serghei
Senior Member
Team started to improve in CL since 2022. Despite that, we are not there yet vs the top sides. Doesn't matter if it's Flick, or Xavi. The difference is mostly stylistical.
Squad cost us every time.
Hans-Dieter Flick
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Team started to improve in CL since 2022. Despite that, we are not there yet vs the top sides. Doesn't matter if it's Flick, or Xavi. The difference is mostly stylistical.
Squad cost us every time.
serghei
Senior Member
Flick had better wins, but that's understandable tbh as the players become more mature and experienced.
Still a gap vs bigger clubs that we need to find ways to reduce.
But of the two, despite results and shortcoming vs big teams being similar, Flick is playing better football that will benefit more the club going forward. Even if he will fail vs big teams just the same.
Xavi's best results came by being pragmatic. This was his way of elevating the team. He fixed the defense by going pragmatic, as a way to win soms titles. At clubs like Barcelona this was not a very pleasing sight.
Flick had some of the same issues to tackle, and he did it with high intensity press and a more energetic, offensive style. This is simply a better way to reach similar results at a club like Barcelona.
Xavi knew this and wanted to transition to a more offensive style, with short term fixes like old Gundogan, and technical rejects like Felix and Cancelo. All three attacking minded players.The football was more entertaining, but the defense was not nearly as good.
No matter how you go around it, the issue is being manager of Barca atm is a struggle. You know the moves that need be made, but to make them finances need to improve by a lot.
Still a gap vs bigger clubs that we need to find ways to reduce.
But of the two, despite results and shortcoming vs big teams being similar, Flick is playing better football that will benefit more the club going forward. Even if he will fail vs big teams just the same.
Xavi's best results came by being pragmatic. This was his way of elevating the team. He fixed the defense by going pragmatic, as a way to win soms titles. At clubs like Barcelona this was not a very pleasing sight.
Flick had some of the same issues to tackle, and he did it with high intensity press and a more energetic, offensive style. This is simply a better way to reach similar results at a club like Barcelona.
Xavi knew this and wanted to transition to a more offensive style, with short term fixes like old Gundogan, and technical rejects like Felix and Cancelo. All three attacking minded players.The football was more entertaining, but the defense was not nearly as good.
No matter how you go around it, the issue is being manager of Barca atm is a struggle. You know the moves that need be made, but to make them finances need to improve by a lot.
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Temptation
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That's huge coming from you. You were his biggest critic.
He won you over with the recent Messi quotes, didn't he?
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