Martin Braithwaite
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malvolio
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hate would be an overstatement. only player i despise is griezmann, but even with him i don't care anymore. i just liked to have a go at wolfe regarding braith's status, since he was a fan oh his.
no he isn't. the initial discussion started with BBZ telling us that no one in our team is scoring more than him or scoring against better teams. which is a stupid conclusion to make after 3 games as starter, weak opponents and some players missing through injury or rotation.
he then went into beyond stupid mode with comparisons against lautaro and depay. i very much doubt it both those players wouldn't have scored in those same games, regardless of them being pure strikers or not.
i too agree to the fact braith is better than nothing and the that he is the only one that knows to play the role. i've always advocated that we should have a pure striker upfront and not some false 9 bullshit experiment.
right now he is doing ok and just represents a stop gap. let's hope he does it against better opposition also.
Fati_Future_BallonDor
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+1000
feggydinho
Senior Member
I always knew that we were supposed to replace Suarez with someone like Raul Gimenez (but he recently cracked his skull), I still don't get why our Scouts can't look for good strikers when they are out there. I'm loving Braithwaite movements at the moment, but getting another striker would be good incase he injures
BBZ8800
Senior Member
Malvolio, you don't get it.
Depay and Lautaro are similar to what we already have.
And we struggle with 4 similar payers in attack.
Imagine Cf Lautaro, and 3 Cams Cou, Messi, Griezz.
With Lautaro dropping deep, Messi dropping deep.
And then you have only one option: dribble past 5 or TikiTaka through their defense.
Instead of playing simpler, dumber and more efficient with a good old no 9 in the box.
Real won 4 CLs with hurling crosses to Cr7 and him scoring tapins on the far post (with two guys in the box and dragging their defenders in Cr7 and Benzema).
When we don't have anyone in the box, then Messi is marked by 3-4 players all the time.
Who can score headers or tapins when you have 4 similar players?
The only way to score goals are individual magic like a goal from Griezz or Messi against Osasuna.
Another thing about Braithwaite, if a team will play good with him, it is more likely that we will go after Halaand or a no9 in the future and move on from Pep's style No9s like Jesus or Lautaro.
I am having nightmares of those type of Cfs.
Depay and Lautaro are similar to what we already have.
And we struggle with 4 similar payers in attack.
Imagine Cf Lautaro, and 3 Cams Cou, Messi, Griezz.
With Lautaro dropping deep, Messi dropping deep.
And then you have only one option: dribble past 5 or TikiTaka through their defense.
Instead of playing simpler, dumber and more efficient with a good old no 9 in the box.
Real won 4 CLs with hurling crosses to Cr7 and him scoring tapins on the far post (with two guys in the box and dragging their defenders in Cr7 and Benzema).
When we don't have anyone in the box, then Messi is marked by 3-4 players all the time.
Who can score headers or tapins when you have 4 similar players?
The only way to score goals are individual magic like a goal from Griezz or Messi against Osasuna.
Another thing about Braithwaite, if a team will play good with him, it is more likely that we will go after Halaand or a no9 in the future and move on from Pep's style No9s like Jesus or Lautaro.
I am having nightmares of those type of Cfs.
Neeraj
Senior Member
malvolio
Senior Member
you're talking about the longer game. with that i'm in agreement, although lautaro is not far from what etoo or villa played as far as style is concerned(actual quality and position is something else).
but depay or lautaro not scoring a couple of goals in these last three games? those two have more in their baggage then braith those. even griezmann the eunuch scored.
for me personally, i wouldn't like for barca to go the other teams route. i like us playing 433, i like the passing and the movement opposed to crossing infinitely, i like smart strikers a la etoo or suarez. that's why i'm not impressed by liverpool's or bayern's current style. and it's not as if before pep came we played so much differently. it's just that the bald lucky fucker hit the jackpot with the la masia golden generation.
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te amo barca
Blaugrana al vent
so that we would be left with no real striker until the end of the season? thank god you're not the manager.
Money is more important than team performance, so that later we can buy players that will improve team performance. Solid logic right?
Riqui is sitting on the bench dawg
Gnidrologist
Senior Member
Good banter.
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