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I feel uneasy with Rosell as president. He's certainly created a rift between the Laporta/Cruyff loyalists and his new crew. With that, a lot of the success has been drained and even our beloved Pep Guardiola left with a bitter taste in his mouth. Reducing debt is one thing, he's done it well...

Well no matter how you choose to look at the whole staff+Thiago situation, one thing is clear: Pep really has some problem with Rosell and the board. I don't think it's right to attack him for making those comments or choosing to bring a few staff members and possibly a player with him to his...

Really the comparison doesn't do much justice. 11-12 saw Madrid on a roll, all of their players in great form. This season they were a circus yet still were able to buck up and beat us so easily without much challenge back on our part.

Yes. I'm not disagreeing with that, it's bound to happen under any coach at any team. However we remained the superior team for quite a long time and just because every game wasn't a 5-0 victory doesn't mean that they were all unconvincing/undeserved.

Mascherano. I have admiration for him since he's been crucial to us in defense despite that not being his native position. He's had his clown moments but he's adapted rather well. As for Busquets, I'm assuming if you say "among fans in general" you mean educated/logical fans with some common...

They were tighter games but still Barca deserved victories, and you can't act like just because not every goal was a clear testament to Pep's tactical acumen that he declined in creativity and only relied on Messi to take the reigns. As a team we were performing well, dominating the games and...

You really don't understand the influence of a coach on a team do you? As we saw with Roura during Tito's absence, no team can go into autopilot and continue playing at their level without a competent coach to guide them. In reality, Pep's influence on Barca was even bigger than suggested.

Not sure who he took but he didn't do it just to raid Barca, it was a familiarity thing. Anyone would feel better having previous coworkers with them at a new club with massive expectations. They know Catalan as well, so he's not always speaking German.

TBH the staff thing really was more about him needing help at Bayern, being the new guy he obviously wanted some familiar faces who spoke his native language with him. He trusted them and asked them to join, they accepted. As for Thiago he isn't exactly just using his "Pep influence" to lure...

He's not targeting Barca or specifically trying to persuade Barca players to leave the club. They aren't "just another club" to him, but he's not gonna bust his ass to feel pity on the club and think about them with every decision he makes while he's at Bayern. Some people make him out to be...

That's the thing, people are putting emotional goggles on to block out the reality of this and vent their frustration at Pep because he left. He is not the one who caused this saga, he's not the one who made Thiago unhappy, and if any of this is true he certainly didn't do any of this with...

Players wouldn't mean jack shit if you don't know how to use them :lol: You're even forgetting that most of the players you are talking about (Iniesta, Messi, Xavi) weren't nearly as good until Pep got the best out of them.

So now Pep wasn't key to Barcelona's success? :lol: I can't believe what I'm seeing. You're just targeting Pep for no reason now just to vent anger.

Obviously Bayern is his priority right now, but the criticism for that really just spells out that people who are accusing him are still hurt about him leaving the club. This is a professional sport, not some exhibition of "Guardiola the Saint", why should he get the criticism for an unhappy and...

No I just don't understand what is with the aim to make Pep into "the enemy" just because he chose to leave and is now with Bayern. Just because he isn't with the club anymore doesn't mean that we should stop respecting or admiring him for some bullshit attempt to cast him off.

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Pretty much, he's not going to Monaco to secure a spot with France in the WC or make a name for himself as one of the best left backs in the world. He's just getting the last desires of being a football player out of his system before he moves on.

He's said that he's not looking to take anyone from Barcelona's squad, so I'm doubting this whole Thiago rumor. There are too many midfielders at Bayern as it is, the entire thing makes little sense.

You're such a Pep hater :lol: You realize that this is a rumor right?

This thread was about 350 pages long before the start of this saga :lol: