What happened against Bayern is that we played against a better team. Too soon. With half our players injured or barely fit. And they would've been a better team had all our squad players been fit. It is really that simple.
Sometimes things aren't that complicated.
Sometimes things aren't that complicated.
As a reality check:Maybe we has - like- two or three players at their level currently, but none would've certainly benched any of their starters or even couple of the subs they made. This is what happened. The rest are just gymnastic irrelevant details when the game is that game.
I didn't want this game basically because it'll stir a pot of nonsense we really don't need right now, at a time we are almost injecting one new young player a week to the lineup. Because surely this won't heal nostalgic symptoms and get all realise: That's past. Now we are here.
We've been there before (a bit long time ago), and we went thru a destructive extended cycle by reacting exactly the same as now. When you see it before, it becomes clear. Even Laporta's "message" yesterday was bad news. It goes in that same direction. It's Like in Groundhog Day.
Let me guess & if I was not on Twitter by then check it up for me:
Fans get frustrated:"DO SOMETHING!"
President posture like "I got this, I'll sort it. I can make decisions.
Too much heat? Replace manager, SD,the guy who swipes the floor, just move. Plan? LATER!
What do we need?
Fans get frustrated:"DO SOMETHING!"
President posture like "I got this, I'll sort it. I can make decisions.
Too much heat? Replace manager, SD,the guy who swipes the floor, just move. Plan? LATER!
What do we need?
Another thread for today following up on the above question: What do we need?
What do I need this season? I reached the conclusion that this is the key question after diving on the issues of the moment like everyone. I don't see any value in that. Better to start from the end.
What do I need this season? I reached the conclusion that this is the key question after diving on the issues of the moment like everyone. I don't see any value in that. Better to start from the end.
By the end of the season, I want to see an established lineup close to this image.
Note: As mentioned in a previous thread, you can restructure this lineup as 4-3-3, 1-0-9, whatever. That's irrelevant.
I want a young lineup that shows what we need in summer.
Note: As mentioned in a previous thread, you can restructure this lineup as 4-3-3, 1-0-9, whatever. That's irrelevant.
I want a young lineup that shows what we need in summer.
Saying so, I don't see this kind of lineups happening before 3 months. For example, Nico needs to be gradually introduced. One of the reasons playing two in front of defense works as Busquets or Roberto beside FDJ works till we test the water with Nico. Eric? still not sure.
I also liked Koeman's point about Bayern's physicality. Something we need to work on. Modern game is very demanding. Techniques are a key. But pace and physicality are so as well. You need to tick all boxes. Something Germans understood back in 2006. Even English football do now.
On the need to evolve our football, this is where I am mostly worried. Fans being nostalgic and locked in a pastime, radical, dogmatic ideas is fine and understandable. But decision makers being so is a problem. And if Laporta's "conditions" to keep Koeman are true, problem.
Another challenge this season beside rejuvenating the lineup is finishing the season on a promising note. If we change the manager, we need to get one who inspires before starting. And by inspire, I don't mean inspiring FC Barcelona community, but players we seek to get. Crucial.
But more than anything,this club needs to break its cocoon, opens itself with modesty for new ideas that do not change its own identity but upgrade it.
And that is my big fear. Not Koeman. Not his replacement. Not the current squad. It's the baggage that can tripple any progress.
And that is my big fear. Not Koeman. Not his replacement. Not the current squad. It's the baggage that can tripple any progress.
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