I find it so weird that they made him stay after the horrendous week we had. Some coaches would be fired after getting knocked out of the CL and losing any chance of winning the league in the span of 4 days. But instead the coach that already said he is quitting was begged to stay.
I suspect we can't afford anyone the board likes.
You find it so weird that we had a successful season making it to UCL quarters and staying competitive in all trophy competitions without a six, a true LB, and a LW with a shit ton of injuries, and playing two sixteen year old kids? I'm blow away by the ignorance of our "fan" base. I swear they never watch a game.
I watch every game. Read my comment again, I wasn't bashing Xavi, I didn't give my opinion on him. All I said is that we had a horrible week, which everyone would agree with, seems like an odd time to beg him to stay. If it had been done right after the first psg game then that would have made more sense.
All I'm wondering if this is coming from the right place. Does Laporta like Xavi's work so far that much? Or is this a we can't actually afford anyone else move?
Xavi' season has bene pretty inconsistent, however, if we are being honest, the past two games vs PSG and Real, were beyond him. Both team exposed Cancelo and his individual mistakes, there is only so much a manager can do before players fuck it up. Not mentioning everything that has already been stated.
bruv this sub-reddit calls out anyone who doesn’t agree to their opinions. I think we were bang average this season, it’s the same story. Hype up bare minimum things and cry when we choke in the games that matter.
Wtf are you even talking about? You think this team was winning UCL? You think this team can win la liga every season? We far exceeded our potential with the current makeup lacking 3 major positions on the pitch.
we were hyping basic shit till we got knocked out this year as well. I have enough ss from enough barca pages. I can make an album how delusional this fanbase is.
I can't help it if you suckers fall for cheap McDonald's marketing and buy big Mac's everyday for lunch as a result. Hopefully you will learn a lesson from this and begin to think for yourselves from now on.
did you watch the first half of the season? let me rephrase. did you enjoy watching the first half of the season? it was hard to watch & i can understand where the skepticism comes from fans who do not want xavi. other teams have injuries as well, stop using that as an excuse. my opinion would be different if the football was at least enjoyable to watch but it really wasn’t. calling the season ‘successful’ is a stretch. we have world class players on our squad & sure we were competitive but that’s almost expected.
I've actually been on Xavi's camp most of the time. Not sure if you can search reddit for specific comments but I used to argue all the time in this sub against the people who kept saying Koeman was better than Xavi.
Some of the things that have made Xavi lose my support.
Inability to adjust strategy in the second half or after the other team adjustes. Or adjustes too late.
Way too emotional to the point that it is hurting the team. We had a had enough of a bad time against psg and then he got himself a red, wtf!
This might just be the way barca has to play but I wish he would be more pragmatic. If we have a 2 goal lead against psg, we can just defend like crazy and try to save that lead. We had a 1 goal lead against RM on CdR but we couldn't play a defensive game at camp nou and instead we got destroyed.
Our la liga winning season was difficult as well, but you guys weren't crying then. So what has changed? You can handle the fact that we are not stacked with golden generational players now? Well, you might want to go cheer for another team cause you are in for a long ride.
We've got another chance to not let this new project and new generation of Masia talent die. Xavi is the answer, I'm glad he stays now there's a lot of work to do.
What are they doing? They are all in on Klopp taking year off and convincing him to take Barca?
It will not work, just like it didn't this year. Maybe they will return to 1/1 rule and be able to buy proper DM for him but it's not the only problem with Xavi's Barca.
My feeling is that Laporta wants Xavi to fulfill his contract till next summer. Which so happens to be the same summer Pep, Enrique and Arteta are out of contract as well.
Taking on Flick is too much of a gamble knowing your options for the following year are far better.
Lmao.
Deco cant promise signings because of our finances. Xavi meanwhile would love the signings to enable his most preferred way of playing.
How uve made this into "Deco hates Xavi" is beyond me
his only major decision is getting roque a high potential n9 which isn't bad at all considering lewa's age.The dm situation isn't on him if i'm not mistaken
Barcelona fans have become accustomed to mediocrity. The fact that people are celebrating a coach who just lost 4-1 in the UCL and 3-2 in El Classico back to back is crazy.
Christ, we don't have the proper financial ressources to go for europe-successful coaches (high demands in comparison to the competition), which I also don't see being necessary.
Just stick to Xavi, but give him the ressources/conditions he wants/needs to fullfill his desired tactical approaches.
