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Xavi has a better squad than Koeman but is not getting the same scrutiny: it is a bit xenophobic.

I noticed the same with how foreign players are treated.

Besides that, they are cheating batards.
 
NLunited said:
Xavi has a better squad than Koeman but is not getting the same scrutiny: it is a bit xenophobic.

I noticed the same with how foreign players are treated.

Besides that, they are cheating batards.
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What? Care to elaborate?
 
NLunited said:
They aren’t struggling because of the squad, that is clear. Can they use a few upgrades? Of course, every team needs to be refreshed continuously.
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Yes they are. They are struggling because their forwards couldn't score of you put the ball on the goal line with no defenders or goalkeepers, they'd still find a way to kick it out

they also lack a good defensive midfielder since Gavi's injury, and as i've said, Xavi can't actually change how they play to make up for it. But this wouldn't be that big a deal if their forwards weren't so single-mindedly chasing humiliation game after game after game. Especially Lewandowski
 
Nani Nana said:
What? Care to elaborate?
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Xavi would be fired already if he wasn‘t Spanish, dropping out of CL group and a very poor start. He is poor again this season despite many signings.

Barcelona doesn‘t drop out of CL groups.

The treatment of Frenkie de Jong. First he was asked to defer most of his salary, then they tried to make him leave without paying him. It got so bad that he was threatened by supporters.
 
NLunited said:
Xavi would be fired already if he wasn‘t Spanish, dropping out of CL group and a very poor start. He is poor again this season despite many signings.

Barcelona doesn‘t drop out of CL groups.

The treatment of Frenkie de Jong. First he was asked to defer most of his salary, then they tried to make him leave without paying him. It got so bad that he was threatened by supporters.
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Wait, what is this about Barca being knocked out of their CL group? Or are you talking about last season?
 
NLunited said:
The treatment of Frenkie de Jong. First he was asked to defer most of his salary, then they tried to make him leave without paying him. It got so bad that he was threatened by supporters.
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This has nothing to do with Xavi and is purely on Laporta.
 
Tyrion said:
It isn't a good sign that after all that "restructuring" and "financial levers", their best players are an academy player, another really young midfielder and one that was already there. I still think that restructuring was pointless and will cost them long term.
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And don't forget Lewandowski's big contract at his age and with that production. Nobody is going to buy that contract of them and they're going to have to get him to renegotiate.
Maybe he'll get one of those unfortunate break-ins that some Barsa players have had to help him speed up his mind.
 
NLunited said:
Xavi has a better squad than Koeman but is not getting the same scrutiny: it is a bit xenophobic.

I noticed the same with how foreign players are treated.

Besides that, they are cheating batards.
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He won the league last season? He's obviously going to be afforded more credit in the bank. All the moreso when he's their second best ever player

They've been cheating bastards forever, we all know that.
 
NLunited said:
Xavi would be fired already if he wasn‘t Spanish, dropping out of CL group and a very poor start. He is poor again this season despite many signings.

Barcelona doesn‘t drop out of CL groups.

The treatment of Frenkie de Jong. First he was asked to defer most of his salary, then they tried to make him leave without paying him. It got so bad that he was threatened by supporters.
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They dropped out of the CL groups but won La Liga for the first time in 4 years. That is going to give him some goodwill.

When you win the big titles, you get more time and leeway.
 
Eddy_JukeZ said:
They dropped out of the CL groups but won La Liga for the first time in 4 years. That is going to give him some goodwill.

When you win the big titles, you get more time and leeway.
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A foreign coach would have been sacked. All those new signings and can‘t make it out of CL group stage. Xavi has not impressed.
 
RoyH1 said:
And don't forget Lewandowski's big contract at his age and with that production. Nobody is going to buy that contract of them and they're going to have to get him to renegotiate.
Maybe he'll get one of those unfortunate break-ins that some Barsa players have had to help him speed up his mind.
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Lewandowski was an odd signing. Surely for a club like them buying cheap talented young players would have been the smarter move.

