You mean realistic people? Because you don't get to play like we did between 08/11 if you lack players at the level of prime Iniesta/Xavi and guys like Puyol and Abidal behind them to liberate them from defensive duties.
Before Pep took over, the same argument was being made once Ronnie & Deco were ushered out - no depth, no cantera involvement and no playing identity. The change from in one year was not only dramatic but it altered the club's trajectory in a profound way. I contend, despite MSN saving Lucho's blushes, that that has been lost and I am certainly not the only one who holds this opinion. Menotti weighed in on this recently himself
Even Cruyff wasn't able to replicate his system/game flow every year as players affect that greatly. It's great having Neymar, Suarez and Messi up front, but you can't pretend they will work their ass off like Eto'o, Pedro or Villa did, we lack Xavi, we lack a guy like Keita (he was a HUGE player for us from the bench), our DM is not a fight between Yaya and Busquets anymore.
Depth. What happened to rotating our attacking players? What happened to integrating the youth from the cantera that is the very foundation of the Cruyff way? All the attacking players and midfielders from the youth were either loaned out, sold or ignored. If the next coach starts playing a youth player like Gumbau we all should shudder in fear
We have even lost a lot of our youth focus in this club and that's not on Lucho, that's on the board and us the supporters. Without Lucho Rafinha, Dennis and Sergi Roberto wouldn't be in this team, that means only Pique, Busquets, Iniesta and Messi would remain as La Masia prospects, and without our "own" players it gets even harder to play the way we're supposed to.
How is that not on Lucho? That's revisionism. Look to see how many minutes Deulofeu played the summer he came back from Everton after his initial loan Under Lucho - that's not on the board, that's on the coach. Adama, Samper, Munir for Paco, Bartra, Grimaldo and Montoya among others is down to the coach.
We nurtured Thiago as Xavi's heir and the the board let him walk because they failed to prove him he was needed and that was before Lucho, he isn't the one to blame for losing the one player in this world that was shaped with the sole purpose of being the new Xavi, once that happened the style we played was doomed until someone could step up to that role.
I have never backed away from the culpability of this board in eroding it's foundation & playing identity but Lucho certainly helped accelerate it. We've seen Barcelona turn into a counter attacking team waiting for individual efforts from MSN to hide the poor positional & possession play in midfield. I can't recall a time since even before Rijkaard where Barcelona have looked so inept in possession or pegged back in their own without it - never, and that's on the coach.
Onda Cero claims the front runner is the 'safe' choice in Valverde with of course the obedient servent Eusebio also in the running. Logic won't enter into the discussion I fear in the choice as this board is in a good position of power to make the choice they want which will consolidate their mandate. Of course, if it's a poor choice - I suspect Leo won't stick around either