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Neymar doesn't have the same call control as Messi. He should be more intelligent and stop trying the play of the game near our own box. Just pass the ball.

I don't see that as a clue regarding our system. Herrera could very well fit our classic 4-3-3 too.

You never know at this stage of development, but we shouldn't get rid of players with this talent so soon.

Agreed. And why would we want Messi to change and be a bit more like Xavi or Iniesta? We could use his verticality from time to time as an AM, but the whole idea seems tactically unstable in the long run. And Messi plays with lots of freedom. That won't ever change. In modern football (and...

Messi lacks the work rate of a midfielder. Well, Messi lacks work rate, period. That means that, wherever he plays, you need extra effort from the players around him, covering the space he leaves behind with his movements. It worked with Rakitic for a while, but the whole system is not working...

Or loan him to Girona if they get promoted to first division.

What's wrong with that?

Correct! :lol: It's not his fault that he has a wooden leg. Ok, he complains about attempted murder right after he falls, but that's because it's too embarrassing, and he has an ego. I mean, that sort of clumsiness makes Jar Jar Binks look like Ronaldinho (wait, Jar Jar Binks does kind of...

I think Orellana can be more a Xavi type of player, while Busquets is more a... well... Busquets type of player. Orellana is too good at dictating the tempo of the game.

I only remember one certified talent: Messi. None of the others were an almost sure success. Not Xavi, not Iniesta. And Puyol was almost thought of as a joke before getting a chance. Young unproven players are young unproven players. It's never easy to make that jump from third division to world...

This is professional football, even if it's third division. Of course you need a mix of La Masia and experienced players. Busquets and Pedro came from 4th division, and they didn't even look that great. The likes of Xavi and Iniesta played third division before getting promoted. They are widely...

I don't know. How is Gomes better than a 90 year old lady with a walker? Because off topic punching bag hyperbole, I guess.

Sat back completely? Not sure what game you've been watching. Of course we were going to concede space as well, duh. Even more so. And yeah, they were pretty solid throughout the game.

Well, we were unlucky, even if our opponent was really good. We can only hope to be luckier in the second leg, but it's going to be very difficult.

I didn't talk about chances per se. We have been much more dominant than in the first half, we have passed the ball more successfully, and that's because, even if they were intense, they were obviously more tired of keeping pressuring us up. It's a typical fact I didn't expect anyone to deny...

Our bad performance has been mainly caused by our opponent's performance. That you deny that there was more space in the second half is a bit hard to understand, though. They have been very intense throughout the game, and getting more tired as the game advances and thus not being so extremely...

You're just being stubborn with reality. Whatever.

But we're having more space, because the players are more tired, just as 2+2=4.

As I expected, we're beginning to find more space. Unlucky, though.

I guess second half will be different, which doesn't necessarily mean better for us. But there will definitely be more space. Hopefully, the likes of Alfaro, Perea, Cardona and Aleñá will take advantage of that.