serghei
Senior Member
Also, it doesn't help that we're racking up big titles as well. So the players might actually still feel like winners, and downplay the CL results in recent times. They could be in a state like, 'meh, it's just bad luck for some years. Look at the record in Spain, we're still the top dogs, but we're just unlucky. After all, we're spaking Madrid regularly'. That could be true in some parts, but still doesn't help resolving the issue.
We're not addressing the problems, but are masking them, partly because we're still winning (just not in one specific competition) and partly because there's nobody critical in the team. The manager is a pretty timid dude, quiet and not too brave. He's certainly not the guy to go against the flow here. He'll carry on being the same and trying to do his best, while not shaking things up too much. His speech after losses consists of praising the other team and basically saying, that's football and at this level there's no poor teams. Stuff like that. He doesn't actually give any signals that the team has been terrible and that these games can't happen at this level. And trust me, it's not a case of being the good guy in public, and being very critical in private. That's just who he is. He is a manager, not a leader. It's like teachers at school. Some give you the lesson, leave, and don't really care about anything else. Some are more, and end up being people that guide you and help you in more ways, not just strictly in school related stuff. When you're trying to rebuild a team, it surely helps to have a manager that is not as much a tactical instructor, than more a leader who really shapes the team in more ways than one.
We're not addressing the problems, but are masking them, partly because we're still winning (just not in one specific competition) and partly because there's nobody critical in the team. The manager is a pretty timid dude, quiet and not too brave. He's certainly not the guy to go against the flow here. He'll carry on being the same and trying to do his best, while not shaking things up too much. His speech after losses consists of praising the other team and basically saying, that's football and at this level there's no poor teams. Stuff like that. He doesn't actually give any signals that the team has been terrible and that these games can't happen at this level. And trust me, it's not a case of being the good guy in public, and being very critical in private. That's just who he is. He is a manager, not a leader. It's like teachers at school. Some give you the lesson, leave, and don't really care about anything else. Some are more, and end up being people that guide you and help you in more ways, not just strictly in school related stuff. When you're trying to rebuild a team, it surely helps to have a manager that is not as much a tactical instructor, than more a leader who really shapes the team in more ways than one.
. So, we had to score 2 goals against a team cramped into their own 30m. And we actually did do it in the end, only a good goal was disallowed for nothing except an imaginary hand ball. Also, I think Iniesta didn't even play in that game and we had Ibrahimovic who was uselss in comparison with Eto'o, so this wasn't even peak Barcelona, and still should have made it through with some decent finishing. And we had to attack with Bojan, who missed 2 great chances in that game.
