Hans-Dieter Flick

[jamrock]

My point is neither the board or the fans will take a trophyless season lightly (if it does happen). He is not Catalan, not Spanish, not Latin. No one will take it easy on him. He has no "biases" in his favor.

After what he did last year with the football after the mess with how Xavi left, he's built up enough credit to get one season without winning.

I can't predict if he'll resign, but I would bet my house he won't get the sack unless everything completely falls apart this season in such a way that every reasonable person would say he should be fired, but I can't see that happening.

 

[jamrock]

Not to mention he loves laporta, who doesn't.

 

[Don Juan Laporta Estruch]

He won't leave nor will he be sacked. Local fans are in love with him and if the team goes trophyless there will be murmurs but no clamour for him to be sacked.

He won't leave because he is in love with the club. He described last season as the best year of his life.

In real life, people are a lot more rational than internet fans who enjoy throwing their toys out of the pram at the slightest inconvenience.

Word on the ground is he is doing a fantastic job, high line or no line.

 

[Givenchy]

Yestreday game saddens not because we lost, that happens, but because we didn't, and obviously won't, learn anything. We will try and die by our style which some may think is smart but i think truly smart decision is not to be stubborn as a mule.
Our typical game, if we don't dominate, it's not we are loosing it it's save us for not getting 5 or more in our net. We refuse to suffer sometimes, grind, play deeper, weather the storm and try to win ugly from time to time. No, if our players are tired, sick, missing, whatever we will play the same game.

Actually agree with you here and I said this before many seasons ago, Barca just don't do pragmatic. Under Flick it's even more apparant and thus we are the neutrals dream to watch. We could blow a team away 7-0, it could be 5-4 madness or we get stuffed but there aren't many calm, boring games.

Winning ugly is something Madrid have down to a fine art in their CL wins and its necessary in knockout football.

I was pissed about PSG and even more fucked off about Sevilla game but at the end of the day, I wouldn't change anything about this club or Flick, it's a rollercoaster ride but it's worth watching. Barca won't change.

 

[ZenI]

I'm thinking we should try a 4-3-3'ish again. Bernal and Garcia as DM's with Casado as backup - Pedri and Frenkie and Olmo as CM's (+Gavi) - Fermin as "false" 10 and Rags as central forwards (maybe try Roony there as "false" 10 also, sometimes Raphinha) - Yamal, Rashy, Raphinha and Tuna wingers.
The high line is killing us and Olmo does fuck all as 10 anyway. With a DM we could stabilize shit and still let Frenkie/Pedri/Olmo go forward a lot with the DM slotting into place. Sure play the high line, but when Flick keeps rotating the CB's and doesn't find a pair that plays together week in and week out it WILL fail. Inigo was more important than some gave him credit for, today we miss that kind of leadership in the back - Cuabrsi is young, Araujo is an idiot etc. I'd sell Ara yesterday if w could get an elite left footed CB some fucking leadership in his place.

 

[ZenI]

He won't leave nor will he be sacked. Local fans are in love with him and if the team goes trophyless there will be murmurs but no clamour for him to be sacked.

He won't leave because he is in love with the club. He described last season as the best year of his life.

In real life, people are a lot more rational than internet fans who enjoy throwing their toys out of the pram at the slightest inconvenience.

Word on the ground is he is doing a fantastic job, high line or no line.

I agree 100%.
Also, he's working with he has. But I still wouldn't trust him with transfers - but I don't trust Deco either.

Flick needs a leader in central defense, preferably a left footed one (because I still believe Cubarsi will be beast for us). We need an LB who can compete with with Balde - sell Martin for a decent sum, wish him best of luck. We need an RB who can take over from Kounde - Kounde can be backup on RB and CB. We need a new 9.
That's 4 positions, 4 players - and we would also sell some like Ara and Martin. A good sporting director could find at least 1-2 hidden or unhidden gems for relatively cheap and than we would probably have to splurge on a 9. But I fucking hope it gets done next summer, at least LB, CB and 9.

 

[Windhook]

It's normal to struggle with 4 players injured at wing and midfield. Rashford almost raised the number to 5 yesterday.

 

[Iniesta Ultra]

PSG drew versus Lille at the weekend. They tried rotating the squad and it didn't work out.

Brought on the likes of Vintinha and Ruiz but didn't help.

Mbappe got the Lille goal to ad a nice little caveat.

Suggests two things
1) yes they have the luxury to rotate in Ligue1 but at this stage of the campaign it doesn't help. And side note, Lille played Europa League Thursday.

2) Our game also took a physical chunk out of them too.

PSG know the league's guaranteed for them so they're not really concerned with a draw and smart for them to conserve energy especially with their current injuries.

 

[Iniesta Ultra]

Laporta and co need to back him in the upcoming transfer windows with signing or risk seeing this team fizzle out.

Team has a great core but it’s clear there are areas that need desperate reinforcements.

Should be building the team based off of the successes of last season and not let it regress like it looks to have this season.

Should be looking at players like Olmo and Araujo as potential sales and getting Lewa’s massive wages off the books.

Rag's contract finally ends this year so no need to find a buyer.

 

[Iniesta Ultra]

I could see Xavi coming back and trying to work with our limited squad and (presumably) limited budget.

You really taking the piss here.

Fatporta's not that retarded.

 

[serghei]

He will snap the players from the poor form they got into, gonna get our star forwards back, is gonna work on the backline, finesse the pressing, trash Madrid 2-3 more times, and celebrate some titles on Camp Nou.

I don't doubt him yet, season is early and players are hungry. Several hard talks and truth on the table will get us back rather quickly.

Remember. We had much worse of this last season and came back. After that prolonged bad spell we couldn't lose a game for months and months.

This slap in the face is quite welcome. Was a botched game vs PSG and the letdown and defeatist attitude spilled into the Sevilla match. We'll be fine I think. And if we don't win anything big, it's life. That's how it goes in the big leagues. Win some, lose some.

 

[serghei]

Slow start in the league, but with a win in the Clasico we are again on high horses. On the plus side, if we slap them after 2-5 vs Atletico, they might just implode and do our job for us this season .

 

[serghei]

Jokes aside, he is most desperate to win out of all at the team. He is not some joker who catches your eyes with gimmicks but has never won anything in his career. It's gonna take longer to get the squad adapted to simply put more work season by season.

Everyone moans about it from the players... they can be listed for sale. God knows we need the money.

Even if it's not Flick, the next manager will need to do the same things in broad strokes to compete at the top. Up the intensity, press, hang on in 1 vs 1s, attack, same stuff albeit in a different variation.

If we shape the squad on these important areas and set it on the right track, it's gonna be easy to fine tune some things post Flick also.

 

[Horatio]

Are you speaking from future GW serghei?

It’s early in season. 2 points behind madrid. Better for us to work this out now than later in season siuuu

 

[serghei]

Are you speaking from future GW serghei?

It’s early in season. 2 points behind madrid. Better for us to work this out now than later in season siuuu

Of course. Girona should be easy win, and a Clasico win gets us back and more, we even get an edge. We still have their number I feel. They couldn't cope with Atletico pressing them.

Rayo and Sevilla are no easy work for Madrid either away. 3-2 loss vs Rayo and 3-3 last season over there for them.