Gehrman
Phallic connoisseur, unlike shamans
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The system of Barcelona was crazy specific ever since Guardiola managed that team.
It just led a DNA that was moving on through the decade but slowly evaporating.
People can talk up Luis Enrique all they want, but to say that Guardiola was not a reason behind other managers success post his management is just wrong.
As others have said previously- Messi’s performances and stats go down and gets worse as he moves further and further away from Guardiola’s tactics and tactical type of players.
That’s not just specific to Messi - that’s arguably to Barcelona on an European stage too because they look more like Europa League team than a champions league giant that’s scaring any body the further we move from Guardiola’s management.
If Messi is the player GOAT - Guardiola’s the management GOAT.
Messi played at Barca untill he was 34. And yeah they didnt play Stoke football but its not like the football was the same all the time. And yeah Messi´s stats went down as he got older. They were incredibly consistent long after Guardiola. But anyway, this thread isnt specifically about Messi, so I will try not to go down that rabbit hole in this thread.