So far he isn?t much better than Setien for me. I would even argue that setien utilized the entire squad better than him. Konrad and Puig really deserve more minutes. Pedri, Griezmann, and even Braithwaite are probably dead tired
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At least with him (and Schreuder) I regained my confidence that we can be the better side away from home. The last two managers have been terrible in this regard. Also our style is more entertaining than before.
The development of FDJ alone is already a success if you compare him to last season's FDJ. All in all Koeman is doing a decent job given the circumstances. It is a transition year but seems like you don't have time for failure at this club and many fans expect prime Barca performances. Koeman is doing an important job for the years ahead and I'm sure the team will benefit from it, be it under Koeman or someone else.
Don't really want to compare him to previous managers as times and team have changed but looks like team is in a better shape on a physical level than last year.
In our treble season under Pep, we went to Benidorm with Pique, Alves, Toure, Busi, Hleb and Abidal playing and scraped a 1-0 win. We then played them at home with Eto'o, Messi, Puyol, Keita, Pedro and Alves playing and scored the winning goal with three minutes to go to only win 1-0 again.
Sometimes these lower division sides are tough to break down and impose your normal game against.
Barca is competing with Madrid. Atletico is overperforming. Atletico Madrid have dropped a grand total of 7 points in 18 games so far. On pace for 100...
Start of the season was bad, but who could blame Koeman with all the mess going on in and around the club (depressed Messi, vote of no confidence against president, negotiations with players to reduce/postpone their salary payments, dirty Suarez exit, Ansu injury).