2 - Pau Cubarsí

[KingLeo10]

He needs a lot of competition and training.

Complete bombscare of a defender lately.

Weak and dumb.

 

[El Ilusionista]

He has been struggling past couple of weeks, I think its mostly fatigue.

 

[TacticsTim]

Injury circumstances of Christensen and the fact that araujo is a complete clown have made this guy a starter when in reality he is not there.

He's a great talent but he's just not ready to be the main defender that he has been asked to be.

 

[serghei]

Not a starter for me also. Too many individual fuck-ups of all sorts, stupid pens, poor positioning, bad touches under pressure... He has time to become one, but at the moment a clear starter he is not if the club does its job on the market.

 

[MasQueCulé]

You guys are very hard for a 18 year old.

He didnt deliver in the last matchs but, i think its mostly fatigue like @El Ilusionista said.

Not ready to be our main defender for now.

 

[Gazzznigga]

His intelligence is underrated.
I am a convert now.

 

[Horatio]

His brain developing. These young players learn a lot in a short time.

Will process everything over course of summer break. Will come back at high level next season.

 

[jormatar]

Bad games happen, especially for a teenager. It's not too long when he was MOTM with Kounde in CDR. He is still great and should be a starter. If he isn't fatigued, there is no need play someone else just because he has had two bad games in a row. Now it's time to show we trust him instead of putting him into doghouse. I think Flick sees it the same way.

 

[Barcaman]

Apparently he played with stomach problems and asked to be subbed when it got worse.

 

[ElMagodel304]

He is 18, he has everything to be one of the best CB in the world but defending in this Flick Kamikaze tactic side is really really difficult, it would be difficult for the best CB in history like Puyol, Sr4 or Maldini aswell...

 

[TheStig]

I don't think any CB would look good in the chaos we're playing in defense last few weeks. I also think we underestimated the influence of Kounde and Balde on defense.

We played high line through the whole season but it was more organized and it worked, it doesn't work anymore. Good thing is that it's the end of the season but I think this defensive chaos will continue next season, I think other teams know better how to play against us than they did at the start of the season.

 

[Masetro10]

Cubarsi went from playing everyone offside to now playing everyone onside like is he getting lessons from Araujo?

 

[khaled_a_d]

We played high line through the whole season but it was more organized and it worked, it doesn't work anymore.

It doesn't work because of personal mistakes. Cubarsi and Inigo gifted 2 goals last night, only 2nd goal came from systematic "error".

Defensive errors cause goals in any system, and Barca always had an offensive minded team, we played with highline under the likes of Rijkaard, Pep and Lucho. Mascherano had a career here just because he was able to defend highline.

Flick Kamikaze tactic side is really really difficult, it would be difficult for the best CB in history like Puyol, Sr4 or Maldini aswell...

Different eras, but in 04/05 we literally played same defense under Rijkaard. Highline with offside trap. Puyol was better than anyone we have seen from our CB this season. Again, Different eras, and pretty unfair comparison, but the idea that no one can play it is totally off the mark.

It revived freakin Boateng career playing this style.

 

[TheStig]

The highlines in the past were a lot deeper than what we're seeing under Flick.

I'm not against it, it worked great in this season but the last few matches it fell apart.

 

[Porque]

It doesn't work because of personal mistakes. Cubarsi and Inigo gifted 2 goals last night, only 2nd goal came from systematic "error".

Defensive errors cause goals in any system, and Barca always had an offensive minded team, we played with highline under the likes of Rijkaard, Pep and Lucho. Mascherano had a career here just because he was able to defend highline..

We also play on the limit, which causes extreme focus and mental fatigue. Every mistake is a potential goalscoring chance conceded which can definitely be taxing over a long season.

It's the risk of the system. But Flick seems to be aware of it and know how to tweak it over pre-season. I personally think Cubarsi is going to come back much better next term.