The Barcelona Thread

[shayan20]

^^hopefully. i'm sick of this pattern also.

[chuck bass]

so what formation and lineup do you guys think we should play with the current squad?

.....................Valdes
Abidal...Puyol.....Pique/Marquez....Alves

.............Toure/Keita
...........................Xavi
............Iniesta......Messi
...Henry.............Eto'o


imo with alves we don't really need a right wing, while henry can play left-wing-striker, messi in a free offensive mid role and iniesta in a offensive mid role, but with some defensive duties. xavi in the center mid, as pass distributer (along with iniesta), and toure/keita defensive mid

[Milad-69]

IMO , Rotation should be a common practice now that PeP is in charge as we have alot of quality players but id rather go with.

-----------------|Valdes|-------------------------
-Alves---Caceres(Pique)---Puyol(Marq)----Abidal---
-----------------Keita)---------------------
-------------Xavi--------Iniesta-------------------
-----Messi----------------------------------------
------------------------------Hleb(Bojan)---------
-----------------Henry

[chuck bass]

IMO , Rotation should be a common practice now that PeP is in charge as we have alot of quality players but id rather go with.
-----------------|Valdes|-------------------------
-Alves---Caceres(Pique)---Puyol(Marq)----Abidal---
-----------------Keita)---------------------
-------------Xavi--------Iniesta-------------------
-----Messi----------------------------------------
------------------------------Hleb(Bojan)---------
-----------------Henry

i completly forgot about hleb LOL

[chuck bass]

oh and i didn't pick cacares because i've only seen him play once, that was in norway vs uruguay, and he played pretty bad, but maybe it was because he played out of position (left back)

[chuck bass]

anyway since i forgot about hleb, here is my new lineup

.....................Valdes
Abidal...Puyol.....Pique/Marquez....Alves

.............Toure/Keita
...................Xavi.....Iniesta
...Messi...........Hleb
................Eto'o/Henry

[milad]

lol you guys are benching henry or eto o for hleb? wow.

[chuck bass]

lol you guys are benching henry or eto o for hleb? wow.

be COMPLETLY honest, have you ever even seen him play?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgJ3UIsgFrs

[Milad-69]

lol you guys are benching henry or eto o for hleb? wow.

It has been clear that we are not going to play with two strikers and the only player good enough , and i believe it was PeP's idea to bring in a good shadow striker & he has the ability to score goals and make assists.

Nobody is going to be permenantly benched
Henry and Eto'o are going to swap places every game or two.
but Hleb , or THE IDEA of Hleb type player is essential & the goal he scored against Chivas shows why he is essential
and the assist shows why Iniesta is better than Guti

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_bu_prxVsY

[milad]

be COMPLETLY honest, have you ever even seen him play?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgJ3UIsgFrs

yes i have seen him play. i have also seen henry play and would like to ask are you serious when you think hleb is better than henry?

[milad]

It has been clear that we are not going to play with two strikers and the only player good enough , and i believe it was PeP's idea to bring in a good shadow striker & he has the ability to score goals and make assists.
Nobody is going to be permenantly benched
Henry and Eto'o are going to swap places every game or two.
but Hleb , or THE IDEA of Hleb type player is essential & the goal he scored against Chivas shows why he is essential
and the assist shows why Iniesta is better than Guti
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_bu_prxVsY

if you must have hleb than i think you should put him on and play without a defensive mid.

-----------henry-------etoo----------
-hleb--------------------------messi-
----------xavi-------iniesta-----------

[Milad-69]

if you must have hleb than i think you should put him on and play without a defensive mid.
-----------henry-------etoo----------
-hleb--------------------------messi-
----------xavi-------iniesta-----------

Offensively that formation is lethal , but unfortunately defensively that will expose our back 4 to ALOT of counter attacks.
Something that made us suffer 2 seasons ago .
So the presence of a Defensive Midfielder is critical IMO.
But i have confidence in Guardiola, and i believe every player will get sufficient playing time, Ofcourse having to earn it.

[milad]

Offensively that formation is lethal , but unfortunately defensively that will expose our back 4 to ALOT of counter attacks.
Something that made us suffer 2 seasons ago .
So the presence of a Defensive Midfielder is critical IMO.
But i have confidence in Guardiola, and i believe every player will get sufficient playing time, Ofcourse having to earn it.

yea but i think xavi and iniesta can fall back and help out enough to make it balanced.

[Rahmani]

Good to have you back Milad

[Milad-69]

yea but i think xavi and iniesta can fall back and help out enough to make it balanced.

Unfortunately both have very "Petite" figures
and honestly , defensively , both are extremely poor.
It's a chance that cannot be taken.

&& Rahmani jan, I'm glad to be back bro.
Thank You