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Keita gassed? Are you joking? He's got an engine like no one else. Bakoyoko's stamina is not too far off that.Mandieta6;n6455684 said:I dunno if that sort of tactic csn be relied upon at this level. All the teams are fairly equal so no team can dominate the ball to the extent that an Ajax 95 could have, not to mention that tactics have evolved since then anyway. I feel like Keita would get gassed very quickly, as would Bakayoko, because of the extra shifts they have to do just to get to their positions in transitions, and is bound to leave spaces between levels to be exploited. That sort of tsctic can work for a top team generally because most teams are much wrse and there are less transitions to adjust to, but at a level where most teams will be around the same level, I think these sort of tactics are arrogant and pretentious. Barca abandoned a similar formation and concept because it wasn't reliable. The players themselves I like, I would just prefer them in a different set-up.
poet11;n6455681 said:Yes, agreed. Hate it.
I appreciate your points (not sure about "coke back", actually), but I think you're either not watching Barca, or are misinformed about how they've abandoned the 3-3-1-3:Mandieta6;n6455744 said:I would think that even a Kante, Ramires or Essien would struggle to take up that role, no matter how much stamina they have. It's 20 yards added to whatever distsnce they naturally have to cover just to keep shape, it's a lot. If this was a match against a bottom feeder it's not an issue, but not in these matches. A 33 year old Rijkaard might have done well in the 90s but he wouldn't now, the levels of fitness have gone way up since then. The back 3 has coke back because tactics ebb and flow as a response to one anither but no team has used a similar tactic to the one you're suggesting consistently o successfully, and if Barca gave it up with their superiority I see no reason why your team would manage it in a competition with similarly rated sides.
Back Door Skip;n6455665 said:I really, really, really despise that I need to click on the thread, get taken to first page then manually go to the last page. That shit is stupid.
Arnau;n6455794 said:How many players are we picking?
ShiftyPowers;n6455763 said:Those Barca players are all elite of the elite level passers. They don't have to defend beyond pressing because they always have the ball. You don't have anywhere near the level of talent in that respect. Rakitic is a better passer than anyone you have, to say nothing of Messi, Busquets, and Iniesta. To play that system you need to utterly dominate possession, and I'm not sure you will. You have a lot of bruisers and counter attack guys, not short passing, deliberate build up play types.