No he’s not. He’s still chopping and changing every week. And it’s February. Less than half the season to go.
Yes, he is :D
3 + 1 situations in midfield, is like fundament of Pep's philosophy..
During Aguero period we had Delph and Zinchie, otherwise we struggled a lot.. 16/17 for example or 19 / 20 with Mendy & Walker..
During post-Aguero period we had Jesus as a False9 and Cancelo was boosting the attack. Sometimes we had Zinchy + Jesus and it was like a "mother of all bombs", especially those CL games and etc.
Haaland is like Aguero, Classic N9, so we need someone like Delph or Zinchy.
But as Zinchy was gone and none of Cancelo or Walker could do that, Pep decided to use Rico. But playing Rico means that you can't use Walker and that's not even an option..
That's how he chose Bernardo for that role and that's something I don't see he is going to change before the end of this season, cause otherwise he will be breaking the whole fundament of his philosophy.
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I don't know what will happen next season.. But logically, Bernie is probable goner and I don't see any other fullback similar to Zinchy or Delph in today's football. Haaland isn't going to play False9 either, so the only option will be to use one of our centre-backs for those +1 situations.. It will be Stones or Akanji, cause both of them are great with the ball..
The main question is, having that experience of Classic N9, how club let Zinchy go, when we knew that we would need that type of player to properly integrate Haaland in the team..