CatalinR10
Senior Member
really good game
hopefully he's rested more now that we have a decent lead in la liga.
hopefully he's rested more now that we have a decent lead in la liga.
He had a good game, helped the team with his workrate and was more or less effective in possession. This is the best he has to offer and it's good, but we could and we will have a better player soon with FDJ. Rakitic has to keep this form till the end of the season, and he'll leave the club with honours.
Rakitic is low key a Barca legend.
Plays waaaaaay too low as a DM. Once again he was next to the CB's when starting attacks. The point of the DM is to be above the opponent's first line of press in order to transition the play. Otherwise, you might as well just give that ball to the actual CB's.
I'm not saying that Busquets is consistently world class anymore, but starting him is the only chance we have of playing a world class game.
What you said is not necessarily true. The classic build-up strategy on own half in a 4-3-3 is the DM dropping deep to the two CBs and forming a three CB line with the fullbacks pushing forward, forming a 3-4-3 essentially. Of course, the CMs may interchange as well, but someone has to drop deep. It is just simply standard textbook stuff, and Busi has been doing that for eternity too.
We need Rockitic vs Liverpool.
Liverpool are a very energetic team, starting Rakitic, Busquets and Arthur is suicial.