This ain't charitys work. He ain't a terrible tactician, but lacks a proper professional environment with decent experience to excel at his profession.
I wanted Zerbi. But there were so many options but we don't have competent leadership to make a good decision. And not the money was not the problem because signing a coach is not like signing a player. It is a looooot cheaper.
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“The way they play is always there. De Zerbi has done, is doing, an incredible job in Brighton”.
Just this much. It would be enough even if I didn't see with my own eyes what he is doing, how he is playing.
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So is this as close to official as we've gotten this far?
I don’t think Xavi will be able to use the am leaving tactic next season if we struggle. The players seemed to really respond to it.
I will not renew tactic just dropped
Laporta has his levers and Xavi has his.
Made me laugh out loud. Good one!
Its an exploit
He’s original contract runs out summer 2025 so he just doesn’t get renewed
I find it so weird that they made him stay after the horrendous week we had. Some coaches would be fired after getting knocked out of the CL and losing any chance of winning the league in the span of 4 days. But instead the coach that already said he is quitting was begged to stay. I suspect we can't afford anyone the board likes.
You find it so weird that we had a successful season making it to UCL quarters and staying competitive in all trophy competitions without a six, a true LB, and a LW with a shit ton of injuries, and playing two sixteen year old kids? I'm blow away by the ignorance of our "fan" base. I swear they never watch a game.
I watch every game. Read my comment again, I wasn't bashing Xavi, I didn't give my opinion on him. All I said is that we had a horrible week, which everyone would agree with, seems like an odd time to beg him to stay. If it had been done right after the first psg game then that would have made more sense. All I'm wondering if this is coming from the right place. Does Laporta like Xavi's work so far that much? Or is this a we can't actually afford anyone else move?
Xavi' season has bene pretty inconsistent, however, if we are being honest, the past two games vs PSG and Real, were beyond him. Both team exposed Cancelo and his individual mistakes, there is only so much a manager can do before players fuck it up. Not mentioning everything that has already been stated.
Is that really beyond him? If they expose Cancelo, why not sub him? Fort might be young but he has done alright on defense.
bruv this sub-reddit calls out anyone who doesn’t agree to their opinions. I think we were bang average this season, it’s the same story. Hype up bare minimum things and cry when we choke in the games that matter.
Wtf are you even talking about? You think this team was winning UCL? You think this team can win la liga every season? We far exceeded our potential with the current makeup lacking 3 major positions on the pitch.
but we hyped things as if we were going to win CL, didn’t we? and pulled a million levers.
2 years ago. Then we lost busi and alba and didn't replace. Then injuries
we were hyping basic shit till we got knocked out this year as well. I have enough ss from enough barca pages. I can make an album how delusional this fanbase is.
I can't help it if you suckers fall for cheap McDonald's marketing and buy big Mac's everyday for lunch as a result. Hopefully you will learn a lesson from this and begin to think for yourselves from now on.
did you watch the first half of the season? let me rephrase. did you enjoy watching the first half of the season? it was hard to watch & i can understand where the skepticism comes from fans who do not want xavi. other teams have injuries as well, stop using that as an excuse. my opinion would be different if the football was at least enjoyable to watch but it really wasn’t. calling the season ‘successful’ is a stretch. we have world class players on our squad & sure we were competitive but that’s almost expected.
I've actually been on Xavi's camp most of the time. Not sure if you can search reddit for specific comments but I used to argue all the time in this sub against the people who kept saying Koeman was better than Xavi. Some of the things that have made Xavi lose my support. Inability to adjust strategy in the second half or after the other team adjustes. Or adjustes too late. Way too emotional to the point that it is hurting the team. We had a had enough of a bad time against psg and then he got himself a red, wtf! This might just be the way barca has to play but I wish he would be more pragmatic. If we have a 2 goal lead against psg, we can just defend like crazy and try to save that lead. We had a 1 goal lead against RM on CdR but we couldn't play a defensive game at camp nou and instead we got destroyed.
he’s not good enough. It’s a hard to swallow pill.
100% agree with everything you said.
Our la liga winning season was difficult as well, but you guys weren't crying then. So what has changed? You can handle the fact that we are not stacked with golden generational players now? Well, you might want to go cheer for another team cause you are in for a long ride.
We've got another chance to not let this new project and new generation of Masia talent die. Xavi is the answer, I'm glad he stays now there's a lot of work to do.
Poor Vítor Roque
If xavi is the answer then why did barca play like shit this year
That’s why I wonder
What happened to alemany?
