Sergio Busquets

[Bobo32]

Can someone let him know pressing like the slowest striker in history up the pitch against a team looking to score from a counter attack is pure suicide. The guy is a tactical nightmare and a joke. His one thing is he can control a ball calmly in most situations. Yes that is valuable in many circumstances but only if you can then progress the ball well. He controls the ball well and is so slow he can't get it out of his feet, so the opponent presses him and he relies on spanish refs giving soft fouls. Can't stand watching him play. We will win NOTHING with him starting games

The team needs to follow in these situations.
It's best if he stays in front of the back line at all times, and let the interiors+wingers+full backs+9 do the pressing, but they don't.
It's also best if he get's to be the only one in the first space, and Messi+Griezmann+De Jong keep out of there and let Busquets (the GOAT to find these passes) find them in the next space instead.

It is kind of frustrating - one thing that always worked since Busquets arrival was getting the ball cleanly from CB to MC, now Koeman is making all kinds of experiments to mess this up.
Busquets still appears to be the better one to me, but if Barcelona are to play like this he might as well be put away in favour of some random runner.

 

[Messigician]

I sometimes wonder if selling Toure for him was a mistake.

 

[Katarina1]

I sometimes wonder if selling Toure for him was a mistake.

nah, the mistake was renewing him in 2018 instead of getting ready to kick him out one of these last two summers

 

[raedkuwait]

But But, his father is a friend with Koecow so we all know he will
play all games regardless of what his form is.

 

[malvolio]

But But, his father is a friend with Koecow so we all know he will
play all games regardless of what his form is.

this is not on koeman. we are out of options basically. pjanic and puig are shit at playing dm.

who should play there?

 

[raedkuwait]

this is not on koeman. we are out of options basically. pjanic and puig are shit at playing dm.

who should play there?

Man the question is who should we play instead of him
Is so distructive, I would basically get any b player
Instead of him, cause nothing and no player is
Worst than him, giving him minuets is just a waste
Of fucking time, give puig few consactive games
Cause giving him 10 min here and there will never
Ever show any player true form, plus every time
He plays puig he never plays Messi with him, this
Is not fair. Bussi is finished and he is distroying
The team playing 1 man short is better than this
Turtle.

 

[malvolio]

Man the question is who should we play instead of him
Is so distructive, I would basically get any b player
Instead of him, cause nothing and no player is
Worst than him, giving him minuets is just a waste
Of fucking time, give puig few consactive games
Cause giving him 10 min here and there will never
Ever show any player true form, plus every time
He plays puig he never plays Messi with him, this
Is not fair. Bussi is finished and he is distroying
The team playing 1 man short is better than this
Turtle.

i get what you are saying, but it doesn't work like that. we don't have options at dm and putting a kid there only to get slaughtered is not the answer.

even pjanic, who is a veteran, looks worse.

 

[JamDav1982]

At this point be as well putting FDJ back there and Pjanic or Busquets ahead of him at CM as Busquets on front of that defence is just too big of a liability from his positioning to how often he gives away the ball..or does but is rescued by officials.

Or Puig but cant see Koeman chosing a CM of Puig and Pedri.

Lose a lot with FDJ not going forward but there are more players to pick that up at other end than there is in defence to cover.

Or FDJ and Pedri sitting deeper and Messi AM.

Busquets brings next to nothing in the team that should be keeping him there.

 

[fergus90]

The man has been a liability in big games for at least 3 years. Before he was unbelievably press-resistant and able to shift his body to get clear. Now he shites his pants knowing he isn't up to the challenge anymore and tries to win fouls to prevent getting exposed.

Fekir had his number early doors at the weekend, Busi was very lucky on numerous occassions the ref bought his tactics of winning fouls.

A Xavi-esque 2015 role would suit him now, bring him on to keep possession and let legs rest when the score allows it. He did have a good patch of form last month, off the back of being dropped for two consecutive games for the first time in a few years. This shows on limited minutes he still has his uses. Starting twice a week is just not optimal for him now.

 

[Windhook]

I saw a flaw in Koeman's 4-3-3. Mingueza dribbled forward in one episode and Busi went back to his position at CB and when that posession ended they switched back. But when Busquets went forward nobody covered for him the DM area, they all moved forward, relying on Umtiti's terrible form and Mingueza's inexperience. That's open invitation for teams like Sevilla.

 

[Hardy]

tragic he still has a lot of fans on twitter who keep posting useless stats to show how he still good

 

[Fati_Future_BallonDor]

We should have kept Iniesta instead if him

 

[Bobo32]

I saw a flaw in Koeman's 4-3-3. Mingueza dribbled forward in one episode and Busi went back to his position at CB and when that posession ended they switched back. But when Busquets went forward nobody covered for him the DM area, they all moved forward, relying on Umtiti's terrible form and Mingueza's inexperience. That's open invitation for teams like Sevilla.

Do you mean when Busquets pressed, or did he advance also in possession?

In possession Busquets should be located "in the hole" between opp. attack an midfield, creating angles. This is what he is GOAT at.
Currently De Jong appears in the same space way too often, 10-15m lateral to Busquets, but with his back against the goal and without a clear vision of what to do with the ball.
Not only that, Griezmann and Messi does as well (at least Messi can do something with the ball)

Busquets finds at least 9/10 times the best solution with the ball, but as he is not a dribbler who can do as Messi vs Getafe -07 he is very dependant on where his team mates choose to position themselves.
I think both Pedri and De Jong are a bit lazy in their positioning, partly because they have great technique and also vision, so they can solve most situations anyway.

Busquets should not be in the back line to find the pass towards De Jong in DM position, but be in DM and find players in AM position.

 

[JamDav1982]

tragic he still has a lot of fans on twitter who keep posting useless stats to show how he still good

Same as when see the Catalan media giving their match ratings.. he was given a 6 which was on par and better than other players he was clearly worse than. Their football talk shows will attack other platers such as Umtiti as well but leave out Busquets.

Iniesta said recently Busquets is Spains best player etc.

They either protect these players or are so far into the idea of 'Barca DNA' and his link to the past that they cannot see past it.

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

We should have kept Iniesta instead if him

Iniesta wanted to leave for wine business