Gerard Piqué has come out with some surprising comments in the Italian press this Tuesday. In an interview with 'Extra Time' – a supplement of 'Gazzetta dello Sport' –the Barça defender is reported as saying that "Barcelona was suffering under tiki-taka".

"We've had a number of years with homegrown coaches in charge, first Pep and then Tito and we tended to exaggerate our style of play to the point where we were almost slaves to it." Piqué remarked.

"Now Tata has come in from the outside. He has the same football philosophy, to maintain possession of the ball, but he also has other options and that's a good thing, in the sense that it gives us alternatives."

"If the pressure is on, there is nothing wrong with a long ball now and then. It can change the pace of the game and give you a breather. In football you have to keep improving and developing, otherwise you become predictable." he concluded.

http://www.marca.com/2013/09/10/en/football/barcelona/1378828635.html

Guardiola:

Pito:

Cruyff:

Clockwork:

La Masia:

Pique "I want to hoof it, I miss England"

Tony Pulis to Barcelona, heard it here first.

La Liga: The Suffering

"I never said i hate tiki taka, yes i do have a twitter account"

The amount of deception and suffering on this forum today

Sufferception.

Somewhere in Paris, Zlatan is remembering why he fell in love with him in the first place...

BarrileteCosmico wrote:

jibers wrote:

The Awesome wrote:The "Suffer" term is used in Spanish alot more than in English. Just sayin'.

And this... Literally in almost every post match  interview a manager says his team had to suffer.

spanish language

go on google news and type "futbol sufrimos", you'll find quotes by nearly every coach in the past 5 days. Del Bosque, Oscar Tabarez, even Messi just in the past 24 hours.

My sufrimos

Imo if something is suffering too much, too often. The best course of action is to take it to a quiet place and put it down

ffs can we all stop using the terms 'suffered' or 'suffering'

Its getting ridiculous

 

Grooverider wrote:ffs can we all stop using the terms 'suffered' or 'suffering'

Its getting ridiculous

 

Grooverider is suffering

Freeza wrote:

Grooverider wrote:ffs can we all stop using the terms 'suffered' or 'suffering'

Its getting ridiculous

 

Grooverider is suffering

International break makes us suffer.

No longer slaves to Tiki-Taka

Martino the dark knight

If it's not tiki-taka now, then what is it? Tiki-tata?

Forza wrote:If it's not tiki-taka now, then what is it? Tiki-tata?

at some point the opposition knows how to counter your tactics. what pique is saying that we couldnt counter that, we had no plan b. we only knew tiki taka. now, we are doing other things as well