Mavericky Puig

JamDav1982

Senior Member
Funny how you both are accusing anyone, who is not flinging poo on Puig as "pro Puig". Not for the first time at that. And you have been dwelling in this thread non stop for months to no end now. Obsessed much? Guys who said it was a good pass, were right. There's no controversy about that. Could just let it slide. But nooo, you simply needed to make a crapstorm about this. :lol:

Nah they are wrong.

Fact you chime in only serves to confirm it.
 

vegitot

Senior Member
Funny how you both are accusing anyone, who is not flinging poo on Puig as "pro Puig". Not for the first time at that. And you have been dwelling in this thread non stop for months to no end now. Obsessed much? Guys who said it was a good pass, were right. There's no controversy about that. Could just let it slide. But nooo, you simply needed to make a crapstorm about this. :lol:

A good pass but pretty sure every midfielders would make it. Rewatch the goal and the pass is not even as good as Busitheking describes. When Puig receives the ball, he already faces Roberto and Roberto raises his hand as well, no one mark Roberto and no one block or press Puig. The he just make a pass to Roberto. That's it.
 

Gnidrologist

Senior Member
A good pass but pretty sure every midfielders would make it. Rewatch the goal and the pass is not even as good as Busitheking describes. When Puig receives the ball, he already faces Roberto and Roberto raises his hand as well, no one mark Roberto and no one block or press Puig. The he just make a pass to Roberto. That's it.
The window of opportunity was small, the line of pass was fairly risky, he didn't receive the ball right into that position, but was looking around to see the best options, like he usually does, the pass was swift and with perfect trajectory and weight. I agree that Busquets would've dunnit, but disagree with everyone else, at least in this match and lot of others unfortunately. For example, DeJong would've dwelled on the ball and turning around several times and the window would be lost.

I don't like this kind of clinging on one single action to prove some point, but you negative nancies started it with similar "analysis" only on negative side. These kind of passes and quick thinking is one of the things people like about Puig and therefore want to see him more often as we lack it, despite "almost everybody would do the same lel" rhetoric, which is false. Not everyone, really. We love to dwell on the ball too much and wait for our opponents to close us down.

Then, on the other hand, i agree with a lot of criticism about him, such as being to over eager to do these sharp passes TOO often, even when there isn't such a good window of opportunity, him being iffy positionally in defense and running around aimlessly often. Get good with the bad, but don't deny the good just because you've decided to go on some contrarian crusade.
 
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JamDav1982

Senior Member
Nonsense.

The pass was open and no one within ten yards of Roberto.

So many words to try and over play a simple pass that was wide open.

De Jong hits better passes than that all the time and did in last pre season game to set up goal for Depay

FDJ/Pedri etc far better passers of ball and have shown it time and again compared to Puig but now this simple pass FDJ couldnt pull off....

Those passes are dime a dozen and Lenglet does multiple better passes with less room for error every game and did today.
 
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vegitot

Senior Member
The window of opportunity was small, the line of pass was fairly risky, he didn't receive the ball right into that position, but was looking around to see the best options, like he usually does, the pass was swift and with perfect trajectory and weight. I agree that Busquets would've dunnit, but disagree with everyone else, at least in this match and lot of others unfortunately. For example, DeJong would've dwelled on the ball and turning around several times and the window would be lost.

I don't like this kind of clinging on one single action to prove some point, but you negative nancies started it with similar "analysis" only on negative side. These kind of passes and quick thinking is one of the things people like about Puig and therefore want to see him more often as we lack it, despite "almost everybody would do the same lel" rhetoric, which is false. Not everyone, really. We love to dwell on the ball too much and wait for our opponents to close us down.

Then, on the other hand, i agree with a lot of criticism about him, such as being to over eager to do these sharp passes TOO often, even when there isn't such a good window of opportunity, him being iffy positionally in defense and running around aimlessly often. Get good with the bad, but don't deny the good just because you've decided to go on some contrarian crusade.
Wrong in every categories. Here is his pass
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Roberto already raises his hand. Puig sees it and pass it to him. No one block, press and mark him. Plenty of space ahead. Accurate pass indeed but not something most players can not do. Heck, Umtiti makes a harder one leading to this pass.
 
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Bobo32

Senior Member
It's a VERY nice little pass
Puig knows the truth that Pep tried to tell in one of those famous clips from the City locker room - "when the ball is there, where is the space? It's Kevin!" etc.
He knows instinctively to put the ball into the other half space, sees Roberto free, and very nicely takes another touch towards his right in order to get the gap needed.

Not because it later gave a goal, but that little second shows very well some of his greatness. This is something that he does routinely and securely, and also the way he got the ball in the first place was IIRC also pretty great.
 

vegitot

Senior Member
It's a VERY nice little pass
Puig knows the truth that Pep tried to tell in one of those famous clips from the City locker room - "when the ball is there, where is the space? It's Kevin!" etc.
He knows instinctively to put the ball into the other half space, sees Roberto free, and very nicely takes another touch towards his right in order to get the gap needed.

Not because it later gave a goal, but that little second shows very well some of his greatness. This is something that he does routinely and securely, and also the way he got the ball in the first place was IIRC also pretty great.

Umtiti makes a better and harder pass before it lol :lol:
But keep mastubarting. It won't last for long.
 

vegitot

Senior Member
Umtiti pass btw
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Most players would pass it to full back or pass it around but Umtiti knows the truth that Pep tries to tell. He already knew his pass would lead to a goal. It shows some of his greatness, a World Champion greatness.
 

Xaviniesta

Senior Member
Wrong in every categories. Here is his pass
zwdQrIm.gif

Roberto already raises his hand. Puig sees it and pass it to him. No one block, press and mark him. Plenty of space ahead. Accurate pass indeed but not something most players can not do. Heck, Umtiti makes a harder one leading to this pass.

didn't watch the game or highlights. is this the pass he's being praised for? jesus have the standards dropped :lol:
 

serghei

Senior Member
Umtiti pass btw
rehI8vi.gif


Most players would pass it to full back or pass it around but Umtiti knows the truth that Pep tries to tell. He already knew his pass would lead to a goal. It shows some of his greatness, a World Champion greatness.

Umtiti is one of the best passing defenders in the world. I would have no issues with posters praising that pass. It was great. His problems are basic defending whenever pace is involved which is 90% of the time.

So what exactly is your point. Somebody praised a good pass by Puig. So what? Is this the end of the world?
 
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serghei

Senior Member
didn't watch the game or highlights. is this the pass he's being praised for? jesus have the standards dropped :lol:

Yes, it's not exactly Xavi and Iniesta days out there. There was an even more obvious pass than that one in the Anfield game with Messi all alone and Rakitic passed it to Alba who was pressed by 3 players.

Make that pass and it's a deadly counter and maybe a CL final in the bag.

This is like somebody arguing about the color of a car, and one guy says it's teal, which is more green than blue, and we have several dudes jumping in outraged because to them it's more blue than green, making it turquoise.

Of course, then we have someone like JamDav who says that after getting another look it's neither teal nor turquoise, it's straight-up blue.
 
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