The way some speak of Inigo you'd think we lost prime Puyol. Guy was poor last season towards the end and no stranger to costly blunders.
We need far higher quality than 34 year old Inigo if we want to achieve great things. Spend money on defenders ffs and land some good ones.
We lost a bit by him leaving, but not as much as it's made out. Defense was shite last season and it is shite now. Issue is that, for us to play the football of Flick, we need defenders of a higher quality. In quite a few big games our entire backline was assembled for a minuscule budget. Defense has clearly been an aftertought in the context of our limited finances, and this has to stop going forward.
It is a bad defense because we did not invest much in it. Compared to midfield and attack. I understand this logic, but we have hit a roadblock that we can only overcome if we sign better defenders. We started addressing defensive issues by getting a solid keeeper, that sets a good foundation. Need to continue this trend and land a CB and a versatile fullback. As soon as possible. And please don't cheapen out, targeting more rejects, older players, injury prone players, just on the basis of low cost.
Then we will see how the existing players will react when their shite performances earn them a warm seat on the bench. They are too stress free as it is, way too casual, not focused enough, as if they are some top players. When for a long time their usual level has been way off for Barca standards.
