beast is right.
the fact that caceres simply did not get minutes (when everyone did, even the woeful gleb and sanchez) means he really must have had some serious flaws in his game that pep saw in training. you and I, dear readers, do not see him every day in training.
chysus is taking his time to adapt. but considering he's coming from the motherfucking ukraine and a defensive minded team at that I'd expect you guys would have more patience with him. it's not easy playing in defence for us, even piqué took about this long to get really awesome (honestly, some of you lot are SO fickle).
but this debate just sums up the mentality of some football fans:
they see a player with great physical attributes and think "great, we can build on that!"
but pep sees a player with great technical attributes and thinks "great, we can build on that!"
chysus has immortal technique, fantastic vision, a good reading of the game, and confidence in his abilities. his sole incorrectable weakness is that he's not very fast. and even that will be less of an issue once he gets used to the pace of our play as he'll stop getting caught flat-footed. he can be a bit aloof at times but again, he's adapting to the pace of the league.
this is barcelona. technique comes first.
I look at chysus and I see a taller non-latin marquez. their playing styles are remarkably similar.
I feel that's the kind of level he'll end up at. and piqué/chysus could replicate the sheer win of piqué/rafa from last season. and with more tigrish CB's coming through like muniesa, things are looking good.
