FC Barcelona B

[Deco 20]

Again?

 

[FCBarca]

 

[kozza]

It seems that Espinosa and Lé had a great game.

 

[Galning]

Sack him ffs. I even stopped watching the last couple of games..

 

[CatalinR10]

Whats going on with the B team ? Only 5 wins in the last 15 games .

 

[archimidis]

I don't think that the goal of the second team is to win every game and be at top of the secunda b, but more to develop players. No?

 

[XaviMessiGirl]

I don't think that the goal of the second team is to win every game and be at top of the secunda b, but more to develop players. No?

Players can't be developed & prepared for the first team if they're being coached by an incompetent who doesn't know what he's doing. Sure, the end goal might not be to finish first, since they can't be promoted anyway, but they should be doing way better.

 

[Semi-Neutral]

What place are they in?

 

[CatalinR10]

What place are they in?

8

 

[XaviMessiGirl]

What place are they in?

It actually doesn't "look" that bad (8th) but there are still a lot of problems. Elche are in first place, 18 points ahead w/ a game in hand.

One good thing though - we are better than Castilla!

 

[mixer]

Why hasn't Deulofeu played? Called up for Betis with 1st team?

 

[Flavia]

Why hasn't Deulofeu played? Called up for Betis with 1st team?

Yes.

 

[DonAndres]

I'd work the squad issue like this:

-Deulofeu and Rafinha promoted
-Roberto loaned out (perhaps to Espanyol) and Muniesa should be loaned out too
-Decrease the squad size by first taking out the complete unnecessary players (Bojan, JDS, Fontas, Keirrison, Afellay)
-Then maybe take out players who's transfers we would consider if a good offer were to come by (Alexis, Villa, Adriano, possibly Bartra?)
-Buy necessary players 1 CB, 1 FW
-Search around for secondary transfers (goalkeeper for after Valdes leaves in 2014, young backup CB, etc.)
-Keep Cuenca on loan at Ajax for another season
-Rotation is key for next season with tactical fixes to keep the players at top level

I'd say that'll take the squad size to a manageable level. The only issue is to see if Tito will trust the youngsters to play much more next season to rest senior players and get a more equitable distribution of playing time.

 

[FCBarca]

The Barça B problem

Not bad, pointing to Tito for his failures on giving minutes to the cantera players - this is one of the stark contrasts to Pep, thus far...It was inexcusable, IMHO

Still, the real problem with the B team is none other than Eusebio

 

[gunnerthoughts]

Talking of promoting Deulofeu and Rafinha, I made a video on the two this season recently. Check it out and tell me what you think!