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    Half time: How satisfied are you with the season?

    3. Or 6/10. Great in CL, wasteful in the league. The CL performance needs to be backed up by progress in the knockouts also. If we go out early in CL and finish 2nd or 3rd in Liga the season is a failure.
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    If we are fair, Xavi's title-winning team did also display good underlying statistics with a lot of luck in hand also. So we were lucky in a lot of instances, but that also isn't the whole picture as we performed very well in defensive statistics generally. The truth is he was an okay manager...
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    If this team needs a more defensive approach to win games, it is unfortunately what needs to be done. What I don't get, even though I rate Flick and think he is a great manager, is why we can't vary our approach vs the big and the small teams. It certainly isn't his fault the players miss a lot...
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    Serghei has a good point, it's important to have a plan to win even when your players are stupid. A lot of blame falls on the players, but its also up to Flick to grind out all the results possible and our play has lacked pragmatism.
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    Premier League 24/25

    Antony has to be one of the worst purchases of the 21st century. £80 million and 200k/week wages for a player who is relegation level.
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    Premier League 24/25

    United are a trainwreck with a mid table level squad. It comes down to that. I actually think Ten Hag did a good job purely on the management side, but his market work was absolutely dreadful. With a good SD, he will be successful.
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    Premier League 24/25

    At this point it's hard to judge the level of any manager that takes that job to be honest, maybe we will look back on Ten Hag's reign as positive soon.
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    Everyone is avoiding the elephant in the room that we'll have to make hard decisions on selling players. It's been clear for a long time the squad needs major updates and other than selling more assets there is nowhere to get the money other than selling players. Eventually we will realise we...
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    3 - Alejandro Balde

    Cant make an omelette without breaking eggs... there will always be sales a team will regret but the best business approach is to be open minded. We have a player like Fermin who whilst okay is clearly not of Barca quality, when we could have cashed 30-40m for him after the Olympics. Only La...
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    3 - Alejandro Balde

    That term is usually used for teams that sell their best players... in this case we would be selling players who we can get better replacements for.
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    3 - Alejandro Balde

    Another player that the club could have taken advantage of in the market. He showed a lot of promise under Xavi, yet still, there were talks of 70-80m being thrown out for him. Even if he kept good form, it should still have been considered. Madrid would sell such players without thinking...
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    16 - Fermín López

    He just isn't good enough for the role we're giving him. He is decent and could start for a mid table team or EL or such but he is too one dimensional for a team like Barca. He has one main trick and outside of that his game is not up to standard. He also has some weird physical issues, his...
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    6 - Gavi

    He proved people wrong already?
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    9 - Robert Lewandowski

    Pretty crazy that his 3 seasons here are following the same script. Have to wonder what the problem even is and if anything can be done about it.
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    I agree that the group stage finish is not relevant in and of itself but I don't agree with you that reaching the semi finals, finals etc is meaningless if you don't win, because competing in Europe is often about progress and experience. You have to be getting to the last stages consistently...
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    Xavi only had 2 full seasons though, so his worst season is just his second season, hard to tell what that really means. I think CL deserves to be included in the analysis too, obviously we need to see how that pans out.
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    Well, we are one of the (three) horses now, and we're 2nd in the CL table, so its hard to imagine anyone would sack the manager in this scenario even if recent results have been hugely disappointing. The fact we have managed to drop so many points and still held 1st is a testament to how well...
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    9 - Robert Lewandowski

    I even agree with you, there is a global shortage of top-class strikers. Lewandowski can still be considered top10 or even top5 on paper. Reliable and proven goalscorers are a thing of rarity at the top level, even look at Mbappe at Real, he is struggling to score consistently. I highlight his...
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    9 - Robert Lewandowski

    That's the thing... Lewandowski is far from the biggest problem, especially when we consider the output he is giving at 36 years of age. I honestly believe we cannot demand more from him at this late stage in his career and we should count ourselves very lucky he's still world-class, because...
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    It wouldn't be the right move anyway, stuff was going fast downhill and his relationship with the players was getting much worse. I think the board will give Flick another season regardless of what happens, due to his (until now) great performances against top teams, inspiring confidence for...

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