Bastian Schweinsteiger will struggle in Pep's new system

% chance Julian Green plays for US?

And I'll believe Bastian struggles when I see it.

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Javi Martinez as the defensive midfielder, allowing Schweinsteiger to push forward.

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@HH
I don't think moving Schweinsteiger up to an offensive mid is necessarily a bad thing. I think Javi will do fine in the defensive mid role.

As much as I hate FC Hollywood, I still think they are the class of Europe. They were obviously head and shoulders above everyone last year, and I think they improved more than anyone else so far in the transfer window.

Now, it's still early, so I'm not saying all of that talent will result in another treble, but it would be a waste of talent if they don't.

I know this is some wishful thinking, but I sure would love to see my Eagles pull out a W (heck, I'll take a draw) against them this weekend.

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I still think we'll eventually see Jan Kirchhoff or Javi Martinez as the defensive midfielder,

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i don't get using javi as a dedicated CB for this reason: at barca the fullbacks acted as wingers in attack, essentially, and busquets drifted back into a CB role defensively. using javi at the DM position will accomplish the same thing, where he will play a hybrid-CB role a great deal as a DM

why make him a dedicated CB? let bastian play a xavi-like role as midfield facilitator/organizer a little up (where he can get back if needed). pair him with a more AM like kroos/muller in the iniesta role. then you have 2 inverted wingers and goetz/mad in the attacking roles, with the fullbacks acting as support wingers/outside mids

it makes so much sense that i don't get it. does pep really value kroos that highly? you could always use him as an offensive sub if you need to score and a way to rest muller (or riberty/robben, sliding muller out wide. i really fricking love muller, btw). if pep wants to use goetze as a central AM and not a CF or winger, this is going to get even more complicated