Things are a little better with Pedri there, but the midfield (and especially the one not Pedri) are still hovering way too close to the attackers and not partaking much in the build up.
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Well, Rodri(who is the closest to a Busquets clone) doesn't have to do lots of playmaking from the back. You know why? Because he has KDB and Bernardo in front of him. So even better playmakers especially when it comes to the attacking phase.

We on the other hand lost Xavi, Iniesta and then replaced them with dross. So until FDJ came to help a bit and Pedri burst on to the scene we started relying on Busquets doing the playmaking more than he should from his position. We also had Messi who had telepathic understanding with Busi, but gap in quality of midfield was sorely lacking.

Busquets did a good job at the Euros and in that final 4 of the Nations League. But Spain is build different and was/is a better team overall than ours is right now.
 
serghei

serghei

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Barcilliant said:
He was only good when Xavi and Iniesta were absolutely dominant and bossed the midfield. As soon as that control went all his flaws were brutally exposed. He should have been dumped four years ago but come 2025 I expect Busquets to be here. That's the meme we have become.
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He should have been relied on less time as time went by, but he gave us 8 top class years, with the majority of that being the best DM in the world. We just became spoiled as a fanbase IMO.

Think about it. This place is a fucking dump of negativity and moaning, and even last season we had a domestic double in our hands in the final 2-3 games of the season.

It's a travesty how spoiled Barca fans are, but in the next years, this one including, we're gonna get purified of this sense of self-entitlement.
 
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Porque

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I think most of us are saying Busquets isn't the problem until he becomes both indispensable at his advanced age, and has the two midfielders Infront of him work for him, rather than the other way round.

If you want him to do central midfield duties then move him there and give put Frenkie in DMC. But we have seen how that works out before, and it wasn't great. Which proves to consistently perform offensive midfield duties is not his fortay. So he shouldn't be doing it from DMC.
 
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