it depends, I just think Yaya had alot more in his locker, I can't remember what team Barca played on the last game, but that run he did to set up Messi is the type of dribbles he would produce on a regular basis
some of the charging runs Yaya goes on, Busquets just can't do it in my opinion, he doesn't have the strides, power, or dribbling ability
Yeah Toure could do that absolutely. Which is why i find it baffling that he doesnt play that role for City, he could be the driving force in midfield but instead floats about the top of the midfield doing not a lot of anything... Whilst the likes of De Jong kicks people and Barry runs around like a donkey tugging a cart...
Well yeah. I still feel the constellation City uses in midfield is a bit off. De Jong/Touré would work just fine, perhaps with Silva in front of them, as Touré is a great box-to-box midfielder and IMO neither a pure DM or AM. Him and De Jong would provide enough shielding of the back four as well as willingness to contribute offensively. Barry for me is dead weight, and giving Silva his favoured position in the hole would allow Johnson and Balotelli to play at the same time as well.
Busquets is a good dribbler too, he's like Xavi where he uses to dribbling/shielding the ball to get out of tight spaces but he doesn't really have the pace to beat player after player
Yaya was outed simply because of Guardiola's love of youth and home grown players. Not because Busquets is superior to him right now.
It's my opinion too, at the end of the day, it's pretty much either way, or who you prefer, because they are both exceptional holding midfielders
No way. Puyol's pace is long gone and Pique is every bit as slow as Vidic. This was shown clearly during the recent international friendlies of Spain vs Portugal and Argentina. Once the midfield was by passed and they were got at, they couldn't cope with pace at all! With the protection they normally get from midfield, their lack of pace is never a hinderance to their play at the back. That is why even Busquets would be super comfortable for Barca as a CB.
True.
Indeed. Moulded completely on the Guardiola/Redondo template of holding midfield play.
Not a patch on Djemba Djemba though.
A story on the ever-reliable Caughtoffside suggesting we're after him for £25m.Good call. People have compared him to Guardiola but to my mind it's not quite a fit. He's totally a Redondo type of player though.
Won't happen but would love that to happen.
I certainly regret posting this... Feck !
Agree with this. Yaya Toure is a class above Busquets in every department. He was dropped simply because Busquets was competent enough to do a job which would not affect Barca's overall performance in midfield as well as being homegrown.
He's perhaps the most vulnerable one of the Barca-midfield. I think Hernandez/Valencia and their pace could be lethal for a slow back-four who leaves space behind both fullbacks.
He is only vulnerable if employed in defence. In midfield he is a formidable holding player. If Rooney can best him we will have an outstanding chance. Last time Giggs failed miserably.
He's a great player, true, but out of the three in that midfield he's the one I'd target. If he isn't allowed to distribute the ball quickly and efficiently to Xavi/Iniesta, our midfield gets an easier ride.
Fair enough.
It's a good ing you had that hitler link close on hand
I think it was Xavi who said that Busquets was the best one-touch player in the world. To be honest even if he is marginally inferior to Xavi and Iniesta, he's probably still in the top 5-10 in Europe at the short passing game. Given the technical excellence of the three, it's probably best to focus on shutting off the out-balls rather than placing the emphasis on pressurising any one of the three.
aye, with the one touch passing and generally top level footballing brains of all 3 central players to expect to force them into errors isn't an option.
We sure as hell shouldn't let Busquets, Xavi and Iniesta get time and space on the ball! I'd rather them finding it difficult to get the ball to Messi or Villa, than trying to stop Messi once he gets the ball running at the defence.