It does amaze me how some Barca fans act. Didn't they boo De Jong for not agreeing to be sold and some of his teammates for not agreeing to pay cuts?
 
NLunited said:
A foreign coach would have been sacked. All those new signings and can‘t make it out of CL group stage. Xavi has not impressed.
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Maybe having a local Catalan manager who speaks the native languages is preferred. Which I wouldn't call xenophobic.
 
Scottynaldinho said:
To resident Barca fans. Are you still keen on him? I haven't seen Barca much this season, is the league position reflective of what has happened on the pitch?
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I like Xavi. He is no Guardiola of course, but for our style he is the best available. We lost Busquets and Romeu is nowhere near his level. We lost Dembélé and Joao Félix is nowhere near his level. Pedri, Gavi and De Jong almost haven't been able to play together thia season. Losing Pedri and Gavi is massive, not only in Quality but also in work rate. With a good defensive midfielder and a winger that can actually dribble plus a bit of luck in terms of injuries i'm sure we would play much better.
 
NLunited said:
A foreign coach would have been sacked. All those new signings and can‘t make it out of CL group stage. Xavi has not impressed.
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I'm not sure if it's a matter of being foreign or not, rather the fact that Xavi is a former star and has giant reputation in the club and in the city, he was always going to have more leeway, like Ole at United - the nationality mattered less than the legendary status.

But it's true I'm not sure a random other coach would've survived last year's catastrophe in the CL. Xavi did and he won the league, so he has a lot of credit in the bank for now. I'm no Barca fan and always found them an overly narcissistic and terribly run club, but having moved here a while back I've attended more than 10 games in this and the last season, and the match goers absolutely adore Xavi. There's a lot of issues at the club and some will only become bigger in the future - like Lewandowski, who's not getting any younger but they agreed this obscene contract that grows bigger every year, it's absurd - but I think Xavi is quite safe for now even if they won't reach the QF/SF of the CL and won't win the league.
 
Their results took something of a dive, ever since losing the league game against us, back in autumn.
 
I hope he stays at FC Levers Negreira and further ruins them. They represent everything that is wrong with football and deserve to be ruined and eventually disappear.
 
Eh. I'd be happy enough if they sack him. I don't really see an alternative though

Think Xavi can be - and indeed has been a very manager in the right circumstances. He's also young and currently dealing with a lot of adversity not of his making, but clearly failing to navigate it.

Wonder how much money Laporta is gonna have to spend on Mendes clients to keep him happy next summer and hopefully it's all Joao Felix(wow was dead I wrong about him. He might be the fraudiest fraud who ever frauded)
 
Not sure he's the problem at this point in time.

Can't really build a squad if your wage bill is totally ruined and you also have to mostly resort to free transfers.
 
Rojofiam said:
Not sure he's the problem at this point in time.

Can't really build a squad if your wage bill is totally ruined and you also have to mostly resort to free transfers.
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I mean defending is a serious problem right now and normally a manager would intervene tactically seeing as the players appear unable to execute better and they don't have individuals that can fix the issue. Except it's Barcelona so making significant tactical deviations would put his job at the same risk - while winning - as it would losing but trying to play their football
 
Xavi getting the Liverpool job!
 
Rojofiam said:
Not sure he's the problem at this point in time.

Can't really build a squad if your wage bill is totally ruined and you also have to mostly resort to free transfers.
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I don’t know if he’s the problem but to me he has a serious attitude problem. He spends his time complaining about everything and doesn’t seem to ever question himself.

He also makes some strange team selections sometimes. Lewandowksi and Ter Stegen bailed them out lots of times last season and this season but he always favors other players instead of Lewandowski. Raphinha was a good option on the right and barely gets a sniff now, Felix and Ferran are being while they’re not really good, he keeps interchanging Kounde and Araujo at RB.
And why does he play Oriol Romeu so much???
 
They'll hire another no name manager and it'll still be the same results
 
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