Ursegor
World Champion
A DM provides balance. Throwing as many attacking players in as possible doesn't result in better attacking flow. It makes the team more vulnerable for counterattacks and defensively instable. If you're defensively instable it transmits throughout the whole team. The attacking players don't concentrate on their own game, don't take risks and play it safe to not further burden a fragile defense etc. In fact the lack of a DM was the reason why we conceded the second goal against Celtic. Normally Busquets would deal with such a long ball from the keeper in that position. Xavi playing as the most withdrawn midfielder however couldn't defensively deal with that ball = goal.
In my opinion it's a huge mistake to throw in more attacking players against parked busses. If you do that you leave spaces behind and in 90 minutes EVERY team will get at least 1 or 2 good chances on the break. We fail against parked busses because of our defense. Not our offense. We conceded 3 goals against Celtic in 2 games. Fss. Spain for example have the ability to win 1-0. Everyone parks the bus against Spain too. So what? They stick with their 2 defensive midfielders instead of throwing everyone forward and are capable of seeing off a game 1-0 instead of throwing bodies forward, playing 3-4-3 etc. and ending up with a 2-2 result like Barcelona likes to do.
If we want to win against parked airplanes, we need the holy defensive trinity of Pique, Puyol and Busquets back on the pitch at the same time. That's all.
