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  1. khaled_a_d

    Zinedine Zidane

    Zidane has nothing to prove at all, and anyone thinking otherwise is living in their own bubble. He is an all timer, and earned the right to handpick whatever job he wants, or just to retire from coaching, same way Crujif did at the same age.
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    Nico Gonzalez

    Hughes, Edwards isn't their SD. Common mistake for some reason.
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    Nico Gonzalez

    He fits 4231 system and honestly is a no brainer if we manage to sell few midfielders fir profit (Frenkie, Fermin & Torre).
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    20 - Dani Olmo

    Is he, though? Olmo is a 10 who is risk taker, those types will lose the ball more than others, but they will create chances. He created 1 vs 1 to Pedri, had the pass to Pedri that allowed him to give Raphinha the other 1 vs 1, he himself created a chance he finished just off target. All...
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    Premier League 24/25

    Is it too soon to say that Ange is overrated?
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    It is the direction rather than them being an issue. It isn't a bad or good signing, but rather fit. Kounde is a good signing for me, but if Flick was the coach in 2022, you think we should have had signed him or looked in another direction?
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    Alphonso Davies

    He should be a top target for us
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    3 - Alejandro Balde

    I mean, I always said that replacing them with nothing or with bums won't help. Their time was up, and both knew it. We just failed to properly replace either
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    Basketball/NBA

    Alter defensive rules, apply it like FIBA (don't allow moving screens, bring back hand check, stop foul batting etc) and maybe get rid of corner 3 NBA rules was made having the awful Spurs/Pistons era that had one of the ugliest basketball back then. They wanted to make things easier for...
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    Xavi for sure did make adjustments. I've no doubts. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate what Xavi has done for us as a coach. Although I fully think his time was over. But I will go back to first point, a coach make adjustments, but never change ideology. Unless he is a pragmatic one, the...
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    Barca Transfers and Rumors

    He was a LW for sure, he barely played central in Egypt NT, despite lacking a no9 in many situations (only Mostafa Mohamed from Nantes are decent enough for us), while we had like 3 or 4 options in LW (former Stoke's Ramadan Sobhi, former Aston Villa Trezeguet, and a few local players). Salah...
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    When we won Liga, we conceded 20 goals, 13 goals less than any opponents, with 6 conceded goals in last 5 games after we won the league. 2nd best is Atletico, with 33 conceded goal. That's astronomical difference. Goals for? RM 75, Barca and Atletico 70 goals each.
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    Most likely yes, he will be gone unless we don't have anymore injuries, which would allow the squad to rotate better. Araujo and Christensen alone elevates the team a level btw. They just don't play. To give him his props, defense isn't an afterthought. His system is dependent on mixing...
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    The last sentence is true. Xavi success was dependent on BACK defense being elite, while Raphinha and Lewa making the best of any chance we create. Those were all concerns before he joined btw. But Barca as a club, it's core identity is playing attacking football, win or lose. And we wanted...
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    No, your asking for change of identity. It is a big difference. One can happen, the other isn't.
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    You are asking Flick to be a different coach than he is, which isn't going to happen. His whole ideology depends on the trade off between offense and defense. The only way to improve on that is getting better players and GK.
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    Deco

    1-He was actually hired for both, not only first team. 2-You know the old wisdom of "You can't help someone who don't want to help himself"? Deco, or any other SD, can't do anything if the club has no salary margin to register a 2.7M signing like Pau Victor. The guy literally has an...
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    If we sell Frenkie, Fermin and Torre, which we should, whom are we going to have in midfield? Pedri, Gavi, Casado & Olmo. Alongside Bernal coming from ACL + meniscus injury. A midfielder will be needed tbh. Preferably one that isn't shorter than 1.8M
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    Deco

    He was responsible for buying B players in 2023, and brought Pau Victor, Gerard Martin, Noah Darvich & Faye. Other than Darvich, the rest showed they belong to first division level at least, and Darvich himself is a big talent but bad fit for Spanish football. This year he is bringing many...
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    Deco

    He does the only thing he can do, buy (and sell) young players.

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