Mavericky Puig

Laplacian

Senior Member
Hes genuinely the best option to be our #1 attacking midfielder, but unfortunately he's not Brasilian nor does he cost 160m euros so he'll never get his chances in this club. Instead we'll settle for a redundant and defensive midfield.
 

Messigician

Senior Member
Very good even Arsenal fans started asking who this player is as he looks superb. While laughing at Dembele I might add
 

Raketa10

Senior Member
He needs a loan but he doesn't want to go. He will play another year in 3rd division and that will be the end for him. Can't understand this stupid youngsters. They are acting like it's beneath them to play for a mid table team, they'll rather stay here and play against Badalona or Sebadell. :facepalm:

FFS just go somewhere where you can play a top tier football for one year and than come back and see if you can succeed here or not! He will be 20y old within the next few days and he has played 2 games in La Liga so far (as a substitute). People are expecting he will be next Iniesta or Xavi while reality is we don't know if he is even capable of playing a serious top tier football or not.

Just look at Olmo's example. He is one year older and he has already played Europa league, he could also play CL football this year and he was one of the best u21 Spain players in the last EURO. What will be the result of this? Olmo will probably have a much better career and could end up playing for Spain NT one day while Puig will end up as a sub in some mid table spanish team. He needs to wake up because if he if he loses one more year he won't ever succeed here.

Some La Masia youngsters are taking Messi, Xavi or Iniesta career path as their reference point and that's just wrong. How on Earth are they expecting to compete for a place in the team with De Jong who has CL semifinal an NT football behind him? Next year another "De Jong" will emerge and Puig will still play against Badalona and people will be fuming because he is our "best" AM solution while the truth is far from that.

To sum this up sitting on the bench or playing third tier football for entire year is a career suicide for a talented 20y old player.
 
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fergus90

Senior Member
I actually think he looks like the first la masia graduate who looks genuine quality for quite some time. Looks tidy on the ball and brave in the way he plays with an attacking mentality.

He deserves a lot more minutes this season.
 
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mc_lovin

Senior Member
The problem is we would have to be ruthless towards Alena if we wanted to promote him, which isnt too nice. I would do it in a blink though.
 
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tacticvarium

New member
He needs a loan but he doesn't want to go. He will play another year in 3rd division and that will be the end for him. Can't understand this stupid youngsters. They are acting like it's beneath them to play for a mid table team, they'll rather stay here and play against Badalona or Sebadell. :facepalm:

FFS just go somewhere where you can play a top tier football for one year and than come back and see if you can succeed here or not! He will be 20y old within the next few days and he has played 2 games in La Liga so far (as a substitute). People are expecting he will be next Iniesta or Xavi while reality is we don't know if he is even capable of playing a serious top tier football or not.

Just look at Olmo's example. He is one year older and he has already played Europa league, he could also play CL football this year and he was one of the best u21 Spain players in the last EURO. What will be the result of this? Olmo will probably have a much better career and could end up playing for Spain NT one day while Puig will end up as a sub in some mid table spanish team. He needs to wake up because if he if he loses one more year he won't ever succeed here.

Some La Masia youngsters are taking Messi, Xavi or Iniesta career path as their reference point and that's just wrong. How on Earth are they expecting to compete for a place in the team with De Jong who has CL semifinal an NT football behind him? Next year another "De Jong" will emerge and Puig will still play against Badalona and people will be fuming because he is our "best" AM solution while the truth is far from that.

To sum this up sitting on the bench or playing third tier football for entire year is a career suicide for a talented 20y old player.

That is why I never blame the players that they chose money over football or sth whenever they leave La Masia before promotion to the B team.
Barcelona nowdays is one of the worst clubs for youngsters to properly develop as a player and if they are confident of their own talents, they should leave Barça for more competitive playing minutes and try to come back when they are more mature as a footballer. Aleñá should have also left at least two years ago and he is not making a progress at all in the first team now.
 
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tacticvarium

New member
The problem is we would have to be ruthless towards Alena if we wanted to promote him, which isnt too nice. I would do it in a blink though.

But it is highly unlikely that Aleñá will even get enough playing times this season due to overcrowded midfielders.
So even if Riqui takes Aleñá's spot, that won't mean anything tbh except that he can regularly train with the first team players.
 

mc_lovin

Senior Member
I think Alena made barely any progress because hes not talented enough. Never saw any greatness in him.


[MENTION=19279]tacticvarium[/MENTION]: Yeah, we have to thin out our midfield as well, which we should do anyway. But if Puig is good enough he will get playing time - he would be our only attacking midfielder. At least vs weaker teams/when we are chasing a result. Having Alena/Puig battle it out would impact both negatively.
 
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shadows

Member
I think Alena made barely any progress because hes not talented enough. Never saw any greatness in him.


[MENTION=19279]tacticvarium[/MENTION]: Yeah, we have to thin out our midfield as well, which we should do anyway. But if Puig is good enough he will get playing time - he would be our only attacking midfielder. At least vs weaker teams/when we are chasing a result. Having Alena/Puig battle it out would impact both negatively.

We have to thin out the midfield by sending these younger players on loan. I mean, what is the point keeping them. Even if we get an 18 year old Messi, he would be on the bench playing 2 games a year with Valverde as coach. The guy is totally shit at rotating the squad and plays the same slow as fuck gala 11 always ....From looking at him coach for the past couple of years, how many chances has he given players other than his gala 11 exactly???
 

Donatello

Active member
We have to thin out the midfield by sending these younger players on loan. I mean, what is the point keeping them. Even if we get an 18 year old Messi, he would be on the bench playing 2 games a year with Valverde as coach. The guy is totally shit at rotating the squad and plays the same slow as fuck gala 11 always ....From looking at him coach for the past couple of years, how many chances has he given players other than his gala 11 exactly???

TBH I actually believe that if we had an 18 year old Messi up and coming, he'd have been benched by Valverde.
 

mc_lovin

Senior Member
I dont think you can ignore an 18 years old Messi, would be an achievement. But hey, its Valverde. Same for a 21 years old Iniesta. If Puig is roughly as talented he will get his chances. If not, who cares - its a cynical business. Im just sure Alena is at best likely to follow Robertos trajectory.
 

Raketa10

Senior Member
TBH I actually believe that if we had an 18 year old Messi up and coming, he'd have been benched by Valverde.

Yeah but that's also a factor. Puig has eyes and brain so he can clearly conclude he won't get a chance this season so why the fuck is he choosing to play a 3rd tier football instead of going on a loan? Next year when people start complaining he didn't get a chance they should be reminded it was his choice to play for Barca B entire 2019/20 season.
 

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