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I agree which is why I believe that Cesc should mainly come off the bench in the second half in Clasicos

Fabregas doesn't have the pace or dribbling speed to play as a false 9 against elite defenders like Varane, Pepe etc. and he's not that clinical of a finisher either which is a big problem as he sometimes gets in Messi's way. The reason why Messi is having to pick balls from deep is because our...

And I consider that the logic of pushing Messi on the wings will somehow strengthen our attack to be completely mind-boggling.

It wasn't all Cesc's fault but he was definitely part or it , the fact of the matter is that when you are constantly below par against your biggest rival than tough questions need to be asked. In the past whenever we have won against Madrid, we have been able to dominate in terms of possession...

This is not the first time he;s had an off game in a Clasico and most of the time when we play against Madrid, it\s usually a title decider so we need to be careful about who plays and where, when you constantly dissapointing or largely ineffective against your toughest opposition than the...

'Playing Messi on the wing to accomodate Cesc' :lol: I don;t think so. It's ridiculous that on one hand you talk about the importance of scoring and on the other hand you want to sideline our best scorer on the wings..... I mean, I realize the strides that Cesc has made this season but let's...

Against Madrid we need somebody who can control the tempo of the midfield and Cesc is not that type of player,his game is more about playing throughballs in the final third and making runs whereas we needed somebody who could make short quick passes and make it into a 'Barcelona-style' game and...

This game reminds me of Cesc in his first Clasico start when he scored a goal but was crappy for the most part,especially in the fiirst half giving the ball away on many occasions. I've said it before,he needs more time and space on the ball to make his passes and will make mistakes which give...

I remember writing about the NHL playoffs on this thread sometime back and revealed my reservations about this sport that I was watching for the first time but I'm really enjoying the new season so far . I'm seeing the patterns of play and the more open style of hockey has made it more exciting...

The difference in the pace of the ground strokes was quite striking in the Murray- Fed match. It was like a heavyweight fighting a middle-weight, we've seen this a lot more in recent times as well like for example when Fed lost to Tsonga in the quarters at Wimbledon or his loss against Berdych...

I believe part of it could also be that Messi is pacing himself. It's a long season after all but I don't think something like this should be persisted with for too long (Messi playing as deep).

I agree it greatly reduces our chances of scoring when he is playing deep. Can you imagine how many goals he'd score if he made anywhere near the amount of runs that Ronaldo makes.

There's no question Pedro is a better finisher than Cesc.

That's something which I don't like and it should be the other way around, Messi is spending far too much time behind Cesc and it might work against certain sides and in certain situations more than others but I think we're more deadly the other way around . Particularly in the first half...

The only problem I have with Cesc playing the furthest forward is that he doesn't have the dribbling speed that would frighten opposing defenders like Messi or Pedro(which is why he is easy to close down for defenders) and neither is he as good a finisher as those two. Cesc is best served when...

I'm not saying you should never talk to the ref but I don't like to see it done repeatedly and as often as Busi does and I also don't like to see it done as a ploy. Xavi and Puyol are better at talking to the ref because they do it sparingly and when they do talk they are usually on the right. A...

'Ahead of Puyol' :lol: :lol:

In recent games he's been playing a little too deep for my liking and others like Cesc are making runs which he should be making. Other than that, I don't have any problems. I just don't like to see him play as deep so often.

He's a great player but I just don't like his incessant whining to the ref sometimes even when he's on the wrong. It's something you see often from a Mourinho coached side like Madrid but I don't like to see that from a Barca player. It just seems like he has a word with the ref every single...

I think he's doing it more also because he knows that's the best way to play alongside Cesc. I've never seen Messi play as far deep so often as i've seen in recent games. He used to do that very rarely before but he seems to be doing it now more frequently. And previously when he did use to...