Gnagnon was a bit shaky when he came on. Lack of match practice, yes, but him & Sergi Gomez would be a nightmare pairing rn. That only leaves Rekik, who is currently giving respite to Acuña. And again, it’s nice that Fernando scored goals, but he’s not here for that either.
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In a 4-3-3 formation, everyone must score now and then. Of course, the players with more defensive duties are not expected to score, but look at Casemiro, Busquets, Fernandinho, Rodri, Fabinho, Kante or similar… they all score from time to time - whether that is headers, shots from distance, scoring inside the box when involved in a certain action/play etc. and also make assists from time to time (the fluidity of a proper 4-3-3 allows for that). Gudelj doesn’t (although he gets many minutes), because he is not decent enough to play in a very demanding formation like 4-3-3, but somehow he still features. As long as he doesn’t fuck up, it’s still ok, but ‘ok’ is not enough to achieve big things, even for a back-up DM.
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The thing all those midfielders have in common is that they’re on elite teams who know a fair bit about scoring a goal or two. We just had no shots on target last game. Harping on a DM who hasn’t scored yet is kind of a reach.
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Busquets has 9 goals in 13 La Liga seasons and 26 assists. Not exactly a stat stuffer.
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It didn’t look pretty with an almost full strength squad but these games are almost universally ugly and don’t make the team/squad look good, never ever, even though sometimes we win 0-6 it appears like a failure for the team.
It’s all down to the difference between the levels of football.
It’s just one of those facts of life and a quirk of football.
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I agree on that though, we are not known for scoring a lot and are often very rusty as a team in overall.
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