Pre-Match Thread: Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona [La Liga]

We've lost 3 games this season and in all of those games we didn't have control or better I say that Busquets wasn't a starter in any of those 3 games. Not to forget that he has consistently performed in our home games. When Busquets performs the whole system works. When he's not utilized properly the system starts disfunctioning.

Rakitic had ONE good game this season and even in that game he wasnt our best Midfielder , he was decent. Rakitic and Vidal should be used for rotation , substitution and as Tactical option for specific matches. Nothing more than that. Our standard Midfield should be Fdj-Busi-Arthur which was and will always be our best mid combo. That doesn't mean that Rakitic and Vidal are useless. Rakitic can used in certain matches like I said as a Tactical option for specific matches mostly to control games when we're in a lead. Vidal can be used as a super sub to shit down games or as an alternative option for attack. Nothing mofe than that.

Of all the goals we scored against Dortmund , Busquets was directly involved in every single build up. It's come to the point where people just concentrate on his errors while ignoring his major contribution to the system which forces me to repeat that old cringy quote : " You watch the game you don't see Busquets ........ " yeah that one.

And for people complaining about him being slow. Was he ever fast ? Stop acting like Chelsea fans. Positioning , composure , resistance are much more important for our system than having mobile players around.

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