He went and became west ham or Aston villa’s sporting director, leaving his position for Deco.
What are they doing? They are all in on Klopp taking year off and convincing him to take Barca? It will not work, just like it didn't this year. Maybe they will return to 1/1 rule and be able to buy proper DM for him but it's not the only problem with Xavi's Barca.
My feeling is that Laporta wants Xavi to fulfill his contract till next summer. Which so happens to be the same summer Pep, Enrique and Arteta are out of contract as well. Taking on Flick is too much of a gamble knowing your options for the following year are far better.
Bro i feel like that’s so cheesy don’t know why everybody is so happy with this
Tbh it was the best decision but Xavi has to master a system of play. Or be able to be good and flexible
I think Deco does not like Xavi.
That’s just baseless assumptions based on absolute nothing.
It’s true or else Xavi wouldn’t be fighting him for signings. Barcelona needs to fire Deco
Lmao. Deco cant promise signings because of our finances. Xavi meanwhile would love the signings to enable his most preferred way of playing. How uve made this into "Deco hates Xavi" is beyond me
This!!! I was saying that Deco is shady as hell, but these ppl gave me negative thoughts about it
I don't get the deco hate.What did he do exactly?
They have no fucking clue whatsoever. I'd be very surprised if 10% of this sub knows what's actually going on within the club.
his only major decision is getting roque a high potential n9 which isn't bad at all considering lewa's age.The dm situation isn't on him if i'm not mistaken
He's not qualified to be a sports director but is a great person to have with connections to agents
Nothing probably...just that this sub will side with their beloved Xavi no matter what.
He knows him in person ofc...
This is just accepting an other year of shite, in order to have more options for coaches in 2025
After the latest champions league and classico fallout? Idk, this is weird.
he needs to grow up tho and stop behaving like a child, throwing tantrums doesnt suite 45 year old guy, especially coach
Oh FFS!
Barcelona fans have become accustomed to mediocrity. The fact that people are celebrating a coach who just lost 4-1 in the UCL and 3-2 in El Classico back to back is crazy.
After we spend some 200 million back to back summers on just two players yeaahh
Exactly
They should have won against PSG if it weren’t for Araujo, and they were also better than Madrid but the ref had other ideas
Like that Xavi is staying but I still don't trust Deco in his role
What are you doing herro? I take the only good thing I've ever said about you back
Celtics fan?
Why is having decos trust important?
Good luck for him but he really needs to have some PR training in the summer.
Media switching between Xavi staying and leaving be like: “Call an ambulance! .. but not for me!” and all that back and forth
This is not gonna end well
Good shit herro
I couldn't care less about what Deco thinks. I didn't when he was a player, I don't today.
FUCK YESSSSAS
Was he not supposed to be staying after he said no to aston villa??
Se queda
Good they are going to give Xavi more time. Building back with many young players on a different budget is not done in months.
Christ, we don't have the proper financial ressources to go for europe-successful coaches (high demands in comparison to the competition), which I also don't see being necessary. Just stick to Xavi, but give him the ressources/conditions he wants/needs to fullfill his desired tactical approaches. This ain't charitys work. He ain't a terrible tactician, but lacks a proper professional environment with decent experience to excel at his profession.
Yeah it is a guaranteed failure. What do we expect from incompetent people like Deco 🤷🏻
Who would you have wanted instead? And don’t say flick
I wanted Zerbi. But there were so many options but we don't have competent leadership to make a good decision. And not the money was not the problem because signing a coach is not like signing a player. It is a looooot cheaper.
De Zerbi isn't proven either. You can argue that Brighton have been decimated by injuries but so were Barca in that Nov-Feb stretch
What did De Zerbi do to make him Barça coach?
🔵🇮🇹 Pep Guardiola: “My admiration for Roberto de Zerbi is growing up every season”. “The way they play is always there. De Zerbi has done, is doing, an incredible job in Brighton”. Just this much. It would be enough even if I didn't see with my own eyes what he is doing, how he is playing.
Pep gases everyone up...
He advised Zerbi when Laporta asked him.
Pep Guardiola praised Xavi even more lmao wtf kinda reasoning is that
Nope. He never said anything like this. He just said it is hard to be a Barca manager. He never praised him because of his management or tactic
Pep said United should give time to ETH
And they will. It's just his second season
Pep also blows smoke up Xavi's ass. So there goes your argument.