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He refused to revise his coaching style until the Anoeta disaster. It was very clear in October that drastic changes needed to be made to the team but we still used the same XI for most games and used Messi as false-9 until Alba headed the club into disaster. A firing here, a resignation there...

In what universe is Lucho not stubborn? Every single thing about him matches the characteristics of a person who is stubborn. I'm really hope that's just a typo.

He'd be better in midfield than Mascherano. He is better at RB than Alves. He's gone from being a player who should never play, to a player we don't have enough of. I actually felt bad for him having to be a part of such a bad team in ways that I've only felt for Messi during Tito/Tata era and...

Just play Bartra. It doesn't get much worse anyways and at least Bartra has potential to improve, while Mathieu is 32 and is only going to get worse.

To be completely and totally honest, I'm certain that it has something to do with Bartra being free, while Mathieu was purchased to "save" our defense.

Just last week people were saying Bravo organizes well. Hell, Hamzah even went as far as to say Bravo doesn't have to make good saves because of it :lol:

Nope, I'd rather have Bartra. I'd much rather have Bartra. Good lord that shit was abysmal. Even the God Bravo couldn't handle the mass of jello in front of him. It's pretty clear Lucho isn't going to start using his squad properly. At what point do we stop giving Lucho the infinite benefit of...

Remember the meltdown towards Mats after we lost to Celta? I'm pretty sure the common narrative at that point was a combination of "Good goalkeepers are able to make saves we don't expect them to" and "Bravo is better at organizing his defense so his defense doesn't play that poorly" and "Bravo...

That's really not saying much. You mean he's better than a 24 year old career bench backup? How comforting.

I've lost all faith in this guy. No matter how good he is he's pretty useless to the team overall.

Bravo starts. Time to pay Sevilla back for that 2-2 draw.

Hopefully he at least tries to be competent today. Ducking away from the ball on a corner isn't something you can blame the LB slot on.

Munir starts. Make us proud Mijo!

No it wouldn't. It seriously doesn't get any worse than "Not even a footballer anymore" Adriano and "Why do you keep using me at LB?" Mathieu. I'd call up the second string LB from Juvenil B over playing either one of those guys again.

Even my dead great grandmother could tell Pedro was leaving. It's hard to imagine Lucho himself didn't see it coming as well. Deulofeu had to be sold (With a buyback, mind you) because he's the kind of player that needs a coach willing to work with him to develop. After his two seasons at...

If we're talking about Fifa, Roberto is nearly an 80 rated CM, which means he's basically just below being world class. Great assessment.

Not unfounded at all. One would have to wonder if you yourself even watched Real Sociedad if you think Bravo was anything more than that in his time there.

There's no way Grimaldo could be a worse option than Adriano and Mathieu.

I thought Lucho realized Mathieu should never play LB when he had that shocker against Real Madrid. I thought he learned his lesson again when Mathieu was responsible for three of the goals conceded against Sevilla. I don't think Lucho has learned his lesson after Bayer.

That "Seasoned goalkeeper" was pretty mediocre prior to Lucho becoming manager. You and your buddy can claim I didn't watch Sociedad all you like (Pretty baseless, actually, as that seems to be implying either that the only football matches I watch are Barca's, or that I don't watch other La...