Mavericky Puig

[Alik]

I would say Dembele's and Arthur's deadly flaw is their lack of discipline/professional behaviour.

 

[Gnidrologist]

This sounds like copy/pasted post from 2018-2019 how we should build our midfield around Frenkie-Arthut.

Just saying.
Deja vu.

Yeah, i'm glad you're happy your favorite lineup of strong, physical, experienced players delivered once again.

Just saying.
Deja vu.

 

[khaled_a_d]

BBZ argument is a bit far, Puig is still not proven at least as a core player.
He will get his chance next season, most likely a fair one and we will see how he looks.
What he has shown is better than most expected, but statements like :build a team around FDJ & Puig will understandably attract some criticism

 

[te amo barca]

Sell Rakitic to Sevilla and Vidal to China/Juventus.

CDM: De Jong is first choice, Busquets is a bench warmer.
CM: Pjanic, Puig, Pedri, Roberto (rotation only), Alena (rotation only), Matheus (bench or loan)

Send Monchu out on loan to a La Liga team.

 

[vegitot]

Puig's only only problem is his physique which can be improved.

He has potential and way better than Arthur, Dembele...

Did you say samething about Iniesta back in the day???

 

[Devils]

He just needs to go on the Goretzka diet and fitness regimen.

Looks how much Goretzka improved after upgraded his fitness. Became 5x the player he used to be.

Riqui needs to get his head in the game, dawg.

 

[BBZ8800]

Puig's only only problem is his physique which can be improved.

He has potential and way better than Arthur, Dembele...

Did you say samething about Iniesta back in the day???

If you are that small, you can make it only if you are way better than the rest in technical skills, like Iniesta.

You can't be that small and so-so in other skills.

Till now, you have a few red flags about Puig:
Physique
Defending due to a teen physique. Imagine him defending against Bayern.
Scoring goals.

If he is the most attacking midfielder in our 433, you are again getting a some sort of CAM who will never score.

Imagine that midfield:
Frenkie, not a scorer
Xx a 2nd Cm, unknown player
Puig, can't score

Then the whole burden of scoring is on 3 attackers.
Yet, one of those 3 might be Lautaro, who also can't score.
So, we will need to buy 2 wingers who will score 25-30 goals per season.

So, we are again building a team which moves well and can't score.

We traded Frenkie-Arthur who were clueless in creation for Frenkie-Puig, where Puig can create, but we lost some defending, some physique and we still can't score.

Someone will reply: but Iniesta wasn't scoring either.
True, but he had a 50-goals-per season guy next to him.

For you guys, each new season, every new midfirld trio looks very promising.
Yet, when you dig deeper, we are just trading 5 flaws from one season for 5 new flaws in the next season.

 

[George_Costanza]

BBZ argument is a bit far, Puig is still not proven at least as a core player.
He will get his chance next season, most likely a fair one and we will see how he looks.
What he has shown is better than most expected, but statements like :build a team around FDJ & Puig will understandably attract some criticism

check Madrid forums, he is the only midfielder we have that they rate so highly and compare him to Modric. Strange that we still have many Barca fans doubt him or still talk about his size limitation after his superb performance against a physically superior side like Atletico Madrid.

 

[khaled_a_d]

check Madrid forums, he is the only midfielder we have that they rate so highly and compare him to Modric. Strange that we still have many Barca fans doubt him or still talk about his size limitation after his superb performance against a physically superior side like Atletico Madrid.

Barca fans themselves overrates many RM players early on.
Arthur was overrated by RM fans too.
Puig had good game in a weird environment against AM, although there were couple of situations were his physique was a problem in that game.
But anyway, the end of this season proves he belongs to the squad, but it is too early to bin him as core player to build around.

 

[Gnidrologist]

If you are that small, you can make it only if you are way better than the rest in technical skills, like Iniesta.

Which is why Puig is good comparison.

 

[MTL_Barca]

Some physical improvements would be nice, but more like Neymar did here and not going full bodybuilder. Doesn't necessarily need to win in a fist fight to contribute defensively if he has stamina and can make the right runs.

Most important part is if he can consistently set up goals and/or influence the game otherwise. Can't play a CM just for some nice passes or dribblings here and there but there is no way to say this now so we'll have to wait and see what output he can produce if he get's more minutes.

 

[te amo barca]

If you are that small, you can make it only if you are way better than the rest in technical skills, like Iniesta.

You can't be that small and so-so in other skills.

Till now, you have a few red flags about Puig:
Physique
Defending due to a teen physique. Imagine him defending against Bayern.
Scoring goals.

If he is the most attacking midfielder in our 433, you are again getting a some sort of CAM who will never score.

Imagine that midfield:
Frenkie, not a scorer
Xx a 2nd Cm, unknown player
Puig, can't score

Then the whole burden of scoring is on 3 attackers.
Yet, one of those 3 might be Lautaro, who also can't score.
So, we will need to buy 2 wingers who will score 25-30 goals per season.

So, we are again building a team which moves well and can't score.

We traded Frenkie-Arthur who were clueless in creation for Frenkie-Puig, where Puig can create, but we lost some defending, some physique and we still can't score.

Someone will reply: but Iniesta wasn't scoring either.
True, but he had a 50-goals-per season guy next to him.

For you guys, each new season, every new midfirld trio looks very promising.
Yet, when you dig deeper, we are just trading 5 flaws from one season for 5 new flaws in the next season.

1,65m Cazorla dominated in the mighty athletic PL for years. Puig has a lot of stamina.

 

[ASordidGod]

I have to be honest, I do feel like he is being way overhyped. I get that we need hope right now, and absolutely Puig would be an upgrade in the midfield purely on his energy and bravery. But I?m the little I?ve seen of him, his technique has merely been quite good. There?s nothing elite about his movement with the ball and his passing is sloppy. Hopefully I?m wrong; but this kid is not our saviour. An improvement, for sure; but is that really saying much?

 

[serghei]

His passing is not sloppy, his agility + speed is very good, his creativity is very good. Only negative point really is his weak build. How much of a negative will that be in the tough games we'll see. But for that he needs to play these games.

 

[Tackle]

His agility and speed are not anything special in modern football. Think we've been so accustomed to the likes of Raki, Busi, Vidal, Gomes etc. over the years that when we see a player move normally (Puig) we think they possess some extraordinary traits.