How highly does Barcelona's current front three rank? They have probably two of the top three players in the world (3rd is hard to call between Suarez, Robben and Neuer), and Neymar is up there too. Then there's the chemistry between the three, the unselfish movement and runs in behind etc.
Football was invented in 92 don't you know you silly man?
Front threes are more common now than they have been in the past.
Then he should have Stoichkov-Laudrup-Romario, surely.
True, teams used to sport front fives early on.
Might be a goal or 2 off, but i think they have 90? between them now already not including assists. and thats with suarez's ban at the start of the season and plenty of games left!
They aren't.
They never played as a front three though, did they? There was always another winger. Also considered Juventus' Inzaghi-Zidane-Del Piero but I don't see Zidane as an attacker.
I don't particularly remember that Brazil side as being unstoppable, it was a Scolari side after all, but...
You could stop one or the other, but never all three.Yeah you're right, they have 90. So should comfortably overtake the other three.
Usually there was another winger as Barca played a 3-4-3 diamond, but Laudrup was at the tip and part of a front four. Zidane would be more akin to what Laudrup's role was when they went 4-3-3 (pivot) with him as the right CM.
Go on then, let's hear some suggestions
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it looks on paper. I mean, if we're just looking at names on a sheet then you may as well throw Ronaldo, Ruud and Rooney in there, which would be daft. It's about finding a balance between the two.Sort of. Laudrup not really a "front three" like he's talking about about. Otherwise there's a whole lot of threesomes that can rival each other.
This, by a country mile.
Werent they more of a front four, with Tostao?
Technically, yes. Two wingers, two strikers but somehow I always viewed them as a 3 with Tostao as a slightly in behind forward. I'm probably wrong but its just that he had such fantastic vision and passing and got a lot of assists, to me, its like he was more of a '10' and Pele as the '9'.
Charlton played behind the front 3, otherwise it would be a clear winner. Example: in the 1968 European Cup final, the front 3 was Best, Kidd, Aston (Law was injured).
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Neymar-Suarez-Messi is comfortably better than Villa-Messi-Pedro. That entire Barca side as a unit was better (better pressing, tactical edge, Puyol, Abidal, Alves in their primes, Xavi and Iniesta in their primes) but certainly not Villa and Pedro better than Neymar and Suarez. Both had bad dips in form in the 2nd half of the season in 10/11. Pedro scored 1 league goal between February and May and Villa scored 4. Again nostalgia if you ask me. That Barca side was all about the midfield. A player like Pedro shouldn't even be part of an "all time" discussion. Obviously got to deliver the trophies first but I think it's fair to conclude already that Suarez isn't inferior to Villa and Pedro isn't even compareable to Neymar.
As individuals and on paper yes, Neymar-Suarez-Messi, but so far as a unit (which is what this thread is about) they have a long way to go. In those two Barcelona teams they were also about a lot more than simply scoring goals. They were also part of that midfield.
Yes, I understand that. However I don't think as a unit Neymar-Suarez-Messi is lacking in anything compared to Villa-Messi-Pedro and that can certainly be concluded already after about 30 games together. Unless we're measuring with trophies and not actual performances regardless of team trophies. In that case the Pep Barca sides will be near impossible to beat.
