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    La Liga 24/25

    What is the point of this 'committee' anyway? Seems obvious every team on it will simply argue for their own interests, anyhow.
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    La Liga 24/25

    Just before Xavi left, the tune around here was very very different. The fact the goalposts have moved so far is really testament to how good Flick has been. Plenty thinking were miles behind Madrid and they were adding Mbappe, we were never going to be able to compete on level terms as per...
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    Inzaghi is a king. I said this almost 3 years ago. And btw @jamrock , this is one I was way ahead on!
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    Frankfurt humiliating us at the Camp Nou was truly cathartic.
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    Indeed they are but one of the most important things in this aspect is mentality and belief. We didn't believe we were a top team and we didn't believe in our football. This is one reason why I think Flick's 'ride or die' mentality when it comes to our high line is important. It shows we have...
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    It had a feeling of malaise. We were the best team in the league but it was because we were hyper efficient vs small teams. Of course, a league title is still huge. It just feels like we are genuinely a force in Europe again and not just Spain.
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    To be fair, I never said that, you can look through my post history about him, I actually said he is a good player being misused. But I grant you that I didn't predict him becoming this good. I don't think anyone did.
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    Xavi, as he did with other wingers who clearly were not touchline players, stuck Raphinha out on the wing hugging the touchline and telling him to take on fullbacks at the edge of the final third, which is literally his weakest point. As you correctly point out it took Xavi 2 years to realise...
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    I don't think there's any real connection because the improvement has been astronomical. Lets say 'rate of change' ; he was improving gradually under Xavi and then shot up drastically under Flick. It's clear for me. But, can you answer the second part? Genuinely interested to know.
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    25 - Wojciech Szczęsny

    This is it. He isn't mega talented or some superstar but he can hold his nerve and he has a professional mentality. He's a reliable 6/10. Which is in fact better than what we've had. You can trust him to play at least at an average level in important games. Ter Stegen is much more talented but...
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    Raphinha is legit and absolutely world-class. His improvement has been astronomical and I do think Flick's direct attacking style suits him perfectly and is the main reason why he's so much better now. He needed to be put in the right place to succeed. Other than that, I want to ask you a...
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    The Xavi fanboys will be grasping at straws. I am sure after we win the league the usual suspects will make an excuse saying that the league was easy this year and we didn't have as many points as we did with Xavi. The truth is Flick is genuinely several levels above. It isn't even close.
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    5 - Pau Cubarsí

    The reason I am confident in him both offensively and defensively is that it's clear he knows what he's doing. I trust him to see the game better than we do. Which wasn't the case under previous managers. We didn't have tactical vision under Koeman and Xavi. We played nothing football. But we...
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    We are absolutely blessed to have this manager. His approach is the most innovative in Europe, there is no team who can play football like we do, we are lethal attackers and we have a near perfect offside trap. Barca is back, teams fear us again, it's not like before where every time we faced...
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    5 - Pau Cubarsí

    I think Flick's idea is to live and die by the sword. He wants to keep the team focused and prepared in one style and doesn't want to mix it up intentionally. We're in March and our 'suicidal offside trap' has led us to 1st in the league, progressing comfortably in CL and likely going through...
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    I don't understand your complaint because we recorded yet another clean sheet, despite an early red card, which to others, was the reason we lost a 2 goal lead to PSG last CL campaign. The proof is in the pudding and despite the complaints about his defensive strategy the fact is we are far...
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    21 - Frenkie de Jong

    He's simply class. That's all there is to it. Can't believe some certain people actually think Gavi is better... not even close.
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    CL 1/8 Final: Barca - Benfica 4-1 agg.

    There was a story ages ago that he had anger management issues and smashed a table in the La Masia apartments.
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    CL 1/8 Final: Barca - Benfica 4-1 agg.

    Is there talk about him having attitude issues too? If true genuinely what's the point of bothering, understand Flick is trying to play him into form but we don't have the time to coddle him.